This is where you say something clever
Just in case anyone thought Seattle is too sophisticated a place to be excited about the Superbowl….
My son’s usual ski lessons are on Sunday’s from 11 am – 4 pm. This week Powderpigs has changed the time of the lessons to 9:30 am – 1:15 pm, so that everyone can get their lesson in and get home in time for the 3 pm game. The forecast is for good snow, so we’re looking forward both to skiing and getting to my parents’ condo in time to watch the game!
I’ve been fortunate to have seen the great Allen Toussaint perform live a couple of times – once in a solo show in Washington that was a benefit for the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, and once in the late ’80s at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival
The other day I heard him playing an astounding solo piano piece on the radio – it was called Tipitina and Me – a slowed down, minor key version of Professor Longhair’s trademark tune Tipitina, and I had to go out and buy it. It’s on a CD called Our New Orleans, and the whole CD is a gem. In addition to Tip and Me, Toussaint does a hard grooving minimalist version of his Yes We Can Can, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band has a good rockin’ thing called My Feet Can’t Fail Me Now, the Wild Magnolias do their Mardi Gras Indian version of Brother John Is Gone, and the great Irma Thomas does a nice blues.
It’s also got the Preservation Hall Jazz Band doing Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans? (all of these songs take on such added poignancy now), and it ends with Randy Newman doing a hearbreaking rendition of his Louisiana 1927 with the NY Philharmonic.
Not only is the music great, but the proceeds go to Habitat for Humanity to help with Katrina rebuilding efforts. What more could you ask for?
Go out and get this CD.
I’ve been fortunate to have seen the great Allen Toussaint perform live a couple of times – once in a solo show in Washington that was a benefit for the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, and once in the late ’80s at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival
The other day I heard him playing an astounding solo piano piece on the radio – it was called Tipitina and Me – a slowed down, minor key version of Professor Longhair’s trademark tune Tipitina, and I had to go out and buy it. It’s on a CD called Our New Orleans, and the whole CD is a gem. In addition to Tip and Me, Toussaint does a hard grooving minimalist version of his Yes We Can Can, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band has a good rockin’ thing called My Feet Can’t Fail Me Now, the Wild Magnolias do their Mardi Gras Indian version of Brother John Is Gone, and the great Irma Thomas does a nice blues.
It’s also got the Preservation Hall Jazz Band doing Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans? (all of these songs take on such added poignancy now), and it ends with Randy Newman doing a hearbreaking rendition of his Louisiana 1927 with the NY Philharmonic.
Not only is the music great, but the proceeds go to Habitat for Humanity to help with Katrina rebuilding efforts. What more could you ask for?
Go out and get this CD.
I’ve been too busy with work and life to blog much lately – not that there’s any shortage of interesting topics. But I couldn’t let this one go by without noticing it.
The Canadian artist management company Nettwerk, which represents punk-pop star Avril Lavigne, among many other Canadian artists, is paying all of the legal fees of the family of a 15 year old being sued by the RIAA for downloading music including Avril’s tune “Sk8er Boi”.
Nettwerk CEO Terry McBride says “Suing music fans is not the solution, it’s the problem”, and goes on to say “Litigation is not ‘artist development.’ Litigation is a deterrent to creativity and passion and it is hurting the business I love,” insists McBride. “The current actions of the RIAA are not in my artists’ best interests.”
Those Canadians are sure spunky, aren’t they? And sensible too.
The complete press release is here.
