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Diggin' that crazy Word Jazz

 
 
MattShepherd: I WEDDED KALI!
17:32 / 11.10.06
I first learned to dig Ken Nordine decades ago, as a university student deep into radio and envelope-pushing formats. His "word jazz," given to me on a scratchy cassette copy of an old LP of late '60s vintage, was an inspiration.

Tape long lost, CDs expensive, it's a treat to run across Ken Nordine again, with his very own site! Dig the sounds of the Wow of Now, and thrill to the sounds of the most velvet voice on the planet. Turns out the dude's still alive, still writing, and still recording. And eMusic has his latest album! The joy I feel is like a halibut flopping in my merry heart.
 
 
HCE
17:34 / 11.10.06
Ken Nordine is My Baby, baby!
 
 
Char Aina
18:41 / 11.10.06
fuck, yeah.
i'd love to have heard this on the radio, driving through chicago, tuning in by accident.
 
 
grant
15:43 / 12.10.06
Yes.

In celebration.

Vivid colors yes.

Old radio static yes.

A moving yes, riding the hobo rails across America yes.

A yes right between the eyes.
 
  
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