tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118775504571668911Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:53:43 +0000Music, books, sports, and whatever else comes along. . .http://markehayes.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Mark E Hayes)Blogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118775504571668911.post-6972495287443118439Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:30:00 +00002009-08-11T13:23:23.348-05:00perfect baby handbooknothingkidsparentingsatireknifeToday's book blogging concerns parenting books -- or maybe "kidsing" books.Cool Mom Picks had high praise for a book satirizing the competitive parent in many of us, the wryly named "Perfect Baby Handbook." From thingamababy, musing on a memoir, "Where did you go? Out. What did you do? Nothing," that suggests, first, that kids these days really wouldn't know what to do with themselves without allhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PassingNotesByMarkEHayes/~3/k9u0EF_d6zI/readers-notes-pn-220-kids-doing-too.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark E Hayes)0http://markehayes.blogspot.com/2009/08/readers-notes-pn-220-kids-doing-too.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118775504571668911.post-699349249131408175Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:30:00 +00002009-08-10T10:08:44.789-05:00Shrine of EternalsBaseball ReliquarybaseballThere was a block of time in my afternoon yesterday to write about the Marlins-Phillies game, but I just wasn't feeling the baseball love this weekend. Turns out that the Marlins thumped the Phillies, David Ortiz says he didn't, and Josh Hamilton admits he did, the Yankees swept the Red Sox, and the wild card races, while tightening, aren't quite there for me yet. It appears to be a three-team http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PassingNotesByMarkEHayes/~3/A55eOliveAQ/barcalounge-skipper-pn-219-baseball.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark E Hayes)0http://markehayes.blogspot.com/2009/08/barcalounge-skipper-pn-219-baseball.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118775504571668911.post-1366845031616464570Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:40:00 +00002009-08-13T19:19:04.289-05:00birthersanti-obamatrollingtea partyastroturfingpoliticsTrolls are everywhere online, and they are creeping more and more into the mainstream of media discourse in politics. In the online arena, the evolution of the commenting provocateur has led to a more understated approach to trolling -- if you're obvious, someone's going to call you on it -- but in the political discourse, trolls abound. The general rule, of course, about trolls is this: DON'T http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PassingNotesByMarkEHayes/~3/-BhYUT-BMBw/readers-notes-pn-221-trolls-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark E Hayes)0http://markehayes.blogspot.com/2009/08/readers-notes-pn-221-trolls-in.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118775504571668911.post-8704284757292462847Tue, 04 Aug 2009 02:31:00 +00002009-08-07T01:55:24.395-05:00John McLaughlineJazzNewsFive Peace BandChick CoreaLiveNot much to post here today, as my review of Chick Corea and John McLaughlin's Five Peace Band Live is up over at eJazzNews. Those of you who have (or had) a taste for Weather Report, Mahavishnu Orchestra, and Return to Forever might like to check it out. Many thanks to my buddy Ed Blanco who has been so helpful and encouraging in my starting up Passing Notes after two years off. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PassingNotesByMarkEHayes/~3/ebGKFkdPceM/passing-notes-pn-218-review-five-peace.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark E Hayes)1http://markehayes.blogspot.com/2009/08/passing-notes-pn-218-review-five-peace.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118775504571668911.post-191365087156909057Tue, 04 Aug 2009 02:28:00 +00002009-08-06T06:32:52.671-05:00undersungoverratedRob VanstonejazzsaskatchewanIn a silly exercise in trolling that, in his words, "will almost assuredly enrage or alienate segments of the readership by concentrating on who is overrated," Canadian journalist Rob Vanstone has taken it upon himself to name what he judges to be the most overrated jazz musicians in history. While I might agree with Rob Vanstone's assessment of George Benson, Kenny G, and even Diana Krall and http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PassingNotesByMarkEHayes/~3/CvuzfEqGHGA/readers-notes-pn-217-overrated-jazz.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark E Hayes)1http://markehayes.blogspot.com/2009/08/readers-notes-pn-217-overrated-jazz.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118775504571668911.post-5387808845551736119Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:07:00 +00002009-08-05T05:37:05.861-05:00thelonious monklouis armstrongjimmy heathbooksjazzautobiographybiographyA fine fall book season is shaping up as far as jazz literature is concerned, highlighted by a big biography of Louis Armstrong and a jazz encyclopedia from Scott DeVeaux and Gary Giddins. I'll be sure to review most of these titles here over the coming months. Here they are, sorted by month.Jade Visions: The Life and Music of Scott LaFaro (North Texas Lives of Musician Series) by Helene http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PassingNotesByMarkEHayes/~3/6hBW1HUESso/readers-notes-pn-216-upcoming-jazz.