Alisa Shea

I paint in watercolor because it scares me. I love its quirky unpredictability. I love the twinge of anxiety I feel every time I put down a color, knowing that I've often only got one shot to get it right. Piggybacking on my Instagram addiction, I paint from my own photographic reference material. I typically pick my subjects based on perceived level of difficulty; if it's something that I’m not sure I can successfully reproduce in watercolor, then that's the one I want to paint next. I am a control freak, and it's this combination of subject matter and medium that make for an overachieving, perfectionist’s dream, providing just enough of a challenge to make the whole process a tension-filled whirlwind of creative excitement. I start painting first thing in the morning, and the next thing I know it's mid afternoon. Hours have gone by, but to me, no time has passed. My anxieties about everyday trivialities simply fade away and I'm transported to a place where nothing else matters but light and shadow and color… and it is SO GOOD. So that's where I'm at right now. Welcome to my encore 

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Rickie Lee Jones’s Life on the Road

Rickie Lee Jones emerged into the pop world fully formed; her début album was nominated for five Grammys, in 1980, and she won for Best New Artist. One of the songs on that record was “The Last Chance Texaco,” and Jones has made that the title of her new memoir. The song evokes a service station on a long stretch of highway, and Jones’s book reflects on her almost obsessive need to travel and uproot herself at almost any cost. “All I wanted to do was leave” from a very young age, she says.“When I talk about it from here, it seems like it was so horribly dangerous.” She adds, “Suddenly I’ll [say], ‘I think I’ll go to Big Sur,’ and I’m in a car, going. But the chaos and trouble that brings to a life!” The producer Scott Carrier, who hosts the podcast “Home of the Brave,” interviewed Jones near her home in New Orleans 

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Black Cab - Rotsler's Rules

New single out now and I shall be there for launch #1 at Howler in Brunswick this Friday with my trusty Tascam in tow

Marion Raw - Run With The Sea

I really like this. I know nothing about her and at the moment this video has 52 views Well I just googled her and found this film for the song above and even this only has 630 views after being up for a couple of days shy of a month. Crazy

Marion Raw Mills About Many Moving Pictures on Solo Debut ‘Deep Cuts’

Leonard Cohen Was Right

How do you think he does it? #LeonardCohen #oldies #pinball pic.twitter.com/MaweThto7i

— sylvie simmons (@sylviesimmons) April 14, 2021

Sleazy knew

Jagger & Grohl - Eazy Sleazy (Anton Newcombe says it best)

Did A.I. Write this?

— anton newcombe (@antonnewcombe) April 13, 2021

Grateful Dead’s ‘Wall of Sound’ Lives Again in Some Dude’s Basement

Anthony Coscia has constructed a one-sixth scale version of the 1974 Wall of Sound PA set up with working audio 

You can read about it HERE

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Norman Westberg by John Fell

I met the remarkable photographer John Fell thru Norman on Facebook. For personal reasons John is leaving FB and going to be using Instagram as the place to see his wonderful photographs. Can I suggest you join him there? 

https://www.instagram.com/john.fell/

Trevor Jackson - Underdog 1993-1998 (NTS Radio 13/4/21)

