AllenLowe

I hate to blame the victim, but this seems incredibly dumb on his part -

Weizen - if you ever decide to emigrate from Thurmondia, you can park your trailer in my back yard.

well, it's nice to be so beloved - but c'mon Bertrand, Englewood. 7/4 - I can take it.

thanks Adam - if you don't mind I'll try all of those - you can email them to me at allenlowe5@gmail.com

it sounds more like a studio recording, from the little I've listened to.

yes, and a pretty girl.....

nah, I think that they just thought it rhymed -

well, it should come out, and sorry about your 78 - did he indicate how many minutes of stuff he has?

does anyone here have good contact info for Cline, other than management contacts? thanks - shoot me an email at allenlowe5@gmail.com

truth is, the prime lyrics I hear these days are by god-awful folkies - like this morning, in a song about divorce: "he got the house and he got the garden, and their hearts began to harden." think about how stupid that is - if he got the house, could she possibly get the garden? What would he do, excavate and put it on the back of a truck? but that's typical of the crap that's written by post-literate musicians, IMHO.

yeah, gotta have it, though I am becoming increasingly pessimistic about the chances of it emerging during my lifetime.

yes, songs, still, really. I write one about every two months.

as long as this popped up again, let me say that what is REALLY eating at my brain me is that Uptown has 1950s solo recordings (I think; Chuck can confirm) of Jaki Byard, planned for a release which has never happened. I MUST HEAR THIS MUSIC BEFORE I DIE

just to let you know, I am not joking about this - I am looking for brief video submissions, serious ones, from people who dislike me - maybe 3-5 minutes on camera, you can shoot it yourself, and just say why you find me troubling or difficult or untalented or really just say in your own words what you see as my problem(s). it can also be mildly critical; however you feel. It can refer to music or manners or any social aspect. no more than 5 minutes; and I need permission for full rights to whatever you submit. thanks, and don't worry, I won't take it personally.

even more important, there are very few Peter Scattaretico recordings. http://www.peterscattaretico.com/

Chris Montez - also, Time After Time.

"they got too much already and besides we've got the cops"

"This show lasted from 1954 to 1974" without a single commercial break? These musicians had stamina.

well, if the South had seceded, we would have a liberal government, healthcare, housing for everyone, equal economic opportunity, no history of lynchings - and thousands of Southerners (like Berigan and Weizen) trying to illegally cross the border under the cover of darkness, in order to partake of our much superior Way of Life in the North and West. we would, of course, have accepted the large migration of African Americans, which likely, at first, would have caused some tensions, but ultimately things would calm down, and of course that block of voters would likely lead the progressive coalition that would run things in this NEW US of A. and all those old blues records would still exist, because African American culture would thrive even more prominently in our Brave New World. Even more importantly, in this new society, Jazz Musicians would have a place of honor in every community, and be served by great staffs of tall virgins (so you guys might want to move here ASAP). and don't worry, Jeff and Jim, should you decide to stay in that Southern Nation (named Thurmondia after the late Senator) we would still export all our wonderful television shows for you guys to watch.

my favorite is Bud Powell's intro to this song - on Portrait of Thelonious; possibly also on an RCA version by him, though I'm not certain of that -

thanks Jeff - there is a also a true and unspeakably awful story of a slave woman who drowned her babies rather than submit them to slavery. Sometimes I do think, given the negative political weight that that region continues to bear in this country, that we should have let the South Secede. (as Phil Ochs sang, "here's to the land you've torn out the heart of....Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of")

ok, then let's bury it.

has he materialized yet?

"not all listeners are collectors" true, but all collectors are listeners (unless they collect rocks).

I was wondering where he disappeared to -