Monday, December 10, 2007

rocky's list 2007



Musical Recordings

Bob Dylan, Hard Rain

Bob Dylan, Rolling Thunder Revue, Bootlegs Vol. 5

Lee Morgan, The Gigolo

Rachmaninov, Piano Concerto No. 2

Radiohead, In Rainbows

Reading

Dave Eggers, What Is the What

Broke-Ass Stuart's Guide to Living Cheaply in San Francisco

David Foster Wallace, Consider the Lobster

James Joyce, Dubliners

Detroit Noir

Best Live Shows of 2007

The Arcade Fire at the Greek Theatre

James Carter at Yoshi's

Jens Lekman at Bimbo's 365 Club

The Marriage of Figaro at the Sydney Opera House

Some acid raga band in a bar in New Delhi

Comestibles

Pancakes!

2 comments:

Stoner said...

What kind of band did James Carter have?

rocky dennis said...

A trumpet player who was good, but nowhere near in Carter's league. A solid rhythm section, not flashy except for the piano player who had some excellent solos, ass sticking up and out toward the crowd. For half the set a local musician joined the band on vibraphone, percussion and flute.