Musso & Frank’s Grill was right around the corner from my place, and I was there almost every lunchtime and dinner from 1967-1971 when I left Hollywood. Prior to that, from 1964 to 1966, I ate there occasionally, but by 1967, I was working for Chuck at Tiger Beat/Monkee Spec, and I could well afford the best food in L.A., and this was where you could find it. Click to read more, and you’ll see a video that explains it all.
Let’s take a look at some of the many forms of Oriental Jazz that have developed over the past half-century or so… Here’s Tunisian jazz composer Anour Brahem’s offering:
http://youtu.be/L_UDEDlJcnQ
You might appreciate The Astounding Eyes of Rita, coming up next…
World’s Worst Pop Albums? Easy answer, but each genre has its very own. However, I have a few examples to offer — at the very top of the list is one of my closest friends in 1966-69, Wildman Larry Fischer, who appears with Frank Zappa, his mentor and producer:
And then there was the inimitable and thoroughly “Star Quality” diva of the 1960s,
Come on into my WayBack Machine to The Time That Usta Was:
Here is a wonderful example of a professional UDU setup, with a remarkable player, Marco Fadda:
If you’ve no idea how the great theatrical music came to be written, this will interest you greatly:
Do you properly cherish your steaming hot relaxing bath? A bath is composed of many important elements, just as you’d expect from any alchemical preparation … Click on “continue reading” down below, to see the rest of this blog … discover what a hot bath is really all about.
By far the most expensive rap video ever made:
Painting a Reunion Blues Gig-Bag for a sax player. They are pricey, but they last 10 times longer and are 100% tougher than any competitor’s gig bag.
I hand paint about a dozen a year. Each one is uniquely designed, no two alike. The bag itself runs about $300 and my signed painting job is an additional $500. Guitar bags tend to be about $200-$700 new — don’t buy one used — and are typically easily and cheaply available on eBay and Amazon.
Is this worth a half-million hits? I think it is.
Here are a few interesting experiments with the HAPI drum. You’ll note that it does not always have to be used as a percussion instrument — it has plenty of melodic punch as well. The videos are intended by me to be viewed in the sequence given for the best effect.
Here is a UFO being played at Mount Fuji: