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Line me up, Jack, I'm good to go. Just don't expect the programming to be exclusively from the 20th century, all-acoustic, and/or vocal-free. Doomed from the start, just the way I like it! :g :g Exactly why I'd throw your name in the hat. Shake that shit up.

I had a Nu Grape yesterday. It was fanta-stic. In order: W_t_r, B__r, M_lk, 100% J__c_ (usually _ç__), C_ff__, T__. Damn liquids have a lot of vowels in them! answers: _a_ e_, _ee_, _i__, _ui_e, a_ai, _o__ee, _ea.

As long as your friends haven't customized their controls, Apple+Tab scrolls through programs the same way Alt+Tab does in Windows Apple+Q quits an app Apple+W closes a window Apple+C is copy Apple+X is cut Apple+V is paste F12 brings up widgets F11 shows your desktop F9 shows every window open at any given time Those are the commands you will use the most, I'd imagine. p.s. I think BB meant Control+click brings up the same menu that a right-click would. Enjoy!

I'd nominate Sangrey just cuz, but I don't see why you would need to be in NY, or anywhere for that matter, to do this job these days.

p.s. The Crisco tub actually shows a slice of cherry pie. I decided Pumpkin Pie was more apt.

I should have said, "Thanks for the music Jim, Joe, and Randy." Sidenote: Did you know that press operators actually use Crisco to clean their printing presses? True.

A quick and greazy cover image that I uploaded to my itunes for these tracks. Feel free! Thanks for the music Jim. .:.please note, this particular file IS NOT PRINT QUALITY.

You'll be surprised to find out that what makes plants grow isn't necessarily good for animals, specifically humans digesting the plants.

Here's four. Thread I posted years ago.

Yeah man... Miracle Grow is probably one of the last things I want in my tomato sandwich. Tomato Plants need full sun. Get them away from your house. The more sun they get, the more water they'll want. Condition your soil with lime like they said and pinch the suckers. If you have poor soil, tomato plants will grow just fine in containers. Matter of fact, the new thing around here is drilling large holes in the bottom of 5 gallon buckets, hanging them, and letting the tomato plants grow out of the bottom. This way you don't have to stake them, cage them, deal with rabbits, etc. Just let gravity work magic. Whatever you do, stay away from pesticides and fertilizers. If you must use them, just stay away from quick release junk. Horrible horrible chemicals.

I have an uncle named Thursday as well! re: the foot I hope it is nothing serious... go first thing tomorrow. Don't take no for an answer.

I never had a real vibraphone until recently. But when I was real little, I had this bell kit, and progressively as I got older, I moved up in quality of instruments. Xylophone, student marimba, etc. I would listen and play back on those piece of shit instruments, and when I went to music stores to play the real thing, it came natural to me, and many people were surprised at what I could play. I'm no ego-maniac, believe me. It's just when someone makes a comment like 7/4 did, (like he and many others on this board do often) that implies, that the vibraphone is a new thing to me, it just gets me upset. Because I've been so close to the instrument for about 90% of my life. It's personal. I'm sorry for "shouting" but it just got me mad, and quite frankily, I'm fed up with the stupid ass, meaningless negative comments directed at me. Don't sweat it. Just keep playing your music. Remember, this is just an internet chat forum.

Yes. I think Rostasi posted some of Theo Jansen's work here last winter. I was telling everybody I could get to listen! Incredible work.

Nice toms. Can't tell whether they are rack-mounted or not...

Thanks for the rec Rod. I will look out for this book. Let me know if you find the four mallet book. There are a few.

For the record, I don't feel like I know shit about music. I'm basically in the dark with a flashlight... that isn't going to stop me from trying to learn. I feel like this is a lifelong process and I'm in no hurry. Regardless, one of Burton's innovations IS technique, whether you care or not. JazzKatt, ease up. Lots of knowing musicians on this board, many of whom have been playing their instruments for multiple decades. When you say that your style is somewhere between Milt Jackson and ANYBODY, you are making a bold statement. We all know you just bought a vibraphone, which is fantastic. The vibraphone is just not an instrument that any person could play at three years old. It is physically impossible, unless you were already five feet tall. Try a little modesty. And self-control.

please.

Burton is also extremely important as a vibist, developing a four mallet grip different from other four mallet players' techniques, allowing for more power in the secondary mallets. The Burton grip now seems to be the most popular four mallet technique for vibraphone. It's just, as a non-player, these technical aspects seem less important. I mean, evidently, you can't produce the music without a specific from of technique and the skills to back it up. But, when you listen to the music, how does that impact? I did know, somewhere, that he's a key innovator on vibes but I guess I accidentally on purpose forgot it. But I suppose what I'd really like to do is get musicians to move out of their comfort zone and, when they assert a technical innovator's historical significance, indicate how that plays out in the experienced sound. I guess I'm really thinking about the visual arts, where you get critics who are both technically acute and wise to the content of a form - and are able to connect up the two. So that the inexperienced reader is able to see "Wow, yes that bit of technique leads to that bit of content". I mean fusion evidently (or I think) involves a change in content, but I'm not sure about the change in technique from 2 mallets to 4. So I, as anon-musician, struggle to see (in my own terms) why I should be so excited by the innovation in technique. I know I'm working against the standard view of Jazz history here - which is written, primarily, in terms of technical and formal innovation. But I think that tends to lead to a ghettoisation of Jazz, with only the technical and formally competent able to discuss the form. If some effort was made to translate the formal and technical innovation into its effect on content, I think that would make for a more average-person friendly discourse. If only because the content, the vibe, the mood of a piece is what he most of all experiences. It's this whole thing of "if you're not a musician, you won't understand..." which pisses me off. [Rant over] Simon Weil Oh, well I was just adding to the conversation. No eliticism here... I know how he holds his mallets and I still don't understand how he does many of the things he does.

Rod, for some reason I thought you were a reeds player, or are you multi? What sorts of things did he have you working on in the beginning? How long were you with him? Was this at Berkeley or were you a private student?

Burton is also extremely important as a vibist, developing a four mallet grip different from other four mallet players' techniques, allowing for more power in the secondary mallets. The Burton grip now seems to be the most popular four mallet technique for vibraphone. Personally, I am unable to get the hang of it. The sticks cross in your palm so their position is pretty much locked in your hand. I was taught a variation of the Musser-Stevens grip which was originally intended for marimba. This technique allows for the player to control intervals by rolling the primary mallet between index and thumb. For the first year or so, I did notice a lack of strength in the outer mallets, but that is no longer a problem.

Dreams So Real? I like that one quite a bit. That's a good one. You are a Metheny fan right?

Thanks Jim!

That's what I was thinking. That shit is raw. I love it. I absolutely love this cover.

eee-YES! eee-yow!

Recommendations: anything with her name on it.