Thursday, February 23, 2012

Last Millennium


















What if Napster never happened? I was stunned when I walked into Music Millennium last weekend. The longstanding Portland music retailer was filled with eager customers and enthusiastic clerks. The shelves overflowed with vinyl, compact discs and music-related tchotchkes. It was as if digital downloading didn't exist. I hadn't been in such a vibrant record store in over a decade. Even so, the store's Terry Currier keeps it real in a recent interview. (Full disclosure: I was once employed by a company affiliated with Music Millennium.)

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Here are my notes on an Enrico Rava concert I attended in Portland. Please let me know if you have any clue as to why Plastic Sax commenters are so spiteful.

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The new album by the Brody Buster Band is shockingly good. Here's my review.

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A provocative and creepy new video from the BLNRB crew has under 200 views while a provocative and creepy new video by OFWGKTA has 3.5 million views. Look, I'm as obsessed with the hip hop stars as anyone, but c'mon man!

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I can't make up my mind about the quality of Matt Wilson's Arts & Crafts' new An Attitude of Gratitude album. That's probably a good sign.

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I recommend the video for Wooden Wands' "Winter In Kentucky" to fans of Jimmy Dale Gilmore, Aldi and record stores.

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Carolin Widmann and Alexander Lonquich? Yes, please. I'm not sure why, but this stuff really resonates with me right now.

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Billy Strange has died. (Tip via BGO.)

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Kansas City Click: My official picks are published here.

(Original image of Music Millennium by There Stands the Glass.)

1 comment:

bigsteveno said...

I haven't been keeping up with the BLNRB vids, so thanks for the link. And man those comments at Plastic Sax were hilarious. Who knew that a jazz blog could reproduce the feel of the reader comments in the KC Star? Thanks for providing another opportunity for people who don't know each other to lash out impotently.