Enter the Mowo
Into the “jazz drum & bass” realm we go. Mocean Worker is the recording alias of producer Adam Dorn. He’s the son of well known Atlantic Records producer Joel Dorn, who has produced everyone from Coltrane and Mingus to Roberta…
RIP James Brown: 1933-2006
Sad news on Christmas morning. The Godfather of Soul gone?? Just doesn’t seem possible. 1. CNN article. 2. I have reposted an entire James Brown show from 1973. 3. A post from earlier this year with a link to a…
Boss for the Holidays: Coliseum Night
Happy Holidays Bruce fans…. Bruce Springsteen & the E. Street Band Coliseum Night December 29, 1980 Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York Well what we have here is a live Bruce classic. A few of the tunes made it on to…
A Temptations Christmas
I watched my 3 year old watch Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer tonight for the very first time. I was thrown into a time machine and got a bit nostalgic along the way. So suffice it to say that the Christmas…
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Did anyone catch this on Letterman the other night? A mind-blowing display of guitar prowess. They’re a pair originally from Mexico City, but have been street entertainers in Dublin, Ireland, and Denmark and Spain. Watch Gabriela’s finger fly, and watch…
Love is the Silencer
I mentioned in an earlier Matthew Ryan post that I’d remind you to pick up his new album, From a Late Night High Rise, when it was available. Well, it’s been out for 12 days, and let me tell you,…
SNL: D— in a Box
Saturday Night Live had a good night last night. Justin Timberlake was a great host and musical guest. The highlight was this Digital Short with Andy Samberg (by far my favorite on the show). Another instant classic…. Andy Samberg and…
Boss Holiday Treats
A reader from New Orleans wrote me and mentioned that Dec. 14th was not only Ickmusic’s birthday, but also the very same day he saw Bruce and the E. Street Band at the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, Tennessee back in…
Two Years of Ickmusic
This is a picture of the Millau Viaduct in France, the tallest vehicular bridge in the world. Pretty amazing if you ask me. It opened on December 14th, 2004. Guess what else opened on Dec. 14th, 2004? Why, this web…