Leslie Banks is the shit in this stone classic of the trapped-in-a-crazy-man’s-castle genre. (YouTube upload by SuperVintageCinema.)
. . . to Factory Records c. 1984. (YouTube upload by Ikon Video Bank. More on Kickboy, aka Claude Bessy, here.)
After a 2-month hiatus, I thought I’d take this moment to re-enter the blogosphere with a short record review. I’ve been listening to an advance copy of Money & King’s debut album, Across the Cul-de-Sac, this week, and I dig it enough to think it merits a post. (The record comes out officially on February […]
Top Cool Jazz cat Dave Brubeck has flown to the big gin joint in the sky at the ripe old age of 91. Here’s a clip of him and his Quartet in 1964, gliding ethereally through “Take Five.” (YouTube upload by improvisedsolo.)
Wrist Corsage (1996), by Lisa Yuskavage. Oil on canvas. MoMA, New York.
The immortal Captain, at his late-60s peak. (YouTube upload by FunkensteinJr.)