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We had a tornado watch last night, we were ready to dash down into the root cellar but luckily though we had a brief gust of high wind there was no real tornado and ho harm to any structures around, and no treefalls close. We didn’t even lose power, a blessing. We srue did get rain though, tons of rain. And it’s warm this morning. Moving deeper into this box set, it’s just so full of joyous music and personality. Starting off with disc IV Louis Armstrong - Live Recordings With The All-Stars - Mosaic Records

This is indeed good. https://futuramarge.bandcamp.com/album/aigu-grave

They gave the premiere of 'a' Bartok quartet ...

Pretty old thread. Anybody got any more recent data??

I missed your message. I did attend. I've never seen a bass saxophone played in person before, much less by a very elegantly attired 85 year old.

I thought the festival was great this year. The revelatory concerts (for me) were Isaiah Collier's opening night Coltrane tribute concert, which I thought was incredible, inspired and inspiring but not imitative (he played Central Park West, My Favorite Things, Giant Steps, Transition, Lonnie's Lament, and But Not for Me), and Either/Orchestra's Ethio-Jazz concert (with two Ethiopian guest vocalists) on the last day at the Bijou, which was as powerful a concert as I've ever seen. In all, I saw eighteen concerts and attended one talk (the Frenchman who is responsible for the Ethiopiques reissue series had flown in from France to explain the history). The others that I liked the best were: two concerts involving Carlos Nino (Openness Trio and another trio with Surya Botofasina and Aaron Shaw), Darius Jones Trio, Brian Marsella Trio, Jeff Parker Expansion Trio, Julian Lage Quartet, Marquis Hill Blacktet with Gerald Clayton, and Miles Okazaki's Trickster. I also really enjoyed four non-jazz concerts: Hania Rani's wild keyboard electronica set in the Greyhound and three Indian classical concerts (Purbayan Chatterjee (sitar), Kunal Gunjal (santoor), and Saraswathi Ranganathan (veena). The last musician who lives in Chicago cracked me up when she started playing blues guitar riffs on the veena (predecessor instrument to the sitar).

"Top level scientists" apparently includes junior team staff, non-scientists, secretaries and retirees. Anything for a clickbait headline.

In the span of nine months, nine top-level scientists in the United States have died or vanished without a trace. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/something-dark-going-nine-top-level-scientists-die-or-go-missing-past-year

Chris Streveler has retired. To my surprise, this news was featured at bing.com! https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/article/blue-bombers-fan-favourite-streveler-announces-retirement/ https://3downnation.com/2026/03/29/cfl-nfl-quarterback-chris-streveler-retires-from-professional-football/ https://www.msn.com/en-ca/sports/nfl/blue-bombers-quarterback-chris-streveler-announces-retirement/ar-AA1ZGtqy https://steinbachonline.com/articles/blue-bombers-qb-chris-streveler-announces-retirement- https://www.foxnews.com/sports/nfl-quarterback-chris-streveler-retires-31 https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/former-jets-quarterback-announces-immediate-164012821.html ***** Combine wrap-up https://www.cfl.ca/2026/03/29/whos-the-top-defensive-player-at-the-cfl-combine/ https://www.cfl.ca/2026/03/29/3-players-that-stood-out-at-cfl-combine-sunday/ https://www.cfl.ca/2026/03/29/sibley-laing-named-cfl-combine-day-2-coaches-picks/ https://www.cfl.ca/2026/03/29/the-final-test-💪-cfl-combine-day-3/ https://www.cfl.ca/2026/03/30/6-storylines-you-may-have-missed-at-the-2026-cfl-combine/ https://www.cfl.ca/2026/03/31/7-prospects-who-stood-out-at-cfl-combine/ https://www.cfl.ca/2026/03/31/3-cfl-combine-standouts-who-could-be-the-next-big-thing/ https://3downnation.com/2026/03/30/eight-risers-from-the-2026-cfl-combine/ https://3downnation.com/2026/03/31/eight-fallers-from-the-2026-cfl-combine/ ***** Draft considerations https://www.cfl.ca/2026/03/31/cfl-reveals-2026-cfl-draft-and-global-draft-order/ https://www.cfl.ca/2026/03/30/mmqb-3-questions-heading-into-cfl-draft-season/ ***** Rick Campbell has joined the Elks' staff. https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/article/elks-bring-back-veteran-coach-campbell-in-analyst-role/ https://3downnation.com/2026/03/31/edmonton-elks-hire-longtime-cfl-coach-rick-campbell/ ***** Tyreik McAllister has signed with the Stampeders. https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/article/stampeders-sign-ex-ticats-rb-mcallister/ https://3downnation.com/2026/03/31/calgary-stampeders-sign-tyreik-mcallister-after-ufl-release/ ***** Argos updates https://3downnation.com/2026/03/31/mlse-president-keith-pelley-touts-mike-miller-optimism-for-toronto-argonauts/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/article/holleys-return-part-of-active-off-season-for-argonauts/ ***** Ed Learn has died at 90. RIP. https://3downnation.com/2026/03/31/four-time-cfl-all-star-ed-learn-dead-at-90/ ***** Riders update https://pifflespodcast.com/blog/riderville-roundup-march-29-2026/ ***** *****

Listening to this again recently, noticed that ‘Eye of the storm’ is ‘Una muy bonita’ in all but name. I thought there may be some Bobby Bradford connection but John Carter is the composer, supposedly.

Roscoe, Drumming, and Julian Lage. I also paid the extra to see David Byrne and Robert Plant. Enjoyed them both. I was happy to have gone to 4 shows a day and thought everything was worthwhile if not always to my taste. Loved Knoxville.

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That means there's no power. It could be DOA or it could be that the port is not supplying any power. Have you tried plugging in some other peripheral that gets its juice from the port (like an external hard drive)? Does it work?

I have to open the drawer with a paper clip, there is no light, disc does not spin. I'm done with it.

"To Tell the Truth" Howard Fisher/Fred Sturner (TV Episode 1974) - IMDb https://share.google/zs3vbvq4UPFF1TM9n

To anyone who attended Big Ears this year, what were your impressions? I enjoyed it -- although I didn't have any revelatory experiences comparable to hearing Charles Lloyd last year. My favorite shows from this year's festival were: - Medeski, Martin, Metzger & Cline (Thursday @ the Mill & Mine) - Tim Berne (Friday @ Regas Square) - Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra Plays Sly (Friday @ Jackson Terminal) - John Scofield (Friday @ the Tennessee Theater) - Either/Orchestra (Saturday @ The Point) - Julian Lage (Sunday @ the Tennessee Theater)

I bought it at Landlocked here in Bloomington a couple of weeks ago but have not dug into it yet.

Recorded August 31 - September 7, 1980

This concert was excellent. Tim Green played beautifully. The Big Band played with both skill and enthusiasm.