Set List - December 31, 2012

Coltrane, John - Ascension (Side 1) - Ascension - Impulse!

Rudd, Roswell - Sweet Swells - Roswell Rudd - America
Ware, David S. - Thematic Womb - Birth of a Being - Hat Hut
Curson, Ted - Musis Sacrum - Urge - Fontana
Henderson, Joe - Escapade - Our Thing - Blue Note
Brubeck, Dave - Truth - We're All Together Again For The First Time - Atlantic
Freeman, Von - Have No Fear, Soul is Here - Have No Fear - Nessa
The Art Ensemble of Chicago - Theme de Yo-Yo - Les Stances a Sophie - Nessa
James, Etta - Don't Lose Your Good Thing - Tell Mama: The Complete Muscle Shoals Sessions - MCA
King, Albert - The Hunter - Born Under a Bad Sign - Stax
The Jimmy Castor Bunch - It's Just Begun - It's Just Begun - RCA Victor

Set List - December 24, 2012

Set List - December 17, 2012

Scott-Heron, Gil - Save the Children - Pieces of a Man - Flying Dutchman
The Modern Jazz Quartet - Donnie's Theme - The Sheriff - Atlantic
Garland, Hank - Riot-chous - Jazz Winds from a New Direction - Columbia
Brubeck, Dave - Time Out - The Last Set at Newport - Atlantic
Brubeck, Dave - Prelude/Merciful Men are Taken Away - Truth is Fallen - Atlantic
Kirk, Rahsaan Roland - Never Can Say Goodbye - Blacknuss - Atlantic
Humphrey, Bobbi - You are the Sunshine of My Life - Satin Doll - Blue Note
Hancock, Herbie - Ostinato - Treasure Chest - Warner Bros.
The Crusaders - Crossfire - Unsung Heroes - Blue Thumb
The Crusaders - Chain Reaction - Chain Reaction - MCA
The Blackbyrds - Rock Creek Park - City Life - Fantasy
Burrell, Kenny - Nana - Both Feet on the Ground - Fantasy
Burrell, Kenny - Juice - Up the Street, 'Round the Corner, Down the Block - Fantasy
Burrell, Kenny - Kim-Den Street - Sky Street - Fantasy

Set List - December 10, 2012

Brand, Dollar - Don's Song - Cherry - The Third World - Underground - Trio
Coltrane, John - Mr.P.C. - 10.08.1963 - Birdland, New York, NY - Boot
Roscoe Mitchell and the Sound Ensemble - 3 x 4 Eye - 3 x 4 Eye - Black Saint
Carn, Doug - Passion Dance - Infant Eyes - Black Jazz
McBee, Cecil - Tulsa Black - Mutima - Strata-East
Martino, Pat - Deeda - Starbright - Warner Bros.
Smith, Lonnie Liston - Devika (Goddess) - Visions Of A New World - Flying Dutchman
Hutch, Willie - A Love That's Worth Having - Soul Portrait - RCA
Hutch, Willie - Hurt So Bad - Seasons For Love - RCA
Bartz, Gary - Dance of Magic - Dance of Magic (Live at Nemu Jazz Inn - 1) - Cobblestone

Set List - December 3, 2012

Ibrahim, Abdullah and Max Roach - Acclamation - Streams of Consciousness - Baystate

Ibrahim, Abdullah - African Herbs - Soweto - Chiaroscuro

Abrams, Muhal Richard - Charlie In The Parker - 1- Oqa+19 - Black Saint
Murray, Sunny & The Untouchable Factor - Something's Cookin' - Wildflowers: The New York Loft Jazz Sessions - Douglas
Jackson, Michael Gregory - Clarity - Wildflowers: The New York Loft Jazz Sessions - Douglas
Jackson, Michael Gregory - Iomi - Clarity - ESP Disk
Gjerstad, Frode - Forever - Nothing is Forever - Circulasione Totale

Set List - November 26, 2012

Shepp, Archie - In a Mellow Blues - On Green Dolphin Street - Nippon Columbia
Rivers, Sam - Torch - Waves - Tomato
Brown, Marion - Similar Limits - Porto Novo - Arista Freedom
Curson, Ted - Quicksand - Tears for Dolphy - Arista Freedom
Lake, Oliver - Lonely Blacks - Heavy Spirits - Black Lion
Carvin, Michael - The Camel - The Camel - SteepleChase
Mitchell, Blue - Collision in Black - Collision in Black - Blue Note
Smith, Lonnie Liston - Summer Days - Expansions - Flying Dutchman
Smith, Lonnie Liston - Expansions - Live - RCA
Brown, Odell - Mais Que Nada - Mellow Yellow - Cadet
McGriff, Jimmy - Let's Stay Together - Let's Stay Together - Groove Merchant
Earland, Charles - Girl, You Need a Change of Mind - Charles Earland III - Prestige
Greent, Grant - Afro Party - The Final Comedown Soundtrack - Blue Note
Kloss, Eric - Now - Now - Muse
Shorter, Wayne - Lilia - Native Dancer - Columbia

