mix tapes

just sent a coupla mix cd's to a friend of my dtr's who's in iraq and dug the tom waits mix my sweetie burned for him before he left. this time, he'll get some stuff from wes race (wichita, kansas expat/ex-hound dog taylor road manager/boho poet 'n' spoken word artist), mark growden, howlin' wolf, and the hal willner tributes to monk 'n' mingus. remembering my own days as a barracks rat in korea '82-'83 with miles 'n' trane, burning spear and bunny wailer, captain beefheart, little walter and junior wells on my boombox (courtesy of charles buxton, bless him) and wondering what the cats he's with over there will think of this music.