A quick post to point out that the blog is not dead, with some notes and a preliminary grade for Brad Paisley. The 1984 project is still going strong, and I'm also busy doing some work for [secret]. I will have a proper Listening Booth up in a couple of days, or Monday next week at least, with notes and grades for the latest Ernest Dawkins' New Horizons Ensemble, Wadada Leo Smith's Organic, Matana Roberts, Frank Ocean (has crept up to the top of my 2011 list), TV on the Radio and a few others.