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indeed, where are Moving Gelatine Plates in all this?

oh, wonderful! I don't think I've seen him since around that time either.

I guess you could say that he was somewhere on the 'spectrum,' which would line up with my brief and strange interactions with him.

That's really interesting. Thanks.

I'd been wondering if he was ailing as Egon posted some reminiscences the other day, but the eclectic and very intriguing composer Galt MacDermot has apparently passed. What a good run, though: http://www.playbill.com/article/galt-macdermot-composer-of-hair-dead-at-89

Oh yes, I got one -- arrived maybe a week or so ago?

I should read the booklet. I didn't know that.

Bai Choi Sun from SK should be noted. Missing from Japan are Oki Itaru and Kondo Toshinori, both pretty significant figures.

Happy Belated!

I'm with chewy -- I get Radiohead, Roxy, Nicks, Jackson. Totally makes sense. The Cure were pretty awesome early on; not much into their late-80s pap, but up until that point, heavy band. Also they were very influential on a lot of underground/alternative rock acts, and have enjoyed immense popularity both in and outside of the mainstream. So again, makes absolute sense that they'd be honored. Probably a win for those into left-field goth rock. Rundgren is the shit, should have gotten in already.

Joe Henderson -- The Kicker -- (Milestone, US) love that Budimir LP above.

yeah, those Ayler Xmas CDs are excellent. I saw the Witches & Devils version of this once, with McPhee, Cline, Corsano, and I'm blanking on who the bassist was. Really wonderful.

love that East NY Ensemble record.

I would assume someone didn't pay for one and it went back out into the store.

yeah I suspected that a lot of shops did get their distro orders filled and are just doing speculator markup bullshit. So lame. as for Dusty, they probably only got a few in. Whenever I try to buy something from them and it's out of stock, I'm automatically put on the notification list. Standard practice as it's been since the '90s.

Various -- Sub Pop 100 -- (Sub Pop, orig) Ut -- Early Live Life -- (Blast First, UK orig) Harry de Wit -- April '79 -- (Bead, UK orig)

Wow.

Please do -- some of this is recollected in The Traveler. Would love to hear him with Tete (and apparently on at least one occasion, Kenny Clarke).

Love this one. Now: Swell Maps -- Jane from Occupied Europe -- (Rough Trade, UK orig) nice follow from Live/Dead.

I like it. Definitely more straight-ahead, but a beauty of a record.

I like that Anima record mentioned above. Saw Limpe Fuchs do a concert of music (on her homemade instruments) in a park here in NY last year. Fun stuff. Very quiet.

well, I guess you could do whatever you want with it as it's a Greek letter.

Isn't it Psi rather than PSI? I don't think it is an acronym.

I think the only Bunky I have is on that Paul Serrano on Riverside (which I love). Probably need to rectify.

yeah I remember hearing about his wife dying in the TWA accident. Heavy stuff. I don't know how close he and his brother were at the end, but I guess Wayne has or had all of Alan's papers, compositions, etc. Too bad they don't enter the book.