listened to the first disc of escalator today. against all odds i enjoyed it. usually i fervently dislike classical operas, musicals and rock operas in an ascending order. there is broadway and there is rock in this but i suppose the free jazz component saves it for me. all that brass. pieces with six different kinds of them: trombone, trumpet, french horn, bass trombone, tuba and tenor sax (made of brass but a woodwind instrument!). all those old acquaintances. john mclaughlin, gato barbieri, charlie haden, paul motian, jack bruce, don cherry, linda ronstadt etc. gato's tenor sax sounding like someone screaming for his life. the second hour is for tomorrow night.

i just listened to paul bley for the first time in my life. homage to carla from 1992. and i am flabbergasted. if this had been a blindtest i'd have said it is an unreleased recording by keith jarrett. from the 70s when jarrett was solo. the same lyricism, the same kind of restraint, the same flow but without the melodic transcendental climaxes. paul was on ecm as well in the early 70s.

i am going to explore the annette peacock (wonderful reissue my mama never taught me how to cook), gary peacock, paul bley, clara bley complex further on. next album i ordered: carla bley's jazz opera thing escalator from over the hill. funny that there are quite a lot of paul bley/gary peacock collaborations, the last one from 2001 even called annette. i mean both of them were married to her. not sure if she is still married to paul gary but i doubt it.

gary peacock has been keith jarrett's bassist for the last 20 years or so by the way.

die gez will ab april (faz-falschmeldung?) 2007 (quelle) von mir fernsehgebühren kassieren weil ich einen internetanschluss habe.

was hat mein internetanschluss bitteschön mit dem beschissenen öffentlich-rechtlichen fernsehprogramm zu tun? die paar erbärmlichen videostreams von ard und zdf, die ich mir sowieso nicht antue, sollen mich 12 öros extra im monat kosten? das ist gebührenfaschismus. also ich sperre die seiten von den öffentlich-rechtlichen jetzt von meinem computer aus und gut is.

wenn ich tim berners-lee wäre, würde ich von der verfickten gez patentgebühren für die nutzung des internets für die übertragung von videostreams verlangen.

Joni's cat is called Nietzsche (from Elvis Costello's long interview with her for Vanity Fair).

• The Durutti Column mp3s will be online for one week.
• They are of a poor FM quality (64 kbit/s).
• If you like them you can purchase the CDs e.g. at Amazon. The reissues are quite expensive (16 euros in Germany) but they are definitely worth it.