Monthly Archives: August 2008

Pasha Mezze

Pasha Mezza is my new favorite restau­rant. IN THE WORLD. The hum­mus is creamy like whipped mashed pota­toes. Try the Shrimp and Mush­room casse­role and your head will assplode.

Thinking About Making a Video

If I were to make a bass instruc­tional vid (a la the incom­pa­ra­ble Brett Miller), what topic would you want to see me cover in it? I have some funny con­cepts for the pre­sen­ta­tion, but I really want to teach some­thing valu­able instead of goof­ing around and / or showing off.

Scott Bailey R.I.P.

Just found out that a friend of mine from Alpha Music passed away. We’d lost touch after I left the teach­ing staff but he also left later on to return to Winston-Salem for his law degree (which I recall was his ini­tial aspi­ra­tion before being side­tracked by music). I was indi­rectly respon­si­ble for his teach­ing

Back

Got back Wednes­day night but I am just not focused enough to write a post about my trip. I had a great time in NYC and saw some friends I haven’t seen in years. Other high­lights included the Dali exhibit at the MoMA, the Coney Island Sideshow, Chris­t­ian Scott at Jazz Stan­dard, excel­lent pizza in