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Thursday, February 20, 2025

WHERE “ECHO FUTURISM” AND “POST-POETRY” COHERE: FANOPLANE’S IMPROVISATIONAL ALBUM, LIVE AT THE BLACK CAT! (2025)

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  The houses DOT DOT DOT ! Live Album Follows a Fabulous Night It would have been enough just to take the stage at the legendary Washington,...
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Monday, December 30, 2024

SUPERMANIFESTO 2025.

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This Supermanifesto begins painfully. My father Marty passed away in May, three months shy of his 92 nd birthday. He had been grappling wit...
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Tuesday, October 15, 2024

PRAISE POEM FOR THE IMPROVISATIONAL COLLECTIVE FANOPLANE (OF WHICH I AM A MEMBER.)

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  L to R: Brie Anderson, Patrick Whitehead, Bob Boilen, Yours Truly, Ted Zook, Jerry Busher, and Doug  Kallmeyer. Photo by Mike Zito.    On ...
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Sunday, July 14, 2024

BULLFROG HOP.

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Behold “Bullfrog Hop.” A fellow named Big Bob Dougherty recorded the song in Kansas City when the calendars read 19 and 62 for 12 whole mont...
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Saturday, April 20, 2024

ON THE TRAIL OF “IN THE PINES” (WHERE THE SUN NEVER SHINES.)

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Intro Some people will recall Nirvana’s mesmerizing performance of “In the Pines” at MTV Unplugged back in 1993. The band, led by Kurt Coba...
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Saturday, February 24, 2024

FIVE OF THE HARDEST SHAKERS WE KNOW: PREPARE TO BE THROTTLED (MUSICALLY).

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Curtis Knight (center) with most of The     Squires, including Jimi Hendrix (far left).  Sometimes we require a good solid round of musical ...
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Sunday, December 31, 2023

MANIFESTO & SUPERMANIFESTO 2024

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  Manifesto & Supermanifesto 2024 begins with the most unexpected development of my career. On November 27, University Press of Mississi...
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