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark E Hayes)0http://markehayes.blogspot.com/2009/07/readers-notes-pn-216-upcoming-jazz.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118775504571668911.post-3844817330500047772Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:05:00 +00002009-08-04T09:07:34.238-05:00comicsComics AllianceComic-ConDoom Patrol The freaky comics team Doom Patrol returns to active publication this week with a (hopefully) fresh take from by Keith Giffen and Matthew Clark. In honor of the return of Robotman and company, Comics Alliance has put together The Most Insane Moments of Doom Patrol.If you just hate comics, comic book culture, and those who love the same, from Cracked, I give you Four Reasons to Hate Comic-Con .http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PassingNotesByMarkEHayes/~3/djK1cKGXYPk/readers-notes-pn-215-doom-patrol-comic.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark E Hayes)0http://markehayes.blogspot.com/2009/07/readers-notes-pn-215-doom-patrol-comic.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118775504571668911.post-2393694188139168893Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:01:00 +00002009-08-03T09:38:23.426-05:00David OrtizJosh GibsonPEDssteroidsManny RamirezbaseballI try to avoid writing about the Red Sox too often, but I’m on vacation in New England this week, and the latest scandal related to performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) is centered around Boston. As the New York Times has reported, Boston sluggers David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez had their names on the 2003 list of players two tested positive for some form of PED. Add to this, the now-Dodger Ramirez’shttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PassingNotesByMarkEHayes/~3/lfHV-dsQ_lY/barcalounge-skipper-pn-214-roid-age.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark E Hayes)5http://markehayes.blogspot.com/2009/07/barcalounge-skipper-pn-214-roid-age.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118775504571668911.post-8269690642084030828Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:59:00 +00002009-08-02T07:18:31.667-05:00The Wrestlerplastic surgeryMichael JacksonDionysusfameMickey RourkeWell I'm an axegrinder, piledriverMother says that I never never mind herGot no brains, I'm insaneTeacher says that I'm one big painI'm like a laser, 6-streamin' razorI got a mouth like an alligatorI want it louder, more powerI'm gonna rock ya till it strikes the hourMichael Jackson died on June 24. I spent much of the weekend that followed trying to avoid the cable chatter about Jackson’s http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PassingNotesByMarkEHayes/~3/DXjSNsI06ak/passing-notes-pn-213-mj-and-ram.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark E Hayes)0http://markehayes.blogspot.com/2009/07/passing-notes-pn-213-mj-and-ram.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118775504571668911.post-5201155921003112390Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:57:00 +00002009-07-30T14:00:03.224-05:00Miles DavisEzz-theticsmodal jazzjazzJohn ColtraneGeorge RussellWith the recent death of jazz composer, teacher, and MacArthur fellow George Russell, there's been a great deal of lazy linking in the blogosphere, but here's the skinny: Russell's theoretical contribution is a concept of organization that paved the way for the modal style of music most prominently featured on Miles Davis' Kind of Blue. You also hear modal playing in much of the work of John http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PassingNotesByMarkEHayes/~3/1U8wzt9sbow/readers-notes-pn-212-george-russell.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark E Hayes)0http://markehayes.blogspot.com/2009/07/readers-notes-pn-212-george-russell.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118775504571668911.post-1464965247000865411Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:08:00 +00002009-07-29T13:23:44.042-05:00Baseball Hall of FameRed SoxJim RiceCooperstownbaseballIn Little League, I proudly wore the number 14 -- the dorsal digits of Jim Rice, slugging Red Sox left fielder of my childhood. I was the left fielder for the Farmington Braves. I didn't know then (as I definitely do now) that the kids who played left field in Little League were, for the most part, the hopeless cases. I couldn't hit particularly well, and I couldn't throw very far but had good http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PassingNotesByMarkEHayes/~3/DFrJDqm7uSo/barcalounge-skipper-pn-211-jim-rice.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark E Hayes)1http://markehayes.blogspot.com/2009/07/barcalounge-skipper-pn-211-jim-rice.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118775504571668911.post-5429690910275443359Sat, 25 Jul 2009 10:58:00 +00002009-07-25T06:21:52.176-05:00comicsAsterios Polypeisnerstate's comicsDavid ­MazzucchelliOut in San Diego at Comic-Con 2009, the Eisner Awards have been announced, with Chris Ware (whose Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth, should be read by everyone) and Mike Mignola of Hellboy fame both having big evenings. With so many superhero, science fiction, and fantasy movies driving popular culture these days, it's always a good idea to keep an eye on Comic-Con. Plus you can always http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PassingNotesByMarkEHayes/~3/TSCfZpqhVcM/readers-notes-pn-210-eisners-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark E Hayes)0http://markehayes.blogspot.com/2009/07/readers-notes-pn-210-eisners-and.