One of my favorite things is walking into a room and discovering the remains of some exploration and play that John John has left. This one was intricate. Notice the placement of the camels under the plastic lid as a detail. #lovemylittleinstallationartist
Stone Cold Lampin #9
Stone Cold Lampin’ #9
8/22/15
It was good to get back in the studio. The show was good. Tighter transitions. I played lots of international music this week.
Hour 1: Starts at 1:57 so you get a few minutes of Goodwrench. African drums, Japanese psych, piano pieces for children.
Hour 2: Slow Satie, Peru, drumming, organ, oranges.
Hour 3: Sun Ra, Ives, Hindemuth.
Hour 4: Ambient leading in to Sal 9000.
Streams via kfjc.org
Streams will be available until September 5.
Big boy drinks milk from a glass
I Am Someone To Love
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I am the writer
But I am but alone
When I’m on this microphone
I hear singing from the catacombs
Someday you’ll come to find me
Look for me and I’ll be gone
Don’t look no further on
I’m right here in the song
If this music makes you feel like I feel
That’s what is real
That’s all that’s real
I am (sing it with me)
I am someone to love
(Sing it) I am someone to love
Keep on knocking
But you can’t come in
Don’t tell my Mama
What kind of shape I’m in
Take it on the chin
Every now and again
Dust myself off
And check back in
I know I got problems
Some of y’all got problems too
I know it’s true
This life is beautiful
Ain’t nothin anyone could do
To take that away from you
I am
I am someone to love
I am someone to love
Pee
My pee smelled like an old library book. #shucks
At school this week
Monterey Bay Aquarium
On the 18th my mom and I took the bean to his first visit of the Monterey Bay Aquarium. “John John,” we told him, “we are going to go to a place where we will see lots of different kinds of FISH!”
“Viff!” he exclaimed (That means fish, for those of you who didn’t already know).
“Yes! And maybe we’ll see jellyfish and sharks and crabs and penguins!”
“Octopus!” he added on his own.
“Yes, and maybe even an octopus!” I said, amazed.
He was excited. My favorite thing about watching him be engaged is that ‘quiet attention’ face of pure engrossment and concentration. You’ll recognize it on the second image down. He is a little sponge.
^^^Quiet attention forever!^^^
Now, he can pronounce ‘fish’ correctly (though I must concede, I’m a little sad…’viff’ was so cute, though he does still say ‘Sea Animo.’ I’m sure that, too, will be short lived. He’s growing up!) and can properly identify those ‘animos’ on his ocean-themed pajamas: Sea Turtle, Hammerhead Shark, Mako Shark, Whale.
Good times! Nice memories!
Guadalupe Park Playground
We used the Guadalupe Park playground across from the Shark Tank. It was a Saturday morning. John John had fun on the slide.
There were a lot of homeless people around, sleeping on the grass, or messing around in the bathrooms. I knew there would be homeless folks there because I went to the discovery park drum circle near there back in the nineties, and there were many then.
There were two other families. It’s too bad it is underutilized because it is a nice playground with plenty of shade. The playground for toddlers was almost totally unused for play, with many people set up there, sleeping or sitting on benches. Because no one uses it for the intended purpose, it isn’t a great place to play.
Stone Cold Lampin’ #8
Stone Cold Lampin’ #8
7/21/15
I chose all jazz this week. I played something from every jazz record in the currents and also some from the jazz library. It was inspired by my friend Weasel Walter’s FB status: “do musicians who play like their asses are on fire a service and don’t wait until they die to ‘like’ them. they walk among us.”
Hour 1: Starts at 1:53 so you get a few minutes of Mouthbreather. Funny enough, he played the same song that Muad’dib played for his final number, the same lead-in as my last show. It’s a really annoying song. What are they trying to tell me? It’s all jazz, most of it was far out but I played some straighter stuff too.
Hour 2: Ellery Eskelin, Entourage Music Ensemble, Don Cherry, Kamasi Washington.
Hour 3: Alice Coltrane, Jacques Coursil Unit, William Hooker begins.
Hour 4: William Hooker ends, Phil Yost, Han-Earl Park.
Streams via kfjc.org
Streams will be available until August 4.
Stone Cold Lampin’ #7
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Stone Cold Lampin’ #7
7/16/15
I chose from the current adds records this week. These are records that were added to the library in the last 8 weeks.
Hour 1: Starts at 1:53 so you get a few minutes of Muad’dib harsh grit and sand music. Some ceremonial chanting, some drone. Vaclav Havel.
Hour 2: Latvian field recordings of cold war metal. Out jazz.
Hour 3: Jazz, ambient. There were some good segues in this hour.
Hour 4: Droning guitar. Dub. Ends with some energy.
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