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OUR FIRST CONTEST!!!!!!!
Our pals at ABC Studios noticed that we just don’t run enough contests around here and generously provided us with two copies of “Eli Stone-The First Season” on DVD to feed the fire and have our first contest. Ok, so now we have the prizes, what hoops will we make you jump through to get them? How about a good old fashioned essay contest? In 50 words or less, tell us why you should win a copy of Eli Stone. Entries must be received by Sept 13 to be considered. Neatness counts. Judgment of the judges is entirely subjective. Every bit of legal mumbo jumbo that ever been written about contests that covers our butts is incorporated by reference whether you’ve ever read it or not. Now start submitting!
ASPHALT TANGO
OANA CATALINA CHITU/Bucharest Tango: Simply some wild stuff. Chitu serves up some nostalgia from when Bucharest was known as the sleazy Paris of the east between the world wars and it’s suburbs had a tango sound all their own. Raising the cap to Maria Tanese, who known as the Piaf of Bucharest, since we gringos don’t know anything about the past tense on parade here, it comes to our ears as a wild, world beat set with a lot of pepper on the ball. Whether or not it’s revisionist history or not is immaterial. It seems like Chitu wants to keep things authentic but palatable to contemporary ears and she and her pals do a bang up job or resurrecting a lost past. World beaters in search of a new kick are advised to head in this direction.
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LA CHERGA/Fake No More: Pomo music vibes come to war torn nations and the players seek to serve up a post pessimism fusion of wily beats and grooves that westerners might find as hard to understand as they do the Madchester sound. Since we don’t relate to how things suck in England, we might have just a hard time relating to how things suck in all the former republics of… that these players come from. Their chops are undeniable. Their pop moves are sure footed. Will we get it? Certainly the malcontents among us will, perhaps they will enlighten us along the way.
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JAZZ PROMO SERVICES
RALPH LALAMA QUARTET/Energy Fields: When you get a bunch of cats in their 50s together, the date can’t help but sound like a bit of a throw back to when they were coming up when Miles was king, and in the right hands, that’s not a bad thing. This crew fit’s the form, and it’s sax leader knows how to blow up a storm that’s right in the pocket. The set card is certainly from back in the day and it shows how classic jazzbos had to have a certain versatility to do it all since the tunes came from all corners and had to be made hip even when they didn‘t start out that way. Hopefully, there’s more to be heard from this combo as they’ve really got the groove.
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MARK PUCCI MEDIA
MAD BUFFALO/Wilderness: A long time player that has finally made music his priority rounds up cats like Marty Grebb, Mickey Raphael and James Burton to give his latest the proper kick in the pants. C’mon, these guys really don’t need to get out of bed for a paycheck. As blue collar as it gets, this is the real music of the heartland and it’s people. As real as it gets from top to bottom, this is the kind of left field date that grows on you instantly and really opens your ears to a new raft of possibilities.
2008 (Mad Buffalo)
DVD SUPPLEMENT
NEW EARTH
BIRTH WITHOUT VIOLENCE: Ok, we’ll be the first to admit it, we are not touchy feely or parentally oriented enough to know what to tell you about this collection of three short films about how to do some birthing of them babies so they don’t come out damaged. We do agree with the underlying message that people over think things and need to sit down and shut up and we’ll do anything to further a message like that. Moms to be, if you are looking at some birthing alternatives, this collection is by a well respected French doctor that people think knows what he’s talking about. Check it out and let us know what you think.
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PARAMOUNT HOME VIDEO
DUCKMAN seasons 1 & 2: Do you remember watching this, usually by accident, in the early 90s and thinking that someone at Paramount had to be on crack? Jason Alexander really gives vent to his over the top slow burn as the lead character who is obviously trapped in hell as he deals with his crummy business, his dead wife’s sister, his deformed kids and stuffed animals that help him out, among other issues. A relatable character because he only wants to get to the point in life where everyone will leave him alone, Duckman is Ralph Kramden on crack all the way. Surreal, dada and cheaply animated, you have to wonder why this took so long to come to disc. It’s got all the hallmarks of what rabid cults thrive on. And it’s wickedly funny.
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Volume 31/Number 315
September 10, 2008
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CHRIS SPECTOR, Editor and Publisher
©2008 Midwest Record
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