Corby's Orbit

Corby's Orbit
Listening in All the High Places illustration by John Kricfalusi

Sunday, February 28, 2010

Incoming Musical Debris from Planet Pitchfork


Joanna Newsom is notoriously mysterious; she's not the type you'll find Tweeting about her life, or even giving very many interviews. She seems to exist outside of the traditional music industry hype cycle, to a certain degree. So it's a nice surprise to discover that she will perform on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" next Friday, March 5. Newsom will perform "Soft as Chalk" from the recently Best New Music-bestowed Have One on Me.


Massive AttackTour:

03-12 Perth, Australia - Kings Park
03-15 Sydney, Australia - Opera House Forecourt
03-19 Canberra, Australia - Royal Theatre
03-20 Melbourne, Australia - Sidney Myer Music Bowl
03-23 Brisbane, Australia - Riverstage
03-25 Auckland, New Zealand - Vector Arena
05-07 Toronto, Ontario - Sound Academy
05-09 Toronto, Ontario - Sound Academy

Saturday, February 27, 2010

Playlist Feb. 26 2010 EXPLORATION!


George Harrison that's the way it goes gone troppo dark horse 11:06

jack rabbit slim a long time deadrockabilly and jump blues bbe11:10

devil's hotrod talk sh*t...get hit dirty rocks for broken hearts stumble11:13

carl perkins restless jive after five rhino 11:16

huun huur tu saryglarlar maidens eternal electrotone 11:20

wasis diop dune chillout marks and spenser11:26

massive attack flat of the blade heligoland virgin11:30

d'angelo me an those dreamin eyes of mine brown sugar emi 11:35

high plains drifter kalif nufunk sampler nufunk 11:40

nostalgia 77 positive force impossible ark tru-thoughts 11:45

laila biali tears of Hercules from sea to sky cbc 11:49

kate rusby village green preservation society /

bitter boy awkward annie pure 11:55

chris bartos bluegrass groupie / beetle junebug Fort William duke street 12: 05

Flatt & Scruggs foggy mountain chimes /foggy mountain jamboree Columbia

jana keeley the falling trouble prairie girl 12:16

ewan Dobson my nightmare the red army love potion ed 12:20

magnum band libete konbit; BURNING RHYTHMS OF HAITI a&m 12:26

abdullah Ibrahim sunset in blue / selby the eternal spirit is the only reality

African piano enja 12:30

abdullah Ibrahim mindif / dj spooky remix re:brahim enja 12:43

tony gits them gwan long journey jah t 12:48

melanie durrant you ask for it where i'm going maxamus 12:53

SELECTION BY THE GOVERNOR GENERAL:

folklore Haiti gade moune yomrta-ramagaya 1:00

mosco tiles fonclaire steel orchestra black man's cry the inspiration of fela

kuti now/again 1:05

guerilla la popo guerilla hit parade 1:10

tommy mc cook sauvitt single studio one 1:18 l

lans thelwell jive samba llans plays it all wirl 1:22

sir lancelot karange single fiesta 1:26

king fighta indo law say so hellish calypso cook 1:29

sound dimension sing a simple song single studio 1 1:34

eddy grant nobody's got time single ice 1:37

Winston ‘flook’ Richards eatin corn single star crown 1:40

lever brothers gay flamingos / listings egbi mi the inspiration of fela kuti

now/again 1:43

prince buster and lee perry johnny cool blank single 1:49

the fountainaires don't steal my baby single forward 1:53

vivian hall toronto rock single bunjo 1:57

Thursday, February 25, 2010

ALL THINGS MUST PASS


Like other members of the Beatles, George Harrison came from a working class family in Liverpool in northwest England. He was born on February 25, 1943 and died at the age of 58 on November 29, 2001. Sometimes characterized as the “quiet Beatle,” he wrote such Beatles classics as Something, Here Comes The Sun and While My Guitar Gently Weeps .