Tracklist

Jamie Muir / Derek Bailey - Dart Drug

There's no shortage of great percussionists in the brief history of free improvised music but on the strength of Dart Drug alone Jamie Muir deserves among them. Unlike for example Han Bennink and John Stevens, though, you can't hear echoes of any particular jazz drummer in Muir's playing, even if he has expressed appreciation for Milford Graves. What on earth did Muir's kit consist of? Some instruments are clearly identifiable (bells, gongs, chimes, woodblocks), while others could be anything. Old suitcases thwacked with rolled up newspapers? Tin cans and hubcaps inside a washing machine? Who cares? It sounds terrific, but if you're the kind of person who faints at the sound of nails scraping a blackboard, you might want to nip out and put the kettle on towards the end of the title track. Dart Drug is consistently thrilling, and often amusing, but it's certainly not easy listening. In music we talk about playing with other musicians, whereas in sport you play against another opponent (or with your team against another team). Why not play against in music, too? That's often precisely what happens in improvised music, and Bailey was particularly good at it. How can a humble acoustic guitar hope to compete with Muir in full flight? Sometimes Bailey's content to sit on those open strings, teasing out yet another exquisite Webernian constellation of ringing harmonics and wait for the dust to settle in Muir's junkyard, but elsewhere he sets off into uncharted territory himself. "The way to discover the undiscovered in performing terms is to immediately reject all situations as you identify them (the cloud of unknowing) which is to give music a future," Bailey evidently concurred with this spoken statement by Muir, including it in his book Improvisation (1980). Derek Bailey is no longer with us, of course, and Muir gave up performing music back in 1989; all the more reason for seeking out this magnificent, wild album." 

- Notes for the Honest Jons reissue in 2018 

"For the uninitiated, Jamie Muir was percussionist for King Crimson during its Larks' Tongues in Aspic period. Since that time, he has concentrated on playing in the free improv arena, and has interacted with just about everybody on the British side of things. This date with guitarist Derek Bailey is in many ways quite remarkable. In these four improvisations, Bailey himself attempts to become a nearly lyrical player, sensitively looking for timbral elements within his already sonant tones, and Muir moves to underline that aspect of his playing. This is not to say that dynamics and violence are not found here -- quite the contrary, they're just more closely observed. The title track, clocking in just shy of half an hour, is for practical matters the hinge piece of the album, though it comes last in sequence. From random plinks and plonks, where Bailey accompanies Muir as a percussionist in the way he uses his strings and Muir dances all over the mix, a kind of pattern develops where dynamic threads are woven and carried forth into others, always leaving the fully articulated one as the process begets the creation of another. This systematic approach is different for both men, and results in a kind of ideational clarity that lesser players would love to emulate. The result is as open as silence itself, albeit a more playful gazer into its open mouth by this pair of yobs who are winking and laughing." 

- Thom Jureck (All Music Guide)

The Talking Drum - A Jamie Muir Interview

(Jamie Muir by cosmicfukc on Instagram)

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My youngest boy a very l o n g time ago channeling Mr Muir right at the end

John Stevens Dance Orchestra - Daffodils (ft John Martyn)

This is the first track from the A Luta Continua album and apart from Stevens on drums and Martyn on guitar and vocals it features Paul Rogers and Ron Herman on double bass with Andre Holmes on electric bass. Mark Hewins, Martin Holder, Nigel Moyse, Tim Stone as well as the aforementioned John Martyn on guitars. Paul Rutherford on Euphonium. Francis Dixon on percussion and Elton Dean, Lol Coxhill, Trevor Watts, Robert Calvert and Jon Corbett making up the horn section and finally Pepi Lemer also on vocals 

Recorded on 24/10/79

This is an invaluable site for info on the European improvised music scene. Just scroll down left column to find in this case John Stevens

(Exploratorium Berlin) Key_Concepts #2: John Stevens – From the Spontaneous Music Ensemble to Search & Reflect (3/9/20)

In the second edition of the new Denkraum series key_concepts, Mathias Maschat talks to synthesizer player Richard Scott about his experience in the legendary workshops of the London drummer and pioneer of free improvisation John Stevens. 

John Stevens (1940–1994) met Paul Rutherford and Trevor Watts in the mid-1960s and together they founded the Spontaneous Music Ensemble in 1965, which was to become one of the nucleuses of British free jazz and European free improvisation. Especially in the late 1960s, the SME, like the evening concerts he organized at the Little Theater Club in the City of Westminster (London), became a point of reference for the young generation of British jazz musicians – from Evan Parker to Derek Bailey, Paul Rutherford, Howard Riley, Maggie Nicols, Julie Tippetts to Barry Guy and Jamie Muir. 

