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MTH-V: Rage Against the Machine

Posted by Mike on May 15th, 2012 under MTH-V Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  •  No Comments

RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE! Twenty years later, the band is still just as rocking and relevant. I know I have my Top 5 that I reference quite regularly. But if I were to limit that to rock alone, RATM would definitely make that list. (Note: RATM and TOOL both emerged from the same LA scene and [...]

MTH-V: Warren Haynes Band Live

Posted by Mike on May 8th, 2012 under MTH-V Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  •  No Comments

Summer approaches, meaning: – I spend much time thinking of great outdoor shows from summers past – I listen to more DMB than normal (and I already listen to a lot), gearing up for the annual summer tour Today, this leads me to Warren Haynes Band. Last summer, during my annual DMB pilgrimage to The [...]

MTH-V: Damien Rice

Posted by Mike on May 1st, 2012 under MTH-V Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  •  No Comments

From one acoustic aesthetic (last week’s Wynton) to another: Irish singer-songwriter Damien Rice. With Damien, I can recount the first time I heard his music: it was December 2004 and I went with my best friend to see Closer in the theater. About 1.5 seconds into the opening credits’ song “The Blower’s Daughter,” my friend – [...]

MTH-V: Wynton & “Green Chimneys”

Posted by Mike on April 24th, 2012 under MTH-V Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  •  No Comments

Judging by past entries on this blog, one might assume that I’m no fan of Wynton Marsalis. Au contraire! I’ll be the first to rant against one of his many tenants with which I disagree, and his “fetishization of jazz icons”* coupled with a narrow view and ear of what constitutes jazz is bothersome, to [...]

MTH-V: Charles Lloyd

Posted by Mike on April 17th, 2012 under MTH-V Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  •  No Comments

This past Saturday I finally got to see Charles Lloyd (with his New Quartet) live at Ann Arbor’s Michigan Theater. These last five years or so I’ve become quite taken with Lloyd, and he’s perhaps my favorite living jazz saxophonist after Dave Liebman. (At least according to my wallet and library.) I blindly purchased 2001′s Hyperion [...]