cliffpeterson

joined march 2003

"The first Continental Op novel. The movie Yojimbo (and therefore A Fistful of Dollars also) was sort of based on this. I enjoyed this, but I like the short stories better." Agreed. Also, there was a Bruce Willis movie with Chris Walken that borrowed plot lines from Red Harvest or one of the movies you mention.

It is on YT

Just saw this on Dustygroove. Amazon has it a little cheaper: https://www.amazon.com/Better-Now-before-You-Later/dp/1953691994

Before shipping, DG is cheaper than CvD.

Carville: Yes I have read that also. Based on my understanding of who is to collect customs fees and when those fees are to be collected, I would wonder about the authenticity of both a bill for such fees and the company seeing payment.

Carville: no I did not get a bill. I find it odd that a shipper would contact the buyer after the items have cleared the customs house to attempt to collect a tariff or tax. My understanding is that an item cannot clear the customs house without payment if said payment is required. I think that CDJapan stated somewhere that it calculates and includes an amount for the tariff but I have not see any evidence of that. It does charge a flat 1300 yen fee for customs clearance or handling. One of those last two shipments I mention above was for 7 cds. My last shipment before the tariffs was for 7 cds. Notably, there was only about a 300 yen difference in the respective shipping costs.

Found one of his cds in a record store in Montevideo, Uruguay. Great stuff,

Have successfully received two shipments from CD Japan without delays since the imposition of tariffs.

Regarding Saturday, Its a toss up for me between the above concert or Burnt Sugar at The Local in Saugerties or the Daniel-Marcus concert in Poughkeepsie. BTW-I have the dates wrong in the subject line-should be 14th and 15th.

Yeah, recognized the history was not complete. Didn't realize it was sold this past summer. On a different note, I understand that the single cd reissues of what were originally 2 Hat Hut lps did not contain all the music that was on those 2 lps.

https://daily.bandcamp.com/label-profile/hat-hut-records-ezz-thetics-label-profile

https://calendar.chronogram.com/hudsonvalley/a-sound-life-fest-2025/Event?oid=24419627

Feel the same way but there is another temptation that night: Burnt Sugar plays at The Local in Saugerties: https://burntsugarindex.com/calendar/

Saw the MBs on March 6, 1972 at the Salle Pleyel in Paris, France. I knew nothing about the MBs or their music. Went to the concert with a group of friends and my then girlfriend. We had center seats around 4-6 rows from the stage. Incredible concert that I still remember 5 decades later.