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Lost me on the jump from T.H. to R.W. (?) Robin Trower Robin Gibb Gibby Haynes This is fun (and addictive!)

Peaches & Herb Herb Alpert Herb Pomeroy

Sir Francis Drake Francis Albert Sinatra Connie Francis

Johnny Paycheck Chubby Checker Fats Domino

So, do we continue with your's Jim? or Dan's?

Hall & Oates Joyce Carol Oates Joyce

Totie Fields Albert "Tootie" Heath Joey Heatherton

I just got back from the airport with the American Way mag. (Actually, I'm more excited about an article in it about ethnic restaurants in Frankfurt). The music article is not online, but I've posted three pages with, I hope, an easier to read chart (even tho they seriously screwed it up). Anyway, it may get folks talking about what you look for in a box set/collection... (Hope you don't mind Tjazz): Pg. 1 Pg. 2 Pg. 3 Also, that d**n misspelling of Monk's name yet again!

OK...or just go to a store with a good selection of art books and sit and browse...

Barak, Here's something I found - maybe your friend could use this? or this? --- Now playing: Steve Reich - The Four Sections I

Actually, in '86 I saw them in Chicago during their US tour. I thought that I saw them before that in '78 at the Pick Staiger Hall, but after some thought, I think that I'm remembering Paul and Limpe Fuchs instead who are also great improvisers that were rarely seen in the US. --- Now playing: Steve Reich - The Four Sections I

Oh, a big Thank you! My world stopped for those weekly programs! (broadcast, I think, on WTTW). --- Now playing: Lonnie Smith - Too Damm Hot

Actually, Chris, I think, is responsible for a very cherished early memory that I'll never get out of my head for the rest of my days. That is of seeing Lonnie Liston Smith on TV performing "Let Us Go Into the House of the Lord." That regular TV jazz program was something that I lived for every week. Have often run that performance over in my head... Considering the nature of my upbringing, this whole thread could become a book for me! I noticed that most answers, so far, have not actually involved a jazz music upbringing. Is this a correct assumption that jazz wasn't played in your (various) homes? --- Now playing: Art Pepper - Zenobia

Remember, I'm not trying to convert you It's just what I find enjoyable. Yes, there's quite a few books written about it, but I think that you've already made up yer mind. --- Now playing: Merzbow - Dynamite Don Don: Pt 2

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Yes, I completely know what you mean about Serner and his work and, yes, it's a bit difficult to find stuff in English. "Blago Bung Blago Bung Bosso Fataka!" being one of the books that features something to dive into. Plus, the "Last Loosening" controversy, etc... All I was saying before is that I think there's room for it all, so, yes I'd love to find more in English - my German isn't all that developed. Fluxus, for me, is quite the opposite of your position. It is everything but boring to me. Fluxus is glorious in it's humor and art/life inventiveness without ever taking itself too seriously. Boredom only sets in when seriousness abounds. Yes, there are some of the original Fluxus folks left - some of whom take themselves quite seriously, but there are still some nice folks like Ben Patterson, Ken Friedman, Alison Knowles, Nam June Paik, etc... Dick Higgins was also a wonderful fellow with an incredibly sharp mind. I've worked in Fluxus-based projects for many years now (beginning with Paik and Charlotte Moorman) and as well as mail-art events with a kind of Fluxus twist and the work is always a challenge in it's simplicity - no grand pronouncements - unless, of course, they're tongue-in-cheek. I've been a member of the online "Fluxlist" for, I think, about 8 years now. It's one of the few things that keeps me laughing in these dour times. In all creative endeavorers, there are some folks that are more or less original than others in their "field." Where does one place Jackson Mac Low? Was he just another Cage? If I'm forced to make a judgement, then I try to look at the overall mindset to see/hear what's going on and use that as the springboard for inner discussion. If boredom exists, then I find a way of using that boredom to create a glorious outcome. Now, if only I could find an English speaking forum for the Oulipo! Thanks for the suggestions. I'll look for some more English texts on Serner.

It crossed my mind: "does having a record count?" blah, blah... but it didn't seem worth the effort..

Al, it had that "out of Commision" earlier today, but the link that says 'Listen Here" worked for me. There are limited hours too. Always, up to the guy doing the personal broadcast. For me, last night, when there was nobody listening, I turned down the music to work on something and forgot to turn it back up (it was 3 AM...), and until about 10 when I got up, you couldn't hear anything I was playing, so these things happen (especially when you're dog tired).

For the Webern SQs, I'd go with the Arditti on Disque Montaigne. Good price, great performance, nice guys. The complete Webern box is a nice thing to have, but I'm at odds recommending Boulez...try to get it cheap - I did. As for Berg, If you're looking for complete, try for the DG box - there are some nice reduced price basic boxes on a few composers and he is one of the composers. It's a bit heavy on vocal works tho... If you're leaning towards strings with Berg too, then you can either pick up the sexed-up DG cover with "To the Memory of an Angel" that's a beautiful version done by Anne-Sophie Mütter and you get the added bonus of a wonderful Wolfgang Rihm work, "Gesungene Zeit" that'd give you a nice intro to this modernist composer. or I take you back to Boulez again with the BBC and the LSO doing the Violin Concerto, Three Orch. Pieces and the Chamber Concerto. I would have you avoid the Kronos/Dawn Upshaw "Lyric Suite" - some people swear by both of them, but I think they have excellent PR.

I boulez a few bucks on a few Boulez titles on sale at Tower. --- Now playing: Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters - Money Honey

That's three of us that have tried that "joke" I think we better leave well enuf...

- save it on your desktop. - if you have a website, then FTP it to that site and use the "IMG" button on the O-Board to post the pic. - if you don't have a website to upload it to, then save the image as an attachment and use the "choose file" button to post it (maximum size is 100k tho).

Sounds great! Now I have some idea what my streams sound like at 128kbps too! Are you running this off of a desktop or a distant server? Keep it up and encourage others to create their own too! PS: are you running a playlist somewhere? (because I don't see one showing up in my iTunes).

Their picture is just a little bit misleading - but only a bit. There are the three placard-like holders for the 12 CDs, but the other three in the picture without CDs are there to show you what they look like without the CDs. In other words: you don't get six placards inside the box. Very pretty design tho...