Chuck Nessa

:-(

welcome.

Loved seeing the Alligator covers again.

Nope. Dust happens.

Hard (impossible?) to find a good pressing. Mine from "back in the day" is a nightmare.

This is as silly as it gets. Seems to be an excuse for inaction or lack of study.

I am now willing to cheer for a Montana team. Dang.

The Aristocrat is rare. Don't think I ever saw an original.

'60s and '70s solo recordings can be astounding.

did not know. thanks.

Thanks.

Looks like a long night.

LOL!

Bill Shoemaker's fascinating online journal Point of Departure has an Art Lange column about Hal Russell http://www.pointofdeparture.org/PoD41/PoD41FickleSonance.html and a thoughtful review by Clifford Allen of our Art Ensemble release http://www.pointofdeparture.org/PoD41/PoD41MoreMoments2.html .

Never saw that cover. Thanks.

I really hate it when people make things I like better. Couldn't they do something else?

I believe they are the same.

Stamper on one side mounted improperly.

Hmmm.

Me, too. Sure doesn't seem like that long ago. But you made the surreal dinner and Buffalo Wild Wings. LOL

Too bad we couldn't hook up for dinner.

I posted this in the Brubeck RIP thread but thought it belonged here too. I liked the quartet before I learned it was not hip. While in high school in Iowa I drove 50 miles to hear the quartet at a concert in Des Moines. After the concert I searched out the band and had a silly high school dialogue with them. Eventually Brubeck said they had to leave for an obligatory reception and asked if I wanted to come along. The meet and greet was in the Fort Des Moines Hotel where they were staying and after a half hour or so, the band said their good byes and we left. Out in the hallway Brubeck said "I’m hungry, let’s get something to eat". Morello wasn’t feeling well and Desmond and Wright said they would take him to his room and tend to him. Brubeck looked at me and said “Let’s get some steaks!” We went to the restaurant in the hotel and had a fine meal. I have retained none of the dinner conversation and it is probably better that way. Later I learned the things to not like about the music but that never affected my feelings about the man.

I liked the quartet before I learned it was not hip. While in high school in Iowa I drove 50 miles to hear the quartet at a concert in Des Moines. After the concert I searched out the band and had a silly high school dialogue with them. Eventually Brubeck said they had to leave for an obligatory reception and asked if I wanted to come along. The meet and greet was in the Fort Des Moines Hotel where they were staying and after a half hour or so, the band said their good byes and we left. Out in the hallway Brubeck said "I’m hungry, let’s get something to eat". Morello wasn’t feeling well and Desmond and Wright said they would take him to his room and tend to him. Brubeck looked at me and said “Let’s get some steaks!” We went to the restaurant in the hotel and had a fine meal. I have retained none of the dinner conversation and it is probably better that way. Later I learned the things to not like about the music but that never affected my feelings about the man. FWIW I now have 20 cds of his music.

Just heard it on NPR.