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Thanks for posting this. Dick's delusional state in the '70's brought an end to his writing enjoyable fiction, IMHO. Beginning with Flow My Tears, his work became self-important, turgid, and tiresome. I loved his '60's work the best, followed by the more conventional '50's.

Very, very sad. RIP.

The Beach Boys to Tour Again, Record New Album

Happy birthday, Jim!

I thought it was a good introduction to some of his concepts, especially for an audience who may not have known of him before. I also liked how it didn't sugarcoat his life. The reenactments didn't bother me that much.

Same Trip.

Did anyone else catch the episode on Dick in the series "Prophets of Science Fiction" shown on the Science Channel? It wasn't bad, all things considered. Also, I saw this book on display at my local Barnes & Noble: The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick Guess they finally printed the damned thing. Ugh. The '60's have the best PKD for me.

Yes, all the best, Mr. Terry! Feel better soon!

Just noticed this is scheduled for release on January 17: Further Explorations - Amazon

$5.84 as an eMusic download: eMusic

The Complete Felsted Mainstream Collection, $5.84: eMusic

Up for some air. I was listening to a cassette of side 2 of the duet with Carlos Ward, "Live at Sweet Basil, Volume 1" (I don't think there was ever a Volume 2). Released on his own label, Ekapa; I don't think it's ever appeared on CD or mp3. What wonderful music! Ibrahim and Ward are just in the zone, as they float from tune to tune, almost like a jam band would. Deeply spiritual, moving music. In fact, Ibrahim seemed to hit that zone often in the '70's and '80's. There was a wonderful solo record originally released in the US on Pausa, entitled "Memories." Again, the way he glides and builds from song to song...great stuff. Why is it that so many of his tunes from this time somehow remind me of Civil War days? Is it some of his sonorities or the sound of his piano that sounds like it could be from the soundtrack of Buster Keaton's "The General"? Maybe that's just me.

I still remember "The 'In' Crowd," listening to it on a 6-transistor radio in my youth. RIP, Mr. Gray.

Amen to that. Have you seen the pricing on Google's site? Made me appreciate eMusic all the more.

Thanks for posting that. He's an excellent writer; I admire his big ears and and his analyses. I enjoy his writing more than his playing.

I've just compared - the new box contains all the master takes of the Mosaic, except for session QQ (8/9/44) - which is weird because it was a Decca date - and session SS (1/18/46) - presumably because it's after 1945.

How about an iPod Touch? It has wifi built in. Just use a radio app with it, like TuneIn Radio.

A browser is a browser is a browser. I keep a few of them on my Mac, and use one when another isn't acting right. I'm leery of Google Chrome, though, as I just don't trust that company.

Thanks for the tip. I'm picking up The World At War.

Manfred seems to be in a dark place. Or he needs glasses.

I'm curious about the Armstrong, especially how it compares to the Mosaic.

We like waking up to country music. Living in the New York-metropolitan area, country music stations are about as rare as hen's teeth. There's a station on Long Island whose signal's too weak to be picked up here. Ah, but they also broadcast over the Net! We have an iHome clock radio with an iPod input. We also have a spare iPod Touch. We use the TuneIn Radio app to find the country station, and it works beautifully with our wifi network and the clock radio - we wake up to the station as if it were coming in over the air.

I got this DVD recently. It's a great time trip to see all these great Motown acts in their prime, with a healthy dose of Vegas in presentation. But the absolute must see is a bonus provided on disc 1. Evidently, Ed Sullivan did a special broadcast from the Brooke Army Medical Center in Fort Sam Houston, Texas. The clip included here is Gladys Knight & The Pips doing "I Heard It Through The Grapevine." The performance was done live, with full band, from a hospital wing - they're surrounded by soldiers in hospital beds, doctors and nurses looking on. This is an amazing performance. Gladys Knight is just incendiary - it's a performance that'll get you on your feet, whooping and hollering at your TV screen. I searched in vain for a clip of this on YouTube, so I recommend you try to find a copy to view.