Set List - November 19, 2012

Brand, Dollar - Kalahari - Underground in Africa - Soultown

Brand, Dollar - Did You Hear that Sound? - Africa Tears and Laughter - Inner City

Jordan, Duke - No Problem - Flight to Denmark - Inner City
Tyner, McCoy - Beyond the Sun - Fly With the Wind - Milestone
Byrd, Donald - I've Longed and Searched for My Mother - I'm Trying to Get Home - Blue Note
Stitt, Sonny - I Go Congo - Little Green Apples - Solid State
Mitchell, Blue - I Didn't Ask to Be - Blue's Blues - Mainstream
Haynes, Roy - Sillie Willie - Senyah - Mainstream
Coryell, Larry - Foreplay - Offering - Vanguard
McGriff, Jimmy - Groove Alley - Black Pearl - Blue Note

Le Freak - Nile Rodgers

This book reminded me of what a great song "Let's Dance" by David Bowie is.  Also, Chic had a lot of good songs.  Otherwise, this book is kind of lightweight with everything making sense all of the time.

Set List - November 12, 2012

WCSB's Annual Radiothon is going on right now.  You can go to www.wcsb.org for more information.  Thank you.

Set List - November 5, 2012

Holland, David - Now Here (Nowhere) - Conference of the Birds - ECM

Garland, Red - They Can't Take That Away From Me - All Mornin' Long - Prestige

Davis, Richard - Epistrophy - Now's the Time - Muse
Cyrille, Andrew - High Priest - Special People - Soul Note
McPherson, Charles - Good Morning Heartache - Siku Ya Bibi (Day Of The Lady) - Mainstream
Haynes, Roy - Togyu (Bullfight) - Togyu - RCA
Vick, Harold - H.N.I.C - Commitment - Muse
Johnson, Rudolph - Fonda - Spring Rain - Black Jazz
Tolliver, Charles - Impact - Mosaic Select 33: The Charles Tolliver Big Band - Mosaic
Sullivan, Charles - Evening Song - Genesis - Strata-East
Sullivan, Charles - Re-entry - Re-entry - Whynot

Set List - October 29, 2012

Morrison, Van - Into the Mystic - It's Too Late to Stop Now - Warner Bros.

Mitchell, Joni - Help Me - Court and Spark - Asylum

Scott-Heron, Gil - We Almost Lost Detroit - Live in 1977 - Bootleg
Henderson, Eddie - Discoveries - Inside Out - Capricorn
Hancock, Herbie - Death Wish (Main Title) - Death Wish - Columbia
Ellis, Don - Rocker Panels - The French Connection - Film Score Monthly
Ellis, Don - Samba Bajada - Tears Of Joy - Columbia
Vitous, Miroslav - Bassamba - Miroslav - Arista
Vitous, Miroslav - Magical Shepherd - Magical Shepherd - Warner Bros.
Blue Magic - Magic Of The Blue - Thirteen Blue Magic Lane - ATCO
Blue Magic - Summer Snow - Mystic Dragons - ATCO
Hammond, Johnny - Fantasy - Gears - Milestone
Hammond, Johnny - California Lovers - Storm Warning - Milestone
Wansel, Dexter - Theme From The Planets - Life On Mars - Philadelphia International
Person, Houston - Pain - The Real Thing - Eastbound
Lance, Major - Ain't It A Shame - The Very Best Of Major Lance - Epic
The Dells - Medley: Can Sing A Rainbow & Love Is Blue - Love is Blue - Cadet

Set List - October 22, 2012

 

 

Shepp, Archie - The Mac Man - On This Night - Impulse!

Shepp, Archie - Tropical - Mariamar - Horo

Shepp, Archie - Dogon - Body and Soul - Horo
Taylor, Cecil - Of What - Looking Ahead - Contemporary
Roach, Max - Tears For Johannesburg - We Insist!: Freedom Now Suite - Candid
Gillespie, Dizzy - Incantations - Free Ride - Pablo
Gillespie, Dizzy - Manteca - The Source - Jazzman
Scott-Heron, Gil & Brian Jackson - A Very Precious Time - Winter In America - Strata-East
Earland, Charles - Asteroid - Leaving This Planet - Prestige
Henderson, Eddie - Revelation Realization - Realization - Capricorn

