All of the goofies have stepped aside. The people who don’t need to be there aren’t there any more. The people who are super about it are still with it. People are realizing this s*** is more ephemeral than we thought. Your friends are not gonna live forever. Open in browser Thursday July 07, 2022 Sons of Kemet drummer Eddie Hick and tuba player Theon Cross at All Points East, London, Aug. 27, 2021. (Jim Dyson/Getty Images) quote of the day “All of the goofies have stepped aside. The people who don’t need to be there aren’t there any more. The people who are super about it are still with it. People are realizing this s*** is more ephemeral than we thought. Your friends are not gonna live forever.” - Julian Cashwan Pratt, Show Me the Body singer/banjoist, on how the pandemic has affected live music rantnrave:// Lively Up Ourselves I love the sentiment expressed by SHOW ME THE BODY’s JULIAN CASHWAN PRATT in today’s quote of the day, which suggests a kind of reset in the live music experience as a result of the pandemic. I can’t get behind the cause but I can get with the result, if true—that live audiences have become more intentional, more present, more engaged. Pratt’s observation lines up with my experience, though I remain judicious in my show-going so I may not be the most reliable authority. I have serious music friends going to way more shows than I am these days, and others going to hardly any at all. Two years in and we’re all adjusting and readjusting at our own speeds. Your mileage will no doubt vary based on any number of demographic factors, and geography, and taste. Festivals vs. clubs. Mega-popular vs. niche. Etc. But the fact that this is what a touring punk musician is seeing right now gives me reason to smile, and hope. We could use more resets. Two especially great shows you can see right now on your laptop: USHER’s NPR TINY DESK performance, a generous greatest-hits sets with a sprawling band with a horn section that makes use of every square inch of space behind that little cubicle in Washington, D.C., and that started generating memes almost as soon as it went live last week. Nostalgia, joy and serious chops all around, from horn section to rhythm section to superstar lead vocalist. And songs that reward the loose intimacy of the space. An all-time great Tiny Desk set. And SONS OF KEMET’s fierce, leave-everything-on-the-floor performance of songs from their 2021 album, BLACK TO THE FUTURE, for the WETRANSFER- and SONOS-affiliated FROM THE BASEMENT series. This one has more of a live-in-the-studio vibe, but really, really live in the studio, with saxophonist SHABAKA HUTCHINGS flying over the world’s greatest drums-drums-tuba rhythm section. But mostly, I will never not be amazed by the astonishing drive and stamina of tuba player THEON CROSS. Killer. Etc Etc Etc ERIC R. HOLDER JR. was found guilty of first-degree murder for the 2019 shooting of NIPSEY HUSSLE in Los Angeles... The only copy of BOB DYLAN's new recording of "BLOWIN' IN THE WIND" on producer T BONE BURNETT's acetate-like Ionic Original format is up for auction today at CHRISTIE'S in London. Estimated price: £600,000 to £1 million... Why great artists make bad albums... How to produce music on an iPad... Rock music, literally: What does the music depicted in an ancient rock painting actually sound like? Rest in Peace MANNY CHARLTON, founding lead guitarist of Scottish hard-rock band Nazareth; he also served as the band's producer during its mid-'70s heyday. 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