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I am not an expert at determining the legitimacy of releases, but....if you scroll down the webpage it says: The album is released as part of a collaborative partnership between GAD Records and Weather Report.

To be released October 27, 2023: https://kultowenagrania.pl/product/weather-report-live-in-berlin-1971-2cd/

Some details of Jimmy Buffet the "astute, ambitious, aggressive businessman" are here: https://www.fox7austin.com/news/jimmy-buffett-remembered-margaritaville-empire

This weekend, twenty years ago, Ronaldinho did this:

Have you heard "Darkness: UT Tower Sniper"? https://thedragaudio.com/show/darkness-ut-tower-sniper/

I still have the first LP I ever bought - I was 11 years old, I remember how much it cost (I paid cash), I remember walking to a bus stop with my new LP under my arm, and then going home in the bus, a proud owner of a Beatles LP.

"Far from being nostalgic and conservative, the maintenance of a stock of physical media at home is a progressive act of defiance." https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/what-we-lose-when-streaming-companies-choose-what-we-watch

If can make it to Austin, for Shakti and John McLaughlin: http://www.riverbendcentre.org/upcoming-events/2023/9/16/icmca-concert

Ella does not want money:

Sometimes, in some places, some people use any kind of alcohol (methyl alcohol? isopropyl alcohol?) to make an alcoholic drink. Some types of alcohol can mess up your eyes.

"An alien arriving on Earth in the year 2023 might believe social media was created solely for strangers to yell at each other..." https://thewalrus.ca/the-inescapable-rise-of-moral-superiority/

"Jazz, too, now makes an occasional appearance. It’s not an area I know a huge amount about, so there have been some revelatory weeks for me, telling the stories of Billy Strayhorn, Carla Bley, Mary Lou Williams, Thelonious Monk and Bill Evans among others." https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/aug/01/radio-3-composer-of-the-week-turns-80-donald-macleod

I am listening to this hippie anthem:

Looks like the US Mint chose the design for the Celia Cruz quarter: https://www.usmint.gov/coins/coin-medal-programs/american-women-quarters/celia-cruz

I had no problem playing the CD on my $25 portable CD player that I bought at WalMart, and I have played the CD on the portable player about 5-6 times by now.

Helen Grant announced on July 10 that she intends to sell the 10% share in Led Zeppelin revenues that she inherited from her father. Since then, “we have been deluged with offers”, her solicitor Ian Penman told LedZepNews. https://ledzepnews.com/2023/07/16/exclusive-helen-grant-has-been-deluged-with-offers-for-her-10-stake-in-led-zeppelin/?fbclid=IwAR2r_qMmlFvbCyJeSJ9R37EzkssJBYaU9yhIF0EPyGVz4fPhd4Pol-uGemc

If I were flying back to Australia (or to anywhere else), I would keep the SHM CD in my pocket next to my passport.

I once had a conversation with a guitar player who has been in several rock bands, and I commented on the books that talk about his bands. He told me, “the authors of those books write about everything but not about the music.”

A cover version, decades after the original version:

For those who have not seen this documentary already. Late 1960s:

Check out her "Razzle-Dazzle": https://archive.org/details/78_razzle-dazzle_ella-mae-morse-big-dave-and-his-music-charles-e-calhoun_gbia0428603a

Reminds me of the "Miles Davis' Bitches Brew" https://untappd.com/b/dogfish-head-craft-brewery-miles-davis-bitches-brew/6303

I am waiting quietly for the next Coltrane release.

Schwartz on NPR re Giuffre, great interview: https://www.npr.org/2008/04/28/90004452/jazz-clarinetist-jimmy-giuffre-a-look-back

I do not believe Maradona was the best soccer player, but 37 years ago he did this: