On the Way to Festival of Ishtar

April 6, 2012Uncategorizedbeat box, drum, drummer, drumming, flamenco, gatlif, machine, Music, musician, nah, singing, song, vocal, voicegorebagg

Introducing Youn Sun Nah — she is ‘way much more than just your average Bear. Here she is, performing a cover of Tom Waits’ “Jockey Full of Bourbon”. Our Chief MixMan Oz Fritz won two grammies for his work with Tom Waits!!! You will surely want to know more about the wonderful and beautiful Youn Sun Nah, and there’s plenty of video teasers up on youtube.

And you might also appreciate Gritos De Guerra performing Arrinconamela from Tony Gatlif’s “Vengo”..

http://youtu.be/Ur2_A-0IWB0

Okay, that’s it for now — I’m off to breakfast, then I’ll be at the Festival of Ishtar. If you don’t know how to join us there online, go to http://www.justin.tv/gorebaggtv to find out more…

What is Heaven Really Like???

April 4, 2012Uncategorizedabd, afterlife, bardo, bardotown, blog, death, dying, heaven, lrsgorebagg

Everyone wants to go to Heaven, but nobody wants to die first. Here are a few visions of what it’s like day-to-day in the Big Place. Don’t forget that the real question of how well you did with the life you were given within which to do your Work will come the day after you die; “How well did I do with what I had to work with???” — if you did your Work, you’ll be happy with the answer. Everyone has their own opinion of Daily Life in Heaven. I’ll give you mine at the end of this blog.

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Jonathan Winters Ate Here

April 3, 2012Uncategorizedfranks, grill, herb khaury, kitchen, max oseran, meat, musso, pastries, produce, restaurant, tiny timgorebagg

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.

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Oriental Jazz, an Overview

April 3, 2012Uncategorizedanour, arabic, bass solo, besame, eastern, fairuz, jazz, lebanese, Music, oriental, rita, tigran, tunisian, yousef, youssefgorebagg

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…

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World’s Worst Pop Albums???

April 2, 2012Uncategorizedearth angel, enchanted forest, flea circus, herb khaury, Music, pop, rock, rowan & martin, song, tiny timgorebagg

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,

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Introducing Some Old Friends From ‘Way Back

April 2, 2012Uncategorizedbass, drums, eastern, epitaph, herbiehancock, jazz, mandrill, middleeastern, Music, musician, orientaljazz, piano, santur, shep, sherbell, time, waybackgorebagg

Come on into my WayBack Machine to The Time That Usta Was:

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Hypnotic Udu

April 2, 2012Uncategorizedafrican, drum, drummer, drumming, marco fadda, udugorebagg

Here is a wonderful example of a professional UDU setup, with a remarkable player, Marco Fadda:

Flanders & Swann, an Introduction

April 2, 2012Uncategorizedbath, comedy, flanders, funny, gnu, hot, mud, Music, musician, relaxing, song, songwriter, swann, theater, theatrical, wheelchairgorebagg

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.

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Large Hadron Collidor Rap

April 2, 2012Uncategorizedgorebagg

By far the most expensive rap video ever made:

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Hand Painting Reunion Blues Gig Bags

April 2, 2012Uncategorizedbag, gig, instrument, Music, musical, musiciangorebagg

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. sax 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.

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