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James

Every day is a struggle.

About Me

I'm playing a lot of piano with Yasmine and at NYU.

My Interests

the broiler, the bike, tennis when I can, fly fishing when i can, syracuse basketball and football, red sox baseball, dinosaur barbeque, the new yorker, the christian science monitor, do the math, sirius, emusic

Music:

recently: Andrew Hill - "Black Fire," "Dusk," and "Point of Departure"; Coltrane - "European Tour" and "Stellar Regions"; Kenny Werner - "Lawn Chair Society"; Wilco - Ornette Coleman - "Complete Science Fiction Sessions"; Keren Ann - "Keren Ann"; Bob Marley - "Complete Upsetter Singles"; Thelonious Monk - "Alone in San Francisco"; Sonic Youth - "Daydream Nation"; Miles - "Filles de Kilimanjaro" and "E.S.P."; Wilco at Hammerstein, Paul Motian at the Vanguard; The Bad Plus at Highline Ballroom, Radiohead - "In Rainbows"; "The Amazing Bud Powell";

Movies:

recently: Once, Knocked Up, Ratatouille, In The Shadow of the Moon, Vertigo

Television:

The Office, The Wire

Books:

right now: "The Poetics of Music" - Stravinsky

My Blog

High School Music Pantheon

1. Phish (live)2. John Scofield - "A Go Go"3. Marcus Roberts - "In Honor of Duke"4. Bela Fleck - "The Bluegrass Sessions"5. Paul Simon - "Rhythm of the Saints"6. Miles Davis - "Kind of Blue"7. Wynton ...
Posted by James on Sun, 20 May 2007 11:19:00 PST

Do people actually buy this?

First of all, it's completely ridiculous. Secondly, it's a CD for $25! ...
Posted by James on Thu, 27 Jul 2006 08:57:00 PST

John C. Reilly

The New York Times on John C. Reilly.  Hell yes!  I saw "Prairie Home Companion" this weekend and it was just further evidence that if Reilly is in a movie, the movie wil...
Posted by James on Tue, 25 Jul 2006 09:21:00 PST

Nailbiters Tonight - Cancelled

No more Fat Baby show tonight.  Listen to "The Eraser" instead.
Posted by James on Thu, 13 Jul 2006 01:17:00 PST

Summer Dates

The Nailbiters are playing this Thursday at Fat Baby (Rivington between Ludlow and Essex) at 11pm.  The place is pretty cool and it's our first show in a while.  We've also got one Friday, A...
Posted by James on Wed, 12 Jul 2006 07:05:00 PST

songs are up

You can finally hear the amazing voice of Yasmine Iliya on her myspace page.  I can't get the link to her page to work, so just get to it via my top 8.  Take a listen.  B...
Posted by James on Fri, 30 Jun 2006 09:32:00 PST

Is "Apostolic" the greatest song ever written?

Probably not.  But it, and the rest of this album is sick. Speaking of sick, I was a little worried when I heard Brad Mehldau had a new drummer.  I think the best music is, by-and-...
Posted by James on Fri, 30 Jun 2006 08:51:00 PST

some YouTube music clips

Bozzio: http://youtube.com/watch?v=kqkQmTs0Sek&sear ch=bozzio Horowitz: http://youtube.com/watch?v=XebJY_y4zrE&search=horowitz Blade: http://youtube.com/watch?v=m4wxUKCVDaw&search=Bria...
Posted by James on Mon, 05 Jun 2006 02:09:00 PST

bad and good

Just a reminder that Iraq isn't the only 'democracy' we're 'allowing' the people of a foreign country 'to create.' The new Herbert is great, and is only getting better the more I listen.&nbs...
Posted by James on Fri, 02 Jun 2006 07:46:00 PST

Recommended Reading

Both of these come via The Bad Plus, which, truth be told, is where I hear about many the things I read, listen to, and watch. A band: http://shaggs.com/ A book of short stori...
Posted by James on Wed, 31 May 2006 12:27:00 PST