Tag Archives: dave brubeck

time out

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Dave

Jesse Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design, Maplewood, N.J.) S. Neil Fujita (1921-2010)! A book cover and especially an LP designer, S. (for Sadamitsu) Neil Fujita was a formidable and versatile graphic artist whose work is truly due for … Continue reading →

don’t let the sun go down on them

Posted on February 19, 2012 by Dave

Do only the good die young? Should we trust anyone over thirty? There was always Rimbaud, the brilliant prodigy, the romantic who was simply pining to be able to fall on his sword. And Keats and Byron who could not … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Literature/poetry/spoken word, Music/Composition/Performance | Tagged Arthur Rimbaud, Buena Vista Social Club, dave brubeck, elliott carter, graham gouldman, horton foote, John Keats, Keats Ode to a Nightingale, kevin godley, Lord Byron, Lorin Maazel, Philip Zimbardo, Sonny Rollins, Tony Bennett, Vladimir Horowitz, Wim Wenders | Leave a comment

back to brown paper bags

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Dave

Before the late 1930′s record albums were said to have resembled tombstones: plain brown sleeves with the name of the artist stamped onto the cover.Then came a new direction, the formation of a new axiom that was not always true, … Continue reading →