Set List - October 15, 2012

Hill, Andrew - Quiet Dawn - Spiral - Arista

Hill, Andrew - East Ninth Street - Divine Revelation - SteepleChase

Ellis, Don - Open Beauty - Electric Bath - Columbia
Roach, Freddie - (Good) Morning Time - The Soul Book - Prestige
Roach, Freddie - Spacious - Mocha Motion! - Prestige
Tyner, McCoy - Contemporary Focus - Today and Tomorrow - Impulse!
Lancaster, Byard - Keno/Exactment - Exactment - Palm
Lancaster, Byard - Rib Crib 1 - Funny Rib Crib - Palm
Kenyatta, Robin - Temptation Took Control of Me (and I Fell) - Terra Nova - Atlantic
Kenyatta, Robin - Blues for Your Mama - Girl from Martinique - ECM
Staton, Dakota - Between 18th and 18th on Chestnut Street - Ms. Soul - Groove Merchant
Smith, Lonnie - No Tears Tomorrow - Keep On Lovin' - Groove Merchant
Land, Harold - Mtume - A New Shade of Blue - Mainstream
McCann, Les - Loved You Full In Every Way - River High, River Low - Atlantic

Set List - October 8, 2012

 

Brother Ahh - Beyond Yourself (The Midnight Confession)  - Sound Awareness - Strata-East

Ju Ju - Black Unity - Chapter 2: Nia - Strata-East
Henderson, Joe - Junk Blues - In Japan - Milestones
Henderson, Joe - Sunrise in Tokyo - In Concert with Kikuchi & Hino - Fontana
Monk, Thelonius - Japanese Folk Song (Kojo No Tsuki) - Straight, No Chaser - Columbia
Davis, Miles - Straight, No Chaser - Milestones - Columbia
Davis, Miles - Little One - E.S.P. - Columbia

The Last Holiday: A Memoir - Gil Scott-Heron

It's hard to believe that Gil Scott-Heron wrote a memoir that does not include prison or crack, but he did it.  Published as a work in progress and assembled by editors, you have to believe that he was going to get to that before he died.  Brother Gil can tell a story and certainly can write but there was surprisingly little inner insight revealed in this book. 

Set List - October 1, 2012

Corea, Chick & Gary Burton - No Mystery - The New Crystal Silence - Concord

Corea, Chick & Gary Burton - Crystal Silence - The New Crystal Silence - Concord

Jamal, Ahmad - The World Is A Ghetto - '73 - 20th Century
Jamal, Ahmad - Peace At Last - '73 - 20th Century
Jamal, Ahmad - Pastures - Jamal Plays Jamal - 20th Century
Jamal, Ahmad - Handicapper - Steppin Out With A Dream - 20th Century
Jamal, Ahmad - Black Cow - One - 20th Century
McLean, Jackie & Michael Carvin - Down In The Bottom - Antiquity - SteepleChase
McLean, Jackie - Mode for Jay Mac - A Ghetto Lullaby - SteepleChase
McLean, Jackie & Gary Bartz - Telieledu Rama - Altissimo - Phillips
Freemon, Von - White Sand - Doin' It Right Now - Atlantic
Shirley, Don - The Warning - Point of View - Atlantic
Clarence Wheeler and the Enforcers - Broasted or Fried - The Love I've Been Looking For - Atlantic
Russell, George - Thoughts - Ezz-thetics - Riverside



Set List - September 24, 2012

Coltrane, John - Impressions - 07.01.1961 - Music At Newport, Newport, RI - Boot
Coltrane, John - The Inch Worm - 01.19.1963 - Schwab Auditorium, Penn State Uni, PA - Boot
Coltrane, John - Exotica - Like Sonny - Roulette
Coltrane, John - Witches Pit - Dakar - Prestige
Coltrane, John - Living Space - Infinity - Impulse!
Coltrane, John - Tranesonic - Stellar Regions - Impulse!
Coltrane, John - Selflessness - Selflessness Featuring My Favorite Things - Impulse!
Coltrane, John - Out of This World - Live in Seattle - Impulse!
Coltrane, John - Ogunde - The Olatunji Concert - The Last Live Recording - Impulse!

Set List - September 17, 2012

Brotzmann, Peter - Short Visit To Nowhere - Short Visit To Nowhere - Okka Disk
Shaw, Woody - Obsequious - In the Beginning - Muse
Hubbard, Freddie - Son of Sky Diver - Polar AC - CTI
Hubbard, Freddie - Too High - High Energy - Columbia
Washington, Tyrone - Soul Dance - Natural Essence - Blue Note
Brooks, Roy - The Free Slave - The Free Slave - Muse
Moody, James - Country City Country - Sax & Flute Man - Paula
Shearing, George - Aquarius - The Way We Are - MPS
Parker, Maynard - One Hand - Midnight Rider - Prestige
Kynard, Charles - I Got So Much Trouble - Your Mama Don't Dance - Mainstream

Set List - September 10, 2012

 

