.:.impossible

We bought one years ago from Target I believe. Method is the brand. Shouldn't matter. Microfiber with no cleaning chemicals is key.

Don't forget, Ringo was in Schmilsson's wedding.

microfiber cloth. no glass cleaner.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Logitech-Squeezebox-Boom-/220900322199?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item336eaf6b97#ht_552wt_1375 Even better, though inexplicably discontinued from the line. Portable!

Huh. Thanks Brownie!

Any idea where this is? I can't seem to find any clue other than youku.com being a Chinese website. Or so it seems based on "trust certificates" ending in .cn

Wow

Enable Java is definitely one of those musicians that should have been included in the "How Do You Pronounce" thread.

I wasn't aware of the quality control issues. I've not bought any of the RSD exclusives because, as mentioned above, they aren't really geared toward me either. That is a real shame.

I'm just trying to support some friends and a small business that I value.

I think jazz would do well to associate itself with RSD. I live in a small city, third tier market. Aside from Squidco, who relocated here last year and is really a mail order house with a store front, we have one record store left. They do a good job with promotion. I went to RSD last year. Although they didn't have any of the exclusives that I wanted, the shop was absolutely packed. One hour in line to get rung up. It is a very successful marketing campaign based on extremely limited edition vinyl releases. I think both jazz labels, jazz fans etc. and record stores could benefit.

Wouldn't you just ask your neighbor if you needed a plumber?

Did you just coin the term "listening artist"? Ha. I know/hope you are trying to be provocative, but I think that notion perfectly defines the modern "hipster that is often railed against. Curators of, like, life. Perhaps you do consider yourself as such; the modern-day ghost writer's nom de plume's alter ego's ghost writer's nom de plume, curating life in multiple shades of anonymity. Hm. All that from "listening artist". Provocative fo sho.

Credit Where Credit Is Due, I also got the initial caps thing from you. Just goofing around tonight. I love reading y'all's shit. Moms incl. Prob. thread-killing right now, but this thread was already dead. Ethically, it's ok to kill a zombie, no? Legally, it's still grey area. PS that Bennett Brauer reference... just fucking impressive Jim.

Hm. I actually get that. Thanks for laying it out so plainly. I do feel like the Monk/Coltrane Carnegie Hall music sounds like ((and perhaps challenging is not the word (putting quotations around a word to change the meaning is So Sangrey by the way))), Monk is being inspired beyond his own imagination. You know I'm no good at this, so please bare with me. This has become a Brian Berger thread, so any syntax/punctuation rules are out the window. Pardon the paranthetical excuse/accuse.

I guess that's where I am Chuck. Do I seem cooler if I talk shit about somebody doing their job, or do I seem cooler talking shit about their employer setting expectations that don't meet mine? I'm having a great time listening to Rouse right now. I don't at all wish he were someone else. I'm not much of a complainer anyway. It is what it is. Heard that for the first time up in New England. People don't say shit like that down South. They just smile. And complain to folks that can't change it. Shit. That's such a generalization! Who am I trying to convince? Rouse does his job well, but I don't think he is a threat to his boss. So, my question is who y'all think did challenge Monk creatively?

Ok, replacing Rouse for EVERY date... I can understand the insult. For one, two, five? No offense. It's a record. Or two. Or five. I know what you mean though, and I considered that.

Quoting myself here. I see that a few of you did not honor my request. Either way... I stand by my opinion here. I'm now listening to Monk's solo on "Locomotive". Rouse plays well here, for me. Fluid, sometimes smooth, sometimes hardened soul, often bebop, and it serves the leader well with an easy transition into his turn. Perhaps I'm over-simplifying in y'all's world, but there it is. Whether or not Rouse was pushing the limits of Monk's music is irrelevant for me. Apparently, whether or not Rouse was pushing the limits of Monk's music was irrelevant for Monk as well. We can agree that Monk knew his own music? Portable or not, Monk chose Rouse for studio dates as well. Surely he had his pick of musicians for those Columbia dates. I can't imagine he chose Rouse because he was just available to record all the days that Monk was scheduled with Columbia. If we are dividing work by master, tradesman, and novice and nothing but master is worth our time, no one would take the time to read your work. No offense please, but your stance on criticism is just hypocrisy. Where do you rate yourself? 1, 2, or 5?

I hadn't thought too much about this, but Jim brings up an interesting point. How many choruses do you need to be able to remain inventive until you become a second or third tier jazz musician? I actually have a fairly high regard for Charlie Rouse, and I'll need to listen very closely once I get home tonight, based on his opening on "Locomotive" from STRAIGHT NO CHASER. My memory is that it sounds as if he has just jumped forward at me and the band really engages there. I'll he back to you. Promise. Until then, do absolutely nothing.

Nice. I haven't had a chance to listen all the way through. It's on the short list! Thanks.

Multiple usernames/accounts maybe? I just dl'd the app to my phone yesterday. Fantastic.

Listening now. I am really digging the soundcloud app!

I've seen Hal Crook many times. One of the benefits of living in Providence. I don't think he has any solo records though, does he? Thanks for all of these recommendations. More than a handful that I do not have!

I had a chance to listen to the Von Freeman this week for the first time. In so many ways, I am just as blown away by this band as I am the Roscoe Mitchell! Seems to be a common thread with all of the Nessas that I own.

Big Wheel, thoughts on Ellington in trio with Max at the kit?