september 2017

a completely random curation of thought-provoking art, music, humor, and life

patti's top five

Patti Littlefield's list of the top five women in jazz, in no particular order.

Esperanza Spalding with her song, "I Know You Know" from her 2008 CD, Esperanza
Zildjian American Drummer's Achievement Awards. Tribute to Roy Haynes with Terri Lyne Carrington, Danilo Perez and John Lockwood.
Beata Pater's mesmerizing take on Herbie Hancock's Butterfly
Amazon http://amzn.to/1C6acNP | iTunes http://apple.co/1g32wSm Cécile McLorin Salvant's "Look At Me" from her album, For One To Love. Director, Editor, Cameraman and Producer: Mark Fitton Audio Engineer: Todd Whitelock Band: Vocals: Cecile McLorin Salvant https://www.facebook.com/CecileMcLorinSalvantMusic/ http://www.cecilemclorinsalvant.com/ Piano: Aaron Diehl https://www.facebook.com/aaron.diehl85?fref=ts Bass: Paul Sikivie https://www.facebook.com/Paul-Sikivie-80654068379/ Drums: Lawrence Leathers https://www.facebook.com/Lawrence-Leathers-46306943738/
Sounds Coming To You From The Infinite Jazz Lounge. On the contemporary side of jazz this is Violinist Regina Carter from her Regina Carter self titled release

Albuquerque’s 20-year-old skateboard sensation Mariah Duran finished 2nd in the 2016 Austin X Games’ Street Skateboarding competition, following that up with a 1st place finish in this year’s Jackalopefest in Montreal. She's currently ranked 9th in the world.

X Games Women's Skateboard Street competitor Mariah Duran opens up about the New Mexico skate scene and what pushes her to keep skating towards future goals. SUBSCRIBE ► http://xgam.es/YouTube X Games has been spreading the shred in action sports since 1995.

Australian veteran psych-rockers, Beaches noisily bliss it up and bliss it out on their newest LP, Second Of Spring.

third single from new double album Second Of Spring, out September 8 on Chapter Music on 2LP, CD and digital. Pre-order via https://radi.al/SecondOfSpring (digital stores), https://chaptermusic.com/store/beaches/second-of-spring or https://chaptermusic.bandcamp.com/album/second-of-spring http://facebook.com/beachesband

Pamela Adlon teams up with Louis C.K. for a West-Coast, single-mom take on Louie. Adlon serves a up a steamingly hilarious and much needed dish of raw-but-loving mom in season two of Better Things. 

Family. Because real life is like a fart. Watch this FIRST LOOK to see what inspired the new season of Better Things. Subscribe now for more Better Things clips: http://bit.ly/SubscribeFX Better Things is a comedy series co-created by Pamela Adlon and Louis C.K. Premieres Sept. 14th on FX.

If anyone is ever curious why Amy Sedaris is funny, watch her push a giant sewing needle through a donut sandwiched between two jar lids. Enough said. At Home with Amy Sedaris premieres this fall on TruTV to the delight of hardcore Strangers with Candy fans around the globe. 

Amy Sedaris demonstrates how to make a donut bird feeder... because squirrels and birds love traditional donuts (from "Simple Times: Crafts for Poor People"). For more on "Simple Times," check out http://www.amysedaris.com
Amy Sedaris demonstrates how to roast hot dogs on a rake (from "Simple Times: Crafts for Poor People"). For more on "Simple Times," visit http://www.amysedaris.com

Jojo Abot is a Ghanaian gender-bending, multi-faceted artist, reaching into the depths of global artistry through music, film, performance art, and literature.

Music - Gods Among Men Marching Produced, Written and Performed by Jojo Abot Directed and edited by Jojo Abot Cinematography - Kgomotso Neto and Vusi Magubane

Erricka Bridgeford started a grassroots movement to stop the violence and killings in Baltimore with a 72-hour ceasefire in early August 2017. The movement was marred by four shootings, two of which were fatal. But Bridgeford's efforts continue as an inspiration to take action and spark kindness.

Baltimore's grassroots ceasefire movement begins Friday.

Iceland’s Múm have been slinging post punk electro psych music for 20 years. Founding twin Gyda Voltisdottir tries her hand at the oldest complete musical composition.

Seikilos Epitaph; the oldest surviving complete musical composition from 100 AD found on a tombstone in Turkey.

As guitarist in the LA surf-punk band Feels, Shannon Lay simply shreds. In her solo work she shows off her subtle emotional side. Living Water, her new album, will be released on September 22.

→ Subscribe if you like music! http://youtube.com/c/PressureDroptv 10/08/16 - It was a psychedelic day of color for the live stream of Los Angeles band Feels, with a white hot sun, Shannon's blazing orange hair, and the barrels and buckets full of crushed blue glass reflecting down on the scene.
From the album "Living Water" out September 22, 2017 on Woodsist / Mare Records - http://www.woodsist.com/ Pre-order: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/living-water/id1260831212 "Debut release on Kevin Morby's new imprint with Woodsist Records. Shannon Lay's Living Water is an instant classic.