Bloggie Nights

Hi, we're back from vay-cay to Italy (which we will be posting about soon) and looks like we missed quite a lot of good stuff. Here's a smattering:

The Art of Writing About Listening

(New York Times)

Why I Tried To Be A Punk

(Salon)

WATCH: Drummer Matt Wilson's Amazing Speech
at the Jazz Education Network Conference
(YouTube)

Sound Check: Thundercat
(Soul Train)

LISTEN: Remembering Ray Manzarek
(NPR)
 

The 50 Albums Everyone Needs To Own, 1963-2013

(Flavorwire)

True To The Avant-Garde: Wadada Leo Smith

(Huffington Post)

WATCH: Full Set from Savages Live on KEXP
(Dangerous Minds)
 

20 Essential Music Documentaries

(Pitchfork Media)

On Being And Unbeing A Singer
(The Rumpus)

LISTEN: State of the L.A. Jazz Scene, Pt. 1
(Break the Mold)

The Day Punk Died Again
(The New Yorker)

The Source Family: Transform Our Culture Now!
(L.A. Record)

"I'm A Walking Bordello!": Q&A with Charlemagne Palestine
(The Quietus)
 

GALLERY: The Bizarre Studios of Experimental Musicians

(The Wire)

James Jamerson: A Hidden Masterpiece

(The Blue Moment)

 

REVIEW: Reissue of Rare, Historical, Murky Recording of Sun Ra

(Chicago Reader)

 

Sax, Health and Rock & Roll: The Many Sound Battles of Colin Stetson

(Free Jazz)

 

Same Old Song: The Secret Re-recordings of Classic Hits

(Slate)

When Did Cover Songs Become Annoying Marketing Ploys?
(Salon)
 

Greg Errico: The Backbone to Sly & the Family Stone

(The Revivalist)

WATCH: Brian Eno's Full Lecture @ Red Bull Music Academy

(Pitchfork Media)

The Julliard Effect: 10 Years Later

(New York Times)

WATCH: Paul Williams Talks About His New Daft Punk Collaboration

(Rolling Stone)

 

(Another) Angry Interview with Tricky

(ExBerliner)

The Best (and Worst) of Sebadoh

(Stereogum)

"Call It Art": A Vindication of the New York Art Quartet
(Dark Forces Swing Blind Punches)
 

WATCH: Wilco Drummer Glenn Kotche's Awesome Delta Faucet Commercial

(YouTube)

Unearthing the Avant-Metal Scene

(Metal Underground)

Five Historic L.A. Jazz Spots

(L.A. Weekly)

LIVE REVIEW: Matthew Shipp in Nashville

(NuVoid)

The History of Stealing Music

(Salon)

Watch Giorgio Moroder Perform His First DJ Set

(Brooklyn Vegan)

They Fathom Distinctive Languages: Pat Metheny & John Zorn

(New York Times)

Charles Ives: Caught Between Two Caricatures
(PostClassic)

Dare To Dream: Jimi Hendrix/McCartney/Miles Davis Supergroup

(Rolling Stone)

Delmark Records Turns 60
(Jazz Beyond Jazz)

Ojai Music Fest Launches Online University
(Sequenza21/)

What Classical Music Can Learn from Cats
(On An Overgrown Path)