I see Rommy has been hard at work, there are now four chapters (1, 2, 3, 4) of Wheat’s BassBook availible in Russian thanks to his translating efforts. Does my heart proud.
Tower of Power bassist Francis Rocco Prestia is recovering from a recent liver transplant, but his medical bills are insane. Fans have set up a site so you can help out. When I was younger, I always assumed that any musician popular enough to get mentioned in Bass Player was rich beyond my wildest dreams, but it’s not always the case (especially if you’re a fusion player). So help out, if you can.
I’ve been using shoutcast + WinAmp a lot lately to stream music. There are lots of good stations. Among the more off-beat artists I’ve developed a liking for is Ben McAllister, whose music you can stream 24-7 (I’m thinking about setting up a similar chanel for Nancy. Picture the tag line: “All Nancy, all live, all the time!”). Ben’s stuff is too eclectic to label. There are pop songs, insane alt-jazz instrumentals, tongue-in-cheek parodies, sound track music. I’m still exploring it. On the techno side of things (I’m not big into techno, but I have certain trance artists that I like, Orbital being a favorite), I’ve been enjoying DJ Joe Nash (who doesn’t seem to have a homepage).
While we’re talking music, tonight is Nancy’s farewell concert. Two of our members are moving out of state for English instructorships at universities. So, barring reunion concerts when everyone happens to be in town, this is it for a while. As for me, I’m going to stay out of bands for a while, buy a new hard drive, and record some of my own stuff. I’ll put together a page for it once things are rolling.
If you’ve ever played in a band, you’ll probably find the Hall of Douchbags from rockandrollconfidential.com amusing (warning: quite a bit ruder than most things I link to. If profanity offends you, get a life…, er,…avoid this link).