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I stopped using quotation marks on this forum some time ago.

the Boston police, not exactly an organization with avant-garde sensibilities, issued Stravinsky a warning https://www.openculture.com/2025/07/igor-stravinskys-illegal-arrangement-of-the-star-spangled-banner.html

I hope this video does not violate the "no political discussion" vibe:

Strange - there was/is no paywall on my end, and I paid nothing - and I am using an old laptop.

An update: https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/new-waterloo-records-austin-texas/?fbclid=IwY2xjawLMvmZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFEODhsb2d5RjdSMERzb0FDAR6_fy89_7BIQHHpvjl2BnK_fLQOPmsMbqpBr_vo1hrKoWccd9vcyhu6mMmm8g_aem_XeYv2Q9FSSqfkWMuTCK3bQ

In his book, Memoirs of an Amnesiac, [Satie] joked about his strict timetable: “I rise at 7.18; am inspired from 10.23 to 11.47. I lunch at 12.11 and leave the table at 12.14. A healthy ride on horseback round my domain follows from 1.19pm to 2.53pm.” https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jun/26/unheard-works-by-erik-satie-to-premiere-100-years-after-his-death

R.I.P.

Five beautiful ladies:

"lowball" is to put it mildly or politely - do not be surprised if what Half Price Books offers you is less than what you paid to take the 78s to the store.

...he’d wandered into the back room at Village Music Record Store in Mill Valley, where he was quickly overcome by a feverish mania reminiscent of Humphrey Bogart striking a vein of gold in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. CDs? We don’t need no stinkin’ CDs! Not when there are thousands of vintage 78-rpm records piled to the ceiling. https://www.sfcv.org/articles/feature/these-record-collectors-78s-arent-just-music-theyre-way-life

Your memory is doing fine.

A Tito Puente reissue:

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/rick-derringer-dead/

Maximum Rocknroll is heartbroken/excited to announce that we are donating our archives — paper files, photos, notes, zines, books, ephemera, and yes, the greatest punk record collection the world has ever known — to the Center for Popular Music at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. https://www.maximumrocknroll.com/the-mrr-archives-find-a-new-home/?fbclid=IwY2xjawKZ_WdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFUMlpDSm1mNFlCUjc0M0g3AR7XaxPqGHbz9hDRDoTfdJVJ1Oo_TMn-9Bo-lkJicjQkARubjoONGgvIJe8Y8w_aem_Kz49b31So1D6kjdllY4ASg

Some greasy stuff