RICHARD BUCKNER

In 1998 I raced from Newark Airport to the lobby of the Gramercy Hotel in order to meet and interview the musician Richard Buckner for a magazine I worked for at the time. This was a completely spontaneous interview therefor I was ill prepared by having nothing to record the interview with. Nonetheless being both professionals and perhaps creatures of the night the interviewed ensued. In subsequent years I have seen and heard Buckner repeated times and various venues and our conversation has never ended and our interview is yet to be published. (Note to self: locate RB interview.)

4. NOT A 'PROJECT': A REAL BAND

23 June, 2011

Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog

@ Le Poisson Rouge

Listed under "projects" on Marc Ribot's website is Ceramic Dog. Listed under Ceramic Dog at #4 is "Not a 'project': a real band." And indeed it is a real band and a heck of a 
conundrum with no need for justification.

Comprised of Ribot (Guitars), Shahzad Ismaily (Bass et al.) and Ches Smith (Drums), 

Ceramic Dog is a raucously vibrant race between some perspicacious musical minds. No 
one needs to understand it all. Ceramic Dog is a mad motioning of contrapuntal and 

contrapunktal and Ribot is a guitar playing a guitar playing a guitar.

ONE EYE ROCKS a song by JULIUS RYAN

Inspired by our hero One-eye the raccoon, Julius Ryan created the song "One Eye Rocks."

FRIDAY FISH FEAST

 The Friday Fish Feast.

INJURED PAW

Looks like a vacation? Actually it is an injured paw!