{"id":18925,"date":"2013-11-10T19:10:20","date_gmt":"2013-11-11T00:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/?p=18925"},"modified":"2013-11-10T19:22:59","modified_gmt":"2013-11-11T00:22:59","slug":"dreaming-of-robert-glasper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/?p=18925","title":{"rendered":"Dreaming of Robert Glasper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My surge in activity landed me with a horrible head cold and laryngitis &#8211; thank goodness I&#8217;m a writer and not a singer is all I can say. Thursday, I went to see the Robert Glasper Experiment at the newly renovated Civic Theater. And because it was a school night and my babysitter is in high school, I had to leave just as they were warming up. I&#8217;m not the only person\/parent who has trouble seeing live music anymore &#8211; 10PM start time is just too late especially because it said he was coming on at 8PM and especially for those of us that depend on our sleep to thrive. <\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3-0JZlrk4xA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Robert Glasper just came out with Black Radio II &#8211; the first CD, Black Radio, is fantastic and if you buy no other music this year, this is the one you need to buy. As Glasper says on II, &#8220;90% of what is on the radio is whack&#8221; &#8211; so he&#8217;s raising the bar too many notches to count. <\/p>\n<p>I went with a friend who also has young children, so it was with our heads hanging that we left and went to our cars 40 minutes into their set. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_4877.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18930\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/?attachment_id=18930\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_4877.jpg?fit=2448%2C3264\" data-orig-size=\"2448,3264\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 4S&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1383861686&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.28&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;320&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.05&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_4877\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_4877.jpg?fit=640%2C853\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_4877.jpg?resize=640%2C853\" alt=\"IMG_4877\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_4877.jpg?w=2448 2448w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_4877.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_4877.jpg?resize=768%2C1024 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_4877.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_4877.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I came home and got in bed and dreamed of Glasper &#8211; sitting at the keyboards grooving out here in New Orleans. All was not lost. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My surge in activity landed me with a horrible head cold and laryngitis &#8211; thank goodness I&#8217;m a writer and not a singer is all I can say. Thursday, I went to see the Robert Glasper Experiment at the newly renovated Civic Theater. And because it was a school night and my babysitter is in high school, I had to leave just as they were warming up. 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