Matt Marshak at Houndstooth Pub: 2013 edition November 19, 2013
Posted by Mike C. in Jazz, Music, Personal, Photography, Travel.add a comment
Other Matt Marshak show recaps: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015
For the second year in a row, Matt Marshak performed at Houndstooth Pub on the weekend of my birthday. Last year, the show was on my 31st birthday; this year, it was the night before my 32nd.
Matt was on guitar:
Etienne Lytle on keyboards, who was also part of Steve Cole’s band five weeks earlier:
…and Carl Anderson on drums:
The show was engineered by Neal Newman:
With the help of his son Dale:
SET LIST
SET 1
1. Cadillac Kid
2. Down in Delaware
3. A Silent Knowing
4. Time for Takeoff
5. Listen to the Music (The Doobie Brothers cover)
6. Sanibel
7. Funkology
8. I Will Be With You
SET 2
9. Put It Where You Want It (The Crusaders cover)
10. Feelin’ It
11. Hold the Line (Toto cover; Matt had a more jazzy arrangement than Toto’s original version)
12. I’m On Fire (Bruce Springsteen cover)
13. Wind Chill Factor
14. You’ve Been Had (Kenny Harris’ song)
15. Kiss (Prince and The Revolution cover)
16. Sleepwalk (Santo & Johnny cover, notably covered by Larry Carlton)
As I’ve started to do in recent show recaps, most of the pictures below are grouped by artist.
Kenny Harris:
Etienne Lytle:
Carl Anderson, during his “Sanibel” solo:
The blur was intentional. I wanted to show the rapid movement involved in Carl’s drumming.
Matt & Kenny performing back-to-back on “I Will Be with You”:
Matt & Kenny’s “Feelin’ It” vocal break:
Matt’s “I’m On Fire” vocal:
“Kiss”:
For this song, Matt and the band were joined by guest vocalist Anastasia Rene:
“Sleepwalk”:
At one point, Matt left the stage and played his way through the audience:
He returned to the stage for the end:
Between sets, Matt and I posted for this picture:
After the second set, I took pics with Carl Anderson:
I couldn’t have asked for a better birthday present than the two hours of music I saw on Saturday night. Thanks to Matt, Kenny, Etienne, Carl, Anastasia, Neal, Dale, and to Steve Butler.
Charles E. Fillizola exhibit recap November 1, 2013
Posted by Mike C. in Art, Education, Personal, Photography.add a comment
I was at Wantagh Public Library last Saturday – October 26 – for artist Charles E. Fillizola’s exhibit.
I was invited to Charlie’s exhibit by his fellow artist friend Dan Christoffel, whom I’ve known for about a decade. Dan and I met when I was a student LIU Post.
Here is what I saw:
I was inspired to buy prints of a pair of Charlie’s works: “Cedarmere,” a pastel; and “Lady Luck, Perkins Cove,” which is pen and ink.
This is “Cedarmere,” as it was displayed:
“Lady Luck, Perkins Cove”:
As the exhibit wrapped up, I asked Charlie and Dan for a picture:
I’m so glad I accepted Dan’s invitation to Charlie’s exhibit. I saw some magnificent works that I won’t soon forget.
For more from Charlie Fillizola, you can “like” him on Facebook.
6/28/21 UPDATE: My dad was cleaning out the garage on Saturday and found some photos and documents, which included a pair of caricatures from my friend’s bar mitzvah reception. I looked at the signatures and made out “C. Fillizola.” Yes, Charlie Fillizola caricatured me and my sister back in September 1995, 18 years and one month before this exhibit. I photographed both caricatures with my iPhone since they were too big to scan, converted them to grayscale, and removed the backgrounds so all that remained were white and black ink. Here’s my caricature:
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