Lost Ed Blackwell

Jon McCaslin @ Four On The Floor has posted some obscure (I’ve never seen them,anyway) Ed Blackwell videos— that’s all you should need to know to get over there and checkum out.

Donald Fagen on Whiplash

I’m kind of done with this movie, but I’ll keep sharing choice quotes about it when they come up. Here’s Donald Fagen: “Last night some of the guys in the band were talking about that […]

Stan Freberg 1926-2015

A few clips by comedian, satirist, and ad man Stan Freberg, who died yesterday. His heyday was before my time, but we had several of his albums in my dad’s record collection, and I memorized […]

A waste of time

Here’s a good video in case you ever wonder “Am I wasting my time geeking out on this drumming nonsense? Does anyone really care if I get such-and-such particular little drum thing together?” The answer […]

Brewing

You’re not fooling anyone, photographer— you sprayed the glass with water for that refreshing, weekends- were-made-for-Michelob, oh-I-just-pulled-this-full- pint-out-of-the-ice-chest effect… we’re getting off topic. OK, I’m on such a cold streak blog content-wise right now, I’d better write […]

Joey Baron

Just listening to a little Joey Baron this morning— be sure to listen to the interview at the end. Roulette TV: JOEY BARON from Roulette Intermedium on Vimeo.