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He was afraid of being punched in the stomach!

Well, he almost missed one: He reportedly fell asleep during one of the tracks on the session for Monk's Music, missed his cue to start ofter Monk's solo - you can hear him shout "Coltrane, Coltrane" on the record. Trane didn't play one wrong note, just played somewhat faster until he caught up with the changes. I thought that Coleman Hawkins was originally planned to open the album with the first solo, and as Hawkins was about ready to blow his first note, Monk called out on Trane at the last minute as a surprise to everyone. This caught Trane off-guard as Monk had planned and forced him out of the phrases that he had been rehearsing. This was Monk's double-entendre lesson, teaching the kid to stay on his toes and never get comfortable with his music, and teaching the elder to stay on his toes and never get comfortable with is music. Not a half-decade later, a guy could barely play tenor without being influenced by or compared/contrasted to Coltrane. Maybe Monk realized he was helping to usher Coltrane into the ranks. Anyway, I like the sentiment of the story a lot better than imagining him nodding off beside Coleman Hawkins. Maybe its just more of that jazz folklore.

After a few listens, the majority of this Outkast album is novelty. I personally don't think they deserve all the praise they are getting, but I do think they deserve some positive encouragement to continue following their muse. Some of the ideas, especially on The Love Below, are really a stretch from previous output. I say keep going. Don't stop at Hey Ya. Hey Ya will still make me shake it like a polaroid pic-cha on oldies stations in 20 years. This track definitely deserves its praise. The video makes it even better. I know its not your thing, and video killed the radio star, and tv and pop culture is the devil and all, but you guys should try to catch it sometime. Its a hoot.

All I can say is thank god for re-issues because the new releases ought to include an apology program. Buy four or more new releases from Blue Note and redeem your proof of purchase for an official and personalized apology for completely missing the mark, losing sight of both pop culture and the progress of jazz. Kind of like that Conn watch deal back in the 90s.

Thanks Big Wheel! I actually got a personal reminder from Mr. Abbey himself not five minutes ago. Time to tune in!

Thanks Big Wheel. Thanks John. Big Wheel, do you think you could bring this thread back up on Wednesday? Something tells me nobody else will. Anyway, this will remind me to tune in!

I'd really like to hear a duet with Ambarchi and Rowe. Maybe add Tilbury in there as well. I am very new to this music, including AMM, and am fascinated with some, and left shrugging about the rest. Very difficult music to come by as well. You think your local jazz selection sucks? Try finding some of these! Big Wheel, can you post a link to your radio station? I'd like to tune in for the Erstwhile show. Thanks guys!

Signal To Noise | issue 32 | winter 2004 Bill Meyer chose 7 like-minded artists to feature in this quarter's edition and I'm interested in hearing most of these. I've read a lot of good hype about a number of the picks listed below. For those of you familiar with the artists or the recordings, what do you have to say? Oren Ambarchi .:. Triste | idea 2003 LP Oren Ambarchi/Johan Berthling .:. My Days Are Darker Than Your Nights | Hapna H.10 CD Oren Ambarchi/Günther Müller/Voice Crack .:. s/t | Audiosphere AS 06 CD Keith Rowe .:. 29 October 2001 | Sound 323 [2] 3" CD Oren Ambarchi/Robbie Avenaim/Keith Rowe + Sachiko M & Otomo Yoshihide .:. Thumb | Grob 432 CD Keith Rowe/Thomas Lehn/Marcus Schmickler .:. Run Rabbit | Erstwhile 027 CD Keith Rowe/John Tilbury .:. Duos For Doris | Erstwhile 030-2 2xCD I'd think the Australians are happy to see Oren Ambarchi listed 4 separate times on a list of 7!

Independent Rock labels are currently (or is it already complete?) working on a deal with iTunes to make available to the public what most megastores refuse to carry, or what is already out of print. Blue Note is still trying to figure out how to remove opt-out email addresses from their database. Unfortunately, I do not think they will be catching up any time soon. I'd love to see it though! They have licensed a few album covers to ropeadope for t-shirts... btw, this is my first time online with a wireless card! so sweet!

I'm confused.

I will be sure to post here once I've had a chance to listen!

I think when I first started listening to jazz music, it felt like I had found a physical manifestation of a spirituality that I was unable to obtain elsewhere. I also realize that jazz music envelopes the spectrum of emotion, sometimes implying the most unethical of men. Not all jazz is spiritual.

It would be funny to find out that Rooster was Jeremy Pelt after so heavily endorsing his work!

So I guess this Jacky Terrason character is being dropped... I'd love to see Blue Note use their mega-series to push their jazz as well. For those of you who own the megas, are they including inserts advertising other releases? I'd like to hear Jeremy Pelt (Rooster?) record on Blue Note. BN needs to go out there and offer people deals RIGHT NOW. Organissimo included. B)

Holy SHIT! I had no idea boy bands were such an international phenomenon.

I've generally been disappointed with Dave Douglas' albums. Especially when listening to them after a MASADA disc. I wish he'd play with that fire on his own dates.

BTW, I would love to see this on CD. This really sounds like my kind of music!

Sounds a lot like one of my important realizations on acid in college. I was trying to explain to everyone in the room how there is everything we, as a civilization, know, then there's everything else. Sounds simple now, but there were a lot of blank faces in the room and it was a deep realization at the time! Earlier that day I heard sounds that sounded like car horns, and birds. I later realized they were car horns, and birds.

THAT is funny.

?Que? Under NFL rules, teams looking for a head coach must basically interview at least one black candidate. They risk a fine otherwise. Oh. I didn't realize that. That seems odd. My father-in-law plays golf with Joe Gibbs on occassion. He is also a good friend and golfing partner of Marty Shottenheimer as well. Both have resided north of Charlotte for a few years now. I've never met either of them, but he speaks highly of both. What that says about their coaching abilities? Nothing really. What this adds to the thread? Nothing really. That interview rule is strange to me.

Congratulations Johnny. I enjoyed reading about you all through Al Jones. Keep up the hard work.

Sweet illustration Peter!

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The way the Mars surface has reacted to the rover's impact is so strange! It looks sort of like clay or thick mud, but there is a serious lack of humidity in the atmosphere, so it must be a gravitational effect. I don't know, but I stop what I'm doing whenever they throw this sh... up on the tv screen. When do you think the Mars people will emerge from their underground civilization to greet/comandeer the rover?

I'm thinking the same thing Chris. I'm still holding out on an iPod, though I would LOVE to have one. I'm interested in the ipodsdirtylittlesecret though. I was just kidding about being excited about a portable hard drive with both usb and firewire ports. I'm not that geeky!