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Maria Schneider: American Crow

I started working out regularly when I retired. I hate running, especially in the winter, as it just wrecks my knees and feet, so after trying a few out, I bought a Matrix A30 elliptical machine. I love it. I get on it 45-60 minutes a day. No knee or foot pain, which is great. If you want a low-impact workout, I'd recommend an elliptical.

Stunning stuff:

I've gone a transport to DAC route for over a decade but I have two friends who two years ago each bought a new cd player they were very happy with. One: https://www.audioadvisor.com/prnt-macd6007?sku=NEW-MACD6007 a review: https://www.whathifi.com/reviews/marantz-cd6007 The other: https://www.audioadvisor.com/prnt-nac538?sku=NEW-NAC538 a review: https://www.whathifi.com/reviews/nad-c-538

Do you have one? I am in the market for a new player. Thanks!

This again:

Damn! That title cut ("C") is INTENSE. Richie Beirach somehow combines Paul Bley and Don Pullen (!) in a pile-driving solo. Bergcrantz follows suit (goaded by a wired-up member of the audience? or drummer Nussbaum?) Great vibe!

similar cover art, that is for sure!

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I think you’re mixing up records Gheorghe? Probably with this:

Don't know about old, but 49 here and things aren't what they used to be. I got seriously back into exercising during the pandemic, first running and then cycling (my obsessive passion as a teen and twentysomething -- was a racer then). Initially it was to lose some weight I'd gained moving to NY and eating/drinking too many meals out. Now it's kind of its own other thing. Soreness feels different now and recovery has taken more primacy. Needless to say I go to the gym and lift weights, where a lot of teens and twentysomethings work out. They're often calling me "sir" and holding the door -- guess I look old to them! fogies-in-training, love it! 😂

For those interested, the Manhattan Moods LP is on YouTube:

I saw exactly that group in Europe. It was some of my greatest experiences in my life!

I think that run OOP quite quickly. Well I don´t have it but seeing the tunes, anyway it´s the music I heard him play live in those years, maybe not the Antabus or what it is, which anyway is a c-minor blues. Interesting! I have it but dont spin it often. Somehow I have the impression that it is not really Mingus the way I was used to hear him. And somehow in the liner notes, the way they listed the solo orders is very strange.

I´ll be 67 in december but feel younger than I felt with 47, more feel like 37. Had many mental issues, but they did not affect my rejuvenating. Had to change EVERYTHING I ever did, EVERYTHING. Got rid of my image coudn´t stand it any more. Started to eat only vegan food some years ago. Anyway, alcohol is something I never even taste, I can´t even smell it ! Threw away all my wardrobe, it looked to "straight". I was never fat, but now I am slim like a nail, have long curly hair, had some little estetical chirurgical intervention to make my face more beautiful. Wear only black stuff, usually goth, dark punk style and love young people. Years ago, when I rode the subway, sometimes, polite younger persons let me sit down and I happily accepted. Now, nobody would offer me a seat, and if I seat it can happen that people who sure are years younger than me might snarl at me to stand up. I love that. Nobody says "Sir" to me, nobody uses anymore the romanian politeness form of "you" (nobody says "dumneavoastră” all say „tu” what you say to youngsters. Life became really exiting, I do a lotta partying (can stand up all night while youngsters, maybe because they drink some beer fall asleep), and my blood parametre is of a guy of 30 years. Not bad. Life is beautiful, gals that could be my grandchillun ask me where I buy my outfit, you easily get in conversation. I am a bit crazy, dont pretend I wouldn´t be, but it feels better than too normal. And the °fruits° of my complet changing (I even changed my name completly, only keep the old name as artists name), soon happened: Last year in June playing a gig I met the most beautiful girl I ever saw in my whole life. Since then, we together. I don´t need my old life back.....

Many happy returns on your birthday / weekend / year. And glad to see you back in the mix!

Wow, RIP -- what a legacy.

never mind....just figured it out -

Beyond any doubt! The sound of the two Mosaic i fantastic, I’m just listening to the big band’s one for the fourth or fifth time. But I remembered that a million years ago I purchased the jasmine (and the Ellington) and I was curious. In effectvthe sound is terrible; a pity for the Duke, most of all. Thanks.