Part yoga tutorial, part Indian travelogue, Leaving Stress Behind is all good. Created by Daniel Overberger, formerly known by his death metal name “Stress,” and now a popular Hollywood yoga instructor and the front man of the Dharma Gypsies band, LSB offers a practical guide to a one-hourish Ashtanga yoga practice, with excellent illustrations and...
Hope RekindledThis past week has given us more hope for our diseased republic than any other time in 50+ years of paying attention. Observing and participating in a long-overdue peaceful uprising, occupying the streets, feeling the righteous energy of people of all ages, colors, faiths, and wealth (or lack thereof), has…
Used traditionally, in most Western music the bass keeps time churning out fat quarter-notes based on the root of a chord. Ba-dum-dum-dum-dum. On his addictive new recording Tines of Change, the visionary master bassist and composer explores his instrument’s under-utilized sonic possibilities. The concatenation of squeaks, grumbles, twitters, growls, whistles, knocks, cries, howls, and, yes, nice...
