Excelsior! Jean Shepherd lives! This disc contains Shepherd's luminous lampooning and ageless storytelling on his second long-player (and first for Elektra Records), Jean Shepherd and Other Foibles (1959). He brings the same completely unique mix of understated beatnik madness and tongue-in-cheek political and social satire to this studio recording, which became a trademark of his two-plus decades on the air at WOR in New York City (aside: Shepherd actually and somewhat fittingly broadcas...   [ read more ]

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'In its original incarnation, Beat Circus was an improvisational instrumental combo who took old-fashioned {circus music} as their jumping off point. 2004's Ringleaders Revolt was a weird and wonderful amalgam of Edwardian kitsch and contemporary free improv fearlessness, but leader Brian Carpenter wisely recognized that there was not likely a second album's worth of material in that style. As a result, he went in an entirely different direction for Dreamland. Announced as the first release in the band's ...   [ read more ]

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This rerelease of Should's classic, 1995 American shoegaze CD-EP A Folding Sieve,doubles the number of tracks of the original release on ND (that was released under their former name, shiFt). Added are both tracks from the 1997 7" on ND that featured their cover of the Jean Paul Sartre Experience cover Own Two Feet,a cover of the 18th Dye song Merger, and four unreleased songs recorded in 1995 and 1996.

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