{"id":91,"date":"2010-01-24T21:08:45","date_gmt":"2010-01-24T21:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.lunarpages.net\/?p=91"},"modified":"2012-11-26T12:00:56","modified_gmt":"2012-11-26T17:00:56","slug":"funky16corners-blog-v-3-0-bw-pat-lewis-look-at-what-i-almost-missed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=91","title":{"rendered":"Funky16Corners Blog v.3.0 b\/w Pat Lewis – Look At What I Almost Missed"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Soulful Miss Pat Lewis<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Listen\/Download – Pat Lewis – Look At What I Almost Missed <\/em><\/span>
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Greetings all. And welcome to the new digs<\/strong>
\nSurprised?<\/em>
\nMe too\u2026
\nHere\u2019s the deal, in the shortest form possible at the moment.
\nThe Funky16Corners Blog<\/strong> has been in business for just over five years (business being a term used in the loosest way\u2026).
\nThings got started over at Blogger, and after two years, thanks to Blogger\u2019s dismal tech issues, I moved over to WordPress, where I remained until just about now.
\nLast week, a couple of blogging friends were shut down by the powers that be at WordPress with no warning, and – adding insult to injury \u2013 no explanation.<\/em>
\nNeither of the blogs in question were \u2018outlaw\u2019, at least in the sense that they were not de fact file sharing repositories, where people rip commercially available CDs and upload the entire thing for download.
\nThese blogs were along the lines of what you see here. Interesting, obscure tracks, offered with commentary and historical background, engineered so that the readers (that\u2019s you) develop a taste for the sounds in question, and then head out into the real world to purchase it on your own, i.e. educational<\/strong>. Certainly, not everyone follows these guidelines as much as the next guy. Some folks pop by, listen to the track in their browser and then mosey along. Others, those not inclined to fill their house with mountains of vinyl, collect and listen to the files on the MP3 delivery device of their choice, and since the vast majority of what gets posted in this space is unavailable any other way, that\u2019s cool too.
\nThe bottom line is, that I have, and will continue to put my heart and soul (no pun intended, but it works, so…<\/em>) into this enterprise, and I don\u2019t want some cowardly technocrat to destroy it all with the push of a button, without any kind of due process (that being the main issue).
\nIt\u2019s not like WordPress (or any other free blogging service) is getting complaints and then approaching the blogger in question, investigating the situation and then making a determination. They are summarily pulling the plug because \u201cterms of service\u201d have been violated. I do know one blogger that was able to come back from such an outage, but their experience is an exception.
\nI understand that they have the right to do this, I just think it\u2019s an unfair, shitty way to do business.
\nAs a result, I made the decision to install the WordPress software (related to, but separate from the blogging service) on my own web space (which I have maintained for years in order to store the files and pics I post on my blogs, the content for the webzine and the podcast archives) and relocate the Funky16Corners blog to a new URL. You\u2019ll still be able to reach it by using www.funky16corners.com, but if you\u2019ve been using the https:\/\/funky16corners.wordpress.com , I\u2019d ask that you update your links (especially if you have us on the blogroll at your own blog or website) and henceforth proceed to:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/funky16corners.lunarpages.net <\/strong><\/p>\n

That is the new home of the Funky16Corners blog (though you can change the link to www.funky16corners.com<\/strong> and that’ll work just as well).
\nYou might notice that the look of the blog has changed. When I switched to my own set up, I was unable to keep the blogging template I was using at WordPress, so I had to do a little investigation and find a template that I was happy with design-wise, and that would allow me to use my own banner. The new template (Panorama<\/strong>) includes rotating banner images (which is why the banner may change each time you return to the blog<\/em>).
\nThe links for the Podcast Archive, Guest Mix Archive, Pre-Wordpress Archive and regular archived posts (more on that in a moment) appear in tabs at the top of the blog, along the bottom of the banner, as well as the familiar sidebar links.
\nThe blogroll still appears on the right side of the blog.
\nWhen I moved from Blogger to WordPress, I created an archive of all the old posts. I wanted to import the entire WordPress version of the blog (posts, links, archives and all) in order to create as close to a seamless transition as possible. Without getting too technical, the export\/import file from the old blog was (thanks to more than three years of content) far too large to move in one piece, so I had to rebuild. I did move all posts for the last two months into the main page of the blog. All previous posts will be moved (in one-month increments) into the \u2018Archived Posts\u2019 link in the header. It\u2019s not as convenient as I would have liked, but It does preserve the old material.
\nHopefully, the new look won\u2019t prove too daunting, and your eyes and brains will adjust accordingly over the coming weeks.
\nAs far as commenting, the link to comment is on the top, right hand side of each post.
\nThe overall layout of the new template is a little bit wider, but I think it\u2019s readable. Same basic white background, same typestyle.
\nThat said, I hope you\u2019ll take the time to follow Funky16Corners to its new home. <\/strong><\/p>\n

If you blog, or run a website, please update your links.<\/strong>
\nIt would be greatly appreciated.
\nAnd now, how about some soul?<\/strong>
\nThe 45 I bring you today is one that I chased for years and years, generally being outbid at every turn. It\u2019s not a super-expensive record, but it doesn\u2019t usually go for cheap, so when I saw a, how do you say \u201cdistressed\u201d looking copy, graded at VG+ (and starting at ten bucks) I figured I\u2019d take a chance. I ended up getting it at the starting bid, and basically kept my fingers crossed that it would be playable when it fell through the mail slot. Smart bunch that you are, you\u2019ve already figured out that it was.
\nI have to say, that in all my years of digging, this 45 may have the highest level of sonic satisfaction, when balanced against the visual condition of the record itself. There\u2019s some crackle there, but not enough to ruin a great record.
\nThe record in question is Pat Lewis\u2019s<\/strong> storming 1966 version of \u2018Look At What I Almost Missed\u2019.
\nIf the song sounds familiar, it\u2019s because the tune\u2019s author George Clinton<\/strong> re-did it with the mighty Parliaments a few years later on the Revilot label.
\nLewis\u2019s version (the OG as far as I can tell) was the first 45 released on Detroit\u2019s storied Solid Hit label. Lewis had four 45s (a full third of the label\u2019s discography) released on Solid Hit in the label\u2019s short, two year history, one of which is the ultra-rare, ultra-amazing \u2018No One To Love\u2019.
\n\u2018Look at What I Almost Missed\u2019 is a dynamite bit of Northern Soul, with a snappy guitar opening, magical Motor City sound and best of all, a great vocal by Lewis herself.
\nLewis, who recorded numerous backing vocals for Motown as part of the Andantes<\/strong>, and can be heard as one of the female voices on Isaac Haye\u2019s<\/strong> \u2018Hot Buttered Soul\u2019, also recorded one 45 for Golden World.
\nThat said, I hope you dig the sounds, and that you\u2019ll stick with the Funky16Corners blog.
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\nPS – Funky16Corners at Master Groove, @ Forbidden City, NYC Wed 1\/27
\nBe there, or be somewhere less entertaining…<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Larry<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Check out the Funky16Corners Store at Cafe Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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