Mobley, Hank - Out Of Joe's Bag - Another Workout - Blue Note

Mobley, Hank - Up, Over, And Out - Reach Out - Blue Note

McLean, Jackie - Conversion Point - 'Bout Soul - Blue Note

Davis, Nathan - Klook's Theme - Peace Treaty - SFP

Davis, Miles - Honky Tonk - Live 09.24.1972  - Boot

Hancock, Hancock - Sly - Live 10.01.1973 - Boot

Mandrill - Fencewalk - Composite Truth - Polydor

Wright, Betty - I'm Gettin' Tired Baby - I Love The Way You Love - Alston

Cloud, Bruce - Walk In My Shoes - California Soul - Capitol

Hubbard, Freddie - Povo - Sky Dive - CTI

Hubbard, Freddie - Destiny's Children - Keep Your Soul Together - CTI

Mayfield, Curtis - Cannot Find a Way - Got to Find a Way - Curtom

Mayfield, Curtis - Make Me Believe In You - Sweet Exorcist - Curtom

Set List - September 3, 2012

Silver, Horace - Metamorphosis - The Stylings of Silver - Blue Note

Silver, Horace - Pyramid - Further Explorations By The Horace Silver Quintet - Blue Note
Silver, Horace - Swingin' the Samba - Finger Poppin' - Blue Note
Silver, Horace - The Baghdad Blues - Blowin' The Blues Away - Blue Note
Silver, Horace - Pretty Eyes - The Cape Verdean Blues - Blue Note
Silver, Horace - Bonita - The Cape Verdean Blues - Blue Note
Silver, Horace - Grease Piece - The Jody Grind - Blue Note
Silver, Horace - Kindred Spirits - Serenade To A Soul Sister - Blue Note
Tyner, McCoy - Four by Five - Super Trios - Milestone
Tyner, McCoy - The Greeting - Super Trios - Milestone
Burrell, Kenny - Night Hawk - Night Song - Verve
Pearson, Duke - Minor League - Now Hear This - Blue Note
Corea, Chick - Inner Space - Inner Space - Atlantic
Earland, Charles - Walking with Feets - Black Power - Rare Bird

Happy Birthday, Horace Silver!

"For instance, Cleveland is a dead town for jazz.  It had two clubs, and the first time I played there with the Messengers, the response was great.  The last few times, though, the turnouts haven't been good.  I asked to find out if it was me or my group or hard times.  I found out that the people just aren't coming out anymore."

 - Horace Silver (1958 to Down Beat Magazine)

I guess he wasn't kidding.  Horace Silver played in Cleveland in Dec./Jan. 1955/1956, Sept. 1956, Jan. 1957, May 1957 and Sept./Oct. 1957.  After this interview, according to the Plain Dealer, Horace Silver did not return to Cleveland until May, 1961 to a different room out of the East Side.

Detroit Jazz Festival 2012

Just to show you how much I know, now in its 33rd year, this major jazz festival is only a couple of hours drive away.  It's huge.  It all Labor Day weekend.  There are a ton of acts.  Last minute, we went today to see Bernard "Pretty" Purdie and Reuben Wilson play.  Fantastic.  Kind of crowded and a little bit crazy to deal with, with our kids at least, but definitely going to hit this event up again next year with a little more planning.

Blue Note Records: The Biography - Richard Cook

The problem with this book:

"Now! (1969), with its gang of cooing vocalists, and the bleary Head On (1971) suggests a disastrous downturn in his abilities, and until a magnificent return to straight-ahead music in the eighties and nineties, it seemed as if Hutcherson's capacity to play up to his strengths had deserted him."

Yeah, I disagree.

Set List - August 27, 2012

Shepp, Archie - Coral Rock - Coral Rock - America

Hutcherson, Bobby - Prints Tie - San Francisco - Blue Note
Burton, Gary - The Sunset Bell - Gary Burton Quartet in Concert - RCA
Rendell, Don - On the Way/Antibes - Space Walk - EMI
Stitt, Sonny - Ghost of a Chance - Constellation - Cobblestone
Hubbard, Freddie - Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey - First Light - CTI
Freeman, George - Free Man - Franticdiagnosis - Bam-Boo
Freeman, George - Groovy Lady - Man & Woman - Groove Merchant
Jamal, Khan - Pure Energy - Give the Vibes Some - Palm
Sounds Of Liberation - New Horizons I - Sounds Of Liberation - Dogtown
Foster, Ronnie - Cheshire Cat - Cheshire Cat - Blue Note

Set List - August 20, 2012

Giuffre, Jimmy 3 - In the Morning Out There - Fusion - ECM
Giuffre, Jimmy 3 - Temporarily - Thesis - ECM
Evans, Gil - Just One of Those Things - Gil Evans and Ten - Prestige
Jarrett, Keith - Eveything that Lives Laments - Mysteries - Impulse!
Jarrett, Keith - Rose Petals - Shades - Impulse!
Reece, Dizzy - Ackmet - Asia Minor - New Jazz
Lasha, Prince & Sonny Simmons - Psalms of Solomon - Firebirds - Contemporary
Hill, Andrew - Subterfuge - Black Fire - Blue Note
Paterson, Don and Booker Ervin - S'bout Time - The Exciting New Organ of Don Patterson - Prestige
Jones, Ivan "Boogaloo" - Dream On Little Dreamer - Boogaloo Joe - Prestige
Jones, Ivan "Boogaloo" - Right On - Right On Brother - Prestige
Criss, Sonny - Sonny's Dream - Sonny's Dream (Birth of a New Cool) - Prestige

