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This damn modern music!

There's no way that I could reasonably list all of the holiday tunes that I've been playing. I had thought of a weeklong rodcast, but decided to keep at least some of my sanity and just devote the 24th and 25th to it.

I'm currently pondering that idea...

Sivuca

Well, it has something to do with the layout of the manuscript. Peters Edition offers two versions: a standard one and the original version in proportional notation. There's also his work "4'33'' (No. 2) (0'00'')" which is a "solo to be performed in any way by anyone." Here's the published cover of the first one:

OK, the scans could be better (the black lines should be consistently black) and I could've put the whole thing in a PDF, but heh...If you're having trouble reading the movement timings, then let me know and I'll send them to you. "433-6" is blank. 4'33"

MG! Now, you know better...you have to have a very, very long FireWire cable - a few kilometers in length! The storage, MG, is after you've filled it. You buy two HDs and you hook them up to your computer so that everytime that you add something to one drive it is automatically copied to the other one. It's called "RAID 1" and is simpler than it sounds. You can buy, for instance, two medium sized drives - let's say, 160 GB - and begin filling one up while the other is simultaneously creating a copy. At any time that you feel that you've got enough stuff on it/them, you take your second drive and put it somewhere else in safe storage where it's not used. I suppose that you could rent a bank box to keep it instead of at a friend's house. A composer friend in Munich has just finished archiving his complete output in glorious 96/24-bit hi-def - over 750 GB of his compositions - and took the second drive over to a friend's house for safekeeping. If his drive at home goes wicky-wacky, he knows that his work is safe on another and he can always transfer from that one to a new drive if he ever needs to. Remember, even if you are in the middle of your archiving and one drive goes down, you still have another one with all of your stuff on it - the chances of both drives failing on their own at the same time is incredibly unlikely. You're increasing your reliability exponentially over a single disk.

Good (i hope... ) HDing everything coulda made it easier to find A.C. Myers too!

This is a subject that's been very close to me for the past few months. Making adjustments for the upcoming year, I've been asking friends and online community geeks as well as reading articles in magazines to try to pin down the best way for archiving. Nearly all of these folks say that if you're serious about archiving, then you must buy a second HD that becomes an exact copy of the first and store it somewhere besides your own house - with a friend that you trust or some area that you feel is secure. Friends who are composers or artists are doing this with all of their years of hard work. They've convinced me with their earnestness. ...but the next decision was which harddrive. I've learned in the past few months that even tho many tech-based magazines rate LaCie products very high, people who have actually used some of these large externals have given them very bad ratings - usually due to files that later become corrupted. I was reminded that magazine reviewers can't comment on long term use which, I suppose, makes sense. Sheldon's comment reflects what I've been hearing from many folks - the My Book line has been great for many users. You may want to check some of the comments on Amazon or a tech review site. For this major archive undertaking that I'm beginning in '07, I'm about 90% sure that I'm going with this line. As for freeing up space - this is just me - but I'm really moving toward HD only. Except for special packaging of an especially artistic kind, I'm just fine with parting with this stuff. The fact that not only is all of this such a huge, overbearing mess, but it really isn't fair to my sweetheart. When we have to buy a separate bookshelf for her to have in her office for the few books and DVDs that she enjoys while we're surrounded by walls of my stuff, well... [Evan, you know!!] Anyway, let us know what you come up with. Rod

Have you started yet?

Thank you...and David, you're on pain medication so you're feelin pretty good this holiday season, eh? Rod --- Now playing: Cheekyboy - Biggie's Last Christmas

I used to not pay much attention to the holidays - just kept off the streets, but then in '87 my sweetheart showed me the real reason for the holidays: the LIGHTS!!! Our house is the designated place each year for the family. We have lots of fun. It's the stuff in the Christmas crackers and the many stockings full of junk from the "one dollar" stores that are the ROTF laugh riot around here. Better than the presents most of the time! It's the cleaning up the next day that becomes a bit much. I've found confetti, small flying discs and balls that were shot out of toy guns, and other surprises when the couch gets moved away from the wall months later! Also, I love getting out the recorded music - the sillier the better - but not too early. Just mix it up and have a good time! Happy holidays to all!!!

Good to hear about this. Got all of these already (including the BBC date which is just under 40 minutes), But it's nice that they will probably have better sound. I still like 7 - actually, a bit more than Bundles, but yes, there's not much challenge there - some nice delicate pieces without being "new agey". Thanks for this update!

Ok, you had me confused there - but not for the first time I added Hamer's name to the list. thanks, Rod

Thanks Frank. When I make up the December list, I'll make sure and add her.

Dance!

chew dat gum boy!

