G'morning, Mr. Richard. I was driving by, seeing what some old last.fm friends are up to.

hey welcome to the northern-spy records (the ghost of the esp-disk staff you met) group, dick. label spotlight on free music archive with interview and free downloads: http://freemusicarchive.org/label/northern-spy/

thanks for suggesting the show back in may. wish i had caught it. i'd appreciate suggestions on future shows, though!

Hey, how did your trip to Turku go? You were headed there last fall, right? Been meaning to ask you about it for a while, but never got around it.

yeah, long story but was only "out of the states" for about 48 hours. but i am back in brooklyn since september. you in d.c. area? join my silly group - http://www.last.fm/group/studio+typewriter

drive by hi Nov 2009 rough mix

This might interest you: http://www.last.fm/music/Christian+Munthe

Fuck TGI Friday's.

Dickflex, would you continue your old shenanigans if I let you back in the group?

yeah, I'm seeing Brotzmann with Nasheet Waits on Wednesday. That lecture sounds great.

Was really good. Took them like 5-10 minutes to get something going, but after that it was pure bliss. I sat with my eyes closed for a good half of the show, in a trance-like state. They played straight for close to 2 1/2 hours.

Hey dude. Bright Duplex should be out early April. It's a good'un. Thanks for supporting Thor's Rubber Hammer!

cool! thanks for letting me know. i hope they come to belgium.

Oh wow. Why does Buffalo get such good shows? It does not seem like a locale for avante garde jazz. of course, I've only been there once, for a few hours.

Thanks for stopping by...

Buffalo? I've always been surpised that they have major league sports teams, and now they get Bennink/Gayle? The fuck?

At the art gallery they set up like 25 chairs across a huge area that could have fit either more chairs or more standing people, and there were a lot more than 25 of us there, so that part was really annoying. The worst part was the fact that bennink's drum set was right behind a brick column that was in the middle of the floor. Luckily I could still see him well because of a reflection in a window. Annoying at first, but it all worked out. They played real well together, really enjoyed themselves.

Wow, I'm scared to hear that he needed medical assistance, but if he still played fine, then he seems okay. Yeah, I was at the show, and it was really good. Venue was not the best, but they were showing some of Bnnink's artwork as well so I guess they wanted to have it in an art gallery. So when the two would get real loud the room would have trouble handling all of it and it would get quite muddy. Too many blank walls. But still a great show.

Why are you listening to music? Shouldn't you be seeing Bennink and Allen?

nice 2 meet u. like yr playlist

[url=http://www.last.fm/group/The+Musical+Elitists/forum/27000/_/480214]New 1001 ipod list thingie.[/url] American free jazz has yet to be covered, among other genres. Your help would be much appreciated.

Sure, I'm always up for trying the milk before buying the cow. Braxton was, of course, sick. At Saturday's show he conducted two of his compositions, Nos. 103 (for seven trumpets) and 169 (for brass quintet). 103 was a really good exploration of the timbre possibilities of the trumpet, with a shitload of mutes being used simultaneously (some even using CD's). Each soloist took a distinctly different solo too, utiliizng extended techniques and such. No. 169 seemed weak because it followed 103, but was still enjoyable. The tubaist(Jay Rozen ,actually) was really sick, and kept using a crush pie plate as a mute. I was expecting more from the other four players, who definitely played well, but just not as adventurously as I had hoped.

Yo, is Born Broke worth the cash money? I see you gave it a 3.5 on RYM.

be sure to pm me & I'll give you phone, etc. Depending on what's up at the time, couch surfing may be available, too.

Hey, I'd like to think it's still on. I spoke directly with Han Bennink's manager a few months ago, and that's where I initially heard of the gig. So I'm not quite sure if I had any business posting it on here! It's not on ICP's website either. I'd give An Die Musik a call before showing up.

Oooh, don't remind me. That'll be the second time this summer I'll miss Allen, and last time he was with Weasel Walter. God I was pissed. Fuckin' family wedding. I got drunk on free booze, that meant I was angry-drunk, listening to wedding music. And this Thursday I'll be in Florida with my family. I do, however, have all of these other Ars Nova shows to enjoy: http://www.arsnovaworkshop.com/.

haven't seen the line up yet, but I always do make at least one show.

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arg, i wasnt free that evening... hopefully ill catch roscoe mitchell or some of the other awesome shows at that festival...

thanks for your visit! :)

Richard Dick Flex! How nice to see you visit my page. What brought you there? Did you somehow sense I had just dl'd art work for Chocolate & Cheese?

Oh man, I wish you lived within walking distance of my house! If there's any recordings from the show, I'd love to hear it!

Thanks. I'll watch for it.

All I have is Nihm. Does she have anything else?

Hey... Okkyung Lee. Although... you only heard one song so maybe that means you actually hated it...!?! But, anyway, I saw her live with Laurie Anderson... and it was de-lish.

But my favest esp disk' is 'from now on' by karl berger, and i do have a copy of it on mp3, featuring Henry Grimes, Ed Blackwell, and Carlos Ward.

You're welcome! Have you been liking anything you've been hearing of his so far?

this place looks promising - http://www.melodyrecords.com/ more options to check out - http://nowacki.org/dcmusic/ let me know if you find anything good.

hey, thanks. i was brought in at the last minute but at least helped set the template/tone for the new reissues. i'm a bit more proud of the work i've done on the upcoming 4 reissues and 2 new releases. should be out in the beginning of april. d.c.? haven't really hung out there since the 80's. i'll check into it. hope the move is good.

PEQ is a nice surprise. Less noisy than expected (read feared); but intense, edgy and fast free jazz. Hits jsut the right note for me between traditional free jazz and noise. Also satisfies my urges to discover some good new modern jazz artists who play some great jazz. Definitely among the best of 2007.

thats great. i find him awesome. especially his work with vijay iyer on raw materials.

How do you find Rudresh? Have you been listening to him for some time now?

I'll check it out when it's available at the local music store.

Cool! I love his music. Do you know him? You have a cool avatar too!! i see you like peter brotzmann too, i saw him in bruges a couple weeks ago, and he totally blew my head off!!!

ESP Radio : Part One : Tribute to Albert Ayler part 1. The first installment of ESP Radio has just been added to the ESP-Disk' website. There will be more added in the future. http://espdisk.com/index2.php?option=com_joomradio&page=show_radio&id=1 Enjoy... http://espdisk.com

Happy New Thing

thanks a lot again for the erstwhile recommendation. I just ordered Tincture from the guy. cool site.

thanks a lot! cool website.

hey, I've been trying to find this John Butcher album with Fred Lonberg-Holm on cello and Michael Zerang on percussion, do you or anyone you might know have it? It's completely impossible to find. I've tried buying it and no one has it in stock anymore.

do you have any john butcher albums? I'm re-listening to this great album of his that I got a while ago and I really want to hear more