I am glad to see that I wasn't talking shit when I originally brought up to your attention the possibility that Naked City would be playing Europe this summer even though it was dismissed as one more unfounded rumour (my sources don't fail me). It's hard to imagine Mr. Frisell getting all "torture garden" at this point of his serene career and Mr.Yamantaka has mostly put his pipes to rest concentrating more on electronics and trancing out to his drummers. Patton would probably be the most likely choice. I wouldn't mind Brad Mowen being there instead. You probably have no idea who Mr. Mowen is unless you've already picked up a copy of John Schuller's anthem of misery "Lesser Angel Of Failure". One of the three titles in my Seattle-centric end of the year best of list (which never got posted due to its length), "Lesser Angel" would probably make you wet your pants if it came out on Tzadik. Like Eyvind Kang's (who appears on the CD as well as Mr. Mowen and a few other Seattle compadres) "7 Nades", "Lesser Angel" is emblematic of a strong creative musical moment in this town. Key players like Mowen (whose other band Apes of Wrath has the power of Fantomas/Melt Banana in a blender), Bill Horist (guitar wonderboy whose Nervewheel brings back the Prog to the Power trio) and many others turn this place for me into a musical oasis. If you live in Portland, Oregon, you can catch some of the fun tomorrow Saturday night when the over the top theatrics of the Shorter Bus (driven by Mr. Mowen) and Gigantum (with Mr. Schuller) hit the town at the Ash Street Saloon. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now