Music
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S-L Birthday Celebration / Hyde Park Jazz Fest
Today we celebrated S-L’s birthday. Here’s a video: SLBirthdayAndHydeParkJazzFest from Daniel X. O’Neil on Vimeo. We had dinner at Francesca’s on Chestnut then went to the University of Chicago campus for the HydePark Jazz Fest. We saw Angel d’ Cuba, walked around campus for a while, and then saw the amazing Ken Vendermark Ensemble.
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Hardly Workin’, the New Record by Andrew Mason and Electrical Audio
Today I listened to the new record by Andrew Mason. As you can see from this article, Andrew worked for Steve Albini at Electrical Audio. Albini is a badass. Andrew knows the inside of a sound studio. Here’s a snip: Makes sense, given that he was inspired to start a business by working as an engineer…
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[VIDEO] Ben Tucker Funeral Jazz March, Savannah, GA
Shawn-Laree and I are in Savannah for the high school graduation of her godson. I saw in the paper this morning that a jazz musician, Ben Tucker, had died and that the funeral was today. Savannah Morning News Front Page, June 10, 2013 from Daniel X. O’Neil We’re staying downtown, and after lunch we saw…
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Heroes / SLDXO
http://www.rdio.com/artist/David_Bowie/album/Heroes_(1999_Remaster)/ heroes-sldxo oh how i wish there was video surveillance on Fairfield a high-resolution capture of our first kiss goodbye by your car an honest lip kiss and i wrapped your arms around my neck the way i like it and i wish there was some godlike director trolling slowly in a boom, northbound with…
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Stoked for Muti
About a year ago I won two tickets to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at a benefit for the Chicago Opera Theater (thanks, Angel!). It was two tickets, and there was a wide berth of dates to choose from. Opening night and other big performances were not available, and after parsing the schedule closely, we chose…