"Rare 78 spins into trade with Jerry's Records for drawing by R. Crumb"

"After an exchange of emails, the Webers and Mr. Crumb agreed to a trade: Upon receiving the Bogus Ben Covington 78, Mr. Crumb, who is acutely aware of the value of his art, would send a pen-and-ink drawing of "Juice Jar Jerry" and "Whistlin' Willie" to the states suitable for reproduction on T-shirts and posters."
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" The A-side of Covington's 1928 record was 'Adam and Eve and the Garden.' The

B-side had the even more evocative title 'I Heard the Voice of the Pork Chop.' "
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"...Bogus Ben Covington...was believed to have been born in Alabama, but was most associated with the blues tradition of eastern Mississippi and Chicago. He worked the minstrel circuit and came by the nickname 'Bogus Ben' by pretending to be blind while busking throughout the South. He recorded a few songs for Paramount and a few unissued cuts for Vocalion, Robert Johnson's label before disappearing like smoke into the obscurity of rural Pennsylvania where he is believed to have died in 1935."
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Tony Norman: tnorman@post-gazette.com or 412-263-1631; Twitter: @TonyNormanPG
First Published February 27, 2013 12:00 am
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http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/ae/art-architecture/rare-lp-spins-into-trade-for-drawing-by-noted-artist-677032/

"Jerry's Records, R. Crumb, And One Rare 78"

"If you're curious, these are both sides of the record in question and whatever discs were used as sources here (http://communityvoices.post-gazette.com/arts-entertainment-living/get-rhythm/item/35949-jerry-s-records-r-crumb-and-one-rare-78), the sound is likewise surprisingly good. Musically, both tunes hold up nicely 85 years later."

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Wednesday, 27 February 2013 06:06 AM Written by Rich Kienzle

‘Finnegans Wake’ Follows Tocqueville Onto Chinese Best-Seller List

"...the translator, Dai Congrong of Fudan University, who spent nearly 10 years wrestling with Joyce’s runaway sentences and knotty coinages, confessed that even she didn’t fully understand the book. 'I would not be faithful to the original intent of the novel if my translation made it easy to comprehend,' she said." JENNIFER SCHUESSLER, NY Times
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/30/finnegans-wake-follows-tocqueville-onto-chinese-best-seller-list/

Chinese translation of James Joyce's novel ‘Finnegans Wake’ becomes best-seller
"The famous novel took eight years to translate into Chinese and an initial run of 8,000 copies sold out in just over one month, since its release on December 25." IrishCentral Staff Writers

http://www.irishcentral.com/news/Chinese-translation-of-James-Joyces-novel-Finnegans-Wake-becomes-best-seller-190820571.html

Translation of 'Finnegans Wake' sells in China
" 'It's beyond my comprehension that a niche work should cause a sales tsunami,' Li Weiqi, a bank employee and an avid reader from Shanghai, wrote on his microblog after he spotted a huge outdoor lightbox advertisement for the novel. 'Might it be that it's being hawked as a commodity to attract the pretentious?'
"He added, 'I am sure I cannot decipher the novel, not even a word.' " DIDI TANG, Associated Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g07QX2O165mdMtwJlC50NmAhGLOA?docId=d050f6faa4a04ce8b19ce5fd62e5c44c