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In which my continuing vainglorious quest to listen to all of my CDs is accelerating. Unfortunately the time available to write witty commentary on them all is decreasing.

• Bad Brains: Quickness: Better than I Against I. I guess they had done what they needed to do for marketing. Also, the rest of the world finally caught up with them.
  

• Chet Baker: My Funny Valentine: I saw the excellent film “Let’s Get Lost” many years ago and started to dig Chet Baker.
  

• Chet Baker: Memories, Chet Baker in Tokyo: Two jazz records! I am getting old.
  

• The Barracudas: Drop Out With The Barracudas: “London Surf City”? British junkies sing surf tunes? Cowabunga! and opiate addiction from a bunch a guys who wish it could be 1965 again. Excellent!
  

• The Barracudas: Now Wait For Everything: Not as good. Typical sophomore slump. Blather.
  

• The Beastie Boys: Some Old Bullshit: Interesting to see just how horrible these guys were when they started out. Wannabe Bad Brains clones who started to poke fun at hip hop and reggae as a joke. This is however the disc with the immortal “Cookiepuss”. I still remember hearing that on the radio and going WTF? WTF is that? That is the stupidest damn thing evar! I wanna hear it again!
  

Off to Nagoya today for a meeting which is a good excuse to catch up with some old friends. I’m helping Rusty take a bunch of college kids to the States and Canada this summer. Tomorrow is orientation, so tonight is hitting the izakaya with all the usual suspects on a Friday night. Last time we did this the aftermath was horrible. I can’t wait.

Oh, and I got accepted to present at the JALT national conference in November. Yippee!