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V.A. - Uptown Blues a Decade of Guitar-Piano Duets 1927-1937 (Yazoo)

Very cool.

William Parker w/ the AEC?? WOW!

Ornette - Friends & Neighbors (Flying Dutchman)

Morton Subotnick - Sidewinder - (Columbia CBS Masterworks)

Mississippi John Hurt - 1928 Sessions (Yazoo)

Hilarious! I was listening to that LP this evening along w/ Casey Bill Weldon & Kokomo Arnold: Bottleneck Guitar Trendsetters Of The 1930s (Yazoo) Can't beat those old Yazoo sides. Agreed. I've been on a Yazoo bender lately.

Hilarious! I was listening to that LP this evening along w/ Casey Bill Weldon & Kokomo Arnold: Bottleneck Guitar Trendsetters Of The 1930s (Yazoo)

I'm thinking of going to the show Sunday night here in Philly.

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/23683

Man, I thought I overpaid for my copy of Clifford Thornton's Communications Network when I got it from Cuscuna last year for $75 but $305?? Yikes. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320490594168

more on the suspect... http://www.philly.com/philly/news/homepage/20100225_Cops__Gamble-Huff_arsonist__completely_intoxicated_.html

Seriously.

Suspect arrested... http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100225/ap_en_mu/us_gamble_and_huff

Arson.... http://www.kyw1060.com/Phila--International-Records-Fire-Ruled-Arson/6428980

Tampa Red - Bottleneck Guitar 1928-1937 (Yazoo) Lester Bowie - Numbers 1 & 2 (Nessa; green cover, orange/purple label)

Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell - Naptown Blues 1929-1934 (Yazoo) Georgia Tom Dorsey - 1928-1932 Come on Mama Do That Dance (Yazoo)

Team USA beat Canada in hockey for the first time in over 50 years?? Take that you hosers!! edit: fixed typo

V.A. - The Roots of Rock (Yazoo) V.A. - Favorite Country Blues Piano-Guitar Duets 1929-1937 (Yazoo)

Chan Ho Park signs with Yankees Great pick up for the Yanks. $1.2 million, plus $300,000 worth of incentives. Phillies offered him $3 million for one year. That's a huge pay cut. Park needs to fire his agent.

The building is about 2 blocks from our house. We were woken up by the sirens this morning... http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/20100221_Fire_damages_Gamble-Huff_record_building.html While the damage was extensive, it didn't destroy any of their most valuable belongings: "Our tapes -- 10,000 original recordings -- are in stored underground in a vault secretly somewhere, so that's out." http://www.kyw1060.com/Iconic-Birthplace-of-Philly-Soul-Music-Damaged-by-/6407260

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123861353

He was pretty good, I was surprised that his voice is still in really good shape. I do prefer his older material though. James Blackshaw was excellent. Amazing player. He got a little emotional at the end of his set when speaking of Jack Rose....

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100218/ap_en_mu/eu_britain_abbey_road

Fucked Up & Kurt Vile