Rockin' to the Stones? Yeah, in Chairs. As the Rolling Stones launch their culturally irrelevant North American tour on Tuesday, a look back to an earlier Stones concert, yet also irrelevant, in 1989. By Neal Pollack. [New York Times: Arts]
I'm so glad that I saw the Stones when I did. I was about 15 years old ('65 or '66) and they were playing in the tiny ballroom on Steel Pier in Atlantic City. This is when Brian Jones was still alive and probably around the time that "Aftermath" first came out. I say so because I remember them doing "Paint It Black." They were great!
Then I saw them again at the infamous Altamont concert, And in spite of everything horrible that happened that day, they were still great. I loved the way Mick Taylor and Kieth worked together. So I've never seen them since Ron Wood joined the band or Bill Wyman left (the only smart one?), but from what I've heard and seein, I'm not sorry.
Tofu and Zazen by the Sea. At the Green Gulch Farm Zen Center in Marin County, overnight guests can join in meditation sessions and do chores or not. By Ted Rose. [New York Times: Arts]
A beautiful place.
Two Faces of a Pianist Who Had Many. On Tuesday, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Glenn Gould's birth, a three-disc set of remastered recordings of the 1955 and 1981 recordings of Bach's "Goldberg" variations will be released. By Anthony Tommasini. [New York Times: Arts]
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