keep the blood flowing...

hi anyone :)

i must thank my new friend ron paul - yes, that ron paul! the canadian fellow from york university....

for one thing he drew our attention to one of the greatest things ever to happen on the web. blood ulmer's album "live at the caravan of dreams" has been made available by a friend of humanity, you can visit the site to get yourself rite

Fantod Under Glass

the post i'd direct you to was made in june of this year, James "Blood Ulmer - Live at the Caravan of Dreams. that's one of my favorite album covers, and my favorite album ever. charles burnham on violin, amin ali playing bass and warren benbow on drums

you will probably want to bookmark fantod under glass: it's one to check on regularly

"More Blood!"

that's what my friend from Oslo kept saying once he heard Blood Ulmer years ago - that was "America, Do You Remember the Love?"

we've been entranced with Blood since '82, and though his music has been "hard to find" in Amerika - well as with Nina Hagen (previous post) the 'net seems to facilitate a growing appreciation of his unique work

you can find numerous stellar videos on YT
some of the kewlest stuff has been uploaded by ARSMAC1 :
Pleasure Control on Italian TV, 1987, wow!
Rush Hour, at the Dance-a-teria (!) 1980, featuring David Murray
Street Bride, on the street in Toronto, 1993. love those b&w boots he always wore ;)
A Thing for Joe, with the New Art Jazz quartet at Birdland, 2001
Timeless, Berlin 1998 - the great trio with Jamaladeen Tacuma and the *ultimate drummer* Grant Calvin Weston

dag i wish there was YouTube when i was a kid