Stefan Wood

THE YOUNG ONES!!!!!!! Oi!!!!!!!

The thing I always found interesting about PKD's fiction is his vision. With maybe a few exceptions, I felt he was telling the same story over and over again, but from many different angles. A Scanner Darkly, UBIK, Three Stigmata, and Flow My Tears are the books I still hold on to.

Got mine in the mail yesterday. Only had time to listen to the first disc - the sound is fine, and the playing is red hot. The King Curtis/ Memphis Horns material surpassed my expectations! Billy Preston guests on one cut, My Sweet Lord by George Harrison. I guess that is the only quibble I have is the choice of songs, but this was a deliberate decision, as they were playing for mostly white audience. You got your Led Zeppelin, Moody Blues, Simon and Garfunkel, Beatles, etc. in there, but King Curtis and Aretha just make them their own tunes. Great!

BIG thumbs up!

Yes, but what about the grease? I don't want my soul to be touched, I want it deep fried!

How are the Val Lewton movies with Boris Karloff? ← I have only seen Body Snatcher,(Just checked allmovie.com, and all 3 Karloff/Lewton films were made in 1945!) but it is an excellent film!(My favorite Karloff film is the little known "The Walking Dead") Karloff, is just mesmerizing, just amazingly creepy! Here is a blurb from allmovie about Body Snatcher, but see the film, don't go there and have the ending spoiled! Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi were given top billing in the Val Lewton-produced The Body Snatcher, but the film's protagonist is played by Henry Daniell. A brilliant 18th century London surgeon, Daniell can only make his humanitarian medical advances by experimenting on cadavers, which is strictly illegal. Karloff plays a Uriah Heep-type cabman who is secretly a grave robber, providing corpses for Daniell's research. ← I go to a figure drawing session in Chinatown in DC once a week -- artists and ex museum people go there to unwind and draw for three hours. One person who shows up from time to time is Val Lewton Jr. -- the son of the director! He used to work in the Museum of American Art (as curator I believe), and is now a full time artist. He mentioned that this set was coming out soon......

This might be a misreading of the signals. ← Could be, but I'm an optimist this week.......

I hadn't read sci fi fiction in years, until a friend of mine lent me a couple of books by John Brunner: Stand on Zanzibar and The Sheep Look Up. Amazing works, and damn near prophetic.

At the very least, it is a nice sign that Concord is supporting vinyl. Dropped prices on OJC cds, as well.

This is a KILLER disc:

Thanks!

Look for that Gil Evans SACD while you're at it. In stereo for the first time and a good album!

Listened to the first disc of the Slack Select set -- some fine music!

I've lost my mind. I ordered the Franklin/Curtis as well. 42 unreleased tracks? A no brainer.

Glorious tube sound for compressed mp3 audio! Hallelujah! It is overkill............

Again, GO NATIONALS!!!!

Jazz is the fountain of youth! Thanks!

Was that his wife or girlfriend dressed in white standing on the stage to the extreme right?

Damn that's great news!

You were there? I was up on the balcony! Yes, I agree on the sound being too loud. Great concert though!

Just saw Al Green last night. He was fantastic! New and old music!

Anyone checked out Land of the Dead yet? I'm really curious, because it has been getting rave reviews on the net.

What next, a tube ipod???? Hmmmmmmm............

The Priester is definitely on my want list. I wonder if these will be specially priced or just expensive?

Fischer Price also had a VERY limited edition of the material listed in the Mosaic Select, for their short lived "My First Reel to Reel Player," decked out in candy red and yellow. Complaints from parents and lack of knowledge (and responsibility) of how to use the machine led it to being pulled from the shelves after a few months. These suckers run for 4 figures on ebay, and let's not even talk about the music issued for this format!