[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNH6PX-2euM] I could gush about how much I love this guy’s record. I think instead I’ll let it speak for itself. This is his new video and I’ve played it about 10 times now. Hold on to your ass when you get to 2:27. Jimi Hendrix, anyone? Gives me that chill you get when you … Read More
Leo Raymundo Trio with Sue Nixon – Serafina :: 4 May 2013
Seattle is not a jazz town. Hell, Seattle isn’t really even a music town. Well, wrong. It is. You just need to know where to look. Or listen. Were you expecting the old days of The Crocodile Cafe with a little known band like Nirvana or Screaming Trees for $4? Okay, grunge partner, those days … Read More
NEW MUSIC :: Solo Piano – “Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye”
Recorded last night. Cole Porter favorite.
Pipe Etiquette – As Long As You Don’t Say “Hipster.”
With the Seattle summer quickly approaching, I’m getting a lot more of the itch to smoke a bit of pipe outdoors. The question I get the most, besides “can you take that thing elsewhere?” is “how does one properly smoke a pipe?” It seems easy, but there are some basic accoutrement and process to make … Read More
Guu is Guuuu’d – Guu || Vancouver, BC
I don’t fashion myself a food critic, but when I come across something “better-than-the-average” I gotta write a little something about it. My first time to Guu in Vancouver, BC was over a year ago. I was floored. You can probably tell from my Top 10 Meals Of All Time list that Asian cuisine, particularly … Read More
Brad Mehldau, Jazz Alley, Seattle – 30 APR 2013
Brad Mehldau, piano Larry Grenadier, bass Jeff Ballard, drums I first saw Mehldau at Jazz Alley in 2004. I think at that time he had only two records out, and hadn’t become a jazz household name by thenSince that time, Mehldau has become a reasonable celebrity, mostly because of his transcription of pop material into … Read More
Top Pot Donuts, Seattle, WA
[mediagrid cat=”157″ filter=”0″ r_width=”auto”] Arguably Seattle’s best doughnuts, Top Pot got its name from a sign two brothers bought from a defunct Chinese restaurant in Seattle, which at the time was called and read “TopSpot.” The sign was left in the backyard for 4 years, where it rusted and became the home for racoons. When … Read More
Inside Look: Vijay Iyer
Setup for the performance in Battery Park, NYC. Cool little piece with him on Rhodes Piano. Also features tenor sax man Mark Shim and trumpeter Graham Haynes. Worth a watch.
Crocker Art Museum : Indian Door Jamb
Hey yooooo! Where u at? My newHindi friends and i are mixin’ it up over at The Crock. Actually, this is a Hindu#door #jamb from 9th or 10th century Indian. Hey, my friends may be old, but they still know how to get down.
Dale Chihuly – Garden And Glass Museum
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