Show your colors
I know, right?? We could be here for days. Okay okay. Not everyone at once. One at a time, please. Settle down, everybody. Settle. No, thank you. You’re too kind. Yep. And there’s that. I do do that, don’t I? Thanks for noticing. Oh, are these for me? You’re a sweetheart (call me). You should…
I was in the car listening to the radio the other day. I complain about jazz sometimes having once been a serious jazzhead and semi-serious gigging jazz bassist. But every once in a while I’ll hear some straight ahead combo stuff that is just swingin’. Swangin’! I mean, on the money and in the pocket.…
Did you see in the news the other week about the zombie festival? Or the zombie concert thing? Or all the people shambling down the streets of Boston in a kind of zombie parade? I mean really. Who are these zombie obsessed people? videoyoutubezombies
When’s the last time you pooped your pants? Come on. Don’t lie. I mean as an adult. I’ll just say this. It’s how I found out that for me it’s just my body’s way of telling me, “Hey. You’re allergic to shrimp now.” musicstream of consciousnessvideoyoutube
Oof. Look at those colors. I was supposed to make the highlights warmer and the shadows cooler. I was instructed to mix colors on the palette before putting any paint on the canvas. It made a big difference. I’ve been thinking about color mixing all week. Bought the Pantone app for the iPhone. Very cool.…
I played a holiday thang, accompanying Khadijah and Angie last night, at Potter’s House. It was fun. Good crowd. We did some covers plus one of Khadijah & Hook’s originals: “Smooth”, “Get Up”, “My Favorite Things”, “This Christmas”, “Never Can Say Goodbye”, and her “Kwanzaa Song”. Tom Goss There was a drumming group and Tom…
Hey. What’s up? It’s been a while. Where were you on Sunday night? You missed my gig. But don’t worry because you were in good company, apparently. It was a good one. Okay, there were some imperfect moments. A few. And they were mostly due to the fact that I had the guys sight reading…
