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sure, there are grey areas and incomplete stories around sexual violence and I would never argue with that. But I find it hard to doubt the basic framework in a story of someone who was assaulted. And yeah, Getz & Grimes' closeness has been documented -- they left for California together in 1966 -- so maybe he wrote it down somewhere. and not to pile upon Hubbard, but at the very least his drinking and cocaine use, and penchant for being rather 'out of it', are fairly well-established. Not that alcoholism/cocaine use equal sexual abuser, but people hopped up on shit do some very uncool things.

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It's really good. Did the pr text for it and interviewed the trio. would love to see Weird of Mouth live for sure...

Men rape and assault women. It's sadly common and probably was even more prevalent (though less talked about) 50+ years ago. I don't know why this is so hard to believe. We have a pretty good idea that sexual manipulation and abuse is partly why Jutta Hipp quit the scene; seems to be a possibility for Jane Getz, too, though she remained musically active.

yeah, I got the OTC box from the Miles Davis Store and it was not at all expensive. I suppose a trumpet-case extra?

Great combo! I love that Arthur Doyle record. It's pretty special.

In these kinds of situations, I think it's wise to believe women. So much of this shit happens to this day, and I'm not surprised. Would I toss my Freddie (or Miles) LPs because of it? No, but I think one has to realize that artists can be some fucked up people.

Yep!

That's a chunk of change. Yeah, I remember it being a lot more left-field than the festival has become in recent years. Obviously it is expensive as hell to put on something like this so one has to bet on some "sure things," but as an observer, to me it hits the middle of the road.

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I'll wait for Dusty to carry it.

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ha Yeah, I have a 70s white-b copy, which is just fine.

Nice. I have the CBS-FR pressing of Miles a Antibes and like it quite a bit. Will be nice to add to the music by over 3 more hours...

Haven't dug that Anderza out in a minute. Thanks for the reminder, enjoyable date (have the same Japanese pressing). Katanga is brilliant. Picked that up as a Stereo PJ original at one point, not a regular find in the bins/walls of the shops so I must thank eBay for the opportunity.

good one.

will grab this when it's out. Cool.

I dunno. Some friends & people I have great love for are playing, but overall it seems like an elephant gun approach to curation, kind of like Pitchfork. I'm sure it'll be fun for anyone who goes, but I wish these big festival lineups didn't read like overstuffed Spotify playlists. This is just my observation and I'm not trying to poop in the punch bowl, so take my opinions with a dose of salt.

some of the best Sonny on record IMO, this set.

Absolute ditto here.

ah damn, that is too bad.

Wow. Also, Spotify does this already, no?

I know this is a little bit of short notice, but perhaps some of you local to the Hudson Valley will be interested in a sort of rangy singer-songwriter evening of music. What: Tara Jane O'Neil; Little Mazarn; The Local Third When: September 11 @ Tubby's Kingston, show at 8 $20 doors/$15 advance I wanted to let you know about a wonderful concert coming up on September 11, 2024 at Tubby's in Kingston, NY with Tara Jane O'Neil, Little Mazarn, and "The Local Third" who are playing the music of Ida, dressed up to look like Ida, and probably smell a bit like Ida (but aren't exactly performing AS Ida). TJO has been a big part of my musical life/interests since I was a teenager trying to get accustomed to life & beauty & darkness and all that exists in the world. She was the bassist and a principal songwriter/vocalist in Rodan, who were huge for me (their sole proper LP, Rusty, celebrated its 30th anniversary this year), and later founded The Sonora Pine, Retsin (who joined forces with Ida), and has recorded numerous solo LPs of spindly, rich songcraft and improvisation. She played Tubby's a couple of years ago with drummer/vocalist Ryan Sawyer and it was a blast. Little Mazarn are from Austin and consist of Lindsey Verrill (ex-Weird Weeds) and Jeff Johnston and sometimes others. Lindsey has that kind of "lonesome train-whistle voice" which cuts through everything. It's music that feels both homespun and otherworldly. "The Local Third" will be playing music like this legendary album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xaVblDntwU Tix here: TJO/LM/TLT

great cover photo b/w more stuff to buy 😬

Ha, yeah, when you said "hat" that's where my mind went, though I am probably not as familiar with his work as I should be.