Just got a new 2cd set this afternoon in the mail from Caiman.com Dope & Glory 50 Reefer songs from the 30's and 40's, with Fats Waller, Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, Mezz Mezzrow, Benny Goodman and others.
Hey thats cool, I just bought myself the same set two weeks ago. Excellent stuff. On the same record label there are many other very cool releases that you may like: http://www.trikont.com/ They are from Germany.
Caiman, eh? I don't care too much for them. I purchased a CD from them several months ago and the bastards acted like they had it in stock. After 2 weeks go by, I asked them the status of my order and they kept saying "it was being processed". Reality was they never had my CD and finally admitted it after I pressed them about it a week later. That was the most pissed I have ever been at a vendor/seller when purchasing a CD (for those that do not know - Amazon's Marketplace feature charges your account IMMEDIATELY when you buy the CD; it is up to the seller to reimburse you if they do not have the item in stock). The weird thing is that I bought another CD from Caiman before that experience and had no problems at all - a truly Jekyll and Hyde seller. Currently listening to "Best of Brick" by Brick.
Yeah - I need to check out the rest of their catalog. This set is really good. I listened to both discs last night when I got home from rehearsal, to wash off the funk from that horrible game. I think this is the third thing I have bought through them. The other two were 1970's Italian horror movies. Each of the movies came in the mail in a very timely manner, but it did take a little longer for this cd set to get here. I ordered it two weeks ago today, so that's a bit of a wait, but not too bad.
Right now" "Bennie and the Jets" -Elton John (too bad it's not the Biz Markie version) Generally: "Employment" by the Kaiser Chiefs (awesome...my favorite album in a while) "Waiting for Silverman" by Ben Folds (touching) "St. Dominic's Preview" and "Astral Weeks" by Van Morrisson (metal! er, genius) "Make Believe" by Weezer (too early to tell if this very good..a little paint by numbers at first listen, or so) "Blue Orchid" by the White Stripes (this single sounds like an AC/DC disco song..sort of like Elephant 6-ish...rockin')
20 All-Time Greatest Hits - James Brown Music From Purple Rain - Prince Legend - Bob Marley Paid in Full - Eric B. & Rakim The Album - Mantronix
velvet crush - teenage symphonies to god st. vitus - born too late kyuss - blues for the red sun consonant - love and affliction melvins - stonerwitch and houdini
oh my god - You're Too Straight to Love Me oh my god - Interrogations and Confessions Brazil - A Hostage and the Meaning of Life Every Time I Die - Last Night in Town Jimmy Eat World - Clarity Stone Temple Pilots - Purple
I think you ought to include a bit of description of what your listening to and how much you dig it. You can't like everything you happen to spin, and you can't like things at the same level. Knowing what sucks could be as helpful and just as interesting. I sampled the new Ryan Adams today and thought it was boring lite country ballads. Very disappointing.
"Radio" - LL Cool J "Fear of a Black Planet" - Public Enemy "Greatest Hits" - Kool Moe Dee "The Predator" - Ice Cube "Doggystyle" - Snoop Doggy Dogg Plus in the car, 6 Cure CDs: "Disintegration" "The Cure" (self-titled) "Wish" "The Head on the Door" "Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me" "Faith" And hopefully later today it will be NIN's new one, "With Teeth".
The last couple of days... Dave Matthews Band-Before These Crowded Streets Ben Harper-Diamond on the Inside Bob Marley-Natty Dread Del the Funkee Homosapien-I Wish My Brother George Was Here (one of my favorite rap CDs of all-time) Billy Bragg and Wilco-Mermaid Ave. Guster-Keep It Together Mofro-Backwater The Roots-The Tipping Point After lunch: Stand Up!!!
goatsnake - Vol. 1 + pentagram - comp of early singles bill fox - both records the obsessed - incarnate rocket from the crypt - circa: now! failure - magnified panthro uk united 13 - sound of a gun + comp tracks
Brendan Benson "The Alternative to Love" Slade "Get Yer Boots on" Rocket from the Crypt "Scream, Dracula, Scream!" Samhain "November Coming-Fire" Fu Manchu "Start the Machine" I'll be picking up the new Weezer today I suppose.
