Lea Delaria at SF Jazz: House of Bowie

Last night, C.J. and I saw Lea Delaria perform with her all woman quartet at San Francisco’s Jazz Center. We loved it. The crowed loved it. Lea Delaria loved it. People who know Lea Delaria only from Orange is the New Black or her stand-up comedy may not be aware that she is also an excellent jazz musician in the classic sense. If her style fits … Continue reading Lea Delaria at SF Jazz: House of Bowie

james b chesterJune 15, 20182 Comments

Book Review, Non-fiction

The History of Rock ‘n’ Roll in Ten Songs by Greil Marcus

The first of Greil Marcus’s books I read, Lipstick Traces is a huge, sprawling mass of a book, wondering wildly through time from the origins of Punk Rock to Avant Garde Paris in an attempt to capture the 20th century. It a massive, wild book, that runs free. I never made it through the whole thing, but I never felt that mattered. It’s a book … Continue reading The History of Rock ‘n’ Roll in Ten Songs by Greil Marcus

james b chesterDecember 23, 2014