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118775504571668911.post-5121839895752318021Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:20:00 +00002009-07-23T14:40:06.743-05:00diana krallclaire zulkeyparentingflak magazineI've been saving this wonderfully sarcastic piece from Claire Zulkey, a fine writer who (like me) wrote for the now largely retired Flak Magazine. She's constantly working. In reading this piece the other day, I became mindful of how truly annoying some parents can be, constantly talking kid-shop to anyone who will listen. By "some parents," of course, I mean myself. Claire offers all those http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PassingNotesByMarkEHayes/~3/ptyMmOf9xtQ/readers-notes-pn-29-more-parenting.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark E Hayes)0http://markehayes.blogspot.com/2009/07/readers-notes-pn-29-more-parenting.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118775504571668911.post-3751287923167325392Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:10:00 +00002009-07-23T14:40:38.929-05:00fatherhoodparentingwinnie the poohI’ve been thinking about Michael Jackson and Lance Armstrong these days – that is, the comeback that never happened for the King of Pop and the comeback that might happen for Mellow Johnny. It’s not so much the struggle to reach the top again that intrigues me as much as that question, “Where have you been?”In 2007, after a good eight years of freelancing as a writer, my wife and I had our first http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PassingNotesByMarkEHayes/~3/Nu8YSuEK6N0/passing-notes-pn-28-on-hiatus.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark E Hayes)4http://markehayes.blogspot.com/2009/07/passing-notes-pn-28-on-hiatus.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118775504571668911.post-7053951011143892721Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:28:00 +00002009-07-22T12:48:21.840-05:00On both Andrew Seal's Blograhpia Literaria and Mark Athitakis’ American Fiction Notes, we find the table of contents to a book of the 100 Greatest American Novels You've (Probably) Never Read, by Karl Bridges. Lists like these are always subjective and open to debate, and I believe that's why we love them so much. Defining the canon is so maddening in the first place.As a reader, I do not http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PassingNotesByMarkEHayes/~3/oikcs-khCzw/readers-notes-pn-27-100-great-but.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark E Hayes)0http://markehayes.blogspot.com/2009/07/readers-notes-pn-27-100-great-but.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118775504571668911.post-2402511356610158757Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:58:00 +00002009-07-16T09:06:06.299-05:00pitching mechanicsObamadeadspinAll-Star GamebaseballNo Barcalounge Skipper for me on this year's All-Star Game -- I prefer a lower profile game and a more ordinary setting. But of all the coverage I've seen, I enjoyed Deadspin's presentation of the analyses of President Obama's work on the mound in throwing out the first pitch. Obama's an athletic guy (and a southpaw), and he certainly didn't embarrass himself, but his basketball roots clearly http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PassingNotesByMarkEHayes/~3/BfnZ8y_dLks/readers-notes-pn-26-first-pitch.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark E Hayes)0http://markehayes.blogspot.com/2009/07/readers-notes-pn-26-first-pitch.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118775504571668911.post-3082203021749278441Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:44:00 +00002009-07-13T08:54:55.407-05:00cognitive biaspareidoliaMichael JacksonOver at Cracked.com I've gotten to like the commentary from Gladstone in his "Hate by Numbers" video blog, and today he tries to find something amusing to say about the mediaverse event of Michael Jackson's death. He happens upon a a story about a psychological phenomenon, cognitive bias, mental fallacy -- call it what you will -- named pareidolia, in which vague or random stimulus, particularly http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PassingNotesByMarkEHayes/~3/KCGdCEj7ISA/readers-notes-pn-25-pareidolia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark E Hayes)0http://markehayes.blogspot.com/2009/07/readers-notes-pn-25-pareidolia.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118775504571668911.post-4968794299481883965Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:29:00 +00002009-07-13T08:55:28.690-05:00Paul GonsalvesjazzDuke Ellingtontenor saxophoneOn this date in 1920, the great tenor saxophonist Paul Gonsavles was born. When he died in 1974, Gonsalves was long associated with the composer and bandleader he played with for the better part of 24 years, Duke Ellington. Best known for the compelling 27 chorus solo he took during an Ellington number at the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival, he also had a fine touch with a ballad, and, in the decades http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PassingNotesByMarkEHayes/~3/ZDFZ2KlVCWc/readers-notes-pn-24-paul-gonsalves.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark E Hayes)0http://markehayes.blogspot.com/2009/07/readers-notes-pn-24-paul-gonsalves.