Chicago: Totally hands-free!!!

people, don't be afraid of the "world music" festival -- it's not a bunch of old bald white men in dashikis sitting around playing bongos. it's music from around the world!

Let's face it, physical handicaps are a big scam.

i should have said "old, balding, ponytailed white men"

balding and ponytailed?

like bald up top but still a ponytail in the back, I guess

OH YEAH -- you know the type. holding on to their remaining hair by growing it reeeeeeeeeeeal long and ponytailing.

How well dressed do you need to be at all of these meetings? Is riding a bike feasible (at least until winter comes)? I've seen lots of folks roll up their dress pants & pedal along. I have no idea what the distance is or whether you have to pick clients up or whatever. I think using zipcar or i-go would be great if that works. otherwise, i think i would seriously consider moving. granted, i have no clue as to where you live or work or anything of that nature.

I would be tempted to try and flip my ponytail up over my baldspot, like a forward combover.

Yeah, the drummer, Jorge, also plays in M1dstat3s, which is how I know them, since the lead singer of that band engineered our EP (he was also the one who played us the Alla demos four years ago). You can also find Jorge at the seafood counter of the Whole Foods on Ashland.

Also jonviachicago, you don't need to apologize for "hogging the thread" -- I still feel bad for making you feel last week like you never wanted to meet any of us.

Oh interesting, gr@ant reyn0lds, really neat graphic-novel type guy (cartoonist? illustrator? what do you call them) and nice guy to boot, also works that seafood counter.

Haha no worries, I still want to meet you all. Just no drama plz. I think I was just more surprised that there was any drama because you all seem to be pretty cool, laid back types.

Hi.

Wassup.

Word.

http://www.feyaccompli.com/images/Mary%20J%20Blige%20-%20No%20More%20Drama.jpeg

world music = Tim Robbins in High Fidelity

World music that I actively listen to:

old reggae/ska/rocksteady/dub
Ethiopiques
Fela Kuti and similar afropop
Daft Punk

would you be happier if they called the the Chicago International Music Festival?

that's probably more accurate, although from the program it looks like there are some cheezy fusion groups playing. you'll have that. but there's good stuff too!

Ethiopiques are the best.

Way to get a tattoo, Jesse.

I had fun listening to some of the world music fest clips here. It especially made me interested in balkan music.

THANKS JORDAN YOU TOO

I love many different kinds of Latin music (both trad and modern), Ethiopian jazz/funk, some eastern-jazz fusion stuff and all sorts of European folk, traditional or modern. I don't think UK folk counts as "world music" but that's probably my favorite. I have some Korean rock. I like I saw that movie Gypsy Caravan and EVEN THOUGH it was definitely a movie intended for NPR listeners, I enjoyed it anyway. I like the world's music, I guess.

I dunno if this qualifies as "world music" but it rules
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/35/Journey_in_Satchidananda_(Alice_Coltrane).jpg

"I like I saw"
My finest moment

I like Balkan music. It's cool seeing people folk dance in 7.

This is but one reason why I like emusic -- there is a lot of interesting stuff on there that I would never find/hear otherwise. Also they have tons of Fania releases.

I need more education on world music. I really like African music from what I can tell, but I don't know if I'm able to narrow it down to a more specific region/country.

Yeah, plus most of the "African" music I listen to is pretty heavily influenced by Western music. I like all the highlife stuff I've heard, some pretty awesome guitar on there.

I end up hearing most non-western music on the radio, although I've got some Brazilian, African, Cuban, and Indian cds that I'm into (mostly drumming-centric stuff).

For African stuff I basically have various afrobeat records + some West African drumming things (Drummers of Burundi = A+).

alice coltrane x2, love that record, yes plz. I had a huge Impulse! phase in college. My other favorite was Pharaoh Sanders - Karma.

This is a totally cool record:

http://www.showandtellmusic.com/CDIMAGES/sea_cov.jpg

When I was in high school my mom went to Eastern Europe on a choir tour and brought me back some really, really bad Czech and Hungarian hard rock CDs.

I really like ska/rocksteady/dub/reggae.

You all should hear this:
http://www.mcdustsucker.de/discography/laswell/images/trance.jpg

I guess I hardly think of Jamaican music as "foreign" at all, just because it's so heavily influenced by U.S. music and vice versa (and the African diaspora blah blah blah).

But you can take that to the extreme that there's no such thing as "foreign" music to United Staters.

Well, yeah, that "Teen Dance Music" record I posted is basically taking western music and playing with Eastern instruments, so it feels less foreign. But it's awesome stuff; even the non-Ennio Morricone tracks sound like Ennio Morricone, played on such foreign instruments.

Sure, "world music" is a pretty meaningless and arbitrary term, but so is every other genre classification.

I like Orchestra Baobob and saw these guys at the African festival a few weeks ago and liked them a lot.

world music = crashing waves, wind in trees

maaaaaan

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lol at classical loon, awesome band name

So. When a client comes in I always offer them coffee. This one guy came in earlier and I offered him coffee.

He said, "Oh sure, I'll take a decaf."

OUTRAGEOUS!!!

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51578NJYC8L._AA240_.jpg

^^^from the people who brought you wolf eyes, wolf parade, guitar wolf et al

hahaha jazz wolf

hmm, the boss is in today (was off last week for the holiday), and i'm not sure we 'click'. but will probably only interact with her for another few hours. weird lady.

I feel like shit. Weird sort of hangover from food and booze-laden weekend. And I have to meet a guy from WorkerJusticeInc. tonight for drinks and I rrrrreally don't want to.

:(

But you can take that to the extreme that there's no such thing as "foreign" music to United Staters.

True, but I still see a difference between stuff like afrobeat, where the local rhythms are translated to drumset and guitars and keys etc., and musicians trying to play some kind of traditional folk style (which I guess in this case would be the West African drums + vocals groups).