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Thursday, January 01, 1970
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- Toots and the Maytals - True Love
With people like "Trey" - True to the old classics, with fresh blood added
- Mark O'Connor - Appalachian Swing
Especially, "Limelight" - fiddle song with classical fervor
- Joey Arkenstat - Bane
Damn, that guy rocks
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| Favorite Live Performance of 2004 |
- Ben Harper with Blind Boys of Alabama, The Apollo
Liked it 1000 times better than BH in VT a few years ago.
- Orchestra Baobab, Higher Ground, VT, April
Closing of Higher Ground, old location. Mystical, danceable, emotional.
- Ricky Skaggs, Mark O’Connor, NY, October
O’Connor had great jazz trio, Skaggs had Wycliff Gordon on Trombone.
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| Favorite On-Stage Moment/Show of 2004 |
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Final Phish set at Alpine Valley, June
Loved
- With band, "Thought" in Buffalo, Sept.
Was a tiny bar; felt good. great drummer and bass-trumpeter
- With Russo/Benevento Duo, BB Kings, NY, June Unrehearsed, we clicked with unexpected magic
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| Classic Album or Artist You Rediscovered This Year |
- Leo Kottke - Standing In My Shoes
Produced by David Z, who will be working with Leo and me in Dec '04
- Tim and Mollie O'Brien - Away Out on the Mountain
Learned several of the songs on here
- Diblo with Loketo - Super Soukous
These are classic to me
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| Artist You Are Most Excited About in 2005 |
- Russell Batiste
I just want him to release the album I played on, with other great cuts.
- Me
I need to develop this kind of arrogance to help launch the solo career.
- Someone I haven't discovered yet.
Perhaps I'll discover in "March" or "June." Would have great clarinet and tabla.
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| Best New Gadget You Can't Live Without |
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What I call "The Flashlight of Life" - from Sharper Image
Battery lasts 10 years, is 100 times brighter than Maglight™.
- The Mac G5 tower
It's quieter, which could be great for soft recording on the computer.
- Mosquito Magnet
Clears two acres of mosquitos. Bought it, but haven't plugged it in yet. Is this okay for vegans?.
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| New Hobby Discovered This Year |
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Counterpoint.
Taking lessons - the Schoenberg course - with Paul Caputo, NY.
- EMDR
nuff said.
- Reading
Rediscovered.
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| Guilty Pleasure of the Year |
- Law and Order
Best while eating ice cream
- Oatmeal cookie ice cream B&J's.
It's the cinnamon background that gets me
- Expensive Sunglasses
Planet Eyewear, Atlanta
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| The Retro Comeback You're Hoping for in 2005? |
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Neon green.
- Rotary Dial
I'd like to see this on a cell phone.
- Phish
Not really.
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| Selection for Person of the Year |
- Jared Slomoff
Runs my production co. Talented, Friendly. Phish folks love him. Call him. He'll make you a great album.
- John Quincy Adams
Long dead, but his quote in Imperial Hubris about not "spreading democracy" is valid.
- Ned Kahn
Designer of nature-like sculptures (The Exploratorium and elsewhere) - saw his very inspiring lecture
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| A Memorable Moment From the Road in 2004 |
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Had "last lunch" with just the band in exotic Philly sushi joint, Morimoto. Games like: "favorite moment of debauchery".
- Driving away from the last Phish concert ever had poignancy.
- Lost camera in Vegas casino; pic of cucumbers in Trey's eyes would have been Undermind cover. Was returned too late.
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