How to avoid a possible future picking cotton

How to avoid a possible future picking cotton

I remember when Waylon Jennings died, while the sad event was given its proper due, the obituaries...

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African Gold

African Gold

The concept of gold as a monetary standard (this rare metal that is found lying around somewhere,...

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Excavating the Jazz Loft Project in Shenzhen, China

Excavating the Jazz Loft Project in Shenzhen, China

I am cheating here, but it seems like I should list Old Heaven Books in Shenzhen, China in...

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Uploaded on Nov 27, 2011

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Québécois Par Les Cubanairs

Québécois Par Les Cubanairs

Quebec is another one of those hemmed in regions made homogeneously intact primarily through...

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Uploaded on Nov 26, 2011

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Salsa on the vine

Salsa on the vine

Though I place this gem in my “Worldwide” set it’s fundamentally American music, “American” in the...

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Manu

Manu

You can’t research/understand/appreciate Manu Dibango without banging into his huge hit...

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Malaysian Pop on a Banana leaf

Malaysian Pop on a Banana leaf

One marker, one gauge of modernism, is the moment every nation, city, or island acquires its own...

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August Jazz Stage 1

August Jazz Stage 1

Highlighting some of the Jazz 45rpms with picture sleeves recently found in Hong Kong. After years...

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August Jazz Stage 2

August Jazz Stage 2

Highlighting some of the Jazz 45rpms with picture sleeves recently found in Hong Kong. After years...

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Excavating 45 rpms in Kyoto #1a

Excavating 45 rpms in Kyoto #1a

Japan absorbs everything abroad and then makes it its own. That’s the conventional historical...

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Excavating 45 rpms in Kyoto #1b

Excavating 45 rpms in Kyoto #1b

Kyoto was the ancient capital of Japan, before it was moved to Edo (Tokyo). It’s a really, really...

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Regional no-hit hit Rock (late 70s style)

Regional no-hit hit Rock (late 70s style)

This was a single I took a chance on. A Boston, USA label when DIY rock was blooming (the “Indy”...

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Uploaded on Jul 20, 2011

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Regional post-revolution Rock (late 70s style)

Regional post-revolution Rock (late 70s style)

Plastic lasts (though its discardable). You have a pile of objects (plastic records) and over time,...

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Tip of My Tongue

Tip of My Tongue

More than once in the history of Pop music, a chorus or lyric has come to imply something...

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Demographic Jamdown

Demographic Jamdown

The 45rpm 12” Jamaica Sound recording of Dillinger was, and is, a case of picking a book by its...

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Uploaded on Jun 21, 2011

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Romeo Scratch

Romeo Scratch

Though it’s packaged in a generic cover and its sound is easily placed (what isn’t in the digital...

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Jah and Johnny

Jah and Johnny

I've dealt with 7 inch records that are not 45rpm (33 1/3 or 78rpm) though my moniker sticks with a...

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Big Youth's big youth

Big Youth's big youth

One of the code words (in regards to Reggae) is “Roots”, denoting a particular time and feeling...

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