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...sold out Wednesday evening show was a display of such health. Mike Gordon, having attended the very same show a year ago when Kottke played solo for a diverse audience now joked about how he had found a better seat closer to Kottke: on stage. Gordon’s playing on his five-string bass fused much of Kottke’s first position finger-picking with his walking and generous bass finger styling. Gordon’s ability to as, Kottke quipped, “transpose on-the-go,” gave the tunes they had worked...
...Nahuatl is first up, and only Herrera goes up to face the master brewers. The pale ale is a solo creation, made before the two teamed up. “Sounded good, a nice release,” Slesar says, referring to the CO2 released when the bottle is opened. Herrera explains the word “Nahuatl” to the judges while filling their glasses. “It’s a word that means rabbit, and this beer is really hoppy,” he says. “It’s got a unique...
Francis segued into “Father Rose,” a very slow but beautiful ballad. Subtly, through a repetition of parts of the song and a powerful bass solo by Marty Ballou, he eased into the harder, faster songs from his upcoming record Untold, “Motion Slow” and “Shake the Pain.” The audience enjoyed the preview and the slower moments, as demonstrated by the lighter and lit-up cellphone that blazed above the crowd throughout the songs...
...highlight of the evening was a three-minute drum solo by Richards, “The Little Giant.” Richards quickly veered away from “Dream Untold.” It began slowly and built up momentum, until about a minute into the solo, Francis joined Richards, drumming from the front of the kit. Francis was followed by the rest of the band. At first they all seemed to be taking the spotlight from Richards, but as the solo went on, the erratic beats of the other three were incorporated by Richards, adapting to multiple beats...
...orange peels, abandoned shirts and a few seemingly lost souls. Tillmans, photographer extraordinaire and winner of the 2000 Turner Prize, has danced within the art and advertising worlds (simultaneously) while taking pictures of everyone from his punky friends to Rem Koolhaas and other culture-starlets. His first solo exhibition at an American museum opened last Friday at the Busch-Reisinger Museum and runs through...