Mea culpa...Happy Belated Birthday to Waldo Drogulus

Yesterday was Waldo Drogulus's birthday, as well as being April Fools Day. Here are some things that might amuse him:



Full Blast Trio

Peter Brötzmann, reeds
Marino Pliakas, bass
Michel Wertmuller, drums
Recorded at Norrköping Museum of Art, Sweden 2011-03-03



extrait du film RAGE ! de Bernard Josse, Photos de Gérard Rouy





This was at 361,136 views when I looked at it last...

I could have sworn that I posted this before...

Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band, "Ant Man Bee" off of "Trout Mask Replica"
Video by alargedog
Rest In Peace, Don Van Vliet

time and chance happeneth to them all...

Werdna Kemilk of Bug Melter/Bug Me Later and Waldo Drogulus of Rugged Bugs will perform together for the first time in 19(?) years.*

"Ants have colonised almost every landmass on Earth. The only places lacking indigenous ants are Antarctica" (Ironic, huh?)

You could make a fire with the seats. You could boil up some [...] dips. Or get into the subway for the icecream to come around.

Who doesn't like some bass clarinet for a sunny Sat'day afternoon? Esp. paired w/ bull fiddle and guitar?



Misha Feigin gtr.
Ned Rothenberg bs. cl.
Kevin Ray bs.

At The Stone, NYC, 04/23/10

Perhaps you'd prefer some balalaika:

The Suzuki Method

is pretty similar to the Chuck Berry method; Damo Suzuki comes to a town, and the promoter has a band of local musicians set to back him up...except he's not doing Chuck Berry songs (or songs by Can, for that matter), he's doing all improvisations.
Here are clips of some recent performances:



DAMO SUZUKI feat. CHATEAU LAUT - LIVE @ AUSLAND, BERLIN, 04/30/10



REnDeR PLaNT & Damo Suzuki
Part of a three-day Experimental Music Festival at the Luminaire in Kilburn in May 2010



Damo Suzuki and The Vultures, The Luminaire, 05/03/10



Damo Suzuki and the Dominic Lash Quatertet, The Luminaire, 05/03/10
Ricardo Tejero (sax), Javier Carmona (drums), Dominic Lash (bass), and Rodrigo Montoya (Japanese shamisen), perform at the Luminaire in the vicinity of Kilburn.

And sometimes the Chuck Berry method works really well:

I enjoyed this performance

(At least I enjoyed these little films of this performance, presented here in reverse order.)



Cut Paste Featuring Weasel Walter,



Peter Evans,



Cory Smythe, Steve Lehman



@ Le Poisson Rouge, NY, 03/16/10

Shot by MarcEdwards5050

But then again, I am also enjoying researching videos by Wendy & Lisa...

Spring Heel Jack & John Tchicai

Spring Heel Jack & John Tchicai, at "An Insolent Noise" festival,Verdi Theatre, Pisa,
12/02/07...



John Tchicai on bass clarinet and vocals, Orphy Robinson on vibraphone, John Edwards on bass, Tony Marsh on drums, John Coxon and Ashley Wales, electronics

Tchicai has quite an interesting trajectory, going from the New York Contemporary Five, the New York Art Quartet, and Coltrane's "Ascension" to working with Hans Joachim Irmler (ex-Faust) and members of Nalle...

"Eric!"

Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop

Antibes Jazz Festival, Juan-Les-Pins, France, 07/13/60

Ted Curson (tpt); Eric Dolphy (as); Booker Ervin (ts); Charles Mingus (bass, pno); Dannie Richmond (dr); Bud Powell (pno).



Eric Dolphy - "Epistrophy" -
ERIC DOLPHY(as･bcl･fl)
MISHA MENGELBERG（p）
JACQUES SCHOLS（b）
HAN BENNINK（ds）

Recorded at Hilversum,Holland, 06/02/64



Broohaha - "The Eric Dolphy Shopping Spree" - Pulse Bar, Barnsley, 02/18/10

The title comes from an anecdote that Kyle Farrell (click on the header) told me about a visit to NY; he was outside The Stone when a guy walked by carrying a 'cello, and, thinking it might be Erik Friedlander, he hollered "Erik!"

Weasel hits the Big Apple...

But on the Planet Brooklyn, not the isle of Manhattoes, belted 'round by wharves...



Talibam! with Weasel Walter @ Zebulon, 12/23/09

Talibam! consists of Matt Mottel on synthesizer and Kevin Shea on drums & percussion. Weasel Walter joins them in this short clip filmed at Brooklyn's Zebulon club. Weasel Walter is on the far left playing electric guitar, small percussion instruments, drums, and bass clarinet. In the middle is Kevin Shea on drums, Matt Mottel is at the far right playing keyboards or synthesizer.

Evan Parker & Ned Rothenberg, live in Oberlin, Saturday, 09/26, free...

Here: Ned Rothenberg & Evan Parker duo excerpt,
Recorded live at Roulette, NYC, 10/10/06

Saturday, September 26th
Fairchild Chapel
50 W. Lorain St.
Oberlin, OH
9pm, free admission