Today on the blog, a Benedictine Beatnik and his concrete poetry, and a newly discovered 1963 recording of the John Coltrane Quartet—”an epochal band in its prime”—is about to be released for the first time.
By the way, I have a birthday coming up, so if you’re wondering what to get me, well…let’s just say that the deluxe version (with the seven alternate takes) of Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album is currently at the top of my list. And if you really want to curry favor with me, you’ll include one of these. Just saying.
