Hoppy T. Frog

I have the two-disc one, forget what it's called at the moment, but it's great!

I've never gotten into Andrew Hill, period. But then, I haven't listened to much beyond Point Of Departure. Still, I'm glad to have seen him solo live shortly before his death.

Mark E Smith of the Fall was touting the Monks back in the 80s, and covered two of their songs on "Extricate" (1989) but they remained largely unheard until a mid-90s CD reissue on Henry Rollins' short-lived Infinite Zero label--that's when I was finally able to hear them. Infinite Zero was rad--they also issued on CD for the first time very early Trouble Funk recordings, the middle two Gang of Four albums, and Devo.

An Die Musik in Baltimore doesn't have this on their online schedule...

I have an update. I took things into my own hands and called the 888 toll-free number, and the man who answered the phone (Mark Fisher?) told me that a May/June issue was coming by the end of May, and that they would get back on schedule after that. I was more surprised that someone answered the phone--I was certain the magazine was defunct. We'll wait and see what happens. I'm not optimistic in this economy.

And available in the US too! Yeehaw! And I see the phantom two-starrer has gotten to them, as well.

And available in the US too! Yeehaw!

Up. The Google, it show nothing...

That's pretty much how I feel, too. Gotta dig into the 1988 box set I got last year on Ebay.

I like to think of Dutch as just comically misspelled English. When I was in Amsterdam I was amused to see a newspaper called "De Niews".

Uhh, again, wazzup with Coda? There has been no issue since November 2008 (although a December issue is shown on the website as "forthcoming"). Nate? (You still around?)

That's a 36-year-old woman?!

Probably the reason they gotta move. Jazz thrives on cheap rent.

Agreed!

groovy lookin' guitars, dig the Fender headstocks on an acoustic. This record has a young Glenn Close on it, for real!

Already is, on the AEC's own label. Check Dusty Groove.

Is there a jazz version of "Am I dead or not.com"?

Peter Evans was the name that grabbed me. I like his solo "More and More" and the Trio record on Firehouse 12.

It's one of the first jazz records I ever heard. That was my reaction too. One of the records that changed my life.

I have good dreams about finding Mosaics (that don't exist in the real world) second-hand for a good price in a grubby record shop, like a "Complete mid-70s Evan Parker" collection.

Apropos of Byard, how's the Parisian Solos album on Marge? I've seen it, but never pulled the trigger, cause I have a lot of Byard already.

[Dylan] is a no-account son of a bitch," Zantzinger told Dylan biographer Howard Sounes in 2001. "He's just like a scum bag of the earth. I should have sued him and put him in jail. [The song is] a total lie." http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/jan/0...oll-inspiration A murderer and a fraudster slumlord. Good riddance.

I have nothing to add to the musical discussion, but I travel Amtrak a couple times a year from DC to NY, and have never paid more than $175 round trip, even at Christmas. Thanks again... and oh, are you lucky, being so close to Mexico. I'm on the East Coast. Yes, it's only a two hour flight to Mexico City, whereas it's over three hours to New York. Flight time's one thing; cost is the other. (I bet that's true for you as well.) it's funny how Amtrak and the airlines seem to jack up prices in an arbitrary way. When I lived in D.C., a round-trip train ticket to NYC cost several hundred dollars. Now I live up in PA< and a round-trip ticket to NYC costs less than 100.00 bucks. (Though I'd have to change in Philly to get the Metroliner or Acela.) Basically, Amtrak ticket costs are far higher if you're *only* traveling on the NE corridor lines. Book a ticket from a bit further west, and it's so much cheaper, even though you're actually on a NE corridor train. Go figure!

I love me some Bert Williams.

No, you carl orff!