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be prepared for the "death in the family" excuse. it's what I got from him a few years ago.

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Thanks. Yeah, for the longest time I'd thought that you could see the album name too until I tuned in on a computer at a local Apple store and noticed that just the artist and song titles were shown. Anyway, I figure that when a song is really great and it just jumps out at you, it's then that I find a way to match the artist/song with the CD. enjoy!

Great! Glad you guys are enjoying it. I've been packing bags and enjoying it too Gotta get some shut-eye now, but it'll run all night, so if you're up, you can listen. (I can hear the Select lists being compiled... ) g'nite Rod

WOW! Congratulations to the two of you!

Update from the Dept. of Useless Information: Mosaic Selects 1 - 22: • 833 tunes: 3 days: 4 hours: 40 minutes: 00 seconds listen (for about the next 24 hours)

Start by stealing them from your mom.

Oh, was that when he was teaching his Lydian Chromatic Concept to Lawrence Welk?

BTW, your nickname isn't "Jack" is it?

http://tinyurl.com/r3nqq Awkward moments abound in penis pump trial By SHAUN SCHAFER, Associated Press Writer Wed Jun 28, 2:32 PM ET Serving on the jury in an indecent-exposure trial unfolding in this conservative Oklahoma town has been a giggle-inducing experience. Former Judge Donald D. Thompson, a veteran of 23 years on the bench, is on trial on charges he used a penis pump on himself in the courtroom while sitting in judgment of others. Over the past few days, the jurors have watched a defense attorney and a prosecutor pantomime masturbation. A doctor has lectured on the lengths the defendant was willing to go to enhance his sexual performance. The white-handled sexual device sits before the jury box for hours at a time. Occasionally an attorney picks it up and squeezes the handle, demonstrating the "sh-sh" sound of air rushing through the contraption's plastic tubing. The jurors sometimes exchange awkward looks and break into nervous laughter when the testimony takes a lurid turn. Thompson, 59, is charged with four counts of indecent exposure, each punishable by up to 10 years in prison. If convicted, he would also have to register as a sex offender, and his $7,489.91-a-month pension would be in jeopardy. Thompson's former court reporter, Lisa Foster, wiped away tears as she described tracing an unfamiliar "sh-sh" in the courtroom to her boss. She testified that between 2001 and 2003 she saw Thompson expose himself at least 15 times. "I was really shocked and I was kind of scared because it was so bizarre," said Foster. She testified that during a trial in 2002, she heard the pump during the emotional testimony of a murdered toddler's grandfather. The grandfather "was getting real teary-eyed, and the judge was up there pumping on that pump," she said. "It was sickening." The allegations came to light after a police officer who was in Thompson's court heard pumping sounds and took photos of the device during a break in the proceedings. Thompson took the stand in his own defense, saying the device was a gag gift from a longtime friend with whom he had joked about erectile dysfunction. He said he kept the pump under the bench or in his office but didn't use it. "In 20-20 hindsight, I should have thrown it away," he said. The R-rated testimony has produced occasional outbursts of laughter and surreal scenes. A man who once served as a juror in Thompson's court testified that he never saw the device, but figured out what it was based on movies he had seen. The comment sent sidelong glances through the courtroom. "It sounded like a penis pump to me," Daniel Greenwood testified. He said he had seen such devices in "Austin Powers" and "Dead Man on Campus." Dr. S. Edward Dakil, a urologist called as an expert witness, repeatedly prompted laughter from the jury when discussion turned to the penis pump. Dakil defended use of the device after defense attorney Clark Brewster said it was an out-of-date treatment for erectile dysfunction. "I still use those," Dakil testified. Brewster paused. "Not you, personally?" he asked. "No," Dakil responded as jurors laughed. "I recommend those as a urologist." Copyright © 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

link I'd pull out my copy for you, but I don't know how easy it'll be to find it. I'll let you know. Rod

WOW! The Bley/Swallow charts link was a pleasant surprise! Thanks!

Nice review of Click Repair.

