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What's your latest "Discovery"

You know when you buy a new album and it just clicks?! And then you have to play it rather frequently in the mix over and over for the next several days....What's the last album's you bought that really clicked for you?

I just picked up a Jazz trio album that is just a wonderful recording and performance:

It's called "Achirana" on ECM (that label seems to have a lot of great discs!). Vassilis Tsabroplulos, Piano. Arild Andersen, Double-Bass. John Marshall, Drums. Love the 5th cut! That double bass is right there in the room!

Also been enjoying a new classical guitar disc: Julian Bream, "The Ultimate Guitar Collection" on BMG. Great double-disc set. Not that crazy about the recording on this one, but the performance and breadth of the tapestry of work on those two CD's is remarkable.

Any new "discoveries" to share?
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zaikesman
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Synthfreek: Unless I've seen "Space Ghost Coast To Coast" -- whatever that is -- and don't know it, I'm afraid you misoverestimate me...
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albertporter
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Zaikes, it's a cartoon. I watched it with my kid and actually laughed at a lot of the stuff they do.

Or maybe it was just because I saw my kid enjoying himself :^).

http://www.adultswim.com/shows/spaceghost/
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Sorry. It ran for over 10 years. I thought you had probably seen it at some point.
zaikesman
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No kids, and don't really watch the Cartoon channel (with the sometime exception of early morning vintage Gigantor reruns -- love that no-fi spy-jazz, even if the dialog [such as it were] is half unintelligible). But they don't seem to show the vintage Tex Avery or WB (or even Hanna Barbera) 'toons I might actually sit still a few minutes for. The newer, snarkier stuff doesn't interest me by and large, so I usually skip right over the channel without glancing. I do however enjoy myself a little Spongebob on Nick from time to time :-)

So Synthfreek, do you have Sharrock in your collection?
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synthfreek
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Just a few Axiom albums that he plays on but no a proper solo album. You might wanna give the Marc Ribot album titled Y Los Cubanos Postizos a spin...I'm guessing you'll like it.
By the way Space Ghost Coast To Coast would probably just confuse a child. It's pretty subversive humor that is squarely aimed at adults. If you get a chance try to catch some episodes of Sealab 2021 or The Venture Brothers. They may change your outlook on "cartoons". They're total parodies of Hanna-Barbara cartoons from the late 60's/early 70's and specifically one little-known one called Sealab. They actually use the original animation but redub the voices and reanimate the characters.
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