Took a break last week, after spending 3-4 weeks playing nothing but new jazz that I needed to write something about. I took the time to catch up on non-jazz, and will post something on that later in the week. Jazz Prospecting should be back next week, starting the hunt for the 17th Jazz Consumer Guide column.

The 16th such column is in the Village Voice's capable hands now. I held more than half a column's material back for next time, and I expect a couple of more items will be scratched by the time they get it laid out. The Jazz Prospecting for this past cycle totalled 240 albums -- down a bit from 259 last cycle, mostly because the time period was significantly shorter. With the current backlog, another short cycle should be possible.

My break before make on Recycled Goods is still broken. My flow of recycled records has pretty much dried up. Due to bad health and other hassles, I haven't gotten to enjoy the time that theoretically opened up when I dropped Recycled Goods. Still catching up, but making some progress.