i don't think anyone wants you to apologise...

i've never seen her actually. i'm in jersey so it's quite hard to get out regularly to "the big smoke" as you say. but yeah, lee is fantastic and i'd be interested in seeing her when she next comes to the uk/france.

oh, i saw her last year at the stone-- she was wonderful, i picked up her cd, which is not improv but it's interesting enough (she warned us against it, ha ha). she played with a trombonist and some piano guy, i forget their names right now-- the trombonist was quite amazing, he's a teacher at NYU i think... hm... can't recall this second. but she's wonderful-- worth seeking.

Never been, but I've been to the Rothko room at the Modern Wing of the National Gallery in D.C. many times. Those paintings are great.

Seeing Rothko's works in a gallery setting is wholly different than little pictures in art books or online.

I liked what I've heard of Okkyung Lee's solo work, but the only thing I own that she's on is the split CD of My Cat is An Alien with her and Christian Marclay and that gave me a headache. It was really neurotic from what I remember, but maybe I should give it another chance.
I read she's releasing a solo album on Ecstatic Peace this year.

Yeah I can appreciate that. I suppose my dislike comes from that fact that ive seen so many sixth-form Rothko rip-offs. Thats not Rothko's fault. He's just one of those artists that have failed to impact on me yet. Maybe it will in time or after seeing it in a gallery setting.

Anyway back to something we can all agree on - G&G