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I live in west Michigan and we are going to get our first winter storm today and it could be a real ass kicker

Lazaro, U DA MAN!

Gotta have a greazy shuffle on the Thanksgiving menu..

THAT IS A HELL OF A LOT OF POSTS !!

Enjoy! Sounds yummy!

unless it catches fire or is terrorized. Lowest posted price in west Michigan is $3.04.. It's as high as $3.19

Glad to know Zora is doing better.. Tell her 'Uncle Randy' says no running or standing on one leg

I broke my collarbone twice, once on each side.. My sympathy to Zora, you, and Alison! Hang in there bro..

I've uploaded tunes to my profile and they have been removed. Don't really understand how they track them..

Lazaro, Thanks for posting the Jazz datebook..

Oh really?? What if the guy is taking a break from his task of thievery and decides he has a craving for ice cream or found your liquor bar and wants to have a cocktail on the rocks..

The "Brief Safe" is an innovative diversion safe that can secure your cash, documents, and other small valuables from inquisitive eyes and thieving hands, both at home and when you're traveling. Items can be hidden right under their noses with these specially-designed briefs which contain a fly-accessed 4" x 10" secret compartment with Velcro closure and "special markings" on the lower rear portion. Leave the "Brief Safe" in plain view in your laundry basket or washing machine at home, or in your suitcase in a hotel room - even the most hardened burgler or most curious snoop will "skid" to a screeching halt as soon as they see them. (Wouldn't you?) Made in USA. One size. Color: white (and brown). To add realistic smell, check out "Doo Drops". * *source Uncle Skid should have been the one to post this...... That's just wacky.. Joe, this is such an unfortunate experience. Hopefully the cops will nab the lowlife. Problem is, even though doors and windows are locked, a determined thief will find a way to get in like breaking a window on the side of the house that faces away from neighbors and traffic .. Leaving a light on and installing motion sensitive floods might be a good idea.

Nice post Chris... I can certainly relate to the remark about some things being more valuable than money.. Which reminds me, I have to get off this computer and do some kayaking..

Though not classified as a jazz artist, Frank Zappa quoted Stravinsky on several recordings and live occasions..

TGE??

Philly Joe was the man! Saw him in Chicago in the late 70's at the Jazz Showcase. Strangest setting though was Philly Joe's appearance with Sun Ra! There's a video of him with Sun Ra on "The History Of Jazz Drummers" , vol II... Philly had some serious snare drum chops!

Caught Organissimo there a while back. Nice club. Got you penciled in for the 20th. We haven't played there since early November last year. As of now there are no Chicago gigs in sight..

Hey, I know somebody who has most if not all of the Ren & Stimpy episodes! I think I have them all on VCR, the 1st & 2nd season on DVD and the Lost Episodes (which are amazing) My ball! My ball! John Kricfalusi has a very interesting blog here. You got that right.. Ren & Stimpy was one of a kind! Rocky & Bullwinkle was also an unusual cartoon in it's day.. Used to love Fractured Fairy Tales and Sherman & Peabody..

Hey, I know somebody who has most if not all of the Ren & Stimpy episodes!

Great shots! I caught some of Brubeck's set knowing it would probably be the last chance to see him live and they were swingin'! I then hurried back to the Pyramid stage just in time to catch Jim & Gerard manning the organ.. That was indeed a kodak moment!

Chicago certainly has the aesthetic appeal. Grant Park is beautiful and you can safely walk around downtown, but again, the lineup typically pales in comparison to Detroit, where you don't want to walk the streets off Hart Plaza..

Detroit again blows away Chicago's line up! After doing both festivals last year my impression was that though Chicago's line up paled in comparison to Detroit's you could take a break from the festival and safely walk the Chicago streets nearby where there are plenty of great restaurants, pubs, and shops. I and many others took advantage of this perk after walking out on Charlie Hunter's monotonous set last year deciding instead to get a bite and a beer, and you just can't do that in Detroit.. The line up of talent at Detroit's festival however is so killin' no one really wants to leave Hart Plaza...

Mangione actually did some of his best work with Blakey.. Ever listen to "Buttercorn Lady"?

