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Tom Cora, R.I.P.

We all make mistakes. We get old and we accumulate certain regrets. For example, I once could have bought the record Tom Cora and the Ex. The record is, essentially, a Dutch anarchist punk band with a lead cellist. Who would have thought something like that could ever go out of print? I mean, it was the 1980s. It was all about watching the Iran-Contra hearings, smoking crack, getting AIDS, and listening to great alternative punk on vinyl. The music seemed to go on forever. I never thought it would end. On the positive side, I did manage to retain a cassette copy of Tom Cora and the Ex, recorded for me by an airshifter whon used to come on right before me at WEFT: Doug Down. Doug was the sort of guy who would thrive at WEFT back before WEFT became the jazz and blues station. I mean, that guy was eclectic. He had the sort of musical taste that would get you thrown in jail in slightly less repressive societies. And I guarantee that wherever Doug is now, he still has Tom Cora and the Ex, and I'll wager it's in playable to mint condition, sheathed in a clear plastic square.

And the fucked up thing is that I think Tom Cora and the Ex might have put out a second record.

But #1 on The Eclectic Guy's list of Digitally Remastered Fantasy Rereleases would undoubtedly be Learn to Talk by Skeleton Crew, yet another record by Tom Cora.

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