Hoppy T. Frog

That's how it usually worked. Agreed on their classical selection as well. About DC area stores--I've lived in the area for 10 years, and have never checked out Politics and Prose (not on the metro)until yesterday--but I was surprised to see a small, but well chosen classical CD selection there, with lots of imports.

Are there any anthologies that give a good overview of Johnny Otis' work? Perhaps spmething from our good friends at Ace/Kent?

Just by sheer release volume alone, Anthony Braxton.

"Rockit"-era Herbie Hancock with the Birth of the Cool Band, but JJ Johnson replaced by an elderly New Orleans busker without any teeth.

Great classical selection, too. You don't find that any more.

He looks very white to me:

New issue online now. Color pictures, why, I never!

None--the industry parted fools from their money by making people think they could get famous doing this, but all you got was a box full of 45s you couldn't give away. Somewhere in America, there's a box in someone's garage with Sam Rivers playing on their awful song. The only "famous" song poem was by this guy John Trubee who deliberately sent in something outrageous. Blind Man's Penis

Was at both concerts (Hello neighbor!), especially loved the Watts/Weston.

In a Wax Poetics interview Rivers stated he once did sessions for a song-poem company (you know, "send us your lyrics and we'll make it into a hit song!") in Boston, but the interviewer didn't follow up. Some deluded people could have had a genuine jazz rarity in their hands. More Infor on song-poems and the bizness.

This may classify as some more internet forum gobbledygook, but where's your THIRD 'quick and unnecessary' point? oops let's see... 3) Breakfast is the most important meal of the day! I thought you were doing a Rick Perry joke, but it seems you just honestly had a Rick Perry moment

Just this September he played a concert in Washington DC. He seemed a little short of breath, but only just a little. He played sitting down.

Zorn is a sucky poseur who has a lot of talented people around him.

The address for that recording studio is now Pete Miller's Steakhouse, a place that occasionally has live jazz. To bring everything full circle again.

What was the "Personal Export Lounge"?

Latest email update says Cadence will carry on...details later.

I'll take the ZentralQuartett, Michael Moore, and Ab Baars. PM forthcoming.

I have and love the Eureka Brass Band New Orleans Funeral and Parade.

WHEN DID THIS AAHPPEN OH MY GOD MICHAEL JACKSON DIED??????

i guess i'm an idiot for wanting to pay for music

To be fair to the National Symphony this current season they had offered an all Mahler "mini-package" of all three concerts with Mahler symphonies. I jumped at that, of course. Why they did not repeat the experiment for 2011-2012 (of course this time for a different composer, or style of music) I don't know. They are doing last minute "half-price tickets" through the local half-price ticket vendor, but I like to plan ahead and not wonder whether or not a concert I'm interested in will offer discounts (the subtext through all this is that I'm on a limited budget).

House was packed, my friend. BTW does Von still do his Tuesday night gig at the New Apartment? I'm coming back to Chicago in June. The club has been closed for renovations. Not sure when it will reopen. Stay in touch. I was at the New Apartment last June when the regulars were talking about Fred Anderson being in the hospital. The night he died (although I didn't know it) i was at a nearly empty Velvet Lounge.

And they aren't adding new titles, and they had a big "sale" (30% off) over the weekend. I once had three dozen cds in my queue--slowly they all became unavailable (thanks for telling me afterwards, idiots). Now i'm down to 10.

he ran westwind, which released some records that some performers considered "unauthorized".

House was packed, my friend. BTW does Von still do his Tuesday night gig at the New Apartment? I'm coming back to Chicago in June.