Set List - August 13, 2012

Ohio Penitentiary 511 Jazz Ensemble - Psych City - Hard Luck Soul - Aragorn
Tchicai, John - Lakshmi - Afrodisiaca - MPS
Earland, Charles - Suite For Martin Luther King - Part. 1 - Offering - Kharma - Prestige
Daniels, Eddie - The Path - Brief Encounters - Muse
Willis, Larry - Inner Crisis - Inner Crisis - Groove Merchant
Owens, Frank - Freddie's Dead - Brown 'n Serve - Encounter
Hubbard, Dave - T.B.'s Delight - Dave Hubbard - Mainstream
Hubbard, Freddie - Straight Life - Straight Life - CTI
Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre - Life Force - Humility in the Light of the Creator - Delmark
Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre - Ismac - Kalaparusha - Trio
Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre - Untitled Jam - Live - Lovere, June 16th, 1979 - Boot

Kids Of The Black Hole: Punk Rock In Postsuburban California - Dewar MacLeod

This book was more scholarly that you normally get out of the punk rock book genre but not so scholarly that I was bored with it.  The book dealt mainly with the suburbs' effect on punk rock and hardcore and what hapenned when non-artist teenagers started getting involved.  The book ended with Black Flag but that's really just the beginning.  Worth reading.

Jad Fair @ Gallery Wolfy Part II

The kids and I went on a bus adventure to this art opening and then took the bus out to mom's work and then went back to the art opening.  What a night.  I loved every bit of what I saw there and would like to see more art from Mr. Fair.  The kids dug it too although they didn't really want to speak to the artist after their introduction.  Star struck, shy or little punks?  You decide.   

Set List - August 6, 2012

Drew, Kenny and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen - My Shining Hour - Duo 2 - SteepleChase

Drew, Kenny Trio - All Blues - Dark Beauty - Inner City
Human Arts Ensemble - Hazrat, The Sufi - Under the Sun - Arista
Hill, Andrew - Blue Black - Neferetiti - Inner City
Kloss, Eric - Love Will Take Us There - Essence - Muse
Evans, Bill - Kunkallero - The Bill Evans Album - Columbia
Earland, Charles - Killer Joe - Living Black! - Prestige
Mingus, Charles - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (Side 2) - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady - Impulse!

Set List - July 30, 2012



Roach, Max & Anthony Braxton - Birth - Birth And Rebirth - Black Saint

Tyner, McCoy - Naima - Echoes of a Friend - Milestone

Tyner, McCoy - Makin' Out - Atlantis - Milestone

Tyner, McCoy - Malika - Asante - Blue Note

Boykins, Ronnie - The Will Come, Is Now - Ronnie Boykins - ESP Disk

Derrick, Frank - No Jive - You Betcha! - P.S.

Levy, O'Donel - Granny - Black Velvet - Groove Merchant

Spencer, Leon Jr. - When Dreams Start To Fade - Bad Walking Woman - Prestige

Spencer, Leon Jr. - Mercy Mercy Me - Louisiana Slim - Prestige

Spencer, Leon Jr. - Give Me Your Love - Where I'm Coming From - Prestige

The Nite-Liters - Hang-Up - Morning, Noon, and the Nite-Liters - RCA

The Nite-Liters - Damn - A-Nal-Y-Sis - RCA

New Birth - It's You Or No One - New Birth - RCA

The Shaolin Afronauts - Rise With The Blind - Flight Of The Ancients - Freestyle

The Shaolin Afronauts - Los Angeles - Quest Under Capricorn - Freestyle



Set List - July 23, 2012

Modern Jazz Quartet - Pyramid - Pyramid - Atlantic

Tyner, McCoy - Walk Spirit, Talk Spirit - Enlightenment - Milestone
Tyner, McCoy - Essense - Song for My Lady - Milestone
Tate, Grady - Let's Fall in Love All Over Again - She is My Lady - Janus
Earland, Charles - Organic Blues - Pleasant Afternoon - Muse
Mitchell, Blue - Square Business - African Violet - Impulse!
Rollins, Sonny - Playin' in the Yard - Next Album - Milestone
Kirk, Rahsaan Roland - This Love of Mine - A Meeting of the Times - Atlantic

Set List - July 16, 2012

Hancock, Herbie - Dunia - Traces - Up Front
Brand, Dollar - ASR - The Children of Africa - Inner City
Scofield, John - Leaving - Live - Inner City
Hutcherson, Bobby - Prints Toe - Procession - Up Front
Turrentine, Stanley - Impressions - Sugar - CTI
Brooks, Billy - Fourty Days - Windows of the Mind - Cross Over
Santamaria, Mongo - Cloud Nine - Mongo at Montreaux - Atlantic
Labelle - Something in the Air/The Revolution Will Not Be Televised - Pressure Cookin' - RCA
Womack, Bobby - All Along the Watch Tower - Facts of Life - United Artists
Knight, Gladys and the Pips - On and On - Claudine - Buddah
Newman, David - The Thirteenth Floor - Bigger & Better - Atlantic
Lloyd, Charles - Wilpan's - The Flowering - Atlantic
Lewis, Ramsey - People - At the Bohemian Caverns - Argo
Holmes, Groove - Groove's Blues - Get Up and Get It - Prestige

