Chewing Pine

Bix Beiderbecke – “Singin’ The Blues”

Dave Cantor — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:18:16 +0000

Bix wasn’t as influential as W.C. Handy or some of the other early jazz composers. Being from Iowa probably didn’t help.

Skinhead Attitude (Feature Film)

Dave Cantor — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:10:49 +0000

Boss. Just boss skins.

Bo Diddley – “You Cant Judge A Book By Its Cover”

Dave Cantor — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:02:40 +0000

You can’t, but you can guess that Bo influenced everyone – even folks that were recording before him and persisted through the decades.

Thee Headcoats – ”A Town Named Squaresville” (Video)

Dave Cantor — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:22:54 +0000

Thee Billy Childish doesn’t stop. And here, he’s pretty bummed out about that and everything else.

Guilty Simpson x Oh No – “What To Do” (Video)

Dave Cantor — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:22:53 +0000

Dr. Oh No gits on the Guilty Simpson remix…what’s that sample, though?

Brand Nubian – “Punks Jump Up To Get Beat Down” (Video)

Dave Cantor — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:22:50 +0000

The group that gave the world Grand Puba gifts us this jazzy track…

Green River – “Ain’t Nothing To Do Green River” (Video)

Dave Cantor — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 05:51:58 +0000

Granted, outta the first wave (or two) of Cleveland punk bands, the Dead Boys haven’t aged all that well. But Green River was able to take a Clevo punk standard and turn it into one of its only truly good songs…Too bad Mark Arm doesn’ think enough of Clevo bands to mention them mid-set when his band covers ‘em…whatever…

Geza X & The Mommymen – “Isotope Soap” (Video)

Dave Cantor — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 05:47:11 +0000

1) I have that record player…
2) I want that record…
3) Geza X rules…

Ganglians are all Cheery Like

Dave Cantor — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 05:43:43 +0000

Yeah, this is waaaay late. SO?

Anyway, I have no idea how Woodsist has amassed such a bizarre wash of bands, but they did…so happy holidays a month late…what of it…?

The D.O.C. – “Doc & The Doctor” (Video)

Dave Cantor — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:14:34 +0000

“I want it all, like in Monopoly…”

Fame is an tough thing to capture…

Delroy Wilson – “I’m Still Waiting” (Video)

Dave Cantor — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:10:12 +0000

The Wailers’ version is great, but this is Delroy…

Sam Jones x Grant Green

Dave Cantor — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:06:44 +0000

There are some combinations of players that always work: Sam Jones and Grant Green is one of those match-ups…

Albert Ayler Mourns

Dave Cantor — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:15:17 +0000

There’s nothing really to be said about Albert Ayler that hasn’t been said before. He’s still – perhaps – the greatest jazzbo outta Cleveland…

Charles Wright x NWA

Dave Cantor — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:09:27 +0000

Funk is incredible for a number of reasons. Charles Wright’s track getting re-worked by NWA is on of them…

George Russell and the Lydian Scale

Dave Cantor — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:03:32 +0000

George Russell was a smart dude. That’s why he snagged Eric Dolphy for Ezz-Thetics.