AllenLowe

here comes the aero-dynamic speedo; hey, dumpy mama, stop undressing me with your eyes -

I've always thought of the phrase "1950s British Rock" as being like "British food" - something of a misnomer - unless you have rock 'n chips -

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I'm trying to tell you guys, , the Gold Star recordings wipe all that other stuff out - it's Lightning near the beginning, electric and amazing -

wondering if anybody has any ideas - cheap would be good - point and shoot with capability of good low-light shooting - broadcast quality - external mike? decent sound? format? easily editable (basic cut and paste editing)? did I mention cheap?

"a rope around his neck that was tied to his genitals" gives new meaning to "pulling your pud"

I actually met George Butler once, when I was running the New Haven jazz fest he was interested in a co-sponsorship. He was perfectly nice but obviously had not a clue about anything from music to finances - had a nice office, though, good view -

thanks Chris, I was getting worried there for a minute, but you've calmed me down - sorry, gotta go now, as they're playing Johnny Hammond Smith with Sonny Williams - wonder whatever happened to him -

all seriousness aside, the biggest problem with jazz CDs is that, in order to keep the publishing and not have to pay Harry Fox, jazz people want to write all their own songs; most were not cut out to be serious composers (this, of course, from the guy who put out a 2 cd set with about 30 of his own compositions) -

well, as Chico Marx said in some movie as he sat playing the piano: "Our first number is Number One."

Chris, you don't have a radio show any more? Than who the hell are these voices I keep hearing in my head?

Lydia Kavina - here's her site - http://www.lydiakavina.com/

interesting lady, but she's not the last theremin composer - there's an amazing russian Thermanist named Lydia something (can't remember her last name) who was up in Maine for a Theramin conference 5-6 years ago, who was an incredible composer and player - she even put out a cd - I'll see see if I can locate her full name -

me too - sorry I'll have to turn you in to the RIAA -

my favorite Lighting recordings are the Gold Stars, late 1940s, I think, released by Arhoolie - I was trying to write out one of his solos one day for a group piece I was doing and I gave up - thinking, 'jeez, this is like a Sonny Rollins solo' - rhythmically, I mean, and I think Lightning shows this side of himself best on his electric pieces -

ever heard of dumpy mama?

as long as she doesn't try to give the new baby a haircut you're ok - I'd come visit but I remember when my aunt had a new baby and every time she saw my father she screamed - I'm afraid it may run in the family - I like babies - and I've come to the conclusion in my old age, finally, that families are good - congrats, Jim and Alison -

I just hope they remember to put 'em in a rusty box -

celebrate with some Swiss Kriss - but don't go too far afterwards -

it's not a good thing, though I've always felt the IAJE to be something of an uniformed dinosaur - though in 2001 or so I did go to one of their conferences, and it wasn't too bad - I just remember when, in the late 1970s, Al Haig asked me to do a mailing to various IAJE people to try to get in the conference, to do clinics, anything - we sent about 250 letters - with not a single response - I made lots of follow up phone calls, but these guys were cluless - "Al Haig? Who'd he work with? Charlie Parker? Hey, can you get us him instead?" (exaggerating only slightly)

terrible thing and another part of the Yuppie destruction of Manhattan - I've recently been in touch with Downtown Music Gallery because my cd is selling well there; those guys are honest and responsive - where are people like Mayor Bloomberg? no joke, this is another nail in the coffin of indigenous urban culture, but I doubt if anything will change -

and I'll see if I can get Sonny Williams for the session - if I can find him -

you've made me a happy man, thinking about analog - i recently did some quick saxophone recording on an old tascam, 1/4 inch, no noise reduction - too much noise for release, but the sonic depth of field just cannot be matched by digital - let me know if you wanna do a remote recording in Maine -

of course I remember the last record she made; the title itself indicates her weariness with the whole scene: "Jutta 'nother Piano Trio Album"