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Went to Phlossy’s today to lay down some vocals on a song for a new (possible-we’ll-see) Pine Valley Cosmonauts record.  It’s always such a blast working with them!  And very satisfying musically ‘cuz it gives me the chance to drop the indie-folkie schtick and do something completely different, something I’m actually pretty good at.  Western swing I mean, I just really dig that kind of singing.  This new album is a WLS Barn Dance tribute, it’s the jazziest PVC record yet, and I am lovin’ it!!

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Weird… I’ve gotten a couple of spams today that had my OWN address as the "sender".  Both were ads for Viagra… no attachments, so I don’t think this has anything to do with the Klez worm.  One of them seemed to originate from Korea, and the other from AOL, but they both had the same x-mailer in the header: "The Bat! (v1.52f) Business".  Strange!!  If I get any more I’ll run ‘em through Spamcop.  Haul those headers in for questioning, as they say.

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The Pine Valley Cosmonauts at the Old Town School Folk & Roots Festival in Welles Park, Chicago

Jon Langford & Diane Izzo

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