Hotter than July

A few weeks ago I posted something here about the fire in Pioneertown, the Old West movie set built by Roy Rogers in 1946 that has turned into a desert haven for artists and musicians. Today I turned up someone's Flickr photoset displaying the fire's immediate aftermath. Apparently that's the real color of the sky, with the sun obscured by smoke -- and apparently that's what happens when an Airstream melts. Good god.


FMFM: Mingus At Antibes, a hard-blowing live date that revisits past works. Dolphy, as always, sounds great, but I can't quite say this one is essential. Most of the original versions are a little better, and the recording quality isn't quite up to Tom Dowd's studio standards. Still very worthwhile though.