Email Author Greg Burk

2006 Stories by Greg Burk

• Cross Rock

  published November 23, 2006

  Madonna gets crucified, and you don’t get to see it on TV. NBC, wilting under an eruption of Christian colic, expelled the visual —... More >>

• L.A. Discgrace

  published November 9, 2006

  I know Smogtowners are supposed to be dumfuqs, so all these sharp abstractionist discs must be by Manhattanites pretending to be from... More >>

• Roswell Rudd and Norma Jean Comin’, People

  published November 2, 2006

  {mosimage}Even Mongels Get the BluesYou see Roswell Rudd’s name on a project, yo... More >>

• The Bird and the Bee

  published November 2, 2006

  WHERE: Avalon, Wednesday November 8, opening for Sia.WHO: Songbird/bassist Inara George, hatched from late Little... More >>

• Stefon Harris Dukes it out at Jazz Bakery

  published October 26, 2006

  Duke ReduxMeddlers trying their hand at the music of Duke Ellington better observe two commandments: Add something (otherwise why... More >>

• Aerobic Exorcise

  published October 26, 2006

  Dusty Sparkles: long hair plus bangs, like Mick Fleetwood in ’74, and you better believe he shakes it around sweatily when he grapples... More >>

• Matthew Shipp Docks at Barnsdall; Cryptonight Suspended

  published October 19, 2006

  Burning the DioramaFor a while, it looked as if jazz had gotten stuffed and mounted. Hearty backslaps and unlimited food stamps should... More >>

• Geri Allen Floods Jazz Bakery

  published October 12, 2006

  Deep Waters Flow StillInvited to a party among humans last month, I blundered into a quietly alert gentleman who spoke with urgent... More >>

• Pre- and Postmodern

  published October 12, 2006

  L.A. WEEKLY DETOUR FEST, FEATURING QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, BECK, PEEPING TOM, BASEMENT JAXX, RED KROSS and others?in the streets of downtown... More >>

• Roscoe Mitchell and Joseph Jarman Liberate the Ford Amphitheatre

  published September 28, 2006

  Freedom NowBack in the mid-’60s, when history’s most extreme music was exploding out of the fission between sound... More >>

• Medeski Martin & Wood to Steam the Fonda

  published September 21, 2006

  Keys to the KingdomMagnets sucking sound from bumpy little whirling wheels. Barely technology, closer to voodoo, but that’s what... More >>

• Guitarist Ben Monder investigates Club Tropical

  published September 14, 2006

  The Guitar WhispererYou know within about three seconds that something original is coming out of Ben Monder’s electric... More >>

• Lamb of God to Bless Hyundai Pavilion

  published September 7, 2006

  Everybody Loves a Clown (So Why Don’t I?)Actually, I do love metal clowns. Ozzy cleaning up dogshit, Nikki Sixx staggering around... More >>

• It's Always Full

  published August 31, 2006

  ‘It’s Always Full’Every time I put on Full Moon in 3, the latest album by Santa Barbara songwriter Jennifer Terran More >>

• Big and Juicy

  published August 24, 2006

  Joey Sellers’ music makes your ears prick up. I know, ’cause I just listened to his El Payaso, released last year on... More >>

• Mods & Rockers 2006

  published August 17, 2006

  Great musicians hold the lens the same way movie stars do, with all-absorbing concentration and surrender; the resulting inner stillness draws... More >>

• Something Like Jellyfish

  published July 27, 2006

  It’s almost not a music-listening experience. Cephalic Carnage is more of an environment, like writhing in a pool crowded... More >>

• The Madcap Passed

  published July 20, 2006

  People called Syd Barrett’s music childlike, which it was: A child, unconditioned, can see things adults don’t, and often finds... More >>

• Beasts

  published July 20, 2006

  So you want to know how Ozzy’s holding up? He maintained good pogo energy during his July 8 Ozzfest show out at the Devore... More >>

• It's Personal

  published July 20, 2006

  edit: ksullivanLearning, learning. Leni Stern wants to know and grow and hoe that row. Her thirst has pulled her all over Africa, India... More >>

• Infinity Squared

  published July 13, 2006

  {mosimage}Infinity SquaredWhat happens when you multiply ­limitlessness by infinity? Yo... More >>

• Masqued

  published July 6, 2006

  Psychedelic organ jams, heavy metal fusion, Hendrix tribute, African roots — Vernon Reid & Masque hurled themselves into it... More >>

• Exquisite

  published June 29, 2006

  Leonard Cohen wasn’t sure he wanted to do this interview. There’s a rather worshipful new film featuring him — I’m... More >>

• Silence Speaks

  published June 29, 2006

  SILENCE SPEAKSGonzalo Rubalcaba took the piano bench in silence, said not a word between songs, and made no comment upon... More >>

• Electric/Acoustic

  published June 22, 2006

  ELECTRICAs nights get longer and hotter, best plan is to blow all your dough partying till you plotz, and Vernon Reid &... More >>