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Learning to Learn : John Cage's Lessons


john cage: some rules for students and teachers

RULE ONE: Find a place you trust, and then try trusting it for awhile.

RULE TWO: General duties of a student - pull everything out of your teacher; pull everything out of your fellow students.

RULE THREE: General duties of a teacher - pull everything out of your students.

RULE FOUR: Consider everything an experiment.

RULE FIVE: be self-disciplined - this means finding someone wise or smart and choosing to follow them. To be disciplined is to follow in a good way. To be self-disciplined is to follow in a better way.

RULE SIX: Nothing is a mistake. There's no win and no fail, there's only make.

RULE SEVEN: The only rule is work. If you work it will lead to something. It's the people who do all of the work all of the time who eventually catch on to things.

RULE EIGHT: Don't try to create and analyze at the same time. They're different processes.

RULE NINE: Be happy whenever you can manage it. Enjoy yourself. It's lighter than you think.

RULE TEN: "We're breaking all the rules. Even our own rules. And how do we do that? By leaving plenty of room for X quantities." (John Cage)

HINTS: Always be around. Come or go to everything. Always go to classes. Read anything you can get your hands on. Look at movies carefully, often. Save everything - it might come in handy later.

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Dream Date with Scarlet and Bob

Prehensile

When the winter sends the snows between our doors

The music pours incense through corridors

The white horizon starts to roar

The Spanish chord of a distant train

The engine of an afternoon

approaching, bearing thoughts of yours,

Under quilts and pelts and freezing rain.

And if your windows reflect on mine

Our ricochet glimpses glint and shine

To numb the pains of temporary time.

Every crystal bud presages

A sanctuary hint of August's massage

As thawed and fresh unfrozen we meet

In adoration unadorned.

Friday, February 19, 2010

Playlist Feb. 19 2010 UP!


j moss

give it up

just james

zomba

11:03

kd lang

you're OK

recollection

nonesuch

11:08

melanie

ring the living bell

beautiful people

buddha

11:12

meg hutchinson

hard to change

the living side

red house

11:17

justin townes earle

halfway to jackson

midnight at the movies

bloodshot

11:21

shawn brush

troubled heart, worried mind

the wooden hill

sb

11:25

eddie baltimore

she's a spy

the space between

iridescent

11:29

john rutherford

bud's guitar store

echo broadcast

rawlco radio

11;33

devon sproule

sponji reggae

don't hurry for heaven

black hen

11:37

delroy wilson

i don't know why

the best of

heartbeat

11:43

massive attack

girl i love you

heligoland

virgin

11:49

novalima

mayoral

afro

mr. bongo

11:54

swamperella

hey mom

black cat boogie

cattail

12:00

zachary richard

come on, sheila

snake bite love

a&m

12:05

swamperella

bayou pon pon and live performance w. interview

on the line

cattail

12:10

angelite

early morning with my horse

mountain tale

jaro

12:15

polsky choir kameralny

lacrimosa

polsky choir kameralny

musica sacra

12:16

roberto linares brown

move yo body

que no se pierda la esencia

rlb

12:22

cornelius

i hate hate

point

matador

12:29

infected mushroom

saeed

the legend of the black shawarma

hommega

12:32

david murray

sacred ground

sacred ground

justin time

12:38

ahmad jamal

pittsburg

pittsburg

atlantic

12:47

laura nyro

louise's church

stoned soul picnic

columbia

12:55

jill scott

it's love

words and sounds vol. 1

hidden beach

1:02

k.c. roberts & parkdale funk

live nirvana / interv iew

nirvana funk

1:10

tanya philipovich

blackwatch beetle

secret fiction romance

tp

1:32

elizabeth shepherd

the taking

heavy falls the rain

do-right

1:37

philip glass

the unutterable

powaqqatsi

elektra

1:43

tom ze

mulher navio negreiro

musicworks 109

musicworks

1:48

mocean worker

siss boom bah

cinca de mowo

mowo

1:55