Catching Up With… Dave King Hot on the heels of two 2014 albums by the Bad Plus, The Rite of Spring and Inevitable Western, the drummer returns with something completely different. by Michael Parillo Have you ever brought a pair of antlers to use as sticks on a Little Caesars commercial session? Have you blown an enormous solo over ZZ Top’s “Legs” during your drum clinic? Possibly not. But if you have room in your mind to consider these notions, and many more like ’em, you should check out Dave King’s new online video series, Rational Funk, which giddily turns the idea of the instructional DVD on its ear. “Of course it’s not a new concept to make a parody of instructional videos, in any genre of the arts,” King says. “I used to watch the oil-painting shows on PBS on Sunday mornings. I loved it. But I don’t mean […]