Sam Kulik discusses his album Escape from Society and music in general.
Christmas gigs (and a record), some parties and sitting in, visiting a school and playing for no audience.
7 countries with Sam. Many collaborations on a European tour, refinement of some solo performance practice, the good and bad and funny that happens on tour.
Gigs with Tin Pan, Gordon Webster, and the Universe is a Small Hat, with a nod to Frank Zappa.
Lots of Tin Pan this month, in Central Park and other places. Some Afrobeat and some theater and solo Escape From Society too.
Feather Gatherers! (read: Stravinsky), jazz on both sides of the border, what I think about Kickstarter, return of the gigs with Simi Stone, a week at Camp Candy.
A tour in June: Chicago to improvise, London/Bristol/Oxford with Tin Pan.
A flurry of activity ranging from Ellington transcriptions to church gigs to new African friends and renaissance music for brass. Special attention given to musician and pal Jordan McLean.
20 gigs in 31 days...from "Under the Boardwalk" to Phill Niblock, some good and bad tuba experiences, easy money and work-your-ass-off money.
March in review. Tributes to Robert Ashley, some Tinariwen and Iranian funk, gigs with Skeletons, David First, the Shanty band, and more...
February's gigs, music from Levon Helm, NRBQ, Cecil Taylor, Louis Armstrong, the Neville Brothers, Frank Zappa, and a song about JFK.
January 2014 in review with discussions of audience expectation, composing, and getting paid. Music from Langhorne Slim, Billie Holiday, Johnny Society, Otis Rush, and Googoosh.
An interview with theater-maker Cynthia Hopkins, whose recent show "This Clement World" I was a part of. The subject of the work is climate change so we talk about that as well as how the piece was created. Long format.
Influential gems from Helmut Lachenmann and Frank Zappa introduce "I Flip My Rhythms", written in collaboration with deaf artist Christine Kim.
Changing the lyrics around and incorporating unusual sounds for the track "The Winter Storm", and a goodie from the Skeleton$ Big Band.
The Christmas episode! Three original songs from the Yulenog franchise and three classic Christmas song-poems.
Talking about working with slugs (literally), working with/for myself, and wondering if Rodd Keith got trapped on the same hamster wheel I do sometimes. Plus "Christmastime Philosophy."
How the tuba came to be, what the tuba does, and why it's included in the song "Thank You." Bobbi Blake in a Yuletide crazy world.
The song "Bellarthur An Albino" and the challenge of overdubbing six trombones together. Plus goodies from Guygax and Deerhoof.
The hilarious story behind "South Philly Daze"...was I getting in over my head?
4 classic song-poems about presidents in advance of the 2012 election. Music as oral/aural history.
Mike Pesca's lyrics to "Tres Dedos Marron," Kyle's attempts at an organ solo, plus a song of his own!
Interview with lyricist Carolina Komarova, "More Than Your Dog", NRBQ, Pussy Riot, "Woman's Liberation".
Why jazz musicians shouldn't condescend, Fred Neil's influence on "Escape from Society."
Discussing the weirdness of Guygax, recording in Las Vegas, the nature of memory, and how to make a snare drum sound unique.
Introduces song-poems and features the songs "Middle of Nowhere" and "Escape From Society."
August, briefly. Tilt Brass, Douglass Street is done, Slavic Soul Party, police brutality, and what more can you say?
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