Recent Comments
Re: “My favorite albums of 2012, numbers ten through one”
@Mike--I totally see your point in regard to my Frank Ocean blurb. I've really enjoyed listening to that album, but I have difficulty explaining why. I disagree with most of the critical overkill the record has inspired. He's not a particularly good singer, which is a real problem if it's actually soul/R&B, but I hear it as a pop record. Many of the lyrics are idiotic, but they're either so calculatedly or accidentally odd and funny that I enjoy them. I think it's much less substantive that many other records lower on my list, but these are my favorites for 2012, which means that something flawed but fun can end up at #8.
Re: “My favorite albums of 2012, numbers 20 through 11”
I was waiting for someone to make this incredibly tired comment. What interests me about year-end lists is their potential to expose me to music I don't know--the annual lists compiled by Seth Colter Walls (http://www.theawl.com/2012/11/100-fantasti…) do a great job of that--but some people seem to rely on them to validate their own favorites.
Re: “Jason Soliday may have closed Enemy, but he's still presenting great shows in the space”
I was in no way intending to slight Ryan T Dunn and William Robertson, who run Tritriangle, but since this was presented by Post-Enemy (aka Jason Soliday) that's where I put the focus.
Re: “Music of the hemispheres”
Hmm, I wouldn't think that mind expansion involved dismissing something before you've heard it and limiting yourself to one performance venue.
Re: “This Friday, the final Willie Pickens jazz Christmas concert”
Neither Hamid nor Michael are 81 years old.
Re: “Gifts for hungry ears”
Barbara--I bought the Jan Garbarek set at Dusty Groove, and I know they've carried the Withers, Dranes, Work Hard set, Tunji Oyelana, Diablos det Ritmo set, and Bessie Smith, so I have trouble believing they made that claim. You might have difficulty finding the Andras Schiff and Het Apollohuis sets in local shops, so mail order might be the only option there, and Mosaic is generally mail-order only, although Dusty Groove has carried some other recent sets by Charlies Mingus and Anthony Braxton.
Re: “My favorite albums of 2012, numbers ten through one”
@Uh yeah--not a trace of NO musical flavor.