I got a shock when I found that one of my guitars is worth so much money that it needs to be separately listed on my home insurance policy (and it may need to be put on lockdown, knowing insurance company paranoia). More on this once we have finished dealing with the insurance company.

A nice article on another remastering of the first Crosby Stills and Nash LP, this time from the original 2-track masters found by Stephen Stills in his home tape collection.

Found another excellent Earthworks concert on the web today and downloaded it. Listening to it, I was struck by the differences in the impact of the tunes when performed live. Some tunes, like "Pilgrims Way" sound as good live (if not better than) the recorded versions, while a tune like "Stromboli Kicks", which is a tight, focussed three and a half minute tune on the original "Dig?" release, comes across here as too long and full of what Joe Zawinul would term "boring shit" - there was simply too much repetition of sections of the form to support interesting improvisation. In part this may reflect the need to play along with sequencer backing for the keyboards at least part of the time to allow Django Bates to play E Flat tenor horn parts and solos.
I also found this interesting interview with Earthworks member Django Bates.