Saturday, December 24, 2011

Trawling around Amazon mp3s for bargains, I'm thinking about getting "Our Father" by Russian Monks, a half-hour side of their Chants album, for 99¢. Both sides can be had for $1.98, but T. Fisher (the one and only) especially recommends "Our Father" -- and I'd sure hate to get carried away with this New Age stuff. It would be easy to do.

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Friday, December 09, 2011


Getting a little carried away here, but I couldn't resist. These now too are here:
The Decca Sound The Decca Sound (50 disc cube)
Wilhelm Furtwangler: The Legacy Wilhelm Furtwangler: The Legacy / Wilhelm Furtwangler (107-disc whopper)
Jumping The Shuffle Blues: Jamaican Sound System Jumping The Shuffle Blues: Jamaican Sound System
Jook Joint Blues: That's What They WantJook Joint Blues: That's What They Want  / Various Artists
Mozart: Piano Sonatas [Box Set] Mozart: Piano Sonatas [Box Set]  / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Christoph Eschenbach
Pebbles, Vol. 1: Original 60s Punk & Psych Classics 
  Pebbles, Vol. 1: Original 60s Punk & Psych Classics / Various Artists
also, this (another Milo recommendation):
Iron Butterfly FILLMORE EAST 1968

And these books too:
Then We Came to the End: A Novel Then We Came to the End: A Novel / Joshua Ferris

Cloudstreet : A Novel Cloudstreet : A Novel / Tim Winton

Le Freak: An Upside Down Story of Family, Disco, and Destiny Le Freak: An Upside Down Story of Family, Disco, and Destiny / Nile Rodgers
Consider the Lobster and Other Essays Consider the Lobster and Other Essays / David Foster Wallace
Red Leaves (Otto Penzler Book) Red Leaves (Otto Penzler Book) / Thomas H. Cook
The Rehearsal: A Novel The Rehearsal: A Novel / Eleanor Catton
Eat the Document: A Novel Eat the Document: A Novel / Dana Spiotta
There But For The: A Novel There But For The: A Novel / Ali Smith
The Dead Circus: A Novel The Dead Circus: A Novel / John Kaye

Tuesday, December 06, 2011

Nice haul today:
111: The Collector's Edition 2 (Deutsche Grammophon, 56CD cube) -- I see it's risen in price on Amazon since I carted it off
Ray Charles 4 CD Set - Vintage Vaults -- dirt cheap, but it could have easily fit on two CDs (and a much smaller box); we'll see how it plays
40 Odd Years (4 CD/1 DVD) / Loudon Wainwright III (Xgau recommendation)

And a few books (following up on various recommendations in this Expert Witness comment thread):
Tuff / Paul Beatty
Out Stealing Horses: A Novel / Per Petterson
Mortals / Norman Rush
Whites / Norman Rush -- already have Mating here somewhere
And there are more on the way -- I need to spend more of my time sitting down with a book.

Monday, December 05, 2011

A couple more new things here now:
I'm Jimmy Reed [2CD limited deluxe edition] / Jimmy Reed (thanks to Cam for this recommendation)
100 Best Jazz Tunes of the 1950's [8CD] / Various Artists (and thanks to Liam for this recommendation)

Friday, December 02, 2011

more music

More music here lately:
Roots of Doo Wop / Various Artists (another Milo recommendation)
8 Classic Albums / Red Garland 
Various Artists 20 Years of Dischord

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