"The final of the four plays of Wellman's Crowtet, Magoo follows the adventures of Curran and Candle -- an expert on "Crowe's Dark Space" -- and their motley assemblage of peers, some of them categorically "unusualist," in the parallel, decidedly unsettled, universe that is distinctly Wellman's. Magoo is chockfull of alternative histories, comprehensive pseudo-sciences, eerily relevant, off-the-map absurdist politics and soft-spoken contacts between humans all vying for attention in the seemingly self-propelled linguistics of Wellman's versification, which at turns recalls Beckett, at others the polymath Pynchon or the more childlike landscapes of Ashbery (in Girls on the Run). The music for The Lesser Magoo, scored for voices, toy piano, ukulele, and violin, was composed by Michael Roth, for both the Los Angeles and the New York productions."

Today's rodcast will include tracks from these recordings: • 4 Seasons • Delicious Poison • Double Image • Episodes In Color • Groovement • Jazz Brat • Maiden Japan • Moods • Naked Breath • Optimista • Premiumix • Recollections • Routes and 2 Soul Source remix recordings plus 2 tracks exclusive to her website: a remix of Hung Up and a live version of Yellow Bird. Talking about her is one thing, but hearing her really clenches the deal. If you like what you hear, then go to some of these links to find out more and pick up something: Official Site Amazon Froogle I don't know why she's not on a major label yet - probably a result of some kind of ridiculous industry politics, but maybe thru purchases and spreading the word one can hope for more reasonably priced domestic releases in the future. listen Enjoy! Rod

I just checked an older disc that I burned thru iTunes and it confirmed what I thought, which is: If you burn an audio disc with tunes from your iTunes, yes, you will see what the tunes are but when other folks get it, they'll just show up as "Track 1", 'Track 2", etc... You'll see them because the tunes will be in your computer's cache. If you want other folks to see the tune titles, artists, (and artwork, etc), then you have to burn the disc as a "data" disc. ...but keep it burned as a standard audio disc (maximum just under 80 minutes) and the info doesn't get transferred. On a disc compilation that I made last year (before I "x"ed out my machine - and thus it's cache), the tunes are listed as "Track 1", et al. To be on the safe side...take 3 tunes from iTunes and burn a disc, then take it over to a friend's house and see if the titles turn up. I'm thinking that they won't but let us know. You may not have to get any other kind of fancy software. Good question. I've wondered whether I should try doing one of these BFTs. I definitely am interested in someday owning/listening to everyone else's!

There's software that removes metadata, but I'll have to get back with you on what it is. I downloaded it a few months ago, played with it, then realized that I really didn't have a use for it and dumped it. As for Audacity, I can't really get a full grip on the problem without knowing how your tunes are encoded in your iTunes library. Maybe you need to do something simple like take the tunes you want and transfer them to a folder on your desktop first. It's possible that Audacity doesn't take to tunes directly carried from your iTunes window or even directly from the Library. I just now tried it directly from the window into Audacity and that doesn't work. I don't know what happened in Dan's case, but it just could've been some kind of easily overlooked human error... kinda like what Brad's talking about: iTunes only rearranges the song order if you have some option highlighted (top of the window) that you didn't mean to have highlighted such as "artist", 'title", "time", etc. As for the best idea for BFT, I don't know, 'cause I've never had to hide the info. Maybe something like dragging your tunes over to Toast or Jam may do the trick.

During my time as a club DJ in Chicago, House came around '83 with Frankie Knuckles and his ilk. South side - Warehouse music. Got pretty sick of it by '87. I didn't like the control it (or I ) exerted over people.

On Cowell's Talkin' 'Bout Love it lists: Stanley Cowell: Fender Rhodes Charles B. Fowlkes Jr.: lead vocals Clifford Coulter: guitar Keith Hatchel: electric bass Albert "Tootie" Heath: drums Kenneth Nash: congas, percussion Loretta Devine: background vocals

oooooooh, makes me want to get this out now!

There's something called, I think, Guts of a Virgin? or am I mistaking that for another Naked City title? ..and another thing called Buried Secrets that has one of the Godflesh guys on it? Like I said, it's been over a dozen years, so... I also seem to remember the Japanese furor over the extreme bondage covers.

Used to listen back in da NINEties, but haven't gone back to it since then. Hafta revisit and hear how it's aged since. I think I turned off for a while 'cause it was the new hip underground thang that was usually listened to by the "Zorn can't do anything wrong" crowd... which, for me, made it immediately suspect. Oh, and the covers were banned, so that added to the mystique/mistake. I'll drag 'em out again - wasn't there at least 3? R~~

WOW! Congrats! When you say "the same state as me," would that be the "ecstatic" state?