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This is a new departure but made necessary by a slight upswing in the amount of material arriving at BoB Towers. It allows press officers etc to see that their offerings have arrived without the necessity of phoning us up. It also lets the wider readership see the kind of stuff that turns up, and conversely what doesn't.

Of this week's list by far the most exciting are the two items from Munster. The wondrous I Knew Buffalo Bill now available on double vinyl. With extra tracks of course and very nice inner sleeves with essays by Jeremy (including his words on the death of Rowland S Howard which originally ran in BoB#74), Andy Bean, and an exert from Nikki Sudden's autobiography. Very well done to all parties.

Also from Munster comes Los Saicos' Demolicion - complete recordings of the 60s Peruvian garagistas who Lindsay Hutton suggests "make The Sonics sound like Simon And Garfunkel".

Jim Moray's always interesting. In Modern History must be his third or fourth album; a mix of traditional tunes like 'Long Lankin' and 'Silver Dagger' and his own variants - 'Spencer The Writer'. I put a video of his take on 'Gilderay' (not on this album)  in a post last week.


Various - Summer Turns To Autumn
Bat Kinane - A Lifetime To Kill
Destructors - Helloween
Wax - Melted
The Unfortunate Sons EP
Old 97s - The Grand Theatre Vol 1
Sool - A Touch Of Sool
The Weisstronauts - In Memphis
Britta Pejic - Backyards That Weren’t There Yesterday
Sparkleberries - Skylight Exchange
Soulbreaker Company - Itaca
Warchetype - Ancestral Cult Of Divinty
Jeremy Gluck - Buffalo Bill vinyl
Los Saicos - Demolicion
Bobby Conn - Rise Up
Jim Moray - In Modern History
San Carter - 'Yellow Sign' – single
The Scene Is Now - Magpie Alarm

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Ange Boxall's album launch at The Lexington

Stuff I've Enjoyed This Week 4

Piers Miller's show of all the talents; James Walbourne, Case Hardin, Celilo, and Rob Sekula's 14 Iced Bears (secret warm-up for the American tour). Good to see Piers with whom BoB may well be doing shows again next year. Also around were Robin Brookes and Tom Horn out of Corolla and Goldwing (both featured on BoB CDs back in the day).

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'Monk's Mountain'from Blurry Blue Mountain. Played on Thursday at the Queen Elizabeth Hall.

"‘Monks Mountain’ is seven minutes long but every tine I listen to it it sounds like it’s only three and a half. The lyrical content could be anything you want it to be, all the songs are always like that, but my idea was telling the story of where Thelonious Monk got born in North Carolina. The music is nothing like jazz per se, but it’s just weird and the vocals are so hidden in it, you have to lean in to listen. That’s probably my favourite piece, and I still can’t understand what makes that song seem like it goes by so fast."

Howe Gelb, from an interview in Bucketfull Of Brains #76 - Winter 2010

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Also at The Drop the fab Boonaraaas!!! Mr Hutton came all the way down from Scotland to see 'em.

Stuff I've Enjoyed This Week 1

Los Explosivos from Mexico played at cracking set at The Drop on Saturday

Advertise in Bucketfull Of Brains #76

#76 is only a short time away from publication. Featuring Chuck Prophet, Terry Edwards, The Posies, and a bunch of others it’ll be the usual fascinating mix.

As ever we could do with a bit more advertising. And just to point out it’s very cheap – starts at £20, and if you have the bits and pieces Terry will knock your advert into shape.

If you’re interested you know where to find us.