Just picked up a nice used record called “Malvina”. I was browsing the stacks at End Of An Ear and came across a peculiar looking record with an old lady on it. I flipped it over and read the songs. One caught my eye, “Little Boxes”. I’m an avid Weeds fan and have the DVR set to “tape” each episode. The opening theme is “Little Boxes”. I always liked it because it sums up every planned community in any city. I slapped it on one of the demo tables to make sure it was the same and it was. SCORE! The rest of the album is excellent, almost rockin’! Malvina was from San Francisco and hung with the likes of Pete Seeger. She even did some guest appearances on Sesame Street as “Kate”. Her voice oddly reminds me of Victoria Williams. Malvina passed on in 1978.

I contacted Jad Fair from Half Japanese about doing a T-Shirt for me. This is the one I decided on. Keeping up with the original Jim Flora “trumpet man” theme. These should be available in a few weeks!

In the new Stereophile, Sam Tellig has written a nice review for Unison Research’s Simply Italy integrated amp. Sam used Harbeth Compact 7 loudspeakers and a Rega Apollo CD player with excellent results. US importers, Colleen Cardas & Mark Phillips kindly dropped one off here at the shop for you lucky Austinites to check out. Why read about it when you can experience it? Come hear this stunning combo here at the shop!

..the heat, phones, facebook, iThings, computers, crap on TV, annoying hipsters and did I mention heat? Our annual family road trip to Colorado is upon us. The shop will be closed from June 25th through July 4th. I will be checking my email from time to time. My phone will be OFF because I’ll be doing a lot of this..

mississippi records

D Generation Live

the clean

syd nathan speaks

guide to jandek

outside voice

Zu at Newport

did he feel good?

no mas ween

I remember thinking that the Electric Company was so much more sophisticated than Sesame Street. If it weren’t for BOB DOROUGH, the World would be a lot more dense (hard to fathom, right?). He was the man behind Schoolhouse Rock! I grew up on this stuff. He’s coming to do two shows this weekend! Don’t miss it!