Too Much Magic - James Howard Kunstler

I was a big fan of "The Long Emergency" when it came out - probably because I was in law school at the time and looking for the world to end quickly, preferably before the bar exam.  That did not happen, nor is the world going to end in my lifetime.  All bets are off for when after I'm dead, however.  Who knows what's going to happen?  While I'm sure that the world is not going to end during my lifetime, it sure is going to suck and this book tells you why.  Peak oil.  Over population.  Energy crisis.  Economy collapse.  Ineffective government.  It's all here in this book.  And JHK is also going to tell you that no amount of technological advancement is going stop the bum rush.  He even predicts a world without the internet.  Imagine that!  He's not saying the sky is falling if you believe that it's true.  I'd recommend this book and "The Long Emergency" if you want a taste of why the world is broken and why it is not going to get fixed.  And you can find his blog on the internet, while it's still here, for daily updates on the slow apocalypse.

Set List - July 9, 2012

Lowe, Frank - Mysterio - Fresh - Arista
Corea, Chick/Dave Holland/Barry Altschul  - Nefertitti - A.R.C. - ECM
Circle - Toy Room/Q & R - Paris-Concert - ECM
Carter, Ron - R2, M1 - Blues Farm - CTI
Ammons, Gene - What's Going On - My Way - Prestige
Earland, Charles - Letha - Black Drops - Prestige
McCann, Les - What I Call Soul - Comment - Atlantic
Melvin, Harold and the Blue Notes - Let it Be You - I Miss You - Philadelphia International
Latimore - Let's Straighten It Out - Let's Straighten It Out - Glades
Hayes, Isaac - Love Me or Lose Me - Juicy Fruit (Disco Freak) - ABC
Shaw, Woody - Sunbath - Love Dance - Muse
Shaw, Woody - Sanyas - The Moontrane - Muse

Set List - July 2, 2012

Corea, Chick - Departure from Planet Earth - Piano Improvisations II - ECM
Return to Forever - No Mystery - No Mystery - Polydor
Tyner, McCoy - Little Madimba - Time for Tyner - Blue Note
Tyner, McCoy - Salvadore de Samba - Fly With the Wind - Milestone
Weston, Randy - Mysery of Love - Carnival - Arista
Hammond, Johnny - Summertime/The Ghetto - Higher Ground - Kudu
Ayers, Roy Ubiquity - Brother Green (the Disco King) - Mystic Voyage - Polydor
Byrd, Donald - Change (Makes You Want to Hustle) - Places & Spaces - Blue Note
B.T. Express - Express - Do It 'Til Your Satisfied - Scepter
Brass Construction - Screwed (Conditions) - Brass Construction II - United Artists
Duke, George - Don't Be Shy - Liberated Fantasies - MPS
Holmes, Groove - I Can't Stop Dancing - Working on a Groove Thing - Pacifc
Blakey, Art - Athenagin - Athenagin - Prestige

Set List - June 25, 2012

McLean, René - Bilad As Sudan (Land Of The Blacks) - Watch Out - Inner City
Baby Huey - Hard Times - The Living Legend - Curtom
Morris, Ramon - First Come, First Serve - Sweet Sister Funk - Groove Merchant
Bryant, Ray - Up Above the Rock - Up Above the Rock - Cadet
Ayers, Roy - Pretty Brown Skin - Ubiquity - Polydor
The Equatics - Santana Part 1 - Doin It!!!! - Now-Again
S.O.U.L. - Burning Spear - What Is It - Musicor
Gaye, Marvin - Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) - What's Going On - Tamla
The Budos Band - Ghost Walk - The Budos Band - Daptone
Johnson, Syl - Is it Because I'm Black - Complete Mythology - Numero Group
Green, Al - I Can't Get Next To You - Get's Next to You - Hi
Orgone - Sophisticated Honky - The Killion Floor - Ubiquity
Hathaway, Donny - The Slums - Extension of a Man - Atlantic
Ranelin, Phil - Vibes from the Tribe - Vibes from the Tribe - Tribe
Lewis, Ramsey - Back to the Roots - Back to the Roots - Cadet
The Soul Searchers - We the People - We the People - Sussex
Holland & Dozier - Don't Leave Me - Why Can't We Be Lovers - The Invictus Sessions - Invictus
The Intruders - Everyday Is a Holiday - Cowboys To Girls - Gamble
The Isley Brothers - That Lady - 3 + 3 - Epic
Weston, Kim - Soul On Fire - Kim Kim Kim - Volt
The Dynamic Superiors - Don't Send Nobody Else - The Dynamic Superiors - Motown
The Dramatics - Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get - Whatcha See Is What You Get - Volt
Shepp, Archie - Cisum - The New York Contemporary Five - Delmark

