Interview with Andrew Trim & Brian J Sulpizio of Yr Knives
Bands start due to any number of reasons, but it’s rare to hear about one beginning from someone who isn’t in the band. Also uncommon is if the outside instigator is not a parent, a significant other, or some kind of boy band impresario. Yr Knives is an exception. This combo’s origins lie with a…
A Walk with John Coltrane & A Bear
For John Coltrane’s 100th birthday, I thought I’d share an email that I sent to friends roughly five years ago after listening to A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle, the rediscovered live performance of Coltrane’s masterpiece. This morning, I decided to walk with the dog up the mountain while listening to the new live version…
The Long Goodbye: Altman and Gould’s Marlowe, the Scuzzy ‘70s, and an Imagined Soundtrack
Director Robert Altman called his 1973 adaptation of Raymond Chandler’s hard-boiled crime novel The Long Goodbye “a satire in melancholy.” The film stars goofily sincere Elliott Gould as detective Philp Marlowe alongside the beautiful Nina van Pallandt, baseball pitcher turned controversial memoirist Jim Bouton, film director Mark Rydell, the stormy Sterling Hayden, and Altman regular…
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