Trout Songs

Friday spring break edition!

Todd, playing a black piano at the Black Dog. 3/25

As much as the snow is a step backwards, it is less cold than that wicked rain yesterday.

There’s not going to be any camping for me this week- and with the streams and rivers nearing flood stage, no trout except for those in my dreams. I have been swimming in sounds.
For the past 3 days, I have been listening almost nonstop to Uri Caine’s take on Mahler: It’s abosutely gorgeous. ON the piano, I have worked on some standards! ( only the cool ones) especially Billy Strayhorn and Bill Evans. Also contemplating mortality, etc, and will post some musings. I will feature some film music, from Nino Rota, and Monsiuer Hulot’s holiday, as well as my own “variations on music from a Romantic Movie”.

NO Cover! Get some tasty eats and drinks, unwind from your work or play week.
I’m playing early this week, from 5 until 6:30
Support the Black Dog- It’s a great place!
Give me a shout.

Todd

Found out an even more interesting fact, from Sarah Remke of the Black Dog cafe.
“This Friday is just before the full moon. Not only is it a full moon, but it’s the biggest full moon in 19 years! It’s also the time when the moon is closest to Earth.”
Not to over indulge in mysticism. BUT This will be a time to be out.. All signs say come to the Black Dog between 6 and 11. All signs say you will experience the 5 spider jack rabbits leaping over the highest skyscraper. and you will be deep down among the dagger dancers. and Joe, joe, broke his toe – on the way to Mexico…. and all these reeds will make chords: baritone, tenor saxophone & clarinet, with violin and trombone and percussives – but not just any… these dudes have ears, as ears as big as the rabbit you find in the full moon. It has been a full lunar year cycle since FULL MOON RABBIT has begun ( again) at Black Dog… since then, we have been there 4 times! Before last April, we had 4 gigs since 1999 ! This is re- dawning of the age of the FUll MOON RABBIT.
Winter never fails to turn to spring. The sound will be gigantic, and come down to a whisper. With all the hitting of the fan of various excrements, what the world needs now is a few of my favorite things.
How did I name it? While camping in Wild River state park, I saw during a full moon, some scampering rabbits on the trail… and visioned the
” folkloric avante-garde”- more wooden than metallic, more skin drums than plastic.
So I wrote some things down. and rehearsed now and again.

But this past year, we haven’t used much paper. It will be amazing, no doubt.

I heard that in Asia , when you look into a full moon, you see a Rabbit!
Black Dog Cafe is located at the corner of 4th street and Broadway, near the farmer’s market, In downtown St. Paul.
Full Moon Rabbit starts at 8. Gary Schulte and I will play ballads and waltzes and pretty music from 6-7:30.
Be there, and be a circle!

Here is a link to some gorgeous looking flies… the winter season is now open in Wisconsin,
I must see if i can get out and play tag with some browns. It is catch and release only, ( pinch down those barbs- land them quick and don’t take any photos- Get them back into the water!)
and now I must catch a certain song , cast into the harmonic stream and see what pulls the strike indicator under the water.
In my mind’s eye i see dozens of trout… remember them!
ahh!

http://www.kiaptuwish.org/fly-swap/february-2011-swap

Where do all the ideas come from? How is it that with all the people playing, writing, scratching out sound in the universe, that there are a constant supply of new musics? How is it, that inside of trees, is life, waiting in it’s latency, the discontented winter ready to blow up into spring? It is utterly amazing.