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 The Great San Bernardino Birthday Party, Vol. 4 $9.49 At last this magnificent recording appears on C.D. It is quite simply one of the greatest records of guitar music ever put together. The title track is a 19 minute tour de force, a tone poem, a saga of huge emotional range. Of all Fahey's extended compositions this is perhaps the most complete, the most satisfying and perfectly structured. There are moments of joyful optimism, gentle nostalgia, troubled uncertainty and sheer nightmare ( courtesy of some superb, haunting bottleneck). The piece draws to a close in the calm resignation of a simple, beautiful theme......but then the nightmare bottleneck returns right at the end, just when we think the darkness has lost its power. Incredible! The recording also features KNOTT'S BERRY FARM MOLLY, a gorgeous piece of Fahey nostalgia with some backwards guitar sounds thrown in. Also there is a memorable guitar/veena version of SAIL AWAY LADIES. Other highlights include a delightfully rambling GUITAR EXCURSIONS INTO THE UNKNOWN (if Charles Ives had played guitar it might have sounded like this) and Fahey's finest version of OH COME EMANUEL. On this kind of form Fahey is awesome and speaks with absolute authority. He extends the vocabulary of the guitar, and in so doing creates music of unforgettable beauty and originality.Here is a unique and gifted performer at his most inspired. Don't miss it!  San Bernardino (CA) (Images of America) $21.99 This book was interesting and helped me to picture the earlly days of San Bernardino.  2007 NCAA(R) Division II Men's Basketball National Semi-Final - Barton vs. Cal State San Bernardino $24.99 With the score tied at 79 and only 5 seconds left, Barton senior All-America point guard Anthony Atkinson grabbed a rebound, raced the length of the court where he was fouled. Atkinson made the first free-throw and time expired following the miss of the second. |
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