Taking my shoes off as a sign of respect. I never had a problem with that. This wasn’t a scene from Scared Straight, where the convicts were telling you to throw your shoes in the trash. This wasn’t that airport in Italy where they made me take off my hat. There was a dim light […]

War. Starvation. Greed. Apathy. Torture. Arrogance. State sanctioned racism and murder. Rampant consumerism. Religious fanaticism. The human race continues its protracted state of adolescence in the longest tantrum of all time. The Natural Forces have had enough. Hurricane, Tidal Wave, Volcano, Tornado, and Earthquake have decided our time has run out. The Earth is to […]

There once was a great music. It was born in America and branded with the name Jazz. The music was later re-named madam Zzaj, by one of her lovers, the Duke. She grudgingly accepted the moniker of Jazz over the years. It was how she was bought and sold after all. Jazz had several intimate […]

The human race is a massive story composed of millions of stories. Digital storytelling has really changed how we are all collaborating on what really is the most important story of all time – us. Just where are we going with all of this? I went back to school recently in order to pursue a […]

Just a quick announcement here at Fat Eb. My short story has just been released! $5.99 to download and $9.99 for a paperback. The story began here in this blog. Please PEEP it out. The response to the new interview format is the best I ever had so it’s here to stay. Peace and music. […]

  The Senate blocks the Gun control Bill Albert Ayler   Truth Is Marching In *     *     *     *     * Boston Marathon bomb kills and maims John Coltrane   Peace on Earth *     *     *     *     * Beached Whale dies.Channel 7 newsman complains about “the Stink” Duke Ellington   […]

I wrote this one many moons ago but it never made it to That Fat Eb.After tonight’s 4 generation wide Jam session I got the idea to post it before I close out the year in blog land.Since the meeting below my relationship with the Abandoned sound has expanded considerably. . . .Peace.Matt The Abandoned […]

After my job sent me home yesterday I decided to believe the news telling me no rain was dropping until 5pm and thought I would take my usual ride out to the River with my old King Cornet and see what all this drama was like in person.I want to feel the storms power not […]

When you write music you may hope to paint a musical picture for the listener.I Love to hear music that gives me a vision,especially one I have never seen before.Free Jazz and improvised music,especially experienced live,.often gives me pictures in my mind that don’t exist in nature.A living dream.The more aggressive the music is,the more […]