Torna alla luce - stavolta solo in formato digitale, dopo una prima apparizione in cd a tiratura limitatissima nel 2007 - la registrazione effettuata il 29 giugno 1980 a Sens (Francia) di un breve e raro duetto di Peter Brötzmann (1941-2023) con l'amico carissimo (e quasi perfetto coetaneo) Harry Miller (1941-1983). Alla pubblicazione provvede a Chicago, oggi come allora, Corbett vs. Dempsey: Brötzmann & Miller.

Although they worked together extensively, including their trio with drummer Louis Moholo, Peter Brötzmann and Harry Miller rarely played as a duet. The German saxophonist and clarinetist was extremely fond of the South African bassist, who was a mainstay of groups like Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath and his own ensemble Isipingo. Three years before his untimely death in a car accident in 1983, Miller joined Brötzmann for a short set of improvisations and a version of bassist Charlie Haden's classic Song for Ché, demonstrating their tremendous kinship and the warmth that was an underacknowledged part of the saxophonist's fiery musical persona. The late Dutch producer Dick Lucas, who started Data Records, offered his audience recording of the concert to Corbett vs. Dempsey. It was issued in 2007 in an edition of 200, with the first 50 hand-signed by Brötzmann.

https://corbettvsdempsey.bandcamp.com/brotzmann-miller

Vedrà presto pubblicazione ufficiale in cd il solo che Eugene Chadbourne ha tenuto al Mezzaria di Bologna lo scorso 14 maggio, prendendo spunto per il titolo dall'attività ludico-sportiva che in una delle sale del club - proprio a fianco del palchetto allestito per il musicista - è proseguita ininterrotta per l'intera durata del concerto (e oltre): Night of the Living Ping Pong. Nel darne annuncio il Nostro ricorda anche la speciale chitarra (non sua) imbracciata quella sera: "A borrowed pink Chinese Squier Stratocaster that sounded like oven roasted potatoes in a trattoria played through a vintage Farfisa amp."

https://eugenechadbourne-documentation.squarespace.com
https://tinyurl.com/LivingPingPong

Elliott Sharp ha contribuito brevemente anche alla realizzazione di Daddy and the Muscle Academy, documento sulla vita e le opere di Touko Laaksonen (1920-1991), universalmente noto come Tom of Finland. autore nel secolo scorso di immagini di grande e gioioso appeal erotico dal fortissimo impatto socioculturale oltre che artistico. Le musiche sono disponibili a sé stanti in formato digitale presso Bandcamp e presenti naturalmente nell'omonimo dvd - di non facile reperibilità, però rintracciabile tramite Vimeo - prodotto da Kino Lorber l'anno stesso della morte dell'artista, intervistato appena in tempo dal regista Ilppo Pohjola. 

Tom of Finland (Touko Laaksonen, b. 1920, d. 1991) is widely regarded as one of the twentieth century’s most influential artists for his groundbreaking representation of the male figure. In his youth, Tom trained at an advertising school, but what he would come to call his “dirty drawings,” which he first began developing as a teenager, were the true focus of his attention, both during this formative period and throughout the entirety of his life. These masterful renderings of virile men engrossed in acts of homoerotic desire can be approached along several interpretative lines - art historical, social, technical - but each of them points to the revolutionary nature of his project. A master draftsman, whose passion for both his medium and his subject matter enabled him to become a powerful cultural force, Tom gave form to an imaginative universe that in turn helped fuel real-world liberation movements and enabled gay men to access their strength in new ways. Tom’s drawings reaffirm the centrality of sexuality, joy, and the body in all areas of human endeavor.

https://elliottsharpsoundtracks.bandcamp.com
https://www.tomoffinland.org
https://vimeo.com/172563418