More awesome Baby Huey pictures here: 

http://planetbarberella.blogspot.com/2012/01/baby-huey-and-babysitters.html

Set List - June 18, 2012

Burton, Gary and Chick Corea - Desert Air - Crystal Silence - ECM
Cowell, Stanley - Brilliant Circles - Brilliant Circles - Arista
Tyner, McCoy - Message from the Nile - Extensions - Blue Note
Smith, Lonnie Liston and the Cosmic Echoes - A Chance for Peace - Visions of a New World - Flying Dutchman
Earland, Charles - We All Live in the Jungle - Odyssey - Mercury
Earland, Charles - I Like It - Perceptions - Mercury
Jackson, Milt - The Metal Melter - Olinga - CTI
Jackson, Milt - The Steel Bender - Olinga - CTI
Green, Bunky - Visions - Visions - Vanguard
Connors, Norman and the Starship Orchestra - Captain Connors - This is Your Life - Arista
Henderson, Michael - Time - Space - Buddah
The Dells - Freedom Means - Freedom Means - Cadet
The Dells - Love Can Make it Easier - Give Your Baby a Standing Ovation - Cadet
The Temptations - Shaky Ground - A Song For You - Gordy
Simon, Joe - Fire Burning - Get Down - Spring

Set List - June 11, 2012

Evans, Bill - My Funny Valentine - Live at D'Lugoff's Top of the Gate - Resonance
Evans, Bill - Re: Person I Knew - Re: Person I Knew - Fantasy
Evans, Bill - Nardis - You're Going to Hear from Me - Milestone
Farmer, Art - I Want to be Happy - Live at the Half Note - Atlantic
Simone, Nina - Solitude - Sings Ellington - Colpix
Simone, Nina - Solitaire - The Amazing - Colpix
Simone, Nina - Rich Girl - Baltimore - CTI
Turrentine, Stanley - Sister Sanctified - Cherry - CTI
Benson, George - Somewhere in the East - Beyond the Blue Horizon - CTI
Tyner, McCoy - Celestial Chant - Trident - Milestone
Tyner, McCoy - Mode for Dulcimer - Focal Point - Milestone
Altschul, Barry - Cmbeh - You Can't Name Your Own Tune - Muse
Hutcherson, Bobby - Prime Thought - Waiting - Blue Note
Earth, Wind & Fire - Everything is Everything - The Need of Love - Warner Bros.
Green, Al - Call Me - Call Me - Hi

Set List - June 4, 2012

Wright, Frank - Adieu Little Man (Part II) - Adieu Little Man - Center of the World
Ellington, Duke - Harlem Suite - 1952 Seattle Concert - Bluebird
Ellington, Duke - Afro-Bossa - Afro-Bossa - Discovery
Prince, Roland - Genevieve - Color Vision - Vanguard
Prince, Roland - People's Song - Free Spirit - Vanguard
Evans, Bill and the George Russell Orchestra - Event Two - Living Time - Columbia
Ranelin, Phil & Wendell Harrison - What We Need - A Message From The Tribe - Tribe
Ranelin, Phil & Wendell Harrison - Wife - A Message From The Tribe - Tribe
Harrison, Wendell & Tribe - Farewell To Welfare (Pts 1 & 2) - An Evening With The Devil - Tribe
The Independents - Couldn't Hear Nobody Say (I Love You Like) - The First Time We Met - Wand
The Independents - Lucky Fellow - Chuck, Helen, Eric, Maurice - Wand
Braxton, Anthony - 489 M 70 - 2 -- (TH - B) M - Five Pieces (1975) - Arista

Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own Past - Simon Reynolds

An in-depth look at the recycling of popular culture through the eyes of a music critic.  Such trends as Northern Soul and people like Billy Childish and groups like Sha Na Na are explained.  I certainly openly mock anybody who is enthusiastic about some facet of retro culture as being lame and out of it unless it is the facet of retro culture that I am enthusiastic about.  Then, I'm all for it.

Set List - May 28, 2012

Jack DeJohnette's Directions - Flying Spirits - Untitled - ECM
Jack DeJohnette's Directions - Flys - New Rags - ECM
Davis, Miles - Directions - Black Beauty: Live at the Fillmore West - Columbia
Cowell, Stanley - Astral Spiritual - Illusion Suite - ECM
24 Carat Black - Gone: The Promises of Yesterday - Gone: The Promises of Yesterday - Numero Group
Blue Magic - Welcome to the Club - Blue Magic - Atco
Shawn, Damon - Feel the Need - 7" - Westbound
The O'Jays - Deeper (In Love with You) - 7" - Neptune
Scott, Freddy - Are You Lonely - 7" - Shout
Taylor, Johnnie - I'm Trying - 7" - Stax
Taylor, Johnnie - Next Time - 7" - Stax
Bell, William and Carla Thomas - I Need You Woman - 7" - Stax
Tate, Tommy - I Remember - 7" - Koko
Pickett, Wilson - Woman Let Me be Down Home - 7" - Atlantic
Stephens, Tennison - Where Would You Be? - 7" - Chess
Saab, Cliff - Mix It Up - 7" - Roulette
Johnson, Johnny and His Bandwagon - (Blame it On) the Pony Express - 7" - Bell
Wright, Charles - You Threw It All Away - 7" - ABC
Welch, Lenny - Such a Night - 7" - Roulette
Rufus - Circles - 7" - ABC

