Category: Music

Steve Stanley of Now Sounds Records has produced a wonderful new CD box set scheduled for release on Friday.

https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Atlantic-Recordings-Rascals/dp/B0CZ3NHLGG/

The last time I ordered a Now Sounds CD as an Amazon import, it didn’t arrive on the release date. I waited, then received a message from Amazon saying there was a delay. Then I waited some more, until eventually it arrived.

This time around, rather than saving the cost of shipping, and risking another delay, I ordered the set directly from Cherry Red Records in the UK.

https://www.cherryred.co.uk/the-rascals-it-s-wonderful-the-complete-atlantic-studio-recordings-7cd-box-sets

Updates from Royal Mail were received…

… and, lo and behold, the set arrived today, three days before its scheduled release date.

But wait, what’s this? Royal Mail is being sold to a Czech billionaire? As with all such coincidences, it must be my fault. It comes from having an inherently guilty conscience.

Royal Mail owners to back £5bn takeover offer

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4nn0n93zj4o

Shades of R. Crumb and His Cheap Suit Serenaders! Look at what tastewar put up on YouTube today.

In 1998, I heard Howard “Louie Bluie” Armstrong perform “Saint Louis Blues” at the Lowell Folk Festival.

Before Ghost World, former Cheap Suit Serenader Terry Zwigoff was known for the documentary about his pal Crumb. His first film was about Louie Bluie.

My friend tastewar is a Decemberists fan. He recently took this video that presents a good case for why he’s a fan.

Here’s the official video for the song, worth considering on this Memorial Day weekend.