We collect the popular music of all cultures throughout the world.
As you may know ARC is building a Brasilian/Brazilian Collection. Now if YOU are building a Brasilian/Brazilian Collection, I think the next record you should get is Brazilian Guitar Fuzz Bananas, Tropicalia Psychedelic Masterpieces 1967 – 1976. (Tropicalia In Furs, USA, WPFC… read more >>
As I’m heading back to Poland (Ohio) see me Mum, a flurry of old friends have surfaced. Turns out it’s about the same time as a reunion of my elder brother’s high school class. You may think that Poland Seminary High School… read more >>
Easing into the new year, slowly. An old friend, Richard Fleming, aka DJ Richard Nixon, has worked his obsessions (music, hiking, the Caribbean, birding, photography) into a wonderful new book and photographic gallery show. I first met Rich in Cartegena, Colombia in… read more >>
Louie or Louis, depending on which LP you’re looking at, or Luigi Paulino Alfredo Francesco Antonio Balassoni if you check with the county clerk, died on Valentines. He was 84. He was a two-footer, using two bass drums, this big bang making… read more >>