I'm so jealous.

Greg Caz is in Brazil right now (until June 25th), consulting on a documentary in Rio and then flying to Sao Paulo to spend a couple days hunting down classic vinyl and just generally checking out the scene as he's never spent any real time in that city (whereas Rio he knows very well).

Greg hasn't visited Brazil in waaaaay too long, so I'm very happy for him and can't wait to hear his new finds at the Brazilian Beat Brooklyn party. Just one of the amazing things Greg and Sean Marquand pull off at Black Betty every Sunday is coming up with "new" tunes. Given their parameters--'60s/'70s Brazilian funk, samba-rock, samba, and the occasional forro tune--it's not like they can draw on new music that's being recorded now (well, except for the occasional funk carioca they'll throw on at the end of the night when everyone's feeling a little down and dirty). Yet in their many travels to Brazil, both Sean and Greg continue to unearth the kind of classic vinyl that astounds me. It's not like they'll buy just anything, either. In the four years of throwing the Brazilian Beat party, they can still surprise their crowd with songs and sounds they haven't heard before.

So help me send Greg some good thoughts that will lead him to find every last record he could want--tracking those things down isn't easy and takes luck and perseverance. I know he's got the perseverance--I just want to send him some LUCK.