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Deconstruction: Joe Pass Autumn Leaves Part Two

Part One can be found here. The second run through the Am7-D7-Gmaj7-Cmaj7-F#m7b5-B7-Em progression. Pass does a really cool thing with the melody. An inversion if you will as he descends in to notes the motif ends on, rather than approaching from below. A great move. Pass also doles out single note phrases to outline the [...]

Abbe May a howlin’ and a moanin’

Once night, watching Rockwiz there was this: It was one of those “Who the hell is this? I must hear more.” I couldn’t find more until recently as the artist in question, Abbe May just released her first album titled Howl and Moan. And a fine debut it is. Abby’s blues influence is obvious through [...]

Lesley Gore’s AC/DC

Via Invisible Oranges, I discovered a treasure trove of artists who have covered the lads’ Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap. A few of the tracks I had come across before but one stuck out. A version by Lesley Gore. Yes, the Lesley Its My Party Gore. From the album When Pigs Fly, a collection of [...]

Hawaiian heat waves muxtape

There is a chill in the air here in south eastern Australia. What better way to ward of the winter blues with a Hawaiian themed muxtape? You can pretend that you are: ‘Neath swaying palm trees Warm, friendly sea breeze When you hear the mellow steel guitars Moaning sweetly under tropic stars Information on the tracks and artists over the [...]

Deconstruction: Joe Pass- Autumn Leaves Part 1

I know the language of jazz. The scales, the chords, even the harmonic intent of pieces. But I can’t speak the language. All that comes out is notable gibberish that wouldn’t fool the most neophyte of jazz listeners. But I still take up the struggle every now and again. Joe Pass is one jazz artists that [...]

Book Keeping

Today there was a book bazar at the the local Sea Scouts hall (Supposedly like sea monkeys but with the ability to tie knots so I’ve been told). All books were $2 we wandered down to try our luck. I picked up some interesting tomes. I’m going to start a philosophical tussles with Roland Barthes [...]

The Bon Scott Project

Via The Age, I’ve learned that the Freemantle Arts Centre has worked up the Bon Scott Project. About the project: The Bon Scott Project is a multi-faceted event that sees 19 artists celebrate and critique the life, the legacy, the letters and the loins of Bon Scott! Ronald Belford Scott was raised in North Fremantle before [...]

Let’s talk about Celine Dion

No, this is not an opportune snark fest but a book recommendation (as recommended by Amanda in a great review). Celine Dion’s Let’s Talk About Love:A Journey to the end of Taste is a little book by writer/blogger Carl Wilson. Carl, who is not a Celine Dion fan by any means, sets off exploring why [...]

Lest we forget

Lone Pine The Mark of Cain

The working person’s muxtape

A themed muxtape with the songs relating to working in some form or another. Annotations over the fold, as you listen along. Oakley Hall - Confidence Man A live version from the Daytripper sessions and one of me favourite songs. Lyrically, a little desperate and strange and the line “maxing out my limit on the minimum [...]