Archive for April, 2008
A Year of Hyperliving
Jeffrey Beaumont is spending the year 2008 “hyperliving“. In his own words, he is going to “try and do things that I’m uncomfortable with and/or afraid of, as well as to try and reconsider ideas that I’ve previously dismissed.” Each week has its own challenge - eating vegan (this week), running, sleeping, silence, and more. [...]
WEXT Interview / Performance TONIGHT!
WEXT will air an interview / in-studio performance by yours truly tonight at 7PM (EST). You’ll hear stripped-down (if possible?) versions of songs from “Kentucky” and some chatter about the recording process for the album. The interview will be re-run on Sunday (4/20) at 11am. If you can’t tune in on a “real” radio, the [...]
Brad Mehldau Trio : Skidmore - 4/6/08
It has been five years since I last witnessed any incarnation of the Brad Mehldau experience. Thinking back now to catching him solo at the Iron Horse in 2000, the trio at Freihofer’s Jazz Festival in 2003 and the trio again at Skidmore that fall. These moments with Brad’s music provided some unfortunate expectations for [...]
Kentucky Hint
The folks at All Over Albany posted a blurb about the “Why Kentucky?” Contest right over here today. While this is certainly not the first post, it is the only post where there is a slight hint involved. You see, since it launched a few months ago, All Over Albany has become one of my [...]
