Native style...

Hey folks! Cool weekend of music I got to experience. First up was Guitarist/Flute player Aaron White (Burning Sky/Sky Chasers/Blue Stone Project) at the Heard Museum in Phoenix. Aaron was playing at the Heard as part of the 'NU: Native + You' series. Music, film, and exhibit openings. Aaron was kicked back in the museum's gift shop, playing whatever the spirit moved him, with a small variety of flutes and his guitar at hand. Aaron's headed for NYC to play a series of dates at the Lincoln Center.

Next, it was over to another part of the museum to see a Navajo band from New Mexico, the Plateros. A family trio led by 17 year old Levi Platero, this band is HOT! While their latest CD, "Hold On" is a bit slick and shows a heavy Los Lonely Boys influence (not that that's a bad thing), seeing them live really shows the wide variety of influences this band has. They played a bit of original material and spread out some covers, amongst them being a great rendition of "Voodoo Child", "Pride and Joy", and "Red House". But make no mistake; this was no Jimi/Srv clone/wannabe thing. The absolute high point of the show was an incredible version of "John Henry" (I gotta find out whose version of that they're doing... isn't that a Leadbelly song?). They just tore... it... up... It was the kinda song where you have no idea what they played after it because you're still stunned from the song before. I just felt so sorry for alla the people who didn't make it out there to see them. They played a club with a buncha other bands on Saturday. I hope there were a few more people in the seats for that one. I didn't make that show. Saturday, I took in a pow wow out on the Fort McDowell reservation. Cool tunes, good food, nice weather, great vibes. Not a bad weekend with my Native friends...
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Full Moon Rising Where the Wild Things Are

'Where the Wild Things Are' is the new release from Steve Vai. Not having seen the movie, I don't believe this is the soundtrack. Recorded at the State Theater in Minneapolis, this is being released on both CD and DVD. I got a hold of my copy of the CD last night but haven't had a chance to check it out. Look out for some tracks on the station coming soon...

I'm also checking out the new CD from Native artist Pura Fe, 'Full Moon Rising'. An interesting mix of Blues, Folk, Acoustic, and Native with even some hip-hop type vocals thrown in here and there, marks one of her most ambitious works to date. Some of the tracks (17 in all) draw back from her days with Ulali ("Mahk Jchi" makes it's third appearance on cd, also recorded for Robbie Robertson's 'Music for The Native Americans'). She revisits past works on all of her cd's, offering a different take of each song. Some don't quite hit the mark of the originals but mostly her remakes are quite refreshing. It looks like the first song from this CD to make it on to NOTIMEWARP RADIO will be 'Borders'. A real different piece of work for her, very lively and electric.

Also in the listening bag is the Beastie Boy's "Check Your Head". The Beasties have kinda grown on me like a fungus. I've always liked a few songs but not enough to chase down anything. I'll save that story for another time... www.notimewarp.com

There's more at the door...

The weekend saw the addition of 40 more new songs added to the NOTIMEWARP RADIO playlist including songs by Stevie Ray Vaughan, Earth Wind & Fire, Who, Blind Boys of Alabama, Blackfire, Junior Wells, King Crimson, Elvis Presley, Doobie Brothers, Clifton Chenier, David Bowie, James Brown, Indigenous, and a buncha more stuff. The playlist has been expanded to almost 21 hours of music, with more to come. The weekend also saw a number of listeners from around the world that usually don't hang out on the 'warp on the weekends. Most of the audience for internet radio comes from the 'cubicle crowd'; your workers lucky enough to work somewhere that lets them listen to music while they work. Hopefully these weekend people find their ways back this week, as well as you reading this blog! Free your mind and your ears will follow! www.notimewarp.com

A little bit o' this and a little bit o' that...

After being a bit under the weather the last few days, I've been adding a little bit of this and that to the NOTIMEWARP universe..

First up, was a few more items scanned and posted to the NOTIMEWARP RADIO Flickr page. Included this time 'round are some concert souvenirs from a few Rolling Stones concerts I went to over the years. When possible, I try to snag a couple of whatever item, so I can have one for display and one to lock away for safe keeping. You could say to keep it in mint condition but, I'm not interested in selling anything, whatever it's worth. I was collecting before collecting became such a huge business. I don't think anything I've got is worth a tremendous amount of dough anyways... Nothing that's gonna put the grand kids through college anyway. Besides, I'm a fan. I like this stuff. www.flickr.com/photos/notimewarpradio/

I've also added 30 songs to the ol' lonely radio station. Tune in to hear Raconteurs, Stooges, Aerosmith, Latin Playboys, Rolling Stones, Ray Charles, Howlin' Wolf, Black Crowes, Bob Dylan, Peter Gabriel, Stevie Wonder, and a whole gaggle of groovy tunes.

There hasn't really been a big flood of people passing through the sites but that's alright. The Flickr site's actually been doing pretty good. I got some cool stuff to check out. The station's been slow. It's that weird variety thing, I think. It'd do a whole lot better if I'd narrow it down to just Rock and Blues but, I like a lotta stuff that goes beyond that. This blog, geez, I got no idea if anybody reads this thing. I mean, how does anyone find it in the first place? That "next blog" thing at the top of the page is pretty random but ends up taking you to the same blogs over and over. You ever notice all the people who just talk about nothing? At least I'm talking about music but... Well, anyway, there's not really a way to see how many people have passed through either. No telling if anyone reads this or not. But, for those who may stumble across it, I try to keep it interesting enough.

Well, until next time...

Twice as nice

Oh, man, was this worth the hype! I got my copy of 'Double Down Live' last week and checked them out last weekend. First, I checked out the "Now" disc. Great shots, top notch music, cool edits and effects. Way cool. There is also an interview by a French media outlet with the band which I found disappointing. Same old questions, no new info for anyone who's followed the band for any length of time. Otherwise, I really liked the video. Yesterday, I let disc one fly. What a incredible show! With the rest of the sound filled out and something to lay the eyes on, it put my bootleg to shame! It looks like this was the complete show as well (which, even at 2 CD's, the boot didn't completely capture). Having first seen the band live in 1994, I'd never seen them with all that energy before! Billy G. is almost non-stop bouncing and running all over the place. The craziest part of this show was that they didn't hit the stage until 4a! At one point, you see them going backstage and passing a clock reading 5:35! If you think about it, that is about 11:35p Texas time (-ish) so, as long as they hadn't readjusted the ol' body clocks, they were already physically there for it. This is a great pick up if you're a ZZ fan. Not a bad place to start either...