Set List - May 21, 2012

Sun Ra - Somebody Else's World - My Brother the Wind Volume II - Evidence
Sun Ra - Outer Spaceways Incorporated - Pictures of Infinity - Black Lion
Sun Ra - Calling Planet Earth - When Sun Comes Out - Evidence
Earland, Charles - Spinky - Live at the Lighthouse - Prestige
Cox, Kenny and the Contemporary Jazz Quintet - Trance Dance - Introducing Kenny Cox and the Contemporary Jazz Quintet - Blue Note
Cox, Kenny and the Contemporary Jazz Quintet - Spellbound - Multidirection - Blue Note
Myrick, Bert - Scorpio's Child - Live'n Well - Strata
The Lyman Woodard Organization - Kimba - Live At J.J.'s Lounge, 1974 - Uuquipleu
The Lyman Woodard Organization - Joy Road - Saturday Night Special - Strata
Nozero, Larry - Tune For L.N - Time - Strata
Maulawi - Root in 7/4 plus - Maulawi - Strata
Notorious B.I.G. - Big Poppa - Ready to Die - Bad Boy

Set List - May 14, 2012

Corea, Chick - Return to Forever - Return to Forever - ECMCorea, Chick - Never - Duet - ECM
Shaw, Woody - Blackstone Legacy - Blackstone Legacy - Contemporary
Shaw, Woody - The Goat and the Archer - Song of Songs - Contemporary
Maupin, Bennie - Nightwatch - Moonscapes - Mercury
Smith, Lonnie Liston and the Cosmic Echoes - Love Dreams - Visions of a New World - Flying Dutchman
The Stylistics - It's Too Late - Stylistics: Round 2 - Avco
The Four Tops - In These Changing Times - Changing Times - Motown
Butler, Jerry - Let Me Be - The Sagitarius Movement - Mercury
Bloodstone - Never Let You Go - Natural High - London
King, Albert - Born Under a Bad Sign - Born Under a Bad Sign - Stax
King, Albert - The Hunter - Born Under a Bad Sign - Stax
Jarrett, Keith - Trust - The Mourning Star - Atlantic
Garnett, Carlos - Panama Roots - Let This Melody Ring On - Muse

Set List - May 7, 2012

Shepp, Archie - A Message from Trane - Steam - Inner City
Krivda, Ernie - Song for the Moon - Satanic - Inner City
Walcott, Collin - Cloud Dance - Cloud Dance - ECM
Gateway - Waiting - Gateway - ECM
Gateway - Nexus - Gateway II - ECM
Bryant, Rusty - Cootie Boogaloo - Night Train Now! - Prestige
Bryant, Rusty - Riders on the Storm - Wildfire - Prestige
Lee Fields & The Expressions - Moonlight Mile - Faithful Man - Truth & Soul
The Rolling Stones - Moonlight Mile - Sticky Fingers - Rolling Stones
Brown, James - Think - The Singles Vol. 8: (1972-1973) - Hip-O Select
Brown, James - World of Soul - Make It Funky: The Big Payback 1971-1975 - Polydor
Brown, James - Sayin' and Doin' It - Hell - Polydor
Brown, James - Hot (I Need To Be Loved, Loved, Loved, Loved) - The Singles Vol.10: (1975-1979) - Hip-O Select
Anderson, Vicki - Message from the Soul Sisters (Parts 1 & 2) - Mother Popcorn Anthology - Soul Brother

Pink Floyd - May 4, 1972

Pink Floyd
Music Hall
Boston, MA
May 4, 1972

More information on this venue can be found here:

http://mondaymorningjazzandblues.blogspot.com/2011/11/pink-floyd-november-11-1971.html

Pink Floyd - May 3, 1972

Pink Floyd
Concert Hall at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Washington, DC
May 3, 1972

Got an image of the tour program from this blog. 

http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2011/08/05/139023311/bobs-favorite-concert-ever

Rebels in Paradise - Hunter Drohojowska-Philp

You can read about the book here:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/21/books/review/rebels-in-paradise-the-los-angeles-art-scene-and-the-1960s-by-hunter-drohojowska-philp-book-review.html?pagewanted=all

or here:

http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jul/17/entertainment/la-ca-hunter-drohojowka-philp-20110717