I reposted an older piece about seeing Rhys Chatham perform for the first time, at Max's Kansas City in 1979. Now up - here's the link: substack.com/@leeranaldo/...
Rhys Chatham: Meltdown!
Max's Kansas City, 1979
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Lee Ranaldo
@leeranaldo.bsky.social
Master destroyer of Rigid Formalism. Six stringer, sometime Singer, Shimano 105 whip.
These are the five! Order of the last three was different for me, but that's fine. Vote for these five in whatever order you like and DON'T RANK CUOMO! Thank you, NYC! Find your early polling place here: vote.nyc
Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · last yr.1 — ZOHRAN MAMDANI 2 — LANDER 3 — MYRIE 4 — A. ADAMS 5 — BLAKE DON’T RANK CUOMO. EARLY VOTING SATURDAY & SUNDAY. PRIMARY DAY TUESDAY. LFG.
My first book, Road Movies, originally published in 1995; this '10th Anniversary' edition came out in 2005.
Currently listening to this hugely underrated masterclass in songwriting and arranging. @leeranaldo.bsky.social #ElectricTrim
"A moment where improvisation not just reaches its core, but also its logical conclusion." Album review: @leeranaldo.bsky.social & Michael Vallera's 'Early New York Silver' - out tomorrow via Amish Records. sun-13.com/2025/03/20/l...
Lee Ranaldo & Michael Vallera: Early New York Silver
On their debut collaboration, the duo deliver something cataclysmic.
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Last night at Matthew Barney's LIC studio. Remains event w 4 archers, 2 Musician’s, skeet shooting. Brian Jungen, Kelly Moran, Raven Chacon, Jake Stosuy.
Death Valley Daze... First L.A.-area show, 40 (!) years ago Sunday. I think the 4 of us were the only ones there who weren't tripping...
Someone brought this gtr by in Braga, Portugal the other week. Hand-carved letters, weird Les Paul/SG clone.
