Tall summer grass reveals the shape of the breeze; only the siren of insects. 0 Even here among the snow-swept, desolate hinterlands of my consciousness the itinerant shepherds sing your praises. 0 When nothing else is, at least the rain is true. 0 The ego is a traveler walking barefoot and wide-eyed through the landscape […]
Read More The New Haiku Vol. 2What is it that attracts us to the sea? Why does it call all of us? Is it that it reminds us of our primordial origin? Is it our very cells or DNA that turns our consciousness toward the oceans? Perhaps it is its insurmountable immensity that which reminds us of the unarguable insignificance of […]
Read More Surf GZ (English)¿Qué es esto que nos atrae al mar? ¿Por qué nos llama a todos? ¿Es que nos acuerda de nuestro origen primordial? ¿Son nuestras células mismas o nuestro ADN que nos dirige las conciencias hacia los océanos? Quizás es su insuperable inmensidad, la que nos recuerda de la indiscutible insignificancia del ego humano, y por […]
Read More Surf GZ (español)I was awoken this morning by a cable channeled straight from the outer reaches of the hip-hop universe – specifically the cosmically trippy galactic-dust jam Mannequin Hand Trapdoor by Boom Bip & Dose One. Since then I’ve been spiraling out of control, hurtling through experimental anti-gravity hip-hop sun spots and space ice. Out here light-years away […]
Read More Postcard from the Outer ReachesMIND BLOWING. I learned the true definition of that phrase a few days ago. Miles Davis’ LIVE-EVIL album has always been one of my favorite albums of all time, so when a version of “Inamorata” I had never heard before popped up on the hi-fi the other day I paid attention. And friends, my mind […]
Read More Miles Davis: The Cellar Door SessionsJesús brought these guys to my attention a few months back and the more I listen the more I find myself listening. Coming straight outta Cataluña, La Troba Kung-Fú epitomize the cultural bouillabaisse that makes Barcelona the cosmopolitan capital of the Iberian Peninsula. Since 2005 this catalán band without borders has been ingeniously fusing rumba, […]
Read More La Troba Kung-FúThe most well-respected bassist you’ve probably never heard of, Puerto Rico-born and NYC-bred Eddie Gómez laid it down for decades as the main man behind such legends as Miles Davis, Bill Evans, Dizzy Gillespie, Wayne Shorter, Steps Ahead, Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams, and Chick Corea among many others. But forget all that: the tracks from his 1976 solo album […]
Read More Eddie Gómez: Low End TheoristThe Dutch invented Capitalism in the 16thCentury and I still haven’t forgiven them for it. Since its inception Capitalism as a system has depended on exploitation in order to remain viable; indeed it is no coincidence that the rise of Capitalism coincided with the discovery and looting of the Americas. As Eduardo Galeano details in his […]
Read More Summer in SomaliaSelect tunes from one of the world’s hotbeds of music and culture. Some seriously killer footage and some amazing artists. Mesmerizing stuff! Enjoy!
Read More Disko Baloba Sound System in Mali!After a long rolling thunderstorm Invisible in the night I’m awoken by birdsong In the early dawn. Backing away from the crib, My ankle cracking Wakes the baby. Cruzando el mar Buscando el agua Inquieta mi alma Hasta que yo llegue… Brutal is the sobering From the intoxication Of illusion. Microcosmos of egos Germinating inside […]
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