Did you ever find out who it is? I'm curious if google and twitter searches are coming up with nothing because of this injunction, even though it's over in the UK. Because if it is, this is a real lesson in how easily we can be shut off from information if the Powers In Charge want us to be... and it makes me wonder what else is being kept from us. It also makes it even more imperative to keep the internet as much of a democracy as possible, because if one person or group can shut things down, there's no recourse.
Strange that some grab-ass in the green room can illuminate these sort of issues.
That's funny. I don't even know who Robbie Williams is.
Update: I quickly scanned his Wiki page, and I still don't know who he is. However, he seems to have been a part of the boy band craze and then, later, whatever the UK equivalent of American Idol crowd would be. Neither would be territory I'd have passed through.
That's funny. I don't even know who Robbie Williams is.
Update: I quickly scanned his Wiki page, and I still don't know who he is. However, he seems to have been a part of the boy band craze and then, later, whatever the UK equivalent of American Idol crowd would be. Neither would be territory I'd have passed through.
Yup, he was a member of Take That and is actually a great entertainer (IMO)
Maybe he hasn't made it big in the States, but here Robbie Williams is a big star. Once, and occasionally still is, part of boy band Take That, he has had a string of major hits. A couple of years ago his album Swing Both Ways was a big seller. I've actually got several of his earlier CDs and his two with a swing band.
Taken
from the ‘Cheetah EP’, out on 8 July, watch Aphex Twin’s first official
music video for 17 years; ‘CIRKLON3 [ Колхозная mix ]’, directed by
Ryan Wyer, age 12, of Rush, co. Dublin.
"I Have Dreamed," the Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein II standard, is
the latest offering from Nels Cline'sLovers - out Aug. 5 on Blue Note Records. Step inside the
studio with Nels, conductor Michael Leonhart and the ensemble
in the video above.
But of course. Starting with this one Thurs afternoon, then taking it as it comes. Prob going to have to miss Sat night, but hope to be there at least part of each day otherwise. Hope we get a chance to say hello sometime during the proceedings!
I don't think my flight hits Chicago until 11:00am CST, so by the time I get my bags, Orange Line downtown, and get checked in at the hotel, I'll have missed those early Thursday shows. I"m hoping to be able to catch the Charlie Haden film at 3pm at the Chicago Cultural Center, and then later that evening I def plan on hearing Orbert Davis, a long-time favorite of mine.
After that, I'll be hitting a ton of shows in the afternoon the rest of the weekend.
I need to get a new phone before I leave town. I'll DM you the number (assuming this site still has DM functionality. Otherwise, I can give you my new number via email).
Cheers.
P.S. Beginning tonight, Bird is the Worm will have an embedded soundcloud player of festival musician tracks, and lots of preview posts starting Monday morning... in case anybody is curious what's what with the CJF 2016.
I kind of wish I believed I was going to follow through on going to the Detroit festival...would like to hear Ron Carter and Brad Mehldau. But I was in Indianapolis last weekend, the semester is starting, and I am kind of tired, so I don;t think it is going to happen, sadly.
I think this is a link to the Radio 3 broadcast Lowlife mentioned above. Looks like it will be available through Sept.
Detroit Jazz Fest is a pretty good deal, as they tend to book bigger-name acts and all of the stages are in a central location. Downside of that central location is the very significant sound bleed between stages....literally a stone's throw from one to another (at least the last time I was there).
Will post a few pics from Chicago, if I can get any good ones! @jonahpwll is getting good links from the Jazz Fest website for his preview series.
Comments
- definitely not Ozzy. Elton John perhaps ?
Strange that some grab-ass in the green room can illuminate these sort of issues.
Update: I quickly scanned his Wiki page, and I still don't know who he is. However, he seems to have been a part of the boy band craze and then, later, whatever the UK equivalent of American Idol crowd would be. Neither would be territory I'd have passed through.
Robbie Williams - Let Me Entertain You
From BoingBoing, short video.
- Sorry . . . won't happen again
APHEX TWIN
‘CIRKLON3 [ КОЛХОЗНАЯ MIX ]’
Taken from the ‘Cheetah EP’, out on 8 July, watch Aphex Twin’s first official music video for 17 years; ‘CIRKLON3 [ Колхозная mix ]’, directed by Ryan Wyer, age 12, of Rush, co. Dublin.
Brian Eno Plays the Universe
A physicist explains what the composer has in common with the dawn of the cosmos.
"I Have Dreamed," the Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein II standard, is the latest offering from Nels Cline's Lovers - out Aug. 5 on Blue Note Records. Step inside the studio with Nels, conductor Michael Leonhart and the ensemble in the video above.
Bleep
Intricate Blueprint Maps the History of Electronic Music
I picked it up last year, but I've yet to frame it.
Not sure if any of the emusers crew will be there, but I figured I should say something.
Cheers.
After that, I'll be hitting a ton of shows in the afternoon the rest of the weekend.
I need to get a new phone before I leave town. I'll DM you the number (assuming this site still has DM functionality. Otherwise, I can give you my new number via email).
Cheers.
P.S. Beginning tonight, Bird is the Worm will have an embedded soundcloud player of festival musician tracks, and lots of preview posts starting Monday morning... in case anybody is curious what's what with the CJF 2016.
Detroit Jazz Fest is a pretty good deal, as they tend to book bigger-name acts and all of the stages are in a central location. Downside of that central location is the very significant sound bleed between stages....literally a stone's throw from one to another (at least the last time I was there).
Will post a few pics from Chicago, if I can get any good ones! @jonahpwll is getting good links from the Jazz Fest website for his preview series.
Dirty Projectors - Keep Your Name
Vote for Avenues for Homeless Youth here.
Thanks!
Craig