1) Interview w/my friend Becca McCharen, the up-and-coming New Yorker behind Chromat. Really fascinated by the cage pieces in the collection shown/discussed in that link. The interview gives a nice sense of the fun, approachable, but rigorously creative person Becca is. The city's lucky to add her to its endless ranks.
2) Marion Brown RIP.
3) But jazz lives: check out some recent fav picks by Jason Moran and Vijay Iyer, both titans on the current scene.
4) Dustin Wong (previously of Ecstatic Sunshine and Ponytail) has released a new solo collection with the pleasantly un-cool title "Infinite Love". It's a powerhouse collection of looping solo guitar bits; its disposition is sunny in the extreme and it soundtracked a recent day trip of mine to stunning effect. Try not to be a happier person after this one, you've been dared.
iPod's broken, strictly listening to cassettes in the meantime. It feels good, in an inconvenient way.
