In his latest blog post, Dennis Cooper selects must read missives from Byron Coley’s oeuvre. If you haven’t read Byron’s commentary on John Fahey make amends right now…
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The Wire magazine’s year end review named Michael Chapman’s experimental album The Resurrection And Revenge Of The Clayton Peacock on Ecstatic Peace! number six in the top albums of 2011. There’s also an interview with Michael and reviews of current releases. This past year has been a whirlwind for the Chapman’s, the loss of dear friend Jack Rose, two tours in the US with William Tyler and Smog respectively and the release the above mentioned lp plus the re-release of Michael’s seminal lp Fully Qualified Survivor. The Wire’s accolades are a wonderful conclusion to 2011.
This is a directors cut of a promo I shot and edited for the Infinity of Nations exhibit at the National Museum of the American Indian in NYC. Infinity is a wonderful Smithsonian exhibit that features 700 works of Native art from throughout North, Central and South America.
C’mon down to Littlefield Tuesday November 8th at 8pm. You will hear folksy tunes from Trummers, mellow grooves from A>G>E and rockin’ jams by Coke Weed from Bar Harbor, ME. I’ll be spinning some folk rock goodness. Should be a real fine time.
Had a terrific time wandering around the WFMU Record Fair, seeing old friends and digging for vinyl. Wound up mostly buying country rock from my pal Dan at the Gimme Gimme Records booth, including the above Billy Burnette and Bamboo lps.
This Sesame Street show open was my first big editing gig at Smash Advertising when I was just starting out. At the time I was Smash’s in-house editor, cutting demo reels, ripomatics for Maury Povitch pitches and topical promos for Comcast. Cutting the opening theme to Sesame Street felt huge! After that I edited several segments for History Channel’s Time Lab 2000 series with Rick Beyer. My time at Smash was formative and I am so thank to Marilyn, Mark, Linda and Rick for giving me a shot.
Last spring I visited a cozy nook in Bethnal Green, London to shoot artist Rob Ryan for Etsy. He and his band of merry helpers spend their days paper-cutting fantastic worlds of love, friendship and longing. It’s hard not to feel an emotional response toward Rob Ryan’s work: it’s timeless in its approach and includes positive missives like “Believe in People” and “Our Adventure Is About to Begin.” What could be a greater way to celebrate the world than acknowledging the beauty in the everyday?
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We lost a great man today, Bert Jansch passed away after battling cancer. I am thankful to have seen him perform and have told him what his music meant to me. Rest well Bert.
This past spring I traveled to Grand Rapids, MI to attend a Beerhorst Family art show. I was enchanted and somewhat perplexed by this unusual family of artists. Wherever Rick and Brenda go with their six kids, they inspire curiosity. From un-schooling to art-making, it’s life as usual for the Beerhorst clan.
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Rebecca Ross and I are starting up a rural, psych, folk rock dj happening, Early Morning Love at Daddys Bar in Williamsburg.
You will hear the sounds of Help Yourself, Moby Grape, Tim Buckley, Michael Chapman, Mike Cooper, Mason Profit, Mike Nesmith and the First National Band, Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac, Karen Dalton, Little Feat, Roy Harper; the sounds of such labels as Harvest Records, Apostolic, Vanguard. You get the picture.
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