Settled In Shipping

...in which our protagonist often finds himself walking in the wrong direction, but at least taking the right subway trains. Monday : awake ...

Quite possibly the most disturbing scenario I've witnessed this week: two pre-pubescent boys, earbuds firmly plugged in, singing along t...

Now that I've confirmed travel plans and such, I figure I can make a blog posting about it: I've been accepted into the BMI Jazz Com...

I picked up The Roots' Game Theory earlier in the week, and it may well be their strongest effort to date, and definitely their best wo...

Ignorance is bliss. Consolation comes in the form of delusion - "it can't/won't happen here." How much harder the blow, th...

I've tried to keep this blog apolitical (especially due to my lapse in staying informed on various issues), but certain events permeate ...

As promised, here are my blog musings of what's been going on the past few weeks: August 18 - Matt Haimovitz (cello) and Patrick Wedd (...

Opening up my blog feeds just now, I see three entries: Dewey in memoriam . I'm sitting here somewhat stunned. Contrary to what Pat wr...

I haven't exactly been blogging at the speed of life lately - I've been immersed in writing new music for the Indigone Trio + String...

A couple of weeks ago was the 11th edition of Under Pressure , a weekend-long celebration of graffiti, primarily, but all facets of hip-hop ...

RIP to Duke Jordan (an underrated and versatile pianist; much like Mwanji, I didn't realize he was still around) and Anga Diaz (a far ...

* Autorickshaw - "Purvi Tillana" ( Four Higher ) Tabla Beat Science - "Palmistry" ( Tala Matrix ) Mystère des voix bul...

The now contentious era of jazz history, post-1967, is one that fascinates and eludes me. As my cameo on the Greenleaf blog has made clear,...

I'll be hosting two vastly different radio shows on CKUT (90.3 FM) in the space of three days: Monday, August 7, 12:00-14:00 EST - Wor...

You know it's bad when you're going through your Sibelius scores folder and you come across fragments you don't remember writing...

Fagen and Becker never cease to impress: Don & Walt's open letter to Luke (and by extension, Owen) Wilson. Kudos to the Dan for eloq...

It seems the hot topic of jazz journalism, circa 2006, is the "invasion" (as DownBeat labelled it a couple of months ago) of young...

Just a quick note for the handful that follow this blog: I'll be hosting CKUT (90.3 FM)'s Jazz Euphorium show (for the first time ...

This is what I get for not checking my Hour newsletters. I am stunned that Cinéma du Parc is going under. It's been a cornerstone of my...

My Cruise Ship X experience is behind me, and it has been populated by a spectrum of events that span from sheer misery to pure ecstacy. The...