I was supposed to see Pelican and Mono Tuesday night, but I didn't. I've been planning to catch the MET Chamber Ensemble celebration of Milton Babbitt's 90th birthday on Wednesday night, but I probably won't. And the rest of the week is most likely shot, too, including a second encounter with the tenor not yet widely known as G-Fil. (See also Vilaine Fille.)
I have to remind myself that a week from now, I'll have a TONY review of Eduardo Galeano's gently brilliant new book and a feature on VH1's fun documentary series Heavy: The Story of Metal to show for my abstinence. The week after that, interviews with Ihsahn of Norwegian black metal band Emperor and Bang on a Can's Julia Wolfe will follow in TONY's summer music extravaganza. And Dr. LP will come home to a clean apartment, to boot.
So in the mean time, I'll direct your attention elsewhere. To start with, my Time Out Chicago counterpart Marc Geelhoed has re-emerged with a whale of a live-concert post, including pointed words for David Zinman and a killer quote from Shulamit Ran. Get going. (And watch out for a report from Ethan Iverson of The Bad Plus about that Babbitt concert at Do the Math.)
