AllenLowe

sorry, when I'm 85 I'll be working with orphans in the slums of Calcutta.

that was a truly great show - other favorite episode (which was initially censored by the network and then allowed to run later in the season): Wojo's girlfriend bakes pot-laced brownies. Fish eats them and jumps across a roof to catch a suspect - and says, at the end: "What? You mean, this is the best I've felt in 30 years and it turns out to be illegal?"

well, true, there is freedom of choice, but as for me - if there's one child starving in the world, one unjustly imprisoned victim of political injustice, one lonely women made homeless by domestic abuse, and ONE drummer who is too loud - well, I just cannot rest until things are made right - -Allen "Mother Theresa" Lowe

best episode was when he (along with the rest of the crew) takes a lie detector test.

wrong accents and little emphases - too intrusive

yeah but the hits were wrong, in the wrong place at the wrong time

well yeah, and it was Mussolini's Italy. Still, we had to listen to it.

well, you'll see - some months ago I reported here that a friend reported to me that they thought Roy Haynes' playing, as a leader and legend, had gotten too busy and obtrusive - which statement was met here by a chorus of denials and downright hostility - so tonight I decided to check out some Haynes clips - and, by gumbo, my friend was right - this one had me wanting to yell at the screen: too too too too too too much drums - accent here, bash it there, oy veh, let the band play without so much punctuation, Roy -

"Its still sealed" probably sounds better that way

now THAT's product placement.

well, the guitar amp guys always say "keep one hand on your nuts." This is, I believe, so that the electricity does not pass from the caps, should you accidentally touch one, then through the heart, and then into a piece of metal that completes the circuit (I think).

you gotta FEEL it -

who played the wife? I'm asking because Robin's wife is a well-known actress (Lisa Gay Hamilton):

actually, Joe is still performing, only in a different venue:

hey, we ALL need permission from Sue.

how long is that show?

big Al, you're outta line, and this is another case (though it happens less than it used to) of a disagreement turning into a personal attack. If I were a moderator (when Pigs Fly, Jim is thinking) I would delete your post

" thinking that your own definition of fun should be someone else's is hugely lame" he said, while telling us that his definition of 'not fun' should be our definition of 'not fun.' sorta like 'never say never'.............

they shoulda nipped it in the bud back then - all these damned reality shows -

I like praise but I prefer cash (small, unmarked bills)

somehow this reminds of a Jean Shepard monologue I heard on the radio when I was about 16 - there was some news story about a still-sealed bottle of wine that went for thousands of dollars - Shepard said he had had no idea how much that old booze was worth - and as a matter of fact he had a still-unopened bottle of Muscatel he'd be happy to sell to the highest bidder.

"when the legend and the truth are different....." I have it somewhere - I'll let you know tomorrow if I need it -

I was there - and awake. Ok, I'll call up Rudy this week (though, in various internet searches, the story of him hiding his mic choices is repeated often. And I don't think it's an Urban legend). but I'll make the call.

I saw them - those mic covers were not the originals, and clearly just stuck on.

it was in some interview with Van Gelder years ago in an audio magazine, and I know I've seen reference to it since - I was in the studio maybe early '90s, not sure, it was a session with Carmen Leggio, Bill Crow, Dave Jones (a drummer) and others, for a Japanese label (maybe Venus). And from what I saw there it seemed true, the covers were hanging off, not quite connected securely. Very strange. it is possible that he started doing this only after the audiophiles started going after him for info and interviews, which didn't really seem to happen until relatively late in the 20th century.