Ester Drang’s Goldenwest and Unwed Sailor’s The Faithful Anchor both made Oklahoma Rock’s Top 100 Oklahoma albums of the ’00s at #5 and #24. Every time I look at the cover of Goldenwest, I get nostalgic remembering the epic photoshoot that my good friend Ethan and I went on as part of the booklet design. Great times, for sure. Beau Jennings’ band Cheyenne clocks in at #9 for their album I Am Haunted, I Am Alive. Beau was part of the band who recorded the Circle of Birds ep.

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Wrapping up the new year/decade in style: mewithoutyou tonight at the Unitarian in Philadelphia. See you there!

Starting the new year/decade in style: Soporus playing First Friday at 2009 Frankford Avenue in Philadelphia. See you there for the ambient drones!

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Our friend Adam tipped us to the news that Philadelphia guitarist Jack Rose died yesterday of a heart attack. We were all quite big fans of his Raga-influenced Ragtime guitar instrumentals and are sad to see such a creative musician go. We loved watching him play and listening to his records.

Here’s a video (courtesy of a link from Philebrity):

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