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Wow, forgot about them! I'm gonna have to refresh...

straight outta?

I remember really liking this album when it came out:

Yeah, exactly!! I wondered about that too! If I were paying that price, I'd want to be able to frame that cover!

Agreed! This reminds me of people who spend a thousand dollars on a fountain pen or some such thing that you could easily buy for almost a hundredth of that cost...cRaZy I suppose it's good if you're the seller tho!

Yup, a bit steep but I think if the fear of recording live gigs dies down some, then we may see more of these pop up at more reasonable prices. The M3 has a built-in mic that I use for environmental recording (@128 kbps) and imputs that are great for off-board stuff (328kbps or WAV). With a 40 GB HD, it's amazing how much stuff you can fit. After recording many hours daily for a full month in July/Aug, I had only used 3.5 GB of space. It's also a kind of alternative to the iPod and has a built in radio for use worldwide. Heard good things about the new iAudio X5 too! Amazon seems to be out but there's nice reviews: Cowan iAudio M3

SECOND! Good for you. ← Thanks! When the wife would leave town, I'd immediately start driving hers and my '93 Corolla would sit in the garage. So, at 3:30 today I pick up the second Prius and we'll try to find a good home for the Corolla - probably a student who wants a "well taken care of" car with a major sound system -

Just a mention (with some comments) - not a review: MicroTrack used to be called the Flash Tracker: Flash Tracker

Yeah, battery life is definitely a consideration. Overseas trips have me away from recharging for many hours at a time. My M3 gets 16 hours and the M3L is supposed to get 35 hours, but I've heard that 28 is more accurate. Still like the preamp idea. I mentioned earlier a great site for reviewing these DAPs - excellent, essential site: DAPreview

They're certainly moving in the right direction with this. I've had my iAudio M3 for a couple of years now and even tho it's been tremendous when it comes to recording quality, I've wished for a built-in preamp which this MicroTrack seems to have. Not sure if I like the external storage idea, but anyway... Thanks for this link. I'll explore the specs carefully.

Thanks guys for checking... Doesn't the tune just scream for an abrupt ending? Imagine it without the fade - BAM - done! Seems like the way it shoulda gone... here's the last 30 seconds: Eastbound

Getting our second Prius this afternoon. Wow, is it ever needed now!

Listening to "Eastbound" from the Paul Chambers Select and I don't remember this cut doing a fast fade at the end of the piece. I thought the LP version, Chambers' Music, had a clean ending (which I think is more effective). It's a bit annoying really. Has my mind gone eastbound? (Well, actually...)

yeah, that'll work too...

Here's some dates...have a ball buddy...

i need to see this!

"...I'm Black. They never let me forget it. I'm Black alright. I'll never let them forget it.” (quoting Jack Johnson)

I have some photos from last June 17 at La Chaux-de-Fonds when he was there to premiere a new work and to introduce a new documentary about himself. His wife should see the photos first tho. She's been on vacation. He came to Austin, Texas last year too - ...a highly unlikely occurence that actually happened. Texas? sad news indeed...

I mentioned this over at Funny Rat, but he deserves a topic of his own: Luc Ferrari

Luc Ferrari

That's why I love you MAN! Whoops, hollers, and all!

It has been sad days lately for new/experimental music. First we have Koji Tano, then Bob Moog, and now I notice thru Otomo's site that the great Luc Ferrari died yesterday. The site is in Japanese, but the news is in English: Otomo/Ferrari

If one examines jazz, one is faced with a choice: either accept the Marsalis family power relations or conclude that its language, somewhat ironically, has a real intrinsic meaning. One could suggest the use of university-based jazz studies to deconstruct elitist perceptions of class in jazz. "Society is part of the failure of modern jazz," is what we want to hear Stanley Crouch say. However, other writers have used the term "patriarchial construction" to denote a mythopoetical totality of this primarily male-based construct. Just look at Feather's analysis of bebop and what it holds out for academia. Therefore, the main theme of the works of the unadulterated jazz experience is the bridge between culture and society. The subject is contextualised into a patriarchial construction that includes narrativity as a paradox.