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Dave Brubeck has passed at 91.
I will miss him and his unusually syncopated bus.

Composer. Performer. Hipster glasses pioneer.



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A true musical genius whose influence went far beyond jazz.

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Beck's latest album goes old school.

Really, REALLY old school.

http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/musi ... iewed.html

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Drummer Ed Cassidy of Spirit dies at 89. Holy crap he was old.

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Saw Brubeck at Wash U in 2004. He was still incredible in his early 80s. My Dad, when he was in the Air Force in the early 50s, used to see him at The Blackhawk in San Francisco quite often. He said there were times he was literally looking directly over his shoulder watching him play piano. My Dad loved Miles, Monk, Garner, Peterson but Brubeck was always his favorite.

Digging Paloma Faith.

Nicki Minaj is such a talented rapper. Her own music has done very little for me. I was really hoping Kanye or someone would talk her into doing one full-on rap album before she started doing things like Bieber tracks and American Idol. I hope she will at some point.

Found this gem. Its a bob Dylan cover from the lumineeers before they were the lumineers. It's incredible.

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first of some old Hendrix studio work being released.

Going to head down to CoMo to see Drive By Truckers tomorrow night. Looking forward to it.