Alvin Ayler and other stories

Here is a write up of Weasel Walter, who I'll be playing with (along with Greg Kelley and Paul Flaherty) this Tuesday. Really exciting, I feel it will go well. White Mice are also on the bill and they are a band that I've always liked.

Please note that we all make mistakes, but I definitely did a slight chuckle at the mention of Alvin Ayler.

I'm going to call Albert Ailey about this!

I'm also playing in NYC on Saturday at a benefit concert for the Festival of New Trumpet. I'd like to thank Taylor for getting me involved again.

In closing, a word of advice: In music, don't play by the common groupthink rules established by your particular sector of musicland unless you really truly believe in them.

Chris Rock is my favorite comedian

My dad was an early adopter of cable: we had it in the early 80s.
My mother also got cable fairly early, and I remember watching Comedy Central at her house as a pre-teen. Back then Comedy Central was mostly clips of stand up. No South Park, Daily Show, none of that. I loved Margaret Cho and I was even a big Ellen Degeneres fan back in the day. She has a good self-deprecating style of stand up.

Different comedians have different strengths, Dave Chappelle can distil larger bits of information into a soundbite, Katt Williams is an amazing physical comedian. Chris Rock does some of the best things that comedy can do: make us look in the mirror.

I can't tell a good joke to save my life though..

Yesterday I was playing around with Garageband making beats out of the pre-made loops that came with my computer. Which was fun and all until I asked myself the question "what do I want to say with this?"

I didn't have the slightest idea. Hopefully I'll figure it out.

Still not too motivated to write

Also I hate politics.
I redid the Blaq Lghtn site
www.blaqlghtn.com

I have been listening to a good deal of juke and ghettotech lately.
Also, I am doing the edits on the recording I did with Tatsuya Nakatani in July. Trying to get some more records out.

Basically yea thats the deal.

I wish I could dance! (I mean like real good. That reminds me Hive is coming to Boston!)

Check this out! Michael Myers meets footworking

Sorry I haven't posted lately

I have been very busy and I haven't been very motivated to post.

Quantum Jazz Music Suites is out!

In fact, we (Full Metal Revolutionary Jazz Ensemble) had the cd release concert a couple of weeks ago and it was incredible. I just received my copies of the recording from that and it's quite superb! So I felt it was my duty to inform you that you can buy a copy of Quantum Jazz Music Suites by visiting fmrje.com.

Listen to "I Won't Stop" in it's entirety on last.fm

I Won't Stop by Forbes Graham
Forbes Graham - trumpet, electronics
And if you want to buy a copy, you can visit Blaq Lghtn

Books of late

Picked up both of these recently (yesterday) and so far I am very pleased. Whoever thought you could make a pancake out of flaxseed meal! Well, it was more like a weird cookie but man did it taste good.

I can't lie, there's a bit of the pretentious know it all tone in the books, but a strong personality is often the type that ends up doing things like writing a vegan raw food cook book.

I also picked this book up for my godson's birthday:

I hope that he likes it and it makes a positive impact on him. Lillian said he's too young (he's not even a pre-teen), but hey my dad had me reading Richard Wright and James Baldwin when I was his age..