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Brian

Time for a change-

About Me

Writer-I regularly contribute to the Downtown Tucsonan by writing stories about music. I have posted several of my pieces as blogs if you would like to see a sample. I am open to contributing to other publications, if you're interested please contact me.Musician-I am a multi-instrumentalsit with my main focus on tenor & soprano saxophone. I wrote the song that appears on my profile where I played belzouki, sitar and saxophone. I play with Black Sun Ensemble and my own band Beatnik Dream Vacation. Please visit the myspace pages. I'm always open to new projects or to studio work.Video-I have made several videos that I have hosted on my Youtube page under beatnik dreams. I have a sony HD camera and use Vegas to edit. Please have a look at: http://www.youtube.com/user/beatnikdreams

My Interests

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Music:

"There is never any end. There are always new sounds to imagine, new feelings to get at.... . .And always there is a need to keep purifying these feelings and sounds so that we can really see what we've discovered in its pure state. So that we can see more clearly what we are. In that way, we can give to those who listen the essence, the best of what we are. But to do that at any stage, we have to keep cleaning the mirror." .. John Coltrane .. width="425" height="350">.. .. ..>

Movies:

I love Life Aquatic, Rushmore, Royal Tenebuams in new stuff- Down by Law, Mystery Train, Raising Arizona in modern times- The Last Waltz, classic 50 60 70s stuff.

Books:

One Hundred Years of Solitude, Autumn of the Patriarch, General in his Labyrinth, Love in the time of Cholera- Gabriel Garcia Marquez Travels with Charlie, East of Eden Steinbeck. Ed Abbey still holds a place in my heart, Burroughs Exterminator, place of dead roads; Otis A. Kline Planet of Peril, Jan of the Jungle; Ana Maria Matute, Tennessee Williams (short stories, plays) Becket, Auden, Neruda, pynchon & Harjo.

My Blog

Upcoming Rhythm and Roots Show-Chris Smithers 11 17 07

The Old Town Artisans has been hosting several performances in their beautiful courtyard on the patio with lush vegetation, bubbling fountains and twinkling Christmas lights.  This unique venue w...
Posted by Brian on Sun, 04 Nov 2007 01:06:00 PST

Herbie Hancock November 2007 Downtown Tucsonan

Herbie Hancock  A Musical Institution of Innovation by Brian Maloney great way to discreetly inquire about someone's age is to ask, "What do you think of Herbie Hancock?" Undoubtedly, if the person h...
Posted by Brian on Sun, 04 Nov 2007 01:00:00 PST

Mavis Staples- The Last Waltz (reprise) We’ll Never turn back!!

After playing at the Downtown Alliance Fool's Hollow event, I felt compelled to make it to the Mavis Staples show.  I was tired, it was still 94 degrees when we started to play and I was stuck in...
Posted by Brian on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 02:05:00 PST

Pancho Sanchez Downtown Tucsonan October 2007

The Poncho Sanchez Band: Latin Jazz Defined by Brian Maloney he Poncho Sanchez Band defines the very notion of Latin Jazzrhythm-driven, fiery, percussive music that moves and shakes from the very fir...
Posted by Brian on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 07:50:00 PST

Bonde Do Role Downtown Tucsonan October 2007

Evolution in DJ Music by Brian Maloney onde Do Role is a sensational band that is part of an innovative movement inventing an incredible, fresh genre of music from the shanty towns of Rio de Janeiro, ...
Posted by Brian on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 07:46:00 PST

Tom Heasley- pulled due to yellow journalism of AZ Star

..> --> end /Affiliates/TucsonStyle/Header.ascx --> ..>   Tom Heasley: Tuba in the 21st Century 09.28.07, 9pm @ Solar Culture 31 E. Toole Ave., 884-0874 On September 28, Solar Culture...
Posted by Brian on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:11:00 PST

Animal Collective September 2007

Animal Collective's Flight of Music by Brian Maloney nimal Collective may fall under the loose category of "indie rock," but they deliver a unique and evolving music that is at once familiar and bizar...
Posted by Brian on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:23:00 PST

Van Christian August 2007 Downtown Tucsonan

Van Christian Known for inventing Naked Prey, the drums of Green on Red & the pulse that defined Desert Rock by Brian Maloney For the past twenty-five years, Van Christian has been a vital member...
Posted by Brian on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 09:39:00 PST

Tape Op Benefit article June 2007

Funked So Hard, They Saw Smoke! by Brian Maloney New Orleans has long represented the crossroads that fueled the very fires of what can be truly brandished as pure American Culture - the veritable me...
Posted by Brian on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 10:44:00 PST

Fuzzy Warbles March 2007

"What you got back home, little sister, to play your fuzzy warbles on? I bet you got, say, pitiful, portable picnic players. Come with uncle and hear all proper! Hear angels' trumpets and devils' trom...
Posted by Brian on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 08:24:00 PST