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JFREJ on Churchill, Part 2
[Cross-posted at Z Word.] An anonymous reader has suggested parodic verses along the lines of Caryl Churchill’s short play Seven Jewish Children: don’t tell them we sent a salami to our boy in the army no – don’t tell them that don’t tell them we gave their trust fund to bernie – no; don’t tell them that I love it,
Live standouts
Having just published a feature on the Bad Plus, I wanted to add a word about pianist Ethan Iverson’s wonderful trio gig at Smalls, with Ben Street on bass and the great Albert “Tootie” Heath on drums (Philly in the house). It was great to hear Ethan play straight bebop — “Hot House,” “Now’s the Time,” “A Night In Tunisia”
On The Bad Plus
The Bad Plus plays two nights in Philly this weekend; my feature is in the current Philadelphia Weekly (I didn’t write the subhead).
PW Spring Guide
In Philadelphia Weekly‘s 2009 Spring Guide: my (very short) previews of Béla Fleck, Alarm Will Sound, Peter Brötzmann/Nasheet Waits duo and Matana Roberts solo.
On Freddie Redd
My preview of 80-year-old pianist Freddie Redd — making a rare East Coast appearance this weekend at Smalls — in the current Time Out New York.
“What’s great about Gaza”
Yesterday I got into a comments war with Eamonn McDonagh over this post, in which Eamonn addresses the harrowing accounts of IDF misconduct during Operation Cast Lead in Gaza. It was an unsatisfying exchange, and I take my share of responsibility for letting the tone get out of hand. But I stand by my charge that Eamonn’s post is cavalier, his
The week on disc (39)
In case you missed the last one… Eddie Daniels & Roger Kellaway, A Duet of One: Live at the Bakery (IPO) Theo Bleckmann/John Hollenbeck/Gary Versace, Refuge Trio (Winter & Winter) Sound Assembly, Edge of the Mind (Beauport Jazz) Fat Cat Big Band, Angels Praying for Freedom (Smalls) Julian Argüelles, Inner Voices (Tone of a Pitch) Satoko Fujii Orchestra New York,
Savage on Bristol
Man, is Dan Savage good: Teen mom Bristol Palin and her fiancé, Levi Johnston, called it quits last week. So we’ve been cheated out of the Royal Rube Wedding we were promised during last summer’s Republican National Convention—and another child will grow up without a father in the home, which is a tragedy for the child, according to America’s Talibangelists. Or