Stevens developed a series of participatory pieces that enabled people with very different musical backgrounds and abilities to engage equally in creative improvisation. The pieces were published under the title Search & Reflect, creating a valuable manual for mediating and teaching improvisation. He tried out and used the pieces in countless workshops, which enabled him to train and significantly influence many musicians. 

One of them is the composer and interpreter of electronic and improvised music Richard Scott, who attended Stevens’ workshops in the 1980s. He has been pursuing the idea of ​​publicly reporting on his time with John Stevens for some time, which will now be the first occasion. Music-historical thoughts are supplemented with general considerations for teaching improvised music 

https://exploratorium-berlin.de

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Musicians, critics and friends celebrated the legacy of drummer John Stevens (1940-1994) reflecting on his teachings and visionary spirit with talks, workshops and performances throughout all day last Saturday 22 November at the EFG London Jazz Festival 2014. Here's an excerpt from the afternoon talk between Alyn Shipton, Victor Schonfeld and Steve Beresford

Remembering Grant Hart

 

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Video I shot of Grant performing 2541 on that first visit to Melbourne back in 2010

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Here's Hüsker Dü at the Camden Palace in London on the same European tour that I caught (ahem) in Amsterdam Tracklist: 

New Day Rising / It's Not Funny Anymore / Everything Falls Apart / The Girl Who Lives on Heaven Hill / I Apologize / If I Told You / Folklore / Terms of Psychic Warfare / Powerline / Books About UFOs / Chartered Trips / Diane / Celebrated Summer / Every Everything / Makes No Sense At All / Pink Turns to Blue / Ticket to Ride / Reoccurring Dreams / Eight Miles High / Love Is All Around

Psilocybin & LSD: Lessons of the Sixties

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DJ Food - Raiding The 20th Century

Pt. 1 - Time Machine
1 Alfred Newman - 20th Century Fox Theme (Intro)
2 Negativland - Downloading
3 Franz Ferdinand vs. Beastie Boys - Triple Take Mix
4 DJ BC - Surebladi
5 Danger Mouse - Encore
6 Wayne Butane - Elderly
7 Big City Orchestra - Bulldog
8 Jay-Z - Encore (Accapella)
9 Beatles, The - Glass Onion
10 Avril - Avril Plays The Beatles
11 Loo And Placido - Safari Love
12 Jrb - Busta Vs Steptoe & Son
13 Loo And Placido - Kids Will Rock You
14 Braces Tower - Special Child
15 Exactshit - Crazy
16 Cropstar Crazy - Prado
17 Britney Spears - Overprotected (Cliché Remix)
18 Will Smith - Nod Ya Head (Trick Remix)
19 Osymyso - Intro-inspection Pt. 1
20 fLeXuS - It Ain't Nothin'
21 Evolution Control Committee - Spandau Fillet
22 Go Home Productions - Turn Out The Light Slave & Give Me Some Rhythm
23 Go Home Productions - Work It Out With A Foxy Lady
24 Beyoncé - Crazy In Love (Glitch Mix)
25 skkatter - Diddy
26 Wobbly Yo Yo Yo Yoyo, - Hey...
27 Frenchbloke & Son - Sound Of Da S Club
28 Lemon Jelly - Soft / Rock
29 Michael Jackson - Billie Jean (Dancehall Edit)
30 People Like Us - Nobody Does
31 2 Many DJ's - Smells Like Booty
32 fLeXuS - White Love
33 Evil Twin - The Lady & The Lake
34 Justin Timberlake - Like I Love U (Ochre Remix)
35 Osymyso - Intro Expansion Pt. 2
36 Go Home Productions - Ray Of Gob
37 Madonna - WTF?
38 Player - Angel Of Theft
39 Osymyso - Wegoddim
40 LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out (Flashbulb Remix)

