Summer is almost gone. A change of seasons. A change of heart. Plans. Memories. “To Everything There Is a Season.” Which leads me to this. One of our favorite donors, Nina b, dropped this drawing off recently. As a 12 year… read more >>
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PercPan
What’s a desk jockey to do? It’s been five sedentary years since my last out-of-office experience (see Colombian stories; Picolandia and Vallenato) — much too long to go without nudging the equator, swizzle-sticking fuzzy drinks and scooping up rare petroleum based audio… read more >>
The Girls In the Band = Women+music+film 2 C
We recommend you hike over to Lincoln Center the end of this week (May 10 – 16) and enjoy a new award winning documentary on female jazz and big band instrumentalists – The Girls In the Band by Judy Chaikin The trailer… read more >>
Ties that Bind
Staying in NYC for the weekend for this and that, for both of them, saw and heard some very nice performances by Khaira (or Haira) Arby and Laurie Anderson. On Saturday Khaira , ‘The Nightingale of the North,” aka, “The Aretha Franklin… read more >>
This Tuesday…
Last week my camera broke while us folks from the ARC were at a wonderful concert hosted by Trinity Real Estate, Great Performances and City Winery. Here’s the blurred proof in this shot of Naomi Shelton performing with her Gospel Queens. The… read more >>
Ladies
As we get ready for our Summer Record + CD Sale a LOT of very nice folks have donated a LOT of very nice recordings. From a-way upstate came a musty but great pile from the barn of James Dybas. Of note… read more >>
Quick UpDate on Sale + ARC News
ARC Sale is doing swell. We are pleased that the economic downturn has not affected the turntable, and there’s still plenty of hot vinyl for a cold winter’s day… So come on down! We’re still at 54 White St and here from… read more >>
Our Times has come…
Today ARC was featured in the NY Times, in the NY/Regional section, with a nice story by David Gonzales. There were two electronic versions, and these featured cover art and sound files – you can go to here 2 hear. I was… read more >>
Miriam Makeba
It was sad to learn today that Miraim Makeba died. ARC keeps running bios on many artists, so here is our last entry we did on Ms. Makbe, from 1999. We’ll update again soon and send along. Miriam Makeba South Africa nee… read more >>
We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Badges!
Unable to push through a “Cross Dressing” or edible “Trans-fat” merit badge last fall the Los Angeles Boy Scouts (50,000 strong) have approved the “Respect Copyrights” patch, sponsored by the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America). Antenna up about exactly what sponsorship… read more >>
the NICE
One of the nicest things about the ARC is the nice people who pop up over the Holidays, the nicest time of the year. So Here’s to jolly, saintly, James Doran, who gave us the nicest gift of all to round out… read more >>