Time really flies when your workin'. I have already been back for days but between a swollen inbox and a belated bout with Montezuma, I haven't had a moment to post. In honor of Labor Day Weekend, here is a double dose of work for the holiday weekend.
Here is one of the true New Orleans stalwarts, Allen Toussaint with his ode to menial lugging, followed by the De-evolution version of the same song.
Allen Toussaint, 2009, Brooklyn
Picture by Matt Katz Enjoy the long weekend.
Allen Toussaint - Working In The Coalmine
BONUS SONG: Devo - Working In The Coalmine (Live 1988)
Last week I privileged enough to attend and amazing show at 92YTribeca. The bill headlined by avant garde saxophonist Colin Stetson, but the undercard featured one of my favorite acts today, a classically haunting trio called Callers.
The Friday night show brought a great crowd downtown to see the inventive group put on a wonderful and inspiring show. I was fortunate enough to get some great photos and set them up on my new concert photography website, MattKatzRocks.tumblr.com. Check out Callers newest Album, Life of Love. It is one of the most beautiful albums I have recently picked up, inside and out.
I'm going on vacation! I will be spending the next week in Mexico, Cabo to be exact. Close enough to California that I don't need to worry about being beheaded, but far enough that I still can't drink the water. I'm not counting on an Authentic Mehican experience, but I am looking forward to some sun and water, baja style eats, reading an e-book about Native America and getting away from the daily grind for a moment. I would assume there is also going to be some Mariachi sounds at some point. I hope everyone appreciates it as much as this li'l guy.
There may or may not be any posts for the next few days, I can't be certain, but if you have yet to catch up, now would be a good time to do so. Enjoy the week! suckers...
What is a QR Code you may ask? A QR code is basically a unique internet based barcode that can be scanned in through your SmartPhone's camera using Apps or Programs such as RedLaser or Google's App. You are instantly transported to the website, so tap on over to your local app store, pick up a reader and scan away. This one takes you straight to the brand new MOBILE VERSION of EDAS!
If you happen have a regular-ol' non-smart phone and you don't have the foggiest idea of what I'm talking about then don't even bother, just look up from your game of Snake, and go to www.everydayanothersong.com the old fashioned way... First by using Al Gore's Telenet Protocol System, followed by squeezing through a series of tubes, to finally arrive at your Online Musical Destination.
Before you go scanning every Code you see, be forewarned that you probably don't want to be subject to the internet suggestions of the average Perverted Nerd; stick to the Perv-Nerds you trust, like yours truly. Enjoy the new ability to keep Every Day Another Song in your pocket and take it to go.
Love him or hate him, Rod Stewart is one of the best selling artists of time. If you, like me, were born after 1975, you wouldn't know that Ol' Roderick used to wail with the best of them in one of the hardest rocking, hardest partying bands England has known, Faces. Before his catalog became saturated with 80's Soundtrack Ballads and he started trying to bang everybody's Mom (and getting his haircut like them too); he was touring the world in his wrestling-style leotard, blacking out, eating grapes and ruining entire towns of women.
In listening to him as a lead singer I really got to separate him from his reputation and hear how good of a frontman he actually is. Despite his enshrinement in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, his voice projects a gritty timbre that certainly came from the early years of RnB and singers like Otis Redding. Maybe it came from his early days digging graves, but Rod Stewart's soulful sound ranks up there with the best of them.
Get your funk on with this great 1969 jam by little known songstress Joyce Jones off the old timey ATCO label. Help me close out the week tomorrow, if you've been following along, you already be able to guess what's in store.
Sidebar: I'm pretty sure this album cover takes place directly outside my office. I'm positive the chick in the Che Shirt gave me a look on my way in this morning.
Turning yesterday's song into an impromptu theme, here's another Truth from Queens Native, Pharoahe Monch featuring Brooklynite Talib Kweli and Chi-town boy Common. Can you handle it?
