I know it’s been a long time in the making. Delay has been playing bits and pieces of this project around the shop, causing the heads of many unwitting customers to snap around quizzically: “what is this track? I know it, but… wait, what?”

Well now it’s here.

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“I have no idea who this guy was. He arrived around 7:45 PM, ordered a beer, took a sip, and just sat there and let the beer turn to lawn water. That was it. He just sat and stared. He had on these dumb mirrored shades and wore a Dungaree jacket. He could have been 21, 41, I have no idea. He never talked to anyone. Everybody thought he was blind, but he never stumbled or fell or used a cane. Not in front of me at least.

At some point, when nobody else was using the jukebox, he went over and layed his hands on it. No—I got that wrong. He layed one hand on it and stuck out the other arm like he’s Trent Reznor reaching out to touch the black dragon. Some song I know we got on the jukebox, like “White Rabbit,” starts playing. Except it’s not that song. It’s that song plus The Police or something else from the radio. Most people liked it OK. People bought him beers, but he never touched them. This one guy gave him a twenty and the kid did nothing but stare at him. After he did his thing, he sat down and ordered another beer, took a sip, and then left.

I haven’t seen him since. I kinda liked that one with Yes and Lionel Richie. It was angry and sad. I think the kid had, like, a GPS in his coat to pick up radio signals but Pedro patted him down and all he had on him was a pack of those Christmas Trees you hang from your rearview mirror. Dude was somewhere else.”

- Bartender. Bill’s Bar and Billiards, Omaha, NE

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And be sure to check out both DJs’ blogs: www.docdelay.com and diamondsinthedust.blogspot.com for a ton of great music.

Here it is, at long last… the epic reggae session at Lost & Found. In two parts.

Strong shout outs to my man DJ Wicz, the venerable Mike Stanley, and our gracious hosts Jared, Chris, and Pablo.

Part One features (in order): JBX, DJ Wicz, myself, Mike Stanley, and Boogieman playing 30-40 minute sets of reggae each. Some deep, deep tunes were dropped this night! A set for the ages, no doubt…

Part Two soon to come.

Stream the whole damn 3 hour session here:

Download it separated & tagged HERE

Burn one, family! And enjoy…

Me and Doc Delay are going to lay down some 45 soul & funk goodness with the venerable Lost & Found crew at Savalas in Williamsburg tonight! Fall through and buy me a drank.

The Eccentric Soul Review killed last night. Shame on you if you weren’t there!

Thanks to The Numero Group for putting it up, for JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound for laying it down, and to Renaldo Domino, The Notations, and Syl Johnson for knocking it out of the park. Er, the music hall.

Tonight, if you’re in NYC and looking for something to get into, you can’t do much better than my mans an nem Chairman Mao and Matthew Africa (from Oakland, CA! Town Biz, yadadadig?) at club APT for Mao’s Grand Groove monthly.

Apropos of Mr. Africa’s visit, everyone interested in good music and writing about it should make a point of visiting and bookmarking Matthew’s great blog I Wish You Would.

In other news, we’re still retooling the website… ugh… new arrivals are hitting the store with frightening speed… and we’ve got some more big things up our sleeve for the spring, so stay tuned.

Be safe and have a wonderful weekend! Go Pacquiao!