Jeff Beck

Out of all the 60's guitarists, I think Jeff Beck came out of the fiery wreckage the best (if you compare him to the likes of Page, Clapton, et al). Jeff has a style that is decidedly of his own. I don't think it's just the fact that he chose to cast aside the pick, but that's the tip of the iceberg. His phrasing is out there, and it's the fact that he's always on the edge of becoming completely dissonant that makes it interesting to me. But he always manages to pull it back and make sense out of complete chaos.

I just wish he'd get a new haircut.

Jeff Beck - Brush with the Blues

The Newest Fashion Craze.

It's all the rage in Paris, Pennsylvania.

Sketch and a Joke.

"To be is to do." - Socrates.
"To do is to be." - Sartre.
"Do be do be do." - Sinatra.

Sketchy joke at that.

Funny Cat and a Fat Cowboy Thing

Teachers and Colleagues: Part I

If you have class with me, you will eventually get drawn when I'm supposed to be listening.

Felony Fights.

Today's cultural lesson is about Felony Fights. This fine film series explores the inter-convict dialog previously unknown to the upstanding world. We find them in their natural habitat, outside the confines of the "civilized" world that you and I know and take for granted.

*Warning: this video is brutal. Only watch this movie if you watched the movie Irreversible and liked it*


Notice the act of submission from the weaker felon after being dominated by the alpha-male felon. The sounds he makes are intriguingly alike to a camel in heat amidst the desert gravel.

Queer folk, these convicts.


(Footage featured courtesy of Khatam and Gemmil's visit... check them out in the links.)

Otis Spann

Otis Spann was the wonderful pianist that backed up Muddy Waters in his band. But Otis was a very talented singer and musician in his own right and recorded possibly my favorite blues album, entitled "Live the Life". It's got a bunch of wonderful blues piano pieces and some of Muddy Waters best slide work, of course laced with Spann's wonderful singing.

Otis Spann - T'aint Nobody's Business if I Do

Ignore the douchebag in the beginning...

Otis Spann - Cold Feelin' Blues


And another Muddy video just for fun... Dunno if Otis is in on this one.
Muddy Waters - 19 Years Old