Pharoahe Monch w/ Talib Kweli & Common - The Truth
Today's post goes out to a very special lady in my life. She has been an important character throughout the last few chapters of the book of my life, by my side since I was a young idiot many years ago (/still today). My partner in art, (some) business, dogcare, life and love, today is an ode to how much she means to me Every Day. Today on the anniversary of her beautiful and from what I hear, somewhat simian-esque birth, I dedicate this song by the lovely Sir PaulMac to his original soulmate and similarly creative fairer-half Linda, to my soulmate and similarly creative half Katie. I wish you another happy joyous birthday and many more to come.
I spent last night backstage at Bowery Ballroom with Chicago's most rockin' youngins, Filligar. These guys are true students of Rock 'N Roll and have quickly become one of my favorite bands of the day not only because of their timeless sound, but also because they are just cool as hell. We got lost in a one hour interview before they rocked a packed house of schloppy fans into sonic ecstasy, broken leg and all.
Brothers John (Guitar & Vocals), Pete (Drums), and Teddy (Bass) Mathais as well as childhood friend Casey Gibson (Keys), bring a sound foundation of talent and soul to Filligar's live shows and records a like, leaving a trail of hardcore fans behind them as they tour the country. They make a stop tomorrow at the Escape to New York festival (which takes place on the Shinnecock Indian Reservation in the Hamptons) before hitting up another Festival in Maine next weekend. If you can't make it out to either, pick up their newest album, The Nerve, to see where their varied musical influences have taken them at this stage of their career. Don't delay, they way these guys talk, they have no plans on standing still for any amount of time, probably best to get caught up in their whirlwind sooner rather than later. Best of luck to Filligar, especially my boy Pete, and I look forward to hearing much, much more about them in the near (or far) future.
Come back soon for the more of interview and pics from an epic night with Filligar.
This is the Tattoo I want to get over the entirety of my left upper arm. Other locations I'm considering, Thigh, Calf and Face. Any input??
I'm semi-just kidding, but the above Native illustration is the cover art for a mega under-appreciated album by Full Blooded Kiowa-Comanche Jesse Ed Davis. Davis, who got his start playing guitar for Taj Mahal, but went on to record with such giants as John Lennon, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Jackson Browne and Keith Moon. Initially dubbed a Session Musician, he finally decided to record his self-titled solo debut in the early 70's. Word on the street is he just brought equal amounts of recording equipment and contraband and invited Eric Clapton, Gram Parsons and Father Time himself, Leon Russell to join him and just let it rip. The product definitely stands the test of time as you will see below. Jesse Ed Davis, another name in a long line of unsung Native American Musical Heroes.
break, my favorite video of theirs so far. NSFW though, unless you work in a blood-covered, naked lady factory.
. It is one of the most beautiful albums I have recently picked up, inside and out. 
, but far enough that I still can't drink the water. I'm not counting on an Authentic Mehican experience, but I am looking forward to some sun and water, baja style eats, reading an e-book about Native America
and getting away from the daily grind for a moment. I would assume there is also going to be some Mariachi sounds at some point. I hope everyone appreciates it as much as this li'l guy.
, pick up a reader and scan away. This one takes you straight to the brand new MOBILE VERSION of EDAS
!
the old fashioned way... First by using Al Gore's Telenet Protocol System, followed by squeezing through a series of tubes, to finally arrive at your Online Musical Destination.
Interview
and Colin Stetson
show from last Friday at 92YTribeca
(One of my first legit Rock-Photog Gigs, Stay tuned for Details!)
. Before his catalog became saturated with 80's Soundtrack Ballads and he started trying to bang everybody's Mom (and getting his haircut like them too); he was touring the world in his wrestling-style leotard, blacking out, eating grapes and ruining entire towns of women.
, his voice projects a gritty timbre that certainly came from the early years of RnB
. Help me
close out the week tomorrow, if you've been following along, you already be able to guess what's in store.
gave me a look on my way in this morning.
. Let's start this week off right with some vibes from the GFOR (Godfather of Rocksteady
future.
