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I’ve been waiting for a followup on this story out of Vietnam, but it seems not to be happening just yet. It’s best just to clip it, and hope something turns up later.

Tuyen Quang (VNA) – A set of human remains, believed to be of a primitive man dating back 10,000-15,000 years, has been found in northern mountainous Tuyen Quang province.

Dr. Trinh Nang Chung, Deputy Head of the Viet Nam Institute of Archaeology’s Viet Nam Stone Age Research Department, said that the scull, set of teeth and bones were discovered in Phya Vai cave, Coc Ngan village, Xuan Tan commune of Na Hang district.

So we’ve heard “There Goes the Concord” again though that Rough Trade retrospective… well, technically i didn’t. Man, sometimes, i don’t know what John Peel was on about.

And The Native Hipsters “There Goes the Concord Again”

And The Native Hipsters “Stands, Still the Building”

And The Native Hipsters “I Wanna Be Around”

It’s the avant garde “There’s Coming to Take Me Away (Ha Ha)”. It was pissing me off to no end.

Unfortunately, for several days now, i keep coming back to it, and it’s growing on me. Ach.

There’s an official site with lots of background info, but until i make up my mind about the music, i ain’t into linking it just yet. Nope, nope…

Here’s the official site. It’s quite cool that this many people collaborated so effectively. The Nature Conservancy quietly stepped in before any news leaked, and bought as much land as they could in the Big Woods of Arkansas to insulate the habitat.

Some disclosure: My mother is a lifelong birdwatcher. My borhter & i have both picked up the habit, but neither of us have plunged into thoroughly in our adult lives, even though i’ve taken an ornithology course (and bombed it, as i didn’t show up for the final exam…. or any other final that semester. One of those paralyzed with depression periods.) We’ve always held out hope that there were ivory-billed woodpeckers still around.

The history of Zounds. I’ve not had much time the past few days, but my kneejerk reaction is that while i quite like the music, i don’t hear the psychedelia and Krautrock influences that s supposed to push this band away from other punk bands from the period. I actually hear surf and reggae. There’s times where despite the singer, it sounds more like underground ’80s indie than the conventional flavors of British punk.

Zounds “Can’t Cheat Karma”

Zounds “A Little Bit More”

I probably just need more coffee.