Pt. 2 - The Time Before Time
41 Alvin Lucier - I Am Sitting In A Room
42 Pierre Schaeffer - Étude Aux Chemins De Fer
43 Pierre Henry - Souffle 1
44 Edgard Varèse - Déserts
45 John Cage - Imaginary Landscape No.1
46 William S. Burroughs - Origin & Theory Of The Tape Cut-Ups
47 Coldcut - Let Us Play! LP Outro
48 James Tenney - Collage No.1 (Blue Suede)
49 Marshall McLuhan - The Medium Is The Massage
50 Steve Reich - It's Gonna Rain
51 Monkees, The - Opening Ceremony
52 Frank Zappa - Lumpy Gravy
53 John Rydgren - Christmas Montage
54 Holger Czukay & Rolf Dammers - Boat - Woman - Song
55 BBC Radiophonic Workshop - Major Bloodnock's Stomach
56 Beatles, The - Revolution No. 9
57 BBC Radiophonic Workshop - Talk Out
58 Kenny Everett - Musical Works

Pt. 3 - Say Kids, What Time Is It?
59 Grand Wizard Theodore & Kevie Kev - Rockwell Military Cut (Scratch Mix)
60 Grand Wizard Theodore Grand Wizard - Theodore Speaks
61 Grandmaster Flash Fab 5 - Freddy's Kitchen (Wildstyle DVD Rip)
62 Grandmaster Flash - WFMU Interview With Monica Lynch
63 Big Apple Productions - Genius At Work (Original)
64 Art Of Noise, The - Close (To The Edit)
65 Grandmaster Flash - The Adventures Of Grandmaster Flash On The Wheels Of Steel
66 Cold Crush Brothers vs. Fantastic Five - The Cold Crush Brothers Vs. The Fantastic 5 MC's
67 Malcolm McLaren - Buffalo Gals
68 Double Dee & Steinski - Lesson 2: The James Brown Mix
69 Double Dee & Steinski - Lesson 1: The Payoff Mix
70 Big Apple Productions - Genius At Work (Vol. 2)
71 Mr. K - Rock The House
72 Double Dee & Steinski - Lesson 3: The History Of Hip Hop
73 Buchanan & Goodman - Flying Saucer (Part One)
74 Bomb The Bass - Beat Dis
75 Steinski & Mass Media - The Motorcade Sped On
76 Steinski - Some Assembly Required Interview With Jon Nelson
77 Coldcut Say Kids - What Time Is It?
78 Coldcut Beats & Pieces
79 Eric B & Rakim - Paid In Full (Coldcut Seven Minutes Of Madness Mix)
80 MARRS - Pump Up The Volume
81 Eric B. & Rakim - Michael Jackson Got Soul
82 Think Tank - Hack One (The Internet Worm Mix)
83 Big Apple Productions - Genius At Work (Vol. 2)
84 3-D - Tommy Boy Megamix
85 Latin Rascals - Axel F
86 Arthur Baker - Breaker's Revenge
87 Kurtis Blow - America (Dub Mix)
88 Cindy Mizelle - This Could Be The Night
89 Rochelle - My Magic Man (Machine Gun Dub)
90 Word Of Mouth - King Kut (Bonus Beats)
91 T La Rock - This Beat Kicks
92 Tricky Tee - Leave It To The Drums (Dub)
93 Mantronix - Bassline (Stretched)
94 Mantronix - The Album Mega-Mix
95 Mantronix - Scream (Primal Scream Dub)
96 Mantronix - Music Madness Mega-Mix
97 T La Rock - Bass Machine (Club Version)
98 T La Rock - Breakin' Bells (Omar Santana Edit)
99 Luke Skyywalker - Bass Waves Mega Mix I
100 Matt Black & The Coldcut Crew - The Music Maker
101 James Brown - The Payback Mix (Coldcut Meets The Godfather)
102 Mantronix - King Of The Beats
103 Pete Smith - Beat Bytes Mix
104 Doctor Funnkenstein & DJ Cash Money - Scratchin' To The Funk Pt. 1
105 Herbie Hancock - American Mega-Mix
106 James Brown - Payback (The Final Mixdown)
107 DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - He's The DJ, I'm The Rapper
108 DJ Shadow - Lesson 4
109 Hiroshi Fujiwara & KUDO - Return Of The Original Artform
110 Derek & Clive - Records (DK Re-edit)
111 De La Soul - Cool Breeze On The Rocks
112 Zeb.Roc.Ski & Stieber Twins - The Revenge (B Boys Revenge 97)
113 Bronx Dogs - Tribute To Jazzy Jay (Death Mix)
114 DJ Format - English Lesson
115 Dynamix II - Just Give The DJ A Break
116 Beat Junkies - Scratch Monopoly Pt 2
117 Mr. Dibbs - B Boys Revenge
118 DJ Craze - 1st ITF Chamionship Set
119 Invisibl Skratch - Piklz Invisbl Skratch Piklz Vs. Da Klamz Uv Deth
120 Herbaliser -Wall Crawling Giant Insect Breaks
121 Cut Chemist - Lesson 6: The Lecture

