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Sent CDs today to

bushmiller, Melissa, Becca,

rutemple, Dave, and a videotape to Chris. I have mailers for 1-5 CDs; for the people who've already requested more than that, hey, request more! Then I can use some of the bigger boxes I have lying around.

To that end, "G" (because Marn picked a letter):

Glider. This band, on the patio out behind Linnaea's, was one of the first things I loved about San Luis Obispo. I don't know what they're like--psychedelic, maybe? I hear some Hendrix, and also there's a violin. This CD was made when they were still in Boston. It looks like most of them are now in this band, with a higher-pitched singer. dougo
~~Five Eight The Good Nurse. Emo concept album?~~ dougo
~~David Grubbs The Space Between. Arty indie, ex-Slint, John McEntire, etc.~~ dougo
~~Gastr del Sol Camofleur. Grubbs and Jim O'Rourke, quiet and repetitive but not boring.~~ bushmiller
Clifford Gilberto I Was Young and I Needed the Money. Electronic music formed from scraps of old fusion, samba, cartoons. A little crazy.
~~Philip Glass Kundun. Minimalism goes to Tibet.~~ morganita
Gay Dad Transmission. Noisier but less leisurely than Leisure Noise.
~~David Goodrich Failure of the Doping Summit. Peter Mulvey's frequent collaborator, alone in an electric jazz place.~~ artname
~~The Go-Betweens Bellavista Terrace. The best of this 1980s pop band.~~ europopkid
Rachel Garlin Green Light Distance. Debut from Berkeley singer-songwriter.

And "F" (because it was next to "G", and the "G" stack was small):

Flatland The Satellite. Guitar-heavy fusion trio.
4 A.M. South Bay AAA band.
The Very Best Of Fairground Attraction. A skiffle band?! With Eddi Reader.
~~For Against Coalesced. AMG says "aggressive atmospheric pop" and references Lush and the Smiths. Not the best part of this shipment.~~ dougo
~~Faultline Your Love Means Everything. Electronica; kind of cold. Guest vocals include Michael Stipe and Wayne Coyne, and Chris Martin, who is probably why I lost interest.~~ dougo
The Victor Feldman Trio To Chopin with Love. The pianist, a frequent session player for Steely Dan, joins his son and John Pattitucci for a set of, yes, Chopin covers. Surprisingly successful.
Ashleigh Flynn Chokecherry. Pop folk from Portland.
Tony Furtado & Dirk Powell. Slide guitar and banjo... or guitar and accordion... or slide banjo and piano... and so on. Some traditional tunes, some new ones, no singing.

Previously: "L", "T", "S".

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I guess my box is getting big (but feel free to give away any of the ones I'm interested in to those more needy). Interested in: Glider, Five Eight, Grubbs, For Against, Faultline.

I actually just found a perfect container for what you'd requested so far, but I'll have to use it for someone else. Or something.

Let me know if you want the Gastr del Sol too.

Already have it. But thanks for the sanity check.

I'll take Camofleur. I was just looking that up today to download!

Wait, how do you mail packages on Sundays?

Um, I just stuffed them in the mailbox by the post office.

Oh, okay, I thought you had a time machine or something.

IXNAY ON THE IMETAY ACHINEMAY.

I got your package! And I don't mean that in the dirty sense of the phrase, either! Thanks!

You're welcome! I was just wondering if any of that batch had shown up yet.

Hooray!

Also, huh, thanks for the link to

beautifulnoise. Now I'm actually wishing I was in LA.

Philip Glass!

Yes!

Goody, please!

But see, this is also your great chance to introduce me to music I don't know. I recall when we worked together and you would lend me CDs ..

Good times. I'm doing something different right now, though.

Yes, finally something I want/need/don't have: that Go-Betweens disc.

Haha, Gay Dad. File under: Brit-Pop has-beens.

Finally! Of course, you're gonna have to ask for more just to make the shipping worth my effort.

Or not.

I still like most of Gay Dad's first album. I'm sufficiently out of it not to have noticed if they ever were, so the has-been thing doesn't really bother me.

Aren't there, like, 22 more letters to go? I'm sure we can consolidate a few more discs into a nice care package (or worst-case, you can throw it together with

morganita's loot).

That first album's really not bad, but the second never clicked with me at all. Oh, those Brit's and their NME and cheeky band-names.