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After Pepper and maybe Hamiet we are left with doublers. No way it's Mulligan or Carney.

I know this one is done and over with, but I just found out that someone filmed the second night (!). Playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iWGeoLWneM&list=PLHcqa_rVPdbVwzxym2KQotMezZzPZRI5U The video above ends with a nice little happy birthday presentation for Mr. Bradford.

Good for you. Well done with the discipline... I don't have it.

Rachel Musson is a great tenor saxophonist. Her recordings on matchless with Eddie Prevost are great. Under the Sun is incredible with the *great* N.O. Moore on guitar.

Now playing: Rush - Hold Your Fire (Mercury/Anthem, 1987)

Investing a meeting with a dietician can prove very illuminating. In early 2018, I was around 241 lbs. I started counting carbs by meal, 45 to 60. Eating more fiber with meals helps slow down glucose absorption. I dropped sugary drinks, pasta, white bread, fried foods, most desserts (when I do enjoy them, it is after lunch rather than dinner) and got all the way down to 192 lbs. within a few months. I was hungry all the time, so I now try to stay in the 210-215 weight range at 6'2".

Very sad news to wake up to ... I knew Rhyno had been sick but didn't know the cancer had returned.

I’m 5’10”, currently 230 lbs (so my BMI is 33). My weight has varied from 220-235 the last several years — which is at least better than the 255 I’d ballooned up to ~15 years ago. I’ve never been on Ozempic — but I go back and forth between bouts of higher activity (waking 5-6 miles a day almost every day) — to barely 1-2 miles a day. I’m definitely overweight (38” waist) — but I’m pretty active, and sometimes very active). I’m currently on 26 days in a row walking at least 5 miles every day — and I’ve found the ONLY thing that ever motivates me to try and eat less is high activity, every day, ideally without going back to lower activity. I know I absolutely CAN eat about 30-40% fewer calories most days — without calorie counting (which I hate!) — as long as I can stay motivated to increase my metabolism thru exercise. But, then, I’ll lose 10-15 lbs, maybe even 20 — And get complacent— and I’ll stop walking 5 miles every day — and then the weight always comes back… NOT because I’m burning calories less — but entirely because I’ll loose my willpower to exercise portion control, and I’ll snack more and more — and that lack of exercise tells my brain “what’s the point, just eat”. Today will be 27 days in a row over 5 miles. It’s usually about this time — after a month of high(er) activity — that I’ll suddenly (re)discover the willpower to curb my calories. If only I can keep at it, and be better about walking tons all the time — and not just a month or two. I’ve got my annual physical and visit to the cardiologist in October — so that’s a good motivator too. It’d be great to drop 10-15 lbs by the end of October — which gives me 3 months to loose 5lbs each month — very doable. Trouble is that it’s just as easy (or easier) to not stick with it, and not loose much at all. Unfortunately that “option” seems to always be on the table too.

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as promised... couple more to follow

This one is. A clue is that this is recorded well after Strata-East ceased production. Second clue is that this is a very well known record label.

Last week Tony Malaby, Jakob Sacks, John Hebert & Tom Rainey. An hour of continuous music with composed themes & stunning improvisations Tamarindo which is Malaby, Brandon Lopez & Nasheet Waits. Hour freely improvised followed by a 15 minute coda/encore. Very demanding yet rewarding midnight set. seeing these two wildly different extraordinary drummers back to back was a treat. Seeing & hearing the *great* Tony Malaby never gets old. Must be close to a hundred times now over the past 15-17 years. Grand master on tenor & soprano saxophones. Nobody sounds anything like him. Jack Wright on alto & soprano saxophones with Evan Lipson on double bass & Mike Pride on drums. The next night they added Brandon Seabrook on banjo. That 35 minute set top 3-4 sets of the year. Jack Wright at 82 destroying atoms. One of the greatest improvisers on the planet Jonathan Moritz on tenor saxophone with Shayna Dulberger on double bass & Mike Reid on drums. Great set of 3 tunes. Moritz is great. Duo with Daniel Carter & Ayumi Ashito. Wondrous soft improvisations with Carter as always switching from the large array of horns. Flute to trumpet to clarinet to soprano, tenor & alto saxophones.

Update- New Riders/Bear's Sonic Journal Listed Paypal friends/family only. Shipping via USPS media mail at cost. You can combine sets from this list with the jazz and classical threads that I have up. Thanks for looking. John Lennon Signature Box (CD)- Discs and contents are mint. Box is VG++ $50 $42 $37 $35 Steve Miller Welcome to The Vault- Discs and contents mint. Box M- $50 $42 $37 $35 Bear’s Sonic Journal, Doc and Merle Watson. Slight box wear $70 $50 Warren Zevon- I’ll sleep when I’m dead- Slight box wear $12 $10 Johnny Cash- Unearthed (box set) still sealed $20 $18 Todd Rundgren- Complete Bearsville- $80 $70 New Riders- Bears Sonic Choice- Box has been “smushed.” It looks as though something heavy was set on it. I received it this way. $30

Oh my it finally cooled down. Still dark, quiet, still. Pulled this from the shelves, a nice way to start the day. MTB “Solid Jackson” Criss Cross cd Brad Mehldau (P) Mark Turner (Ts) Peter Bernstein (G) Larry Grenadier (B) Bill Stewart (D) 500×500 31.2 KB followed by Shirley Scott “One for Me” Strata East cd Shirley with Harold Vick and Billy Higgins. From 1975. Very nice reissue! Nice dynamics. 500×500 38.6 KB Original cover:

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This is for Geezer, a brilliant writer:

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