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definitely. Also Uncle Tupelo and Son Volt. Truck Stop Love (from Manhattan, KS), Split Lip Rayfield (from Wichita, KS), and Frontier Trust (from Omaha, NE) were favorites in this regard as well. Grew up around this scene and was fond of it, and some of that music still holds up. less rock, more country, and beautiful at that: Freakwater. I guess I don't really need to get into the Byrds, David Crosby, or the Dead, but... it's there if you want it. Ditto GP, Burritos, and International Submarine Band (great).

Birka Jazz was wonderful!

I'll miss his audio holiday cards.

Oh damn, that is too bad! He was a nice chap and a fine player.

Mosaic is now Mike's Picks ?

Yeah, if they have VAN GELDER in the dead wax people will pay through the nose for them. Personally I can't imagine paying more than $20 for any of 'em, but times have certainly changed. When you factor in that even blue/white Liberty pressings of certain titles are going for hundreds of dollars, $100 for a 70s pressing seems downright reasonable. Insanity for sure!

I held two original copies of True Blue at Academy Records on E. 12th St in NYC within the last three years. It was cool to do.

Great album. Milford's piano and vocals are a really interesting addition to the music.

Texas artist Gary Panter was the set designer for Pee-Wee's Playhouse. Definitely a lot of very avant-garde work being done in those table workshops I'm sure.

I'm really gutted by this news. He was like Mr. Rogers to me. Many thanks for the art.

He is excellent. I've seen him with Halvorson, Kris Davis, and a few others (never with Coleman, who I find to be quite lame).

https://www.forcedexposure.com/Forthcoming.html

yes, that is what mine looks like -- no bands that indicate any tracks.

yeah, this is a 15 year old Mac with an external drive. At a certain point, if it's not readable on numerous CD readers, it has to be the disc as that's the only thing in common here. And then what am I doing with a $40 piece of unusable aluminum?

Closing the loop, it doesn't read on my computer either -- my Mac just spit it right back out. So I will be attempting to return it to CD Japan.

ha -- thanks. I should've seen that but did not.

Hello! Just a short note to let people know -- and apologies for the late notice, been busy as hell -- that esteemed musicians and board members Karl Evangelista @ep1str0phy and @AllenLowe will be performing next Wednesday at Tubby's in Kingston, New York. Karl will be playing music with his long-running duo Grex (with M. Rei Scampavia), and Allen will also be working in duo with frequent pianist collaborator Lewis Porter. The cost at the door is $15 and the advance ticket price is $10: https://tubbyskingston.lyte.com/3707166 Allen & Lewis are on first at 8pm, followed by Grex. I know some board members live in the area and it'd be great to see you there.

yeah, I've proofread the notes for a few of Lander's comps. They're all quite fascinating musically and the notes themselves are a real education! Re: Lovens, saw him twice -- once with the Schlippenbach Trio and once with 2X3=5 (Parker/Guy/Lytton/Lovens/Schlippenbach). Both concerts were amazing. Most of my Schlippenbach experiences have been with Lytton or as a solo pianist, but the OG Trio is really on another level.

excellent album.

Haha, well, you got me on festive socks and thick glasses, but the rest of it doesn't track. Anchor Steam is good. It's been decades since I've had it, though -- the proliferation of microbrews and faux microbrews kind of pushed it out of rotation and their distribution took a hit in the last 15 years as well. You'd think Sapporo would've fixed that but they didn't. Also, I have read that the employees put in a competitive bid to buy it out from Sapporo but I'm not sure if that will work out. Hopefully.

I only have the Twardzik/Freeman split, but I love his playing & tunes on there. Sublime stuff. I've perhaps said this elsewhere but working with Shipp on this book and getting to experience his playing in so many contexts has gotten me to listen to the piano in a very different way, think about harmonies differently (as a non-musician), etc.. and Twardzik hits me very hard now, whereas I just did not catch all the subtleties (and some of the not-subtle parts) before.

Forced Exposure will list Singularity Codex over the weekend, so interested readers in the US can also buy there!

I think around a hundred, maybe more, were done with hand painted covers, and another few hundred or so with the gold paste-on slick (which is the version I have). There was only one pressing of the vinyl, probably no more than 500. I would expect this copy to land around $10K. Too much, in my opinion, but people with money like to buy things.

yeah, tried it on my 30 year old DVD player (which plays everything else) and my 2-year-old Subaru CD player. It could be a defective disc, I'm not sure.

I guess I may just have to listen to it online, as my trusty but very old CD player seems fine with every other aluminum disc I own. What a pain in the ass.