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I'm 63 and I don't feel old. I fact I feel younger than 5 years ago. Not the body but in spirit. My social network expanded with younger people. With whom I have innocent uncomplicated fun.

Barney Wilen with the Mal Waldron Trio “French Story: Movie Themes from France” Timeless cd

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Bartok, Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta Martinu, Concerto for String Quartet & Orchestra Janacek, Capriccio for Piano Left-Hand & Chamber Ensemble Christoph von Dohnanyi, Cleveland Orchestra (London)

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I stopped playing volleyball about 10 years ago shortly after a surgical procedure that left about 6 stitched up holes around my lower stomach area. I tried playing and when I went up to block a spike, my stomach felt like someone punched me. I had to sit down for about 10 minutes. I tried going back in but it still hurt. I think it's been long enough by now that I could possibly try again but I bet I'd suck now. Too slow. Too old. I don't want to be that "old guy who can't play anymore". I remember not really liking playing with guys like that when I was younger.

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Agreed.

“Blue Spirits: 85 Years of Blue Note Records Selected by Don Was” Blue Note Japan 2 UHQCD set, disc 1

Terrific music. Terrible cover.

I was playing volleyball about 10 years ago on a concrete court, fell reaching for a ball, and have a plate and 10 screws in my left wrist from the resulting fracture. That was my retirement from participatory sports.

Well apparently what he has on deck are Marion Brown and Ayler recordings he already put out on ezz-thetics just a few years ago, along with some Bix sides, and I'm sure the duplication won't stop there, so this seems like by and large another waste of time. And doubly frustrating as he consistently brings up unreleased Hat tapes as potential source material and then never uses them (the Cecil Taylor and Joe Maneri releases being a couple blessed exceptions). Hopefully someone will be able to do something meaningful with whatever 70s-90s tapes he might be sitting on one day.

I have 2 huskies so I know what you mean. Retractable leashes on them would have me in the hospital for sure.

It's interesting to read about old sports injuries coming back to bite you later. You want to know the worst one? I was walking our late dog Auggie along the beach when he saw another dog behind us (that I didn't see). I use an extendable leash and it rapidly ran out behind me and I was too slow to realize it was happening. When it hit the end of the line, I got yanked into the air and I landed on a pile of rocks, mostly slamming into my left shoulder. I saw stars. Don't ever injure your left shoulder if you can help it. A left shoulder socket injury causes shooting pains down your left arm later on. They tend to wake you up. They also tend to mimic what you've been told is a heart attack. It really sucks. And yes, I do consider walking the dog a "sport". Walking my dogs has been a big source of exercise for me for the past 35 years.

Hi: This week I have listened the Richie Cole vinyl, Return to Alto acres. In this recording, Mr. Cole was playing with Art Pepper (Clarinet & Alto sax), Billy Higgins at drums and Roger Kelloway at piano. This recording was made at San Francisco in 1982, and my favorites themes are Return to Alto acres, Things we did last summer and Alto acres blues but certainly, all themes are amazing for me. Highly recommended... Regards from Valencia, España.

That's a great CD. Cedar Walton, David Williams & Billy Higgins were a working trio at this time and operated like a well-oiled machine.

Hi, everybody: I am listening now, Then and now: The definitive Herbie Hancock. Regards from valencia, España.

I think you are right. Unfortunately the world we are bequeathing to subsequent generations is, to my mind, overcrowded. Climate change is already creating scary wildfire behavior out here in the west that we didn't know before. Immense fires that there is no question of putting out where entire towns go up - you try to move people to safety and redirect it at the edges...