Two projects are finished just before the bell of the coming summer is rung and I couldn’t be more pleased. They are both beautifully dark pieces of work, a perfect juxtaposition to the gorgeous sunshine, which is in perfect juxtaposition to the economic realities that are in juxtaposition with the recent Wall Street running of [...]
There’s something about San Jose that is very beige. Jon Brumit’s South Bay Talent Center – part of San Jose’s Who’s on 1st public art program I had the pleasure of performing in – is not one of them, however.
It was my intention to present a solo ten minute version of the American Pied piece [...]
Albany CA is a sleepy little city that is part of the East Bay just north of Berkeley. A mostly ‘middle class’ (for the SF Bay Area) kinda place where people raise kids without the fears of many modern urban dwellers. It has a conservative 1950s feel to it, and from what I hear the [...]
I love SPLITLIP and the people in it,
Jon Brumit,
Wayne Grim,
Suki O’Kane
and from time to time, the one and only
Jeff Hobbs.
We played in Sacramento last night at the Prescott Showcase of new, improv and jazz music hosted by our friend Ross Hammond. For some reason SPLITLIP has played more shows to fewer people in Sacto than [...]
Lisa Mezzacappa and Jon Brumit are running Community Music Sound Project/Gold Record Studios – a free recording studio every Sunday through mid-May at the Laney College flea market in Oakland. They have an antique record cutter and are inviting YOU, the public, to join them and weekly special guests (me, Joe Rut and John [...]
