I
hint of filigree,
a thread of presence folds
into darkness.
Like draped silk,
a whisper of air
folds into silence.
there…/…not there.
II
Sounds like
Ed Blackwell, and Max Roach
are gi’en it laldy in the park’s municipal bin.
Ane of thae big green wheely numbers
pitchin’ and pulsatin’
wi polyrhythmic paradiddles.
Then oot! vertical!
two squirrel’s explode
through the brushes,
an aff wi the spoils.
III
A night sky of
deep darkness
soaking in the light
as stars sigh.
A crescent of moon
resists and smiles
as Venus breathes.
IV
Magical, Moondog moonbeams of metre. Celestial songs and canons.
(After the Art Ensemble of Fife, Duglas T Stewart and Davie Scott’s wonderful Moondog evening at The Fife Jazz Festival).
Soundtracks (Past few weeks)
Nate Wooley – The Almond
Oren Ambarchi – Audience of One
Jean Claude Eloy – Yo-In
Alog – Unemployed (4xLP version)
Jah Wobble/Keith Levene – EP
Stephen O’Malley/Steve Noble – St Francis Duo
Erstlaub – The Last Few Seconds Before Sleep
Erstlaub – I Am The Line Drawn In The Sand Between The Living And The Dead
Erstlaub – Unfolding Inwards
Julian Cope – Psychedelic Revolution
William Basinki – Disintegration Loops I & II
Lambchop – Mr.M
The Pop Group – ‘Y’
The Caretaker – Patience (After Sebald)
The Caretaker – Extra Patience (After Sebald)
Motorpsycho and Ståle Storløkken – The Death Defying Unicorn
Supersilent – Supersilent 9
Valerio Tricoli – Did They, Did I
Django Django – s/t
The Coral – Butterfly House, Acoustic version
Errors – Have Some Faith in Magic
Mogwai – Hardcore Will Never Die But You Will
Robbie Basho – The Seal of the Blue Lotus
John Coltrane – Kulu Se Mama
Kraftwerk – The Man Machine
Miles Davis – Dark Magus
Arthur Russell – Calling Out of Context
Jonathan Harvey – Mythic Figures
Jonathan Harvey – Imaginings
Jonathan Harvey – Complete String Quartets
The Thirteenth Assembly (Mary Halvorson/Jessica Pavone etc) Jazz on Three session
The Red Krayola – The Parable of Arable Land
John Surman – Where Fortune Smiles
Scorch Trio – s/t
Scorch Trio – Brolt!
Max Roach – Members Don’t Git Weary
Moondog – In Europe
Frederic Rzewski – The People United Will Never Be Defeated
and in celebration of 35 years of Marquee Moon, a bunch of Television boots.
Murdo Eason - From Hill to Sea 