Some Thursday thoughts from the Sunday Review of Filles de Kilimanjaro:
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One day, I hope to finally tell the juicy bits Kenny Carpenter told me about Long. They're so raw that I can still recall his exact quotes word for word.
Raising funds to buy Trump a ticket to G4
One oppressively humid summer day back in '06, I saw James Blood Ulmer play a solo acoustic show at Brooklyn Metrotech. I mostly knew his jazz, free-funk stuff, but this was an incredible set of lowkey blues drawn from his Birthright album. Rest in Power
Invasion of the Body Snatchers reboot but where everyone turns into asshole Knicks fans in never been worn Knicks gear
Blue Note famously didn't do "vocal jazz" but when they did, it was one-part church gospel, one-part acid trip wooziness: theshfl.com/collection/B...
“Richard Long’s soundsystem used to make love to me. That is the essence of what a good soundsystem can do.” daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2016/05/rich...
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The late Richard Long's lone remaining soundsystem:
