Photo courtesy of karpov the wrecked train on Flickr.
He boarded the No.3 train. The subway car was filled with the smell of the gyro some guy was wolfing down. He got out at West Fourth Street and walked down Sixth Avenue. Over an apple turnover and a hot cocoa in a bagel joint, he said he was once a skateboard freak who loved the Dead Kennedys and drew countless pictures of skulls before his parents took the records away. But now is sometimes seemed to him that pop music was all about pimping and cars. “So many of those guys will just sell out as soon as they can” Mr. Moran said. “I’m about longevity. I want to do something people will still want to hear 50 years from now.”
— Devin Leonard, from his New York Observer article, ‘8 Days in the Life of Jason Moran.’
‘Planet Rock’ by Afrika Bambaataa* performed on solo prepared piano by Jason Moran from his 2002 record Modernistic.
* A. Baker, J. Robie, Soul Sonic Force
