Red Hot Chili Peppers, 1989, Positive Mental Octopus Tour, at the Greek Theater. Opening band was The Meat Puppets. I was almost a decade too young to have a beer.

Man, am I jealous of who you guys got to see.

I smoked from 16-23 and quit by smoking more pot. Then I quit pot at 30. In both instances, I stopped enjoying them. If I enjoyed them still, I still would.

I pretty much avoid the lower-level fast food joints like the plague, and I have for many years. There's so many better options out here that cost the same or really aren't much more expensive. A few more bucks and you'll eat a ridiculously good burger. In-N-Out, Tommy's, Umami, The Counter, The Hoo...

I never thought I would, but now I really do. Particularly the older stuff. At some point I got a Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys box set, and it was a bit of an eye opener. Combined with listening to lots of early jazz, blues, and folk, I realized that all the branches go back to the same tree. ...

now:
John Coltrane - First Meditations

next:
John Coltrane - Sun Ship

Warm blackberry pie with a scoop of pistachio ice cream. Trust me.

I have: Bethlehem 2CD set Blue Train Ole Coltrane Giant Steps Coltrane's Sound A Love Supreme Africa/Brass Crescent Ballads Coltrane Complete Village Vanguard Duke Ellington & John Coltrane John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman Bags & Trane Fearless Leader Box Set Side Steps Box Set Interplay B...

No doubt. I'll try any of his recordings at least once. All the other Coltrane albums I have, I love. I have 11 various albums on Atlantic, Blue Note, and Impulse, plus the entire Prestige discography.

I picked up Interstellar Space as a foray into that end of Trane's catalog. It's my least favorite to date. Crescent is my fave. Give me what "Wise One" does over what's happening on "Mars" any day of the week and twice on Sunday.

Above all I like rhythms and melodies. I've tried to enjoy the free/avant-garde end of things but it just doesn't appeal to me. I'll turn toward the silly stuff like dirty old blues songs and funny jazz singers before I go toward the dissonant, noisy, rhythmless stuff. Bebop, hard bop, soul jazz, fu...

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