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I placed a fairly large first-time order on 6/30, and as of today (7/4) the items are not yet shipped and I've received no confirmation... is this typical, or did I screw up somewhere? -van

I saw "Cunning Stunts" listed earlier, so I left the Cows off. "Sexy Pee Story" is another great Cows record, if that counts.

Just going through my iTunes at work... Not all "bizarre", but fun to say when a co-worker asks what you're listening to. 4 Skins Allergic to Whores Angry Samoans Ashley Von Hurter & the Haters Assück Baseball Furies Child Molesters Christian Lunch Congenital Haemorrhoids Dayglo Abortions Dow Jones & the Industrials Ed Gein's Car The Fartz Fuckface Fuck on the Beach Genital Torture Genitorturers Jody Fosters Army Nunfuckers The Pleasure Fuckers Rich Kids on LSD Romantic Gorilla Rosemary's Babies Sado Nation Sandy Duncan's Eye Sixty-Eight Comeback Stupid Babies Go Mad The Swingin' Neckbreakers Vatican Commandos

A friend of mine had twin sisters (probably 15 at the time) that were HS cheerleaders in town. The Beach Boys played at the state fair and arranged for the cheer squad to be on stage with them. Love took a liking to one of the sisters, left dirty old man style messages on the answering machine, flew her to Vegas (the cops were involved in that one), and generally made an ass out of himself for a few months. His folks got a restraining order against him and that was about the end of it. I never liked the Beach Boys, but after that all I think of when I see that guy is those messages... When the girls turned 18 they got jobs stripping together.

Thank you both for the quick replies. Looks like I've got this one covered already. -van

I've got the Emarcy set and a few others - Rare Recordings, Brownie Lives, Beginning and End, In Concert (thanks Lon), Blue Note stuff - and was wondering how essential the Proper set is. It's about $25, so the cost isn't an issue. I just prefer not to double up too much. Thanks for the info, van ps: I tried the search, but it's not working.

Is it the iPod or iTunes that needs an update? Here's the latest... iTunes 5.0.1: http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/itunes501.html Here's all of the updates: http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/

The amps look cool, but those hippie craft fair graphics are hideous. The guy does some pretty diverse stuff, though. Never heard of him before the iMPAMP.

http://www.impamp.com/ Apologies if this has already been posted. I've had no use for an iPod (yet), but this seems like a pretty cool office set up. You gotta love those little 6021 tubes... -van

The comic books remark was joke... I know about E.C. and Wertham,and Mad covered a lot of the pre-RnR JD threat material in the first couple years, like the "Starchie" piece. I was familiar with the phrase "be-bop" before the music, as my grandmother used to describe certain kids around town as "rockabilly" or "be-bop", when they were certainly neither in my opinion, although I didn't know what either meant at the time. I just thought it meant like "teeny-bopper" or something.

Yeah, the date seemed a little late in the game for me too, but that says nothing. 1950 seems a bit late for Bebop and l too early for R&R, so I suppose "hipsters" could fill it. Almost like reading "gen X" today. As if it wasn't dated at the time, but you still see it. What's next? Comic books?

I had the same handle over there. Didn't post a whole lot, though I was on for three years or so. Most of my communication with members was through wanting/looking for, trades, etc. Oh yeah, hey Lon! van

I'm sure that's what it was. I had just bought "The Major Works" a couple weeks before and was really digging my first experiences with the a-g, then lo and behold... I commented on it on the BNBB at the time, and I seem to recall someone there seeing/hearing it as well. I saw it two or three times out here, and I thought it was brilliant, if not baffling, just wondering how many viewers would know what it was. It was some guys shooting hoop in an urban court, duotone, grainy, etc. Anybody know what I'm talking about? This was maybe '97 or '98, no later. Hell, maybe it was Brotzmann...

Thanks for posting those, Randy. Nothing like a good JD threat story. I'm sure there are clippings around from that era that make the obvious connection between Bebop and the Reds, though they may have been covered by the anti-Beat pieces. I remember an article in the local paper (suburban LA) several years back during the gangsta rap fervor about a police raid and confiscation of "gang paraphernalia", with a shot of a cop sternly holding up a pair of baggy Dickies. By the way, speaking of commercials, has anybody seen the Range Rover spot that uses the Sonics "Have Love, Will Travel"? I've been working with Rover lately on some licensing issues, and from my experience I can't imagine those stiffs ever understanding the appeal of something like the Sonics. Not sure how I feel about the use, but there's not much you can do at this point. I thought it was cool to hear Coltrane's "My Favorite Things" on some dept. store commercial this holiday, though, and I seem to remember "Ascension" or something similar used in one of the Miller beer "Macro Brew" spots a few years back. Still baffled by that one...

First post in this forum, though I know some of you from the BNBB days. This is a pretty good source, if it hasn't been posted already. http://gokudo.co.jp/Record/BlueNote1/index.htm