Brownie, I don't have a date of death for Ian Hammer. Also, didn't Aaron Bell die 3 years ago or am I thinking of another one (again)? Rod

October: • Tamara Dobson (star of blaxploitation movie Cleopatra Jones) • Claude Luter • Edgar Summerlin (Tenor saxophonist who "brought jazz to the church") • Freddy Fender • Tommy Johnson (tuba player session musician - most notable was his playing in John Williams' Jaws score, in which he played a high-register tuba solo as the melodic theme for the shark) • Christopher Glenn (American CBS News radio and television news anchor) • Anna Russell • Jane Wyatt • Sandy West (drummer and vocalist with The Runaways) • Arthur Hill • Lebo Mathosa (South African singer) • Emmanuel Soudieux (French double bass player who performed and recorded with Django and many visiting Americans in France - among them Kenny Clarke & Art Simmons) • Tillman Franks (bassist, songwriter - co-wrote the hit single Sink the Bismark with Johnny Horton) • Rogério Duprat (Brazilian composer/musician - began his studies with Stockhausen & Boulez - later, he wrote many arrangements for tropicália albums by artists such as Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Tom Zé, Gal Costa and Os Mutantes - he later became known as the "George Martin of Tropicalia" and the "Brian Wilson of Brazil". • Joe Niekro • Marijohn Wilkin (country music songwriter - wrote songs for Wanda Jackson, Lefty Frizzell, Eddie Cochran, et al) • Brian Brolly (co-manager of McCartney's Wings, co-founder of Jazz FM and Classic FM) • Trevor Berbick (last boxer to face Muhammad Ali) • Red Auerbach • Ian Rilen (bass player for Rose Tattoo) November: • William Styron • Adrienne Shelly (actress: Trust, The Unbelievable Truth) • Buddy Killen (record producer and founder of Dial Records) • Marie Rudisill (known as The Fruitcake Lady on The Tonight Show - aunt to Truman Capote) • Malachi Ritscher (musician, recording engineer, and anti-war protester - fixture on the Chicago jazz and experimental music scene) • Paul Mauriat (French orchestra leader - best known for his recording of the André Popp tune, L'Amour est bleu ("Love is Blue")) • Sonny Cohn • Ed Bradley • Jack Palance • Gerald Levert • Joseph Ungaro (American journalism editor and executive whose question led to Richard Nixon's "I am not a crook" response) • Milton Friedman • Ruth Brown • Dirk Dirksen (punk rock promoter at San Francisco's nightclub Mabuhay Gardens) • Chris Hayward (creator of Dudley Do-Right and co-creator of The Munsters) • Robert Altman • Robert Lockwood Jr. • John Allan Cameron (pioneer of Celtic music in Canada) • Anita O'Day • Betty Comden (lyricist known for writing musicals with Adolph Green including Singin' in the Rain) • Robert McFerrin (first African-American to sing at the New York Metropolitan Opera and father of Bobby McFerrin) • Walter Booker • David Hermance (Toyota engineer responsible for the Prius) • Tony Silvester (soul singer with The Main Ingredient) • Dave Cockrum (comic book artist: X-men, Legion of Super-Heroes) • Don Butterfield • Allen Carr (well-known anti-smoking campaigner and author) • Perry Henzell (film director: The Harder They Come)

Ooops! Yup, you're right. Got them mixed in my mind. Probably cause it was after midnight...Thanks for the correction. Rod

August: • Rufus Harley • Kim McLagan (British model of the 1960s, wife of Ian McLagan of The Faces and former wife of Keith Moon) • Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf • Arthur Lee • John Locke (keyboardist with Spirit) • Ed Thrasher (album cover designer - Hendrix, Sinatra, Beach Boys, et al) • Moacir Santos • Duke Jordan • Anga Diaz (Cuban conga player - Afro Cuban All Stars, The Buena Vista Social Club, et al) • Barbara George (R&B singer) • Mike Douglas (American talk show host) • Johnny Duncan ("She Can Put Her Shoes Under My Bed Anytime") • Walter "Li'l Wally" Jagiello (popular polka musician and songwriter) • Joseph Hill (lead singer for reggae band Culture) • Buck Page (country musician and founder of the original Riders of the Purple Sage) • Ustad Bismillah Khan (Indian shehnai musician) • Bruce Gary (drummer with The Knack) • David Schnaufer (Appalachian dulcimer player) • Maynard Ferguson • James Tenney • Jesse Pintado (guitarist with Terrorizer and Napalm Death) • Pip Pyle • Jumpin' Gene Simmons (rockabilly musician) • Burt Goldblatt (jazz album cover designer) • Glenn Ford September: • Dewey Redman • Moses Khumalo (South African jazz saxophonist) • Steve Irwin • Frank Middlemass (English character actor As Time Goes By) • Bennie Smith (blues guitarist) • Pat Corley (actor: Phil the barkeep on Murphy Brown) • Al Casey (session guitarist) • Peter Tevis (musician who specialized in the Spaghetti Western sound. Ennio Morricone produced one of his songs) • Ann Richards • Nancy Arlen (drummer, "Mars") • Joe Glazer (folk musician - often referred to as the "labor's troubador") • Danny Flores (saxophonist and vocalist on the Champs' 1958 hit "Tequila") • Boz Burrell (bassist and vocalist: Bad Company/King Crimson) • Tommy Olivencia (salsa singer and bandleader) • Aladár Pege (Hungarian jazz musician, dubbed "the Paganini of double bass") • Sir Malcolm Arnold • Ian Hamer • Henry Townsend • Byron Nelson • Josh Graves (bluegrass dobro player)

sorry to hear this...it's sad to lose one of our own...