All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
The seeds for the Revolutionary Ensemble were sown when {{Sunny Murray = 9705}} introduced violinist {{Leroy Jenkins = 8040}} to {{Sirone = 4374}}. The two found common musical ground that took off from several genres and became encapsulated in one body. At first they worked with Frank Clayton, but the drummer was ultimately replaced by {{Jerome Cooper = 12090...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Powerful jazz double bassist with a gift for improvisation Back in 1971, three adventurous young US jazz musicians formed an uncompromising improv group called the Revolutionary Ensemble – a title that had resonances in the civil rights movement, the Vietnam war, and the radical transformation of jazzmaking that had been ignited by Ornette Coleman, Cecil Taylor and John Coltrane. The work of...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Fifteenth Street Friends Meetinghouse 15 Rutherford Place New York, NY 10003 November 12, 2009 7:00pm - 9:00pm Cost: $15 / $10 Students and Seniors On Thursday evening, November 12th, 2009, Unseen Worlds presents a night of piano music at 15th Street Friends Meetinghouse in Manhattan, only 3 blocks walking distance from 14th Street Union Square...
DJ Code Blue (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
Complex have just released the follow up to their first Soundboard what dropped earlier this year. Notable features include Obama, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, 50 Cent and Cam'ron. It's also good to see Latarian get the props he deserves. Full feature list after the jump ROW 1: (Left to right) President Obama, Olivia Munn, Ras Kass [Ed.—it's his boy in the clip], Ras Trent, Rick Ross, Eric Cartman,...
Just outside (Free subscription) | 10/04/2009
OK, so in the course of sifting through ancient drawings and scanning some of same, I came across a bunch done while working at Environ (and a handful at other loft venues from around the same time). Figured they were worth posting here (and on fb). These would have been done between Oct. '76 and early 1980. I think there are more around I haven't unearthed yet. A couple quick sketches of Abdul Wadud...
The WoW Portal (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
Author: synysmcerik Keywords: leroy jenkins WoW Added: October 2, 2009
Live Crunch (Free subscription) | 09/16/2009
Ever remember the Pirates vs Ninjas dilemma from years ago? Maybe you’d prefer Helicopters and Napoleon vs Hercules? Well, there’s a game that will let you do all of the above, maybe you could even put a few dinosaurs into the mix as well. The game is known as Scribblenauts, a side-scrolling platform game with [...]
Destination: Out (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
UNIVERSAL CONSCIOUSNESS OH ALLAH Alice Coltrane Universal Consciousness Impulse : 1971 AC, organ and harp; Leroy Jenkins, violin; John Blair, violin; Julius Brand, violin; Joan Kalisch, violin; Jimmy Garrison, bass; Jack DeJohnette, drums. String arrangements by AC; transcription by Ornette Coleman. “Is jazz dead? That all depends on what you know.” –Lester Bowie “A higher consciousness...
WOW Insider (Free subscription) | 08/24/2009
At this point, Felicia Day probably doesn't even need an introduction -- she's likely the biggest celebrity to come out of the WoW community since Leroy Jenkins . Her webseries The Guild , about a group of MMO gamers very similar to the ones we play with every day, has been seen and loved all over the world, and Felicia herself is spotted all over television lately (yes, tipsters to this site, that...
Destination: Out (Free subscription) | 08/20/2009
LEO John Coltrane Interstellar Space Impulse : 1967 JC, tenor sax, bells; Rashied Ali, drums. DUO EXCHANGE, SIDE ONE Rashied Ali and Frank Lowe Duo Exchange Survival : 1972 RA, drums; FL, tenor sax. SWIFT ARE THE WINDS OF LIFE Rashied Ali and Leroy Jenkins Swift Are the Winds of Life Survival : 1975 RA, drums; LR, violin. Despite being on an August hiatus, we couldn’t let the passing of Rashied...
MOUTHPIECE Blog (Free subscription) | 07/28/2009
How many throwaway posts can I do involving Mark Buehrle’s perfect game in one day the week after it happened? We’re at three and counting! Buehrle’s perfect game has hit the big stage: the cover of this week’s Sports Illustrated. Lee Jenkins — not to be confused with Leroy Jenkins — spent the weekend interviewing Sox [...]
The Smoking Section (Free subscription) | 07/25/2009
Words By J. Tinsley These “World of Warcraft” videos have become quite the internet sensation the past few weeks, especially in the blog world (thanks to B. Dot). Myself, I’ve never been a huge video game fanatic. Case in point, I bought NBA 2K9 last fall and as of July 21, 2009, at 4:39 p.m., I’ve [...]
justbarkingmad.com (Free subscription) | 06/21/2009
Video games make you retarded. Witness: Since the game in question happens to be World of Warcraft, I believe this segways beautifully into some sweet Leroy Jenkins action. (H/T Free Republic) Marcus
AfriClassical (Free subscription) | 06/19/2009
[Sing to the Sun: Chamber Music by Alvin Singleton, Troy 902 (2007)] AfriClassical has published two posts on the premiere of Alvin Singleton's After Choice by the new Orchestra of the League of Composers: “Orchestra of the League of Composers Debuts With 'adventurous music, Alvin Singleton Says” and “New York Times: 'After Choice' by Alvin Singleton 'was an engaging work for string...
TMZ (Free subscription) | 06/18/2009
Hell hath no fury like a chicken lover scorned -- as you'll see in the lawsuit filed by people who are pissed over KFC's free chicken giveaway.James Asanuma just filed a lawsuit on behalf of KFC lovers everywhere, saying the chain's giveaway was ... Permalink
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