Monthly Archives: March 2009

Made in Queens

Posted on March 14, 2009 by ken

Gothic Cabinet Craft, which built the new book/LP/CD cases I posted about a little while ago, were profiled today in the New York Times. It’s a local business, founded in a store that still exists (the one I visited to … Continue reading →

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“How the hell can you run a goddamn railroad without swearing? “

Posted on March 13, 2009 by ken

I watched two classic 1970s New York City movies this week — Taxi Driver and The Taking Of Pelham One Two Three. And I liked the latter a lot more than the former. Pelham is by far the best Quentin … Continue reading →

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Bob Guida, RIP

Posted on March 12, 2009 by ken

Bob Guida Originally uploaded by kenf225 Bob Guida, the great blues guitarist and singer, a jovial and powerful presence in the Brooklyn music scene for decades, died last night. Shlomo Pestcoe posted the following announcement to the NY bluegrass and … Continue reading →

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The Subway Sings Somewhere — Now In Video

Posted on March 11, 2009 by ken

You may remember that one of my songs for February Album Writing Month was “The Subway Sings Somewhere, which combined field recordings of the NYC subway with harmonica and guitar and various loops and electronic treatments to create a song … Continue reading →

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Memories After the Heat

Posted on March 10, 2009 by ken

I’m listening to After the Heat this morning, the 1978 collaboration between Brian Eno and the German duo Cluster that I bought on CD yesterday. In some ways it is a transition between Eno’s more rock-oriented work of the early … Continue reading →

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Buying albums

Posted on March 9, 2009 by ken

I went to J&R Music today to buy some actual albums (new ones by old acts: U2, Van Morrison and Bruce Springsteen, as well as an old Brian Eno collaboration that’s hard to find in its original form at a … Continue reading →

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Protected: Enough Said

Posted on March 7, 2009 by ken

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Frost/Nixon — Fail

Posted on March 7, 2009 by ken

I saw Frost/Nixon last night with rednoodlealien and doodlegoat and was rather disappointed. On its own as a film it is in some ways magnificent — Frank Langella in particular is very good — but fails in that it sets … Continue reading →

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John Cephas, 1930-2009

Posted on March 5, 2009 by ken

Cephas & Wiggins Originally uploaded by kenf225 Piedmont blues guitarist John Cephas died yesterday. He was a gentle man, a wonderful musician, and a born educator. I saw him play many times and took a guitar class with him at … Continue reading →

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FAWM Update

Posted on March 5, 2009 by ken

Meanwhile, back in the real world, I’ve rerecorded “Kitchen Table,” my fifth FAWM song. I rewrote a fair amount of it after workshopping it a few weeks ago, and I am much happier with this version than the original. It’s … Continue reading →

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