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I used to have the United States of America as well as The American Metaphysical Circus on LP... interesting, though at the time they didn't really take. It seems line his more curious endeavors are "off the record(s)," so to speak. RIP.

Clark Terry, Tread Ye Lightly (Cameo) Jimmy Rushing, Five Feet of Soul (Colpix)

The Bears moving out of Chicago but still keeping the Chicago name is ridiculous. Soldier Field is iconic and right in the heart of the city. At least change the name like the Cardinals did once they moved out to Glendale.

Yes, protect tootsies and massage Zorn's ego

Thinking about Jim Hall a lot lately, brilliant guitarist.

Disc One.

1Brother Jack McDuff, George Benson “The Legendary 1963–64 Concerts” Finger Poppin’ 2 cd set, disc 1

A really fine recording.

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Thelonious Monk - Bremen 1965 (Sunnyside)

The data is the data. Improving the reading of the data doesn't change the data itself, it just makes it easier to read. Let's say that the data on a CD is not music. Let's say it's a .doc file. If this disc has a thumb print on it that causes readback errors that error correction can fix, you are not going to open a different document. You're gong to get the document - the only document. It will say whatever was written in it when it was saved to that file. It will not change that document to say something completely different. CD music playback is simply a way to open a file. Unlike a file like a .doc file, these files are opened sequentially. That is the only difference between CD playback and opening a file. A document file gets opened and buffered until the whole file is read. CD "files" (music files) open as they're read. Let me ask you to try this instead. Take one of your messed up CDs and rip a track to a .WAV file. Then, clean it up. After, rip that same track to .WAV file again. Play those two ,WAV files and hear for yourself.

Ruby Braff “I Hear Music” Arbors cd A great swinging date with a tight band. Bass – John Beal Tenor sax - Tommy Newsome Cornet – Ruby Braff Drums – Tony Denicola Guitar – Bucky Pizzarelli Piano – Bill Charlap Vocals – Daryl Sherman (one track) Recorded July 28, 2000.

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COLD. It’s going to be one of those winters (as I keep finding myself thinking and repeating to myself). Starting a day listeninig as Lucinda takes her first nap. . . a disc I haven’t heard long enough for it to be a joy to me after decades of listening to it. And in my favorite edition: a JVC XRCD in lp facsimile. There’s just a deeper soundstage to this mastering, and little details that reveal texture. . . I love the sound of this disc. Steamin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet LP facsimile XRCD

That's the response I always get. Then please explain to me why we hear a difference. And how does error correction react to changes in the data it reads. The signal reading is improved. Like removing a fingerprint or the like. With Exact Audio Copy you copy the flaws, too, possibly.

At least Kansas City is in Kansas as well as Missouri. They could move to Kansas and still legitimately be called the Kansas City Chiefs. Two "New York" teams have their home field in New Jersey. They should be called the New Jersey Giants and New Jersey Jets. The only team that should be called "New York" is the Bills.

Ripping hard-to-play CD-Rs in a PC drive using Exact Audio Copy can allow you to rip that disc because it does multiple reads of problematic areas and can maybe get that data off. In my experience, it doesn't work often. I found that turning on burst mode helps but with burst mode on, you can get click-filled audio too.