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Definitely prefer the Quartet stuff. Even on the last record I was quite bored by much of the duet stuff. This record is much better, even though Metheny breaks out the synth and the effects a bit too much for my tastes. If you think you might dig this record at all, you will.

Sure it can be transferred but can you "read it". Migration of the data to a viable format that can be read is always going to be the big question as we move forward. Sure you can. 1. It is much easier to transfer digital data to a new form than it is to change analog. No more making a dub in real time, but just instantly re-coding some 1 and 0s. 2. Physical machines will no longer be necessary, only software programs. Will software programs be disassembled and sold for parts? Of course not. Even talking hardware, we have already seen the switch from 5 inch floppies, to 3.5 inch floppies, to CDs, to DVDs, to pure HD storage. Have we lost any massive amounts of data? Doesnt seem like it. In fact, because it was all digital it was incredibly easy to do. We will some data? Almost certainly. But the data that matters will be transferred long before the format becomes obsolete.

Neon Bible is about 84% as good, by my estimation, which means it is FANTASTIC. The new Wilco and Andrew Bird are also very nice, although not yet released. Turning out to be a good year for music, and its barely March.

Data is fine. Remember, data can be transferred. So that cd-r that breaks down will likely be transferred to HD well before it has a chance. Especially as more and more and more people end up with the same data. There will never be a thing as OOP because it always out there somewhere. The real problem will continue to be wading through the stunning amount of info in the world. That info itself is very very safe. No more libraries in Alexandria burning, because a million people will have the entire contents of that library on their computer. A massive data crash might mean we are only down to 999,999 sources.

11-14 isnt even really that fast. Im usually around 20x, with no problems at all.

Thats nuts man. Glad everyone is alright.

Wow. I never knew William Carlos Williams was a Mosaic fan...

Congrats!

On three ipods I have never had any skipping. I would try for a replacement unit if its still under warranty.

Awesome. Hopefully they will add his duet album with Mark Knopfler soon!

14 and 16(!) with 5 blocks for Darko tonight. Against some dude with a Fro.

I agree. The BNBB will always be a bit of nostalgia for me. I spend hours and hours learning about jazz from those boards, and I feel I am 1000x the jazz fan I am because of it. This place is great, but I feel we've become a bit of a hard egg to crack, as the Big O took after where Blue Note left off, so alot of the basic discussion of jazz is omitted. For the age I was and the fan I was, BNBB was invaluable to me, just as this place is for the age I am and the fan I am. We are better off for it now. And I still like Norah Jones.

Speaking of country-folky-singer-songwriters-etc any Emmylou Harris recommendations out there?

Bittorrent is how I do it. If I hear of a band, I usually dont do much reading, and I just listen to the albums. I also collect the year end lists from a bunch of sites, as awful as they often are. Usually wading though all that stuff will yield a few gems. The only blog I read is morecowbell.net, and thats because I know the guy pretty well, and he has very very good track record of steering me in the right direction (but thats more on the indie front.) For the most part though, rock mags are like jazz mags. Which is to say, not incredibly worthwhile. Message boards are where the real action is. Takin reviewing to the streets.

You do talk a little sense there Clem, but I think you are avoiding in some way the real issue. My argument was never about the obscurity of M. Ward, and you seem to want to bring up, but simply the quality of his music. Whats wrong with saying 'Oh, you dig M. Ward? You should check out these cats."? But you dont do that. You develop an elitist aura (and prose style) that lets everyone know that they arent hip, and that you are because you listen to the people you reccomend. Its a fair enough argument that M. Ward is obscure just like some of the artists you mention are obscure. But this being 2007 and all, and M. Ward being who he is and all, there is no way you can argue that Paul K. and Bobby Bare arent MORE obscure than M. Ward, in this moment of history. Then again, maybe you would. But that, again, isnt the real issue. The issue is your approach. Our enjoyment of M. Ward or Lucinda Williams has nothing to do with the fact that we havent heard the 'real' cats. And bullying people with your hipness probably wont win you any admirers.

I never said I would stop anywhere, if that is where your obscenely off-base anti-intellectualism remark comes from. I am quite consistently pushing myself to listen to more artists, and I will certainly trace down some of what you mentioned, although I am quite familiar with some of them anyways. Especially because I do agree with you quite a bit. You just have a tendency that assume people who disagree with you can ONLY have that opinion due to lack of knowledge. It is possible to disagree with the mighty Clem and know what the fuck I am talking about. All I am saying is no matter how much I might like or indeed love some of those albums, that won't make me stop liking M. Ward. Music aint some zero sum game. Lots of love to go around.

Right on schedule. Regardless of what the others may or may not sound like, I am still quite certain I will enjoy M. Ward's music. You don't get what you want out of it, fine. We are just looking for different things. I dont in ANY way consider him part of the same genre or aesthetic that created Fahey or Terry Allen. I do dig the John Phillips album you recommended though

Speaking of M. Ward, Neko Case turns a stunning performance off a track from his new album, 'Post-War.' The entire album is actually VERY good if you dig folk and a bit of country. (Cue Clem disagreeing by name-dropping atleast 7 obscureish folk/country artists)

Neko Case is my co-pilot.

Except for the fact that, regardless of how poor his brain might be, Stew Copeland is undeniably a great drummer. Certainly on of the best in rock history, which does mean something. Jazz chauvinism is no more acceptable. I mean really, a drum off? Why not have their dads arm wrestle while we are at it.

Any 3 track reccomendations? At the end of the month again. Im lookin for avant jazz or any classical.

Flea's first instrument was trumpet and he was a jazz prodigy. Even played with Diz if I remember correctly. Then he discovered Jimi and the rest is as they say... history. I dont think so. First instrument trumpet? Yeah. Prodigy who played with Diz? First I heard anything like that. In fact, in one of his instructional videos he says he cant even read music.

For a gift they are good for the money, but otherwise you can do WAAAAAY better as far as sound quality and isolation goes. They are good if you actually cant stand IEMs, but for half the price you can get much much better sound from IEMs. I use Shure E4 and they sound fantastic. Better bass response than the Etymonics, from what I hear from reviews. They retail for 300, but you can find them pretty easily in the 180 range. Occasionally I use a Headroom Bithead amp with them, but mostly i just plug them straight into the ipod. The isolation makes plane rides 20 times better.

I thought it was a moose?

Wait, this is who's country again?