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Ergjazz.blogspot.com is a cryptic, selfless, and anonymous collection of jazz and other music links. Thank you, who ever you are.

The Paris Transatlantic is a new music rag mostly concerned with overseas happenings.

The Octopus News Magazine Online is the sort of thing the internet is really great at. Think of how easy it is to meet other octopus owners now.

The latest issue of "Point of Departure" is up, with great news: the Art Ensemble of Chicago is continuing with new members to replace the fallen. Long live the AECO!

In the same mag, Iverson comes under a little heat for his DownBeat review of John Coltrane's "One Up, One Down": "Iverson does something that no critic with any survival instincts would ever do: He confesses to possessing various bootleg tapes of other Coltrane Half Note performances. And, he lists several that he has in his collection, and he lists several he’s lacking, perhaps in the hopes that someone will lay them on him."

What POD doesn't realize is that the bootlegs listed in Iverson's collection have been "commercially available" on such dubious labels as Laserlight and Audiofidelity for years and years...what is more, they are clearly listed in any Coltrane discography as such.

(However, rare Coltrane tapes are ALWAYS wecome presents to the band at Bad Plus gigs!)