A lot of the old threads are a disaster and will take some time to clean up.  It's still a work in progress.  Hopefully, your account info works.  If not, hit me up at rajsoulstrut @ gmail or on insta

Cool! I'm fucking around with it right now. First note for you is I was clicking black tabs and getting non-record-related businesses and points of interest. When I disabled different categories and r

Now that AI has lowered the bar, I've been teaching myself to write software. This is an early prototype, but essentially a native IOS app of all my Japan lists, segmented by category and overlayed on

Some guy named Josh showed up with a nice box of 45s. 

In order to keep the Strut forum legacy alive and preserved,  I will be upgrading this community from an ancient version of Vanilla forums from 10 years ago to the latest version Xenforo.  All discuss

Wow, I really feel you on that—that mix nostalgia, the shuffle, and discovering hidden gems like Smashbredrens. There's something about those old-school, low-fi realaudio feeds that just hit different

Unreleased studio material or alternate takes from Doing Their Own Thing (1970) and Funky Music Machine (1972) occasionally surface. For example, extended jams of "Funky Women" or "Southwick" have bee

Some guy named Josh showed up with a nice box of 45s. 

I hosted a house party on Thursday before ARC again. I think around 75 people showed up. Some guy named Josh showed up with a nice box of 45s. 

There was a theatre run of a play that I missed but really wanted to see: it was about the filming of Jaws with Dreyfuss’ son playing him. Main dynamic (apparently) being the clash of wills between an

I knew nothing about that Lee Fields documentary, I gotta check that out, maybe after Freaky Tales. I have an eternal soft spot for the Desco/Soul Fire days, it was my introduction to records/music th

Streep, Seymour Hoffman. A novel take on an all too familiar Catholic scenario. Quality.

klezmer electro-thug beats said:

Okay but - walk with me now - we don't know what goes through the mind of a cat, so whose to say whether the movie is thematically rich or not?

"Nobody Knows" was the first one of his I saw and yeah, I was blown away by how good it was and also totally shattered by it, with no interest in ever seeing it or anything like it again. His work sin

I wouldn't put his movies in the same category of social-realism as your dudes you mention, but Kore-eda Hirokazu is one of the best living directors in my view and has some great films along that lin

Hadn't heard of that....and then I looked it up and Too $hort is actually in it?!  Looks like fun.

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billbradley said:

Damn, that is a solid haul. How is that Elizeth? She has a staggering body of work.