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GO MEDIA
BROKEN ARM TRIO: An Erik Friedlander record by any other name is still and
Erik Friedlander record and this is no exception. To the manor born, this jazzbo has a music biz pedigree and has taken his cello to the heights of the progressive underground having provided the special sauce to just about every recording by every artist in this arena that matters. Here he let’s loose with his latest trio, pushing the envelope of where the intersection of jazz and classical can possibly meet. A tasty, ear opening set that defies expectation, progressive tastes will know the underground is alive and well once they catch this clarion call.
(Skipstone)
LORI HEHR PUBLIC RELATIONS
RICHARD BARBIERI/Stranger Inside: A progressive cat for 40 years, Barbeiri goes solo from Porcupine Tree but rounds up similarly progressive cats whether band mates or long time hipsters like Danny Thompson and let’s the progressive fur fly. If you’ve dug him from Japan through now, this is a can’t miss solo set that will keep your progressive chops in cutting edge form.
104 (Kscope)
LOTOS NILE
THE YOUNGERS/Heritage: Enlisting J.C. Cash to produce something beside family members, this crew wanted to record at the Cash studio and capture the right vibe. In the tradition of rock storytellers from seasons past, this crew understands the heartland and gears it up accordingly. A nicely compelling debut that was made to be enjoyed in beer joints.
(Obuck)
YARN/Empty Pockets: Brooklyn cats with bluegrass hearts fire it up for their second set with some authentic guests on board to add to the atmosphere. It rocks along in fine style in the best tradition of suburban hippies navigating the back 40. A solidly driving set that has it’s finger on the pulse, this is a fine, contemporary back porch musical vision that is simply a gasser.
(Ardsley Music)
MASSIVE MUSIC AMERICA
PEE PEE/Castile Jackine is Vooded at Broonus Mousin V. 1: Someone has been eating their Zappa flakes for breakfast as this genre splicing bunch of psychfolkies finally lets their debut album escape from Denver on an unsuspecting world. Like the wild stuff on Bizarre no one ever heard 40 years ago, the tradition of dizzy optimism through the haze is alive and well. If you ever tired to explain to your date how Tim Dawe was screwed over by the record biz and his album is a lost classic, get cracking on cracking the shrink wrap to this one. You’ll get it right away.
(Helmet Room)
TWO FOR THE SHOW MEDIA
JASON DOMNARSKI TRIO/Notes from the Underground: Another jazzbo hipster transplanted to Brooklyn comes up from the underground with a set loaded with a sense of humor as evidenced by several of the clever titles on the tracks. An in demand session cat that likes to color outside the lines, this jazz rocker will not be categorized and makes tunes for people that still believe in the Duke Ellington Policy. Fun stuff for cutting edge tastes.
(jasondomnarskitrio)
DVD SUPPLEMENT
PARAMOUNT HOME VIDEO
CARLOS MENCIA/Performance Enhanced: In which we find Mencia tearing it up for a Florida crowd giving his eye popping editorials on everything in the headlines. Extended 20 minutes over the cable version, the beeps and bips are removed so Mencia can riff with the flow. In just over an hour, he covers a lot of ground, as much of it as politically incorrectly as possible, and will have you laughing at the folly around us. When you have this good a time without fighting for parking and dealing with crowds, it’s a good idea to join in.
89248
WARNER HOME VIDEO
JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH: The big screen was made to capitalize on special effects, but when they run away with the pic, the pic better be one that will have legs when it comes home. One of the bigger box office disappointments of the summer, this pic tries to atone for it’s sins by coming home with a lenticular box and extra sets of 3d glasses. It’s a Jules Verne classic so it can only be screwed up so much, so if you’re a sci-fi fan with a short attention span, this is sure to be a nice diversion.
KIT KITTREDGE An American Girl: Even with the American Girl platform behind it, no wonder this was a ghost town in the multiplexes. Spend 90 minutes with a girl in the depression trying to exonerate her hobo pals from a crime wave in Cincinnati? There’s nothing about it that isn’t a well made kid pic, but it misses the mark. Leaping right into that movie/movie void where nice pics finish last, your young uns might dig it if you can tear them away from TMZ long enough to check it out.
MONGOL: Don’t try to run this past anyone by telling them it’s good for them. Sure, it’s a history lesson about the rise of Genghis Khan, but if you want someone to watch it with you, focus on the blood and guts as we follow young Genghis’ rise to power in a wild and woolly world where it’s all about social Darwinism to the max. Does anybody know what history is anymore?
Volume 31/Number 349
October 14, 2008
MIDWEST RECORD
830 W. Route 22 #144
Lake Zurich, IL., 60047
CHRIS SPECTOR, Editor and Publisher
©2008 Midwest Record
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