We'll Always Have Amsterdam!

So yes, we got back to the USA safely last night, without being renditioned to some nightmarish gulag in Central America, so you won't have to start that Go Fund Me thing for our legal bills. In any case, regular non-vacation music stuff will return on the morrow,

But a postscript on Amsterdam, which is a helluva town. In fact, while walking around there over the weekend -- and I should add that the Shady Dame and I were by far the oldest people we saw the whole time, which was pretty hilarious -- we stumbled across Record Mania, which bills itself (apparently deservedly) as the best record store in the city. And had an absolutely smashing time browsing and shmoozing.

For starters, turns out Mike the Proprietor is a Floor Models fan!

Just kidding -- actually Mike was just a good sport. But he assured me he would listen to the album ASAP.

But even cooler -- look what I found in the store's homegrown Dutch music section...

A limited edition (1000 copies), on colored vinyl, 2024 remaster of my favorite Shocking Blue album (Scorpio's Dance, from 1970), supervised by the band's genius auteur Robbie van Leeuwen.

Wow. I scored a Shocking Blue LP...in Holland! Now I can die happy!