Archive for 2009/11


Herbie’s Story

We’re too old. That’s what Herbie Hancock said at Quincy Jones’ Music Consortium. He told a story.  Of being in Japan and getting one of the original PlayStations. Now Herbie considers himself to be technologically adept.  When he got back to the States, he hooked the PlayStation up, even though the instructions were in Japanese.  […]

The Quincy Jones Music Consortium

Q told me he had to go to Israel, to meet with Putin and other heads of state.  He had to fix the Palestinian crisis before he died. Anybody else tells you a story like this and your eyes roll into the back of your head.  But Quincy’s on an airplane seemingly more than he’s […]

Streaming

Ownership is for pussies. Oh, don’t e-mail, you same people who said we should save the album.  Notice what a few years do?  Radiohead says no more albums, Rush the same thing.  So, when your favorite acts give up on the long form format, don’t you too? I know you do.  Because you’ve stopped sending […]