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118775504571668911.post-3336424557616078793Sat, 11 Jul 2009 23:43:00 +00002009-07-12T07:01:55.342-05:00new york yankeeslos angeles angelsgame of the weekbaseballYankees (51-35) at Angels (47-37)Fox Sports Broadcast – July 11, 2009Here's the view from the chair. . .The game of the week is a fairly obvious choice for Fox: two contending teams from big markets, a decent pitching matchup in Pettitte versus Washburn, young manager Girardi versus mastermind Scioscia, Abreu going from the Yankees to the Angels, Teixera moving from the Angels to the Yankees. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PassingNotesByMarkEHayes/~3/_bQX0IKiqs8/barcalounge-skipper-pn-23-yankees-at.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark E Hayes)0http://markehayes.blogspot.com/2009/07/barcalounge-skipper-pn-23-yankees-at.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118775504571668911.post-3548691016144288663Sat, 11 Jul 2009 11:58:00 +00002009-07-11T07:37:30.784-05:00Virginia Postel's review of Free: The Future of a Radical Price by Chris Anderson pretty much sums up my attitude about almost anything I plan on writing or producing these days. After eight years of watching freelancing opportunities dwindle and the payment-per-piece remain largely flat, the age of free creative content is upon us. This is no earth-shaker, I know. But it is an adjustment for http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PassingNotesByMarkEHayes/~3/7fGbso6VzZ0/giving-it-away.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark E Hayes)0http://markehayes.blogspot.com/2009/07/giving-it-away.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118775504571668911.post-3211952494884016319Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:37:00 +00002009-07-13T09:50:47.457-05:00Black History Monthmusic educationThis is an older piece (from 2005), but I'm using it to test the setup for podcasting Passing Notes through iTunes. If you haven't heard this before, go ahead and give a listen. It's a reflection on the meaning -- for me -- of Black History Month.You can subscribe to Passing Notes Audio here.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PassingNotesByMarkEHayes/~3/7y8NkEncC9c/podcast-passing-notes-21-4th-chair.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark E Hayes)0http://markehayes.blogspot.com/2009/07/podcast-passing-notes-21-4th-chair.htmlhttp://www.archive.org/download/PassingNotes2.1-PassingGas/4thchairtrombone.mp3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118775504571668911.post-2813543785391909503Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:32:00 +00002009-07-10T16:32:15.305-05:00Returning to the mediaspehere in 2009. . .Follow PN on FeedburnerFollow PN on Facebook Follow PN on Twitterhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PassingNotesByMarkEHayes/~3/lFDWy4qYNJQ/one-more-time.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark E Hayes)0http://markehayes.blogspot.com/2009/07/one-more-time.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118775504571668911.post-1941399930477357456Mon, 31 Mar 2008 02:23:00 +00002009-07-29T21:11:03.153-05:00MonkanalysisTheloniousMonk's Musicjazz Monk’s Music: Thelonius Monk and Jazz History in the Makingby Gabriel SolisUniversity of California PressHere at the start of the 21st century, it’s no great shock to anyone to observe that pianist and composer Thelonious Sphere Monk (1917-1982) was one of jazz’s most enigmatic figures and is now one of its greatest. But that greatness was not always so – not at all. Monk’s Music: Thelonius Monkhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PassingNotesByMarkEHayes/~3/e3DGiv-rJoo/monks-music.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark E Hayes)2http://markehayes.blogspot.com/2008/03/monks-music.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118775504571668911.post-1089995949150319870Sun, 09 Mar 2008 23:19:00 +00002009-07-29T21:11:48.058-05:00Alouurinebaseball BOS at LAD - 3/9/2008 - Vero BeachSpring training in Florida is a glorious thing. The Grapefruit League plays during the best weather of the year in this part of the country, and if you live south Interstate 4, there are training facilities for 18 major league teams. Although competition for tickets is tougher than in years past for some teams (Yankees, Red Sox), in most cases you can snag http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PassingNotesByMarkEHayes/~3/K_dqyjT_KL0/barcalounge-skipper-alou-urine.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark E Hayes)0http://markehayes.blogspot.com/2008/03/barcalounge-skipper-alou-urine.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118775504571668911.post-463243801503273413Sun, 18 Mar 2007 14:47:00 +00002007-03-18T09:59:27.542-05:00 Song, Artist, Album Jack Baker, Branford Marsalis, BraggtownEverything Happens To Me, Sonny Rollins, Sonny Rollins - On Impulse!Limehouse Blues, The Very Tall Band, What's Up?The Frim Fram Sauce, Nat King Cole Trio, Jumpin at CapitolHard Day's Night, Rene Marie, Serene RenegadeWhirling, Antione Roney, WhirlingIsn't This a Lovely Day, Diana Krall, From This Moment OnMaria, Eric Reed, Pure http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PassingNotesByMarkEHayes/~3/o-u_J8rxiWM/playlist-early-jazz-weekend-sunday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark E Hayes)1http://markehayes.blogspot.com/2007/03/playlist-early-jazz-weekend-sunday.html