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| Current music: | Linton Kwesi Johnson, "Mi Revalueshanary Fren" |
The latest report from Schnecksville...
Unfortunately Jess is currently very ill; hopefully she will be recovering ASAP. It really sucks that she's sick. Other than being worried about that, I've been relatively busy, with work and whatnot. I found some absolutely wonderful records from 50s or 60s Taiwan at Goodwill the other day. One is called "Television Songs of Heavenly Melody," and consists of Chinese-language versions of well-known Christian hymns; apparently it's from some kind of televangelist show. The other two are of straightforward Taiwanese and Chinese music, although inexplicably arranged for a mix of Chinese and Western instruments. Imagine the sound of pipa, electric lap steel guitar (in imitation of the qin?), sanxian, piano, and accordion... The accordion solos remind me of Cajun music. And a friend of mine from Ratebeer.com, "Fly," sent me a kickass CD that he burned, mostly African stuff but with detours to Jamaica, Bali, China, Finland, and elsewhere. I will get my revenge upon him with a CD of various Balkan music and other such tomfoolery when I get around to it.
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