Here's Tom Reney's account of Max's funeral; I attended Max Roach's funeral on Friday at The Riverside Church in New York City. It was scheduled from 11 a.m.-1 p.m., and it more than honored Max's flawless sense of time as it began precisely at 11 and, notwithstanding numerous tributes and musical interludes, ended at 1:10. The church was filled to capacity with over 2000 in attendance and an overflow crowd outside on Riverside Drive. Speakers included Maya Angelou, Amiri Baraka, Lt. Gov. David Paterson, Congressman Charlie Rangel, Bill Cosby, Stanley Crouch, Sonia Sanchez, Phil Schaap, and the Rev. Dr. James Forbes, whose invocation suggested that Max had "modulated from time to eternity." The Rev. Dr. Calvin Butts gave the eulogy. These were interspersed with music by trios featuring Cecil Bridgewater, Billy Harper, and Reggie Workman; Gary Bartz, Harper and Workman; Cassandra Wilson, Bridgewater, and Tyrone Brown; and solos by Randy Weston, Billy Taylor, and Jimmy Heath, who played "There'll Never Be Another You" on soprano saxophone. The soprano Elvira Green sang "City Called Heaven" and "Precious Lord, Take My Hand." A brief documentary of Max's tour of Israel in 2001 was screened, and a video monitor displayed a succession of photos of him. Max's drum stool and high hat were placed prominently on the altar; no other drummers played during the funeral. The speakers wove elements of humor, awe and poignance in their tributes. Maya Angelou described Max as "dedicated, disciplined, and daring." Poets Baraka and Sanchez each testified to Max's musical genius and political courage in bold, staccato verse. Baraka's poem called the names of numerous drummers who are in Max's debt, and Sanchez riffed on how beautifully he embodied the name Max. Bill Cosby has long credited Max with making him pursue a career as a comic. Initially, Cos had wanted to be a drummer. He'd spent $75 for a kit, and he gained a sense of how certain things were done from seeing Vernell Fournier (with Ahmad Jamal) and Art Blakey, but once he saw Max, he gave up in frustration. Later, when he'd become famous and finally met Max, he said, "You owe me $75!" Cosby recounted how impressed he and his homeboys from the Philly projects were with Max's sartorial elegance. When they spotted him wearing a blue blazer with a crest, one of them said, "Max must have a boat!" He also noted that "Brooks Brothers must have sold a ton of suits" once Max and Miles and other jazz icons began wearing them in the 1950's. [As you may know, Brooks now outfits Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, in addition to commissioning CD's from LCJO which they sell exclusively through their stores.] Phil Schaap talked about Max as a man of sensitivity and strength. Of the special interest that many jazz musicians have in boxing, he noted that Max related it to power. Schaap, the jazz radio legend of WKCR in New York, and a close personal friend of Max's, said that when they listened to records together in these past few years, Max would often ask Phil to put on "Strong Man," the Oscar Brown, Jr. song he recorded with Abbey Lincoln in 1959. Schaap also described the wounds that Max suffered and carried through the years, of racism and widespread Klan terror in the decade of Max's birth in North Carolina; the early death of Max's only brother; and the devastating deaths of trumpeters Clifford Brown and Booker Little, at ages 25 in 1956, and 23 in 1961, respectively. Charlie Rangel read a letter from Bill Clinton, who praised Max for inspiring future generations of artists by "aligning" his music with the civil rights movement and "promoting ideals of quality and justice." Lt. Governor Paterson placed Max in a lineage of black heroes including Harriett Tubman, Paul Robeson, and Malcolm X. The Reverend Butts invoked "The Holy Ghost" as a likely source of Max's extraordinary musicianship; a sense of "righteous indignation" as a guiding force of his activism; and voiced certainty that Max is now "in that number." Among those I saw in attendance were Sonny Rollins, Roy Haynes, Cicely Tyson, Chico Hamilton, Odeon Pope, Avery Sharpe, Fred Tillis, Yusef Lateef, Sheila Jordan, Harold Mabern, Rufus Reid, Steve Turre, and former New York Mayor David Dinkins. Tom Reney "Jazz à la Mode" Monday-Friday, 8-11 p.m. WFCR 88.5 FM NPR News and Music for Western New England Hampshire House 131 County Circle Amherst, MA 01003-9257