Happy New Year. Happy MLK day.

New New yEars mix by Butchy Boy for our ears. Treating me right.

I haven’t been posting much on Bird & Whale lately. I’m a little sad about it. I need to shake it up a little bit or change the focus. Food for thought.

Some nice things going on around these parts. The most pressing of which is that my remix record of the material from Onze Pedras is coming out next week! I’m really proud of how it turned out. Such a gifted assortment of musicians. Ben Vida, Epstein, M.Takara, New Fumes, Dan Bitney, Totem Test, The Eternals, Bundy K. Brown, Diamond Age, Clive Tanaka, DJ /rupture & Chief Boima. I think the collection actually works really well as an album too, as opposed to just a collection of singles. Please pick it up.

The other exciting thing I’ve got going on is I’m playing a show with my new project Omar Lords at Zebulon on Feb. 12th. Please throw that on your calendar. I’m really excited about this music. It’s a collaboration with Kosta Stratigos and myself. It marks a pretty big departure from my Lobisomem stuff in terms of tone and execution. It’s very much built around the idea of live shows. It’s going to be nice to share it with folks.

In an effort to try and keep Bird & Whale a little more nimble, I’m gonna go shut up and post this. Hope 2012 is a good one.

Butchy Boy – New Ears Rev.
The Qualities – Happy New Year to You!
Ronnie & Robyn – Sidra’s Theme
Effisio Melis – Fiorassio
Allen Ginsberg – Come Back Christmas
Thelonious Monk – Crazy Pants
Hank Jacobs – Elijah Rockin with Soul
Robert Petway – Catfish Blues
Ñande Reko Arandu – Gwyrá Mi
The Sparkers – Dip It Up
Arvo Pärt – Spiegel im Spiegel
The Faces – Glad and Sorry
Master Vyas – Jala-Tarang
The Profiles – Take a Giant Step
The Butlers – She Tried to Kiss Me
The Insect Trust – Glade Song
Bulasio Araya & The Abanyabyata Royal Horn Band – Rwakanembe
King Horror – Loch Ness Monster
The Rolling Stones – Revolutions
Tommy McCook & Bobby Ellis – Psalms 9 to Keep in Mind
Charles Mingus – Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting
Jimmy Giuffre Trio – The Train and the River
Lenny Bruce – let me hear it again
Arvo Pärt – Spiegel im Spiegel
C.O.B. – Spirit of Love
Lenny Bruce – you sure can talk some shit buddy