Slog - Comments on Confession http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/01/coffession I must make this confession, and I think it will clear much of the confusion concerning my writing and ideas: Jazz and culture critic Stanley Crouch is my hero and inspiration. There. I have said it. Have a good morning.... Copyright 2007 Wed, 04 Jan 2006 08:20:16 -0800 Thu, 05 Jan 2006 12:57:32 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Sigourney Beaver Why am I not surprised. But hey, Crouch is great and anyone who gives props to him is fine by me.

]]> Sigourney Beaver http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/01/coffession#c005310 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/01/coffession#c005310 Wed, 04 Jan 2006 09:12:49 -0800 Comment by inhibitionist Crouch is an ultra-conservative aesthetic grouch, the Bill O'Reilly of jazz criticism.

]]> inhibitionist http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/01/coffession#c005316 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/01/coffession#c005316 Wed, 04 Jan 2006 09:56:22 -0800 Comment by inhibitionist Is "Coffession" a confession made under the influence of coffee?

]]> inhibitionist http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/01/coffession#c005317 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/01/coffession#c005317 Wed, 04 Jan 2006 09:57:11 -0800 Comment by Brad If Stanley Crouch is your hero and inspiration, does that mean that any jazz created in the last 30 years is worthless?

]]> Brad http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/01/coffession#c005327 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/01/coffession#c005327 Wed, 04 Jan 2006 10:22:58 -0800 Comment by segal "If Stanley Crouch is your hero and inspiration, does that mean that any jazz created in the last 30 years is worthless?"

Bingo. You pretty much nailed Charles' view on the matter; he's fond of saying that jazz died in 1969. Utter nonsense, of course.

]]> segal http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/01/coffession#c005328 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/01/coffession#c005328 Wed, 04 Jan 2006 10:26:44 -0800 Comment by lar goddamn right!

]]> lar http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/01/coffession#c005334 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/01/coffession#c005334 Wed, 04 Jan 2006 10:36:42 -0800 Comment by segal In fact, the '70s may be one of the strongest decades of jazz creativity we'll ever experience. If samples used by hiphop producers are any indication, '70s jazz rules mightily.

]]> segal http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/01/coffession#c005336 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/01/coffession#c005336 Wed, 04 Jan 2006 10:54:31 -0800 Comment by RobCrowe Heavens, Charles! I suggest two Hail Marys at least in penance. And a week of reading Lester Bangs.

]]> RobCrowe http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/01/coffession#c005344 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/01/coffession#c005344 Wed, 04 Jan 2006 11:19:47 -0800 Comment by Fnarf999 Jazz is museum music now. And that 70s jazz that's so awesome is actually funk, not jazz. Unless the lead is electric organ, in which case it's dynamite.

]]> Fnarf999 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/01/coffession#c005416 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/01/coffession#c005416 Wed, 04 Jan 2006 14:46:12 -0800 Comment by T.L. Does this mean you're going to start punching people you don't agree with?

]]> T.L. http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/01/coffession#c005522 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/01/coffession#c005522 Thu, 05 Jan 2006 09:03:49 -0800 Comment by segal "And that 70s jazz that's so awesome is actually funk, not jazz."

Let us call it jazz-funk.

]]> segal http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/01/coffession#c005532 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/01/coffession#c005532 Thu, 05 Jan 2006 10:17:38 -0800 Comment by Da Trooth given, Charles, that you are not a native black-american, and given that you are a stubborn curmudgeon, i am not surprised that you would be inspired to get in touch with "american blackness" via its most extreme, wynton-marsalis-dick-sucking, full-of-shit representative. ask any real deal native black american woman what she thinks about stanley crouch. oh wait, you don't hang out with any, and never have, for that matter. sorry to suggest the near-impossible! charles mudede, you are a big 'ol nigga-put-on. just like your hero stanley. :-)

]]> Da Trooth http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/01/coffession#c005571 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/01/coffession#c005571 Thu, 05 Jan 2006 12:57:32 -0800