5.19 Peter Kowald/William Parker My Victo friend Don cursed us New Yorkers, saying were spoiled and we dont get excited because weve seen people play hundreds of times. Hes probably right. Of course this was great. Annie Gosfield Ewa7 Hmm. A Tzadik artist I dont recall ever hearing mentioned here. I think Annies quite a good sampler player/arranger, but not as strong at composing around her sampled structures. This was pretty good. Havent heard the record. Alan Silva/Oluyemi Thomas I vowed about 18 months ago never to see Silva play again unless he was playing bass. He was, and it was good. Thomas was interesting, too. And they played a very different set than a few nights later at Vision. Eugene Chadbourne/Rene Lussier My first time seeing Lussier, whose records I really enjoy. He is the perfect foil for Chad. Dont let the humor make you think theres not a lot of love there. Cecil Taylor/Bill Dixon/Tony Oxley Worst Cecil gig Ive ever seen. That said, it was pretty good. A good duo, as a fellow z-lister said afterward. Pierre Hebert/Bob Ostertag Between Science and Garbage Is Ostertag a musician? I like what he does. For this, he created an audio and video interactive set-up for sampler/looper (him) and an animator. The piece began with Ostertag recording himself opening pop cans and bags of chips, and eating and drinking. The animation, which looped back on itself and created a huge, scattered, nervous energy, was about trash apple cores and circuit boards. The whole while I was thinking how horrible, really horrible, it is that art with an environmental message comes off as dated or soft or hippie or something. This was really effective. _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com