I don't have a whole lot to say about this album yet - actually two albums reissued on one CD - as I just received it yesterday, other than that I like it and it's made Sun Ra's influence on MMW extremely apparent.  However, I wanted to note that it makes for VERY interesting accompaniment to the Super Bowl.  I often enjoy watching sporting events with a musical soundtrack, since 9 times out of 10 the announcers aren't saying anything interesting anyhow, and I find the time better spent with some music going on.  This proved especially true with this album and the Super Bowl.  I'll have more to say about the music when I give it a closer listen later this week.

Incidentally, not that I'm a huge football fan, but congratulations to the Buccaneers for hopefully shutting up Bill Romanowski, and by extension the local Denver-area media who can't get over the fact he left the Bronco's for the Raiders.  If nothing else, at least this means football is over.  Bring on the All Star Game!

"That Subliminal Kid" is DJ Spooky's tagline.  This album makes it readily apparent why this is the case.  DJ Spooky leads Matthew Shipp and friends down the Thirsty Ear "Blue Series" road exploring, in this case, the intersection between Spooky's brand of heady turntablism and Shipp and friends free jazz freaking.  Also making an appearence is Billy Martin of MMW in the form of his breakbeats album, "illyB Eats Vol.1".  Throw in some hip-hop-esque beat poetry and you have a really interesting album.

I've reworked my "Recent Listening/Watching" section because it was kind of boring.  The entries on the sidebar now lead to some thoughts about albums and such.  Sometimes they'll be blank, but they'll always at least include a link to somewhere for more information, and will usually include at the very least some useless blathering.