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Saturday, September 03, 2016
Friday, September 02, 2016
12 jazz albums that made a difference for me
By Jack Brummet
1. Forest Flower — Charles Lloyd. This was the album that got me hooked on jazz when I was around 20.
2. The Legendary Dial Masters — Charlie Parker. [It's kind of cheating —maybe—to use a compilation like this.]
3. Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall —Thelonious Monk. [This tape of this 1957 concert was long lost and then found in 2005 at the library of congress. It was mastered and released a few years ago, and became a jazz best seller. It’s great.]
4. The Complete Atomic Basie — Count Basie
5. Live at Antibes — Charles Mingus. [Ah Um, Pithecanthropus Erectus, Oh Yeah were close contenders.]
6. Blue Train — John Coltrane [I was tempted to put Live in Seattle, which as some critics noted, contains some of his best, and worst, playing ever.]
7. Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band — Duke Ellington [This is peak Ellington which = peak jazz.]
8. Milestones — Miles Davis [this one was really hard…so many fantastic albums.]
9. Bug Music — Don Byron
10. Love Devotion and Surrender — John McLaughlin and Carlos Santana [Odd choice? Yes. I love each guitar player on their separate stereo channels and their rocking take on Coltrane].
11. Hot Fives and Sevens- Louis Armstrong
12. Visiting Dignitaries — Milo Petersen and The Jazz Disciples [by my oldest friend Milo and some really talented sidemen. I dig this out pretty often. Beautiful songwriting and arrangements. It includes a song, “The Good,” he wrote for our wedding.]
2. The Legendary Dial Masters — Charlie Parker. [It's kind of cheating —maybe—to use a compilation like this.]
3. Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall —Thelonious Monk. [This tape of this 1957 concert was long lost and then found in 2005 at the library of congress. It was mastered and released a few years ago, and became a jazz best seller. It’s great.]
4. The Complete Atomic Basie — Count Basie
5. Live at Antibes — Charles Mingus. [Ah Um, Pithecanthropus Erectus, Oh Yeah were close contenders.]
6. Blue Train — John Coltrane [I was tempted to put Live in Seattle, which as some critics noted, contains some of his best, and worst, playing ever.]
7. Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band — Duke Ellington [This is peak Ellington which = peak jazz.]
8. Milestones — Miles Davis [this one was really hard…so many fantastic albums.]
9. Bug Music — Don Byron
10. Love Devotion and Surrender — John McLaughlin and Carlos Santana [Odd choice? Yes. I love each guitar player on their separate stereo channels and their rocking take on Coltrane].
11. Hot Fives and Sevens- Louis Armstrong
12. Visiting Dignitaries — Milo Petersen and The Jazz Disciples [by my oldest friend Milo and some really talented sidemen. I dig this out pretty often. Beautiful songwriting and arrangements. It includes a song, “The Good,” he wrote for our wedding.]
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Thursday, September 01, 2016
The Soviet human-ape hybrid
By Jack Brummet, Genetics Ed.
The Human-Ape Hybrid
For decades dark rumors circulated alleging that the Soviets had conducted experiments to try to create a human-ape hybrid by breeding chimpanzees and humans, but it wasn't until the collapse of the Soviet Union and the opening of Russian archives that the rumors were confirmed.
Dr. Il'ya Ivanov was a world-renowned expert on veterinary reproductive biology, but he wanted to do more in life than breed fatter cows. So in 1927 he traveled to Africa to pursue his vision of interbreeding man and ape.
Thankfully his efforts weren't successful. This was due both to genetics, and to the native staff of the West Guinea research facility where he worked, from whom he constantly had to conceal the true purpose of his experiments. If they had found out what he was really doing, he wrote in his diary, "this could have led to very unpleasant consequences." The necessity of carrying out his work in secrecy made it almost impossible to do anything, although he did record two unsuccessful attempts to artificially inseminate female chimpanzees with human sperm.
Frustrated, Ivanov eventually returned to the Soviet Union. He brought an orangutan named Tarzan back with him, hoping to continue his research in a more accepting environment. Back home he advertised for female volunteers willing to carry Tarzan's child, and remarkably he got a few takers. But then Tarzan died and Ivanov himself, suspected of harboring counter-revolutionary sentiments, was sent off to a prison camp for a couple of years. This ended his research. There are vague rumors suggesting that other Soviet scientists continued Ivanov's work, but nothing has been proven.
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Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Amazing shadow piano
Mickey Hart posted this recently on his Facebook page. I don't know if he took the photo, or is just sharing it. Interesting nonetheless. Of course, the cranky comment people pointed out it is not configured like a piano (whiners/spoilsports).
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Monday, August 29, 2016
The world's most dangerous lawyer retires
Houston defense lawyer Jerry Guerinot announced his retirement from death-penalty cases this month. He has a perfect record: all 21 of his clients received the death penalty and ten have been executed so far. He pointed out that "gang members, serial killers, and sociopaths" were entitled to representation, too, and that he has also taken more than 500 other criminal cases cases to trial. [Associated Press 8-13-2016]
More baffling to me than the string of losses are why people kept signing up. . .
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Sunday, August 28, 2016
Saturday, August 27, 2016
The Soular Sisters 2nd #EXCLUSIVE SUPER SALE on Capitol Hill 8/28
The Soular Sisters 2nd #EXCLUSIVE SUPER SALE is on tomorrow at the Belmont Farmers Market (next door to the Redwood Bar) on Capitol Hill. This sale will include some of my faces, in addition to #clothing #houseplants#advice and #icedcoffee.
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Friday, August 26, 2016
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