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Chucky's right. It's less the sugar than the phosphoric acid that attacks the tooth enamel.

No, Dan. I think that's pretty accurate. Excessive caffeine can keep you sitting on the porcelain throne.

Not a pretty thought... Used to drink Dr. Pepper in 64 oz mugs - maybe even twice a day, but I figured that with easy weight gain, possible future diabetes, caffeine overload, that it actually was making it harder for my body to cool down during hot Texas weather, and the fact that I was rotting my insides and thinking about what I was putting my kidneys thru, I figured that it was time to cut back considerably. I'll have a 12 oz maybe once a week now.

Yup! Houston Ft.Worth Dallas in that order. --- Now playing: Anthony Braxton & Lauren Newton - Composition 192 (for two musicians & constructed environment)

It's a dial-up. What do you think? ← If we start now, you can have it with your Sunday BBQ!

Yup! You can compare the Madge version with the Ogdon (Chuck, were you at the Madge Chicago performance?) Not a Madge fan - I admire his "pluck" but not the results. I'm sure Ogdon's (sometimes wayward) recording will be surpassed but don't think I will live to hear it (or afford it). ← Madge can get a bit "flamboyant", but I have both his and the Ogdon (and soon the Powell version). How fast is your server? (If I can find it in this mess...) {sorry, I meant the Ogden is the one that gets a bit emotional. The Madge is more precise.}

Yes, this is sad indeed... I had a show on KNTU - 8-10 every Mon-Fri nite in 76 and 77 and the people following afterwards, Larry Roark (RIP) and Caroline - we all would fight over our personal stash of new outside things to play. We all wanted to borrow for our shows something the other person had! Nowadays, there's no more creativity and wonderment inside radio. Soon, I hope, we'll all, potentially, have our own "radio shows" in which you trade IP broadcast addresses and you'll be tuning in to your friends show on your car or home "radio" (computer, more than likely). Gotta look ahead...

Yup! You can compare the Madge version with the Ogdon (Chuck, were you at the Madge Chicago performance?) or Amplify 02 box Improvised Music from Japan Merzbox Archives INA/GRM box Complete Bach (181 discs) Stockhausen's Licht Art of Arne Nordheim 9 Beet Stretch (24 Hour version of Beethoven's 9th) Scott Ross recording of the complete Scarlatti Keyboard Sonatas (555) If you're into audio books: The complete Fourth Tower of Inverness The complete Finnegans Wake (Ulysses is available too) oh, boy...there's a lot...

F C We get a break on Sunday!

Q: What do Michael Jackson and caviar have in common? A: They both come on little crackers! --- Now playing: Oval - Commerce Server

I agree! I think I did some convincing last April when I "rodcast" the whole thing. Great feedback and, I hope, some sales (at least, people said they were gonna buy it...) --- Now playing: Ivor Cutler - Gravity Begins At Home

or Tom Cruise ← Cruise Missle? --- Now playing: Alan Watts - Metamatic Ritual

Yeah, it kinda would seem like that at first glance, but my reasons for never going to McDonalds, BK, Starbucks etc are not based on the sole idea of popularity. It's often either that I don't like the company itself or I find that the products that are sold/offered are just crap pretending to be good - sometimes excessively priced crap. Also, not ever being at McD doesn't mean that I can't know what's served there. Being a vegetarian also keeps me away too. ...and there's the psychogeography of a place or the underlying psychology of a situation that I may find repulsive that keeps me away. Sometimes the "must go/do/see/etc" commercial syndrome produces annoying (to me) facets and often this is why I usually have a hard time recommending something unless it really had - or may produce in the intended "audience" - a major impact. This is why I don't chime in very much on best recordings, books, movies (a recent "opinions on these albums" thread and comments on Isaac Hayes being for that very reason of impact). Using the iPod example again, I didn't buy one not because it was popular, but because it didn't do what I wanted - and actually considering the advanced route that other DAP companies have taken - it was frustrating to find a "progressive" company like Apple not implementing these changes that would've cost only pennies extra on each iPod. Chris Ott's can say (in the linked article) that he doesn't like the sound of an iPod, but to follow it by saying that "they announce to the world that a) you’re a shameless consumer whore, and b) you don’t really listen to music" is an overreaching statement that's based more on emotional outburst than reason. I would just like to see a little more thought put into consumerism, that's all.

Jammin'

Yup, he's got some good points (stated in a funny, opinionated way). It comes down to trial and error and it's nice to see opinions from others who've taken the time. He stumbles on some actual "facts" - Blu-Ray storage for instance - but he offers some overall pretty good opinions. Unfortunately, he falls into that vat of wallow about the iPod popularity being reason enuf to not own one. Tempting...but ultimately wrongheaded. If you're (not "you" chucky) tired of the iPod advertising, then don't buy one, but it's not fair to start slamming for little other reason. My reason for not getting one was that I wanted external recordability and Apple kept eeking out other bits without providing this feature. When they finally did come out with it, it was this little sound that was like telephone in the 60's. The technology was there to do this and while iRiver, iAudio, a.o. were doing it, Apple was worried that hordes of people would be showing up at concerts and recording them or some such nonsense. So, last year, I bought my iAudio M3 and I'm a happy camper cause I can walk the streets of Frankfurt recording bizarre middle age Thai men attempting to sing "Purple Haze" or audio capture the wildness of my neighborhood fauna. All this directly to a HD that captures 400-600 hours of sound. The iPod has, as of last week, entered this home because making CDs for the sweetheart was becoming time consuming... so, I just download a few thousand at a time and update her every few weeks. For that, it works just fine. Anyway, the guy offers some interesting takes and aims it at the "regular guy" on a budget methinks...

heeer ist more info about my leetle country: Islets

Don't see it. ← I've used Townsend Records before with good results: Yellow Fields --- Now playing: Jerry Goldsmith - The King Of Knaves Affair (Suite No. 2)

You are kidding, right? Nope. I live a rather "unusual" lifestyle as compared to the "norm" (or so I've been told). I could well imagine what it would do to the electrical activity of my Islets. My home: --- Now playing: Art Ensemble Of Chicago - People In Sorrow (Part II)

I bet they do! ...that's probably why it's the least expensive --- Now playing: Art Ensemble Of Chicago - People In Sorrow (Part II)

with audio samples: Funky Disposition --- Now playing: Andrew Hill - Faded Beauty

Soulstation, you need The Propositions! Funky Disposition Rod --- Now playing: Andrew Hill - Faded Beauty

Cropper and Dunn made the natural transition to Booker T after the Mar Keys! --- Now playing: Duke Pearson - Go Tell It On The Mountain

Remember Bertrand, this is Weizen you're asking. --- Now playing: Peter King - Mystery Tour

Good for you Mark! --- Now playing: King Tubby & The Aggrovators - Blood Dunza [Version]

I didn't know that Monaghan was gone... still won't change my mind tho. Crappy pizza anyhow... Generally, overall (nationwide) bans for me reflect corporate policies and unattractive sheepleness of customers: never been in a McDonalds, Burger King, Starbucks (even one time when I had to pee like a racehorse) and other places that are high on the social "must-gos" list. Local business bans happen, and I'm delighted when they finally go out of business. (Take that Bayard Electronics!) --- Now playing: Anthony Braxton - Tangerine