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I've been told that I am over-reacting to the Dylan album and not giving it a break. So I gave it another listen today, and watched the video ("Must Be Santa") rubytramp linked to. Yes, it's fun, and I liked that song best of those on the album, principally because of David Hidalgo's accordion. And yes, the video is fun, but ... never mind the Santa cap, ( Read more... )

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No thanks to Jerks & Rudeness on Park Row, I finally got my Beatles In Mono box yesterday. (And thanks to rosiebird for suggesting barnesandnoble.com; I cancelled my Amazon order which was to ship somewhere between Sept. 16 and Sept. 27 ( Read more... )

I like record stores. I am thankful that the last major record store in NYC is the locally owned J&R, rather than Tower or Virgin. They've always had a better selection and better prices, and I've been climbing those stairs now for something like 25 years ( Read more... )

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Last week's New York Times magazine had an article about the upcoming release of Rock Band: The Beatles. A while back I posted about my one and only experience with Rock Band's competitor, Guitar Hero, which left me not only unimpressed by the game but depressed at the thought of kids practicing for hours to flap a flipper when they could be ( Read more... )

So, I left West Virginia yesterday, for the second time this summer. And with luck there will be a third departure (preceded by a second return) in late October for the fall old-time week, or at least some of it ( Read more... )

Reading the Brian Eno book I posted about a little while ago of course inspired me to listen in-depth to a lot of his work, so for the past few weeks my listening has been oscillating between old-time and old country music, and electronica/ambient ( Read more... )