We're not home right now...

[kinzel]

We're on the road and Haysus is connecting us; zoom...really odd how many people have WIFI now that I have a convenient way to get at it. I recall schlepping 10 pounds of computer with the hopes that somewhere I might find connectitvity at under $10/hr. Now that I have a 2 lb computer, I can connect free from lots of places. Guess carrying that old thing around was worth it ...

So we're butterflying about this morning, expecting to arrive home in the evening snow. Well, that's not too bad, as long as we do get our day out and about.

This year I seem to be finding music; in last ten days I've picked up about ten hours of new music and leads on a lot more. Speaking of which, what, or who ... anyone out there familiar with the work of Anders Osborne? I've heard one cut in full and some partials and he seems to have a Van Morrison-like sound, which isnt' a bad thing from here...

More after breakfast, or maybe not.

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[baggette.livejournal.com]

So what happened to the "more after breakfast'?

Hope you had a beautiful day!

[kinzel.livejournal.com]

The more after breakfast ...got ate.

Which is to say we discovered the weather reports worsening and the things we scheduled becoming more complex because of the weather. We visited a bookstore to discuss Lee-Miller stuff as well as some SRM Publisher stuff and walked out into icy, misty, sleet. On the way back to the car we stopped into a store called Communique (how could we not?) in Portland, where discovered a bag which may well be the perfect eee PC touring bag...
of which more later or maybe tomorrow.

Then we drove in the general direction of home through a combination of Rt 1 and 295... pausing briefly at Royal River natural foods store to grab some spice necessities.

This is all posted via Haysus from the Winslow Public Library, where I stopped to pick up some *Official Business* and talk library stuff for a few minutes.

Anders Osborne

[dstempo.livejournal.com]

Anders Osborne, in my opinion, is one of the most innovative musicians out of New Orleans. His current band consists of the legendary sousaphone player Kirk Joseph, one of the founders of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Tim Green on sax who was recently nominated for the OffBeat award for saxophone, and Eric Bolivar, who also plays with Bonarama, on drums.
George Graham said it best in his review of Living Room
"Anders Osborne absorbed the rich musical scene of New Orleans, incorporating it into his music, which is basically blues, but is actually rather wide-ranging. He's a great slide guitarist, but also a very good singer-songwriter, capable of penning some great lyrics and creating songs that would stand up well in an acoustic folk setting. He also draws on influences including second-line brass bands, Professor-Longhair style rumbas and even Memphis soul."

Anders explains New Orleans music in a short on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKK0eYOdJBQ

Discography:

"Coming Down"
"Living Room" -
"Which Way to Here"
"Break the Chain"
... all great cds and are worth checking out on Amazon.


"Bury The Hatchet" has a more New Orleans sound w/ Big Chief Monk Boudreaux of the Golden Eagles and more Kirk Joseph on sousaphone.

"Ash Wednesday Blues" - with Keb Mo and Jonny Lang has New Orleans spirit& funk all over it coupled with great song writing.

All of these cds are good, but don't expect to hear the same versions when they are played live - where Anders is at his best:


"Live from Tipitinas" (1998) with Theresa Andersson on vocals violin and Mark McGrain on trombone and Kirk Joseph on Sousaphone. This is a GREAT live album and one of my favorites. Again, it sounds nothing like the studio version of the songs but if you are looking for great New Orleans energy - this is your cd. "Trippin' in Montana" and "Oh Mama" is all I've got to say about that.

"Live from Tipitinas" (2006) is another good example of his live shows. Another good show: http://www.munckmusic.com/wms/random/index.html


Here is a good clip of Kirk Joseph playing with Papa Mali:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-8XjPma7hA

Here is a good Q&A with Tim Green from Tipitinas:

http://www.tipitinas.com/features/Tim_Green/tim_green.html

Tim Green link correction

[dstempo.livejournal.com]

http://www.tipitinas.com/features/Tim_Green/tim_green.htm