Pt. 4 - Pressed For Time
122 Cassetteboy - Fly Me To New York
123 Jive Bunny And The Mastermixers - Swing The Mood
124 Stars On 45 - Stars On 45
125 JAMs - All You Need Is Love
126 Age Of Chance - Kisspower (Unreleased Mix)
127 Negativland - The Perfect Cut (Good As Gold)
128 Christian Marclay - Pandora's Box
129 John Oswald - Way (Asher Ogre Groin)
130 Evolution Control Committee - Rebel Without A Pause (Whipped Cream Mix)
131 John Oswald - Brown (News Orb Jam)
132 Tape-Beatles - Concern About
133 John Oswald - Dab (Alien Chasm Rock)
134 Tape-Beatles - Short History Of The Tape-Beatles
135 KLF - Rock Radio Into The Nineties And Beyond
136 People Like Us - Sound Escape Pt. 1
137 Negativland - The Letter U And The Numeral 2 (Acapella Mix)
138 Emergency Broadcast - Network Behavior Modification / We Will Rock You
139 Black Helicopters - Hammered Gods
140 People Like Us - Sound Escape Pt. 2
141 Tape-Beatles - Thus
142 Forest J. Ackerman - Music For Robots

Pt 5 - Time's Up
143 Osymyso - Intro-Inspection Pt. 2
144 Freelance Hellraiser - A Stroke Of Genius
145 Girls On Top - We Don't Give A Damn About Our Friends
146 Kurtis Rush - George Gets His Freak On
147 Copywrong - Too Much Freakin'
148 Girls On Top - Being Scrubbed
149 2 Many DJ's - Dreadlock Woman
150 Osymyso - Pat N' Peg
151 Freelance Hellraiser - Got My Lovely Money
152 Freelance Hellraiser - Step On Man
153 Osymyso - Intro-Inspection Pt. 2 (Reprise)
154 Osymyso - John's Not Mad
155 Picasio - Do You Really Like It?
156 Freelance Hairdresser - Marshall's Got Snookered
157 Mky - I've Created A Monster
158 B.R.K. - JackoNim
159 Mr. On vs. Jungle Brothers - Breathe Don't Stop
160 Freelance Hellraiser - Can You Lick Shots?
161 skkatter - Madonna Is A Filthy Slut
162 MCSleazy - Don't Call Me Song 2
163 Wayne Butane - Elderly
164 Girls On Top - I Wanna Dance With Numbers
165 Kylie - Can't Get You Out Of My Head (Soulwax Electrosoul Mix)
166 Kylie Minogue - Can't Get Blue Monday Out Of My Head
167 Alfred Newman - 20th Century Fox Theme (Outro) 

 

I was looking at a great blog that I used to contribute to and saw this was slated for posting. Not sure if I posted it here at Exile but anyway I gave it a listen and well I still like it so...