Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
The first film of the winter series (Outside if warm and inside if cold). Down by Law is a 1986 black-and-white independent film written and directed by Jim Jarmusch with Tom Waits, John Lurie, and Roberto Benigni.The film centers on the arrest, incarceration, and escape from jail of three men. It discards jailbreak film conventions by focusing on the interaction between the three rather...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
How best to describe slide trumpeter {{Steven Bernstein = 16405}}'s singular quartet Sex Mob? Maybe we should start with mercurial musical magician Bernstein himself, whose exotic career as sideman, musical director, arranger and composer has included ten years with {{John Lurie = 8915}}'s Lounge Lizards and stints alongside everyone from {{Bill Frisell = 6859}} to {{Sam Rivers = 10719}},...
Johnny Brenda's (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
... Medeski, Martin And Wood (on 1993’s It’s A Jungle In Here), the New York Composers Orchestra and John Zorn. As a sideman, he participated in sessions with John Lurie’s Lounge Lizards and David Berger’s big band. In collaboration with multi-media producer Hal Willner, he worked on Robert Altman’s Kansas City (1996). Bernstein is a member of the Levon Helm Band and composed arrangements...
Hypetrak (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Volume 5 of the Supreme book has been officially announced. The book by New York’s most famous skate-retailer features RZA of Wu-Tang fame on the cover. Content includes feature stories on Damien Hirst, Puff Daddy, Eric Koston, Nate Lowman and John Lurie. Once again Supreme have utilised the legendary skills of photographer Terry Richardson. The [...]
