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voluntary mouthpiece for creative artists of the now, then, soon, and what-if variety (recs & reviews, upcoming gigs, etc.)

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A nice morning for TECUMSEH by Matthew 'Doc' Dunn. Cosmic Range #001! And it sounds as much like a beginning of things to come as it does a present or future.

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@uphillinvisible @editaurus A nonsense indeed. Support artists with fair/accurate shipping. BC shipping rates are 100% up to the artists/labels. I have a suspicion the artists significantly overcharging for shipping, esp. domestic, happen to be getting enough sales to feel no incentive to adjust the rates.

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A note from John and Bev on the back cover reads: "At the risk of being quoted (pause), after a close scrutiny and due consideration (emphasis) we think we can safely say quite categorically (emphasis) that this music has nothing to do with dying or anything like that."

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Some days I just want to live inside The Road To Ruin by John & Beverley Martyn, who released 2 records as a duo in the year of 1970. Every song on this is great. Also featuring appearances by Danny Thompson and Dudu Pukwana.

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@quartermass @fake_estate_ Sure, and I think it's an awful take, perhaps even worse if 1 was to actually enjoy the thing but feel obliged to ignore it due to the cost. I do think those people exist though and I feel for them. As an artist, pricing your music/art gets a little complicated in this regard...

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@quartermass @fake_estate_ I don't think the retail price of the CD or vinyl has much to do with fair compensation for the artist/label (which I'm all for!). It just seems more like "hey people have really dug this album - let's charge $35/$80". And now we have a thread of "I love the album but $$😖😵‍💫..."

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@fake_estate_ @quartermass It kinda turns me off the music or dissuades me from listening at all, but I don't like that because the music is 1 thing and the price is another. Maybe just tough to wrestle with it re: principles...

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@fake_estate_ @quartermass There are costs and then there is the hype machine. It seems like it sort of empowers certain artists (or labels) to put wild prices on things --> people who can afford and/or justify the cost buy the things --> the average price of an album goes up.

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Re: Jeanne Lee favourites, I might place BLASÉ close to the top. A summer in '69 Paris date with Archie Shepp, Malachi Favors, Lester Bowie, Dave Burrell, and Philly Joe Jones. It's a hot 1 and it wouldn't be what it is without the harmonica fuel of Chicago Beau and Julio Finn.

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New music from Del Stephen out now. Dive into the world of Totoloto. Just say yes!
https://t.co/j7QIqaBlPl

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https://t.co/raFCG1IAA2

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In the department of ambient-electronic-experimental, an oft debated category of sound ("too fast", "not strange enough", and on and on), a timeless album called Love is Fine, by Sal Grosso, sits comfortably, raising a timid hand, ready to be played no matter the season or mood.

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I could listen to Jeanne Lee and Mal Waldron's After Hours (1994) any day of the week. In the liner notes, Jeanne thanks Mal for playing in a way that allowed the session to take on "the relaxed and intimate quality of after-hours communication".

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new music on limited edition CDR from Toronto living legend JAMES BAILEY (out via Outlier Communications)
https://t.co/hFtnq4vZo6

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A couple copies of the new Peter Brötzmann bio are now available to borrow from the Toronto Public Library, but you need to wait for me or the other person to finish. Place a hold and wait your turn. The Complete Machine Gun Sessions CD is also available if you prefer to listen.

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a fresh and "NEWLY REMASTERED" (again and again) version of Polmo Polpo's Kiss Me Again And Again (Dinosaur / Arthur Russell). very fitting, like a promise fulfilled, that such a recording made its way back to the desk. feels real slick + perfectly endless
https://t.co/UVdi5d6qM1

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@jamesmckz A favourite of mine from this past year

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@ParkdaleRadio Sad news indeed. Thanks for all the shows + best of luck on finding a new cozy spot to extend the antenna once more

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@BronxCheerleadr My personal favorite

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@GoodWillsmith I think you are right