sonnymax

Ever considered posting in the vinyl forum?

Oh, and he is!

Howdy fellow O-men! I've appreciated other members giving us the heads-up on Internet scams, so I thought I'd share this one with you. I've received fake emails purportedly from PayPal in the past trying to get me to log in to my account for one reason or another. Usually, the tip-off is when the email begins "Dear PayPal Customer". This morning, however, I got one that had my correct name in the greeting. Here's what followed: Notification of Limited Account Access As part of our security measures, we regularly screen activity in the PayPal system. We recently contacted you after noticing an issue on your account.We requested information from you for the following reason: We recently received a report of unauthorized credit card use associated with this account. As a precaution, we have limited access to your PayPal account in order to protect against future unauthorized transactions. Case ID Number: PP-830-173-720 In accordance with PayPal's User Agreement, your account access will remain limited until the issue has been resolved. Unfortunately, if access to your account remains limited for an extended period of time, it may result in further limitations or eventual account closure. We encourage you to follow our verification procedure as soon as possible to help avoid this. Click here to login and restore your account access Once you log in, you will be provided with steps to restore your account access. We appreciate your understanding as we work to ensure account safety. This is a final reminder to log in to PayPal as soon as possible. We thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that this is a security measure intended to help protect you and your account. We apologize for any inconvenience. Sincerely, PayPal Account Review Department PayPal Email ID PP-830-173-720 DO NOT CLICK ON THE LINK to restore your account access! It's a phishing scam that brings you to a fake website masquerading as PayPal, where you will be directed to enter your username and passord. Once they've got there hands on that info, you're toast. Again, I can usually spot these scams immediately, but their use of my name and the professional look of the email (logo, correct font, security warnings along the right margin, etc.) almost made me pull the trigger. Instead, I right-clicked on the body of the email to "View Page Source" and saw that it wasn't from Paypal. Hope you find this info helpful. I'd hate to see anybody scammed like this. Right now I'm going to email the ambassador of Nigeria, a personal friend of mine, and tell him all about it.

If you don't get, perhaps you shouldn't judge it. I assume you then don't judge anything you don't get??? I try not to. It's not always easy, since many of us find it convenient to dismiss things that aren't important or relevant to our own lives. Tattooing has existed for thousands of years. Sure, some people who get inked don't give it much thought, and their body art might not be profound or personally significant. I can assure you, however, that many of us with tattoos have thought long and hard about the decision. It has meaning - reminding us of things that are important to us, and perhaps revealing a little about who we are, or at least how we see ourselves. I'm very attracted to people with beautiful body art. If you're not, that's totally cool. I just think it's wrong to paint a large group of people with a broad brush, based largely on negative perceptions of some individuals, along with a lack of understanding of a deeper, more meaningful experience that's shared by many people who choose to adorn their bodies in this way.

If you don't get, perhaps you shouldn't judge it.

Heading out soon to hear Dave Liebman and Bob Moses join forces with The Fringe - Bob Garzone, John Lockwood, and Bob Gullotti.

No, it doesn't. And for those who want to view Ronnie's current website, it's here. I'm going to hear Ronnie perform in Boston in two weeks and will probably pick up a copy of the new CD from him. For others, Infra-Rae is available on iTunes for only $6.93.

Paul was my best friend growing up. I'd play guitar and he'd play Paul Sr.'s organ or the trombone, and later on, the double bass. Speaking of Hal Crook, I really like the date he co-led with Joe Diorio for Ram Records, called Narayani

Yeah, I've heard that criticism before, and always from frustrated PC owners. I'm proud that I made the decision to switch to a better, more reliable product. Nothing more, nothing less. Again, all I hear in over-the-top complaints like these is frustration and jealousy. When and if the time comes that Macs are as vulnerable to malware as PCs, it will be interesting to see if Apple addresses the problem better than Microsoft has over the years. Until then, I'm very happy with the Apple products I use. If/when the time comes, I'll probably still be better off with a Mac.

Thanks. I'll check out Limewire.

From what I gather, the Odyssey set is comprised mostly of solo pieces, many lasting only a minute or two. Also, the sound quality is rather poor on some of the selections. But, if you gotta have it, you gotta have it.

Tuesday night I saw Joe Lovano, George Garzone and Bob Gullotti play a free and very melodic set at Berklee.

I voted for "mp3s and the like". For years I purchased an average of 8-20 CDs a month and have amassed a collection of over 4,000 [overwhelmingly jazz] discs. Oven the past 12 months, I've only bought a handful of discs, mostly from the artist at a live show. I now have over 750GB of music on hard disk, mostly m4a files and mp3VBR & mp3@320k. I have a wireless network to stream these music files throughout my condo, and I also enjoy listening to several Internet jazz radio stations. I stopped buying the latest CD re-re-reissues a few years ago, and I have a hard time believing people who say they can hear the difference between a CD and a lossless digital file. For me, the move to digital files provides me greater access to acquiring and listening to the music I love while reducing the cost and physical space associated with owning a sizable music collection.

So what are the better alternatives for someone primarily interested in jazz, especially from labels like Clean Feed, Black Saint/Soul Note, Delmark, etc.?

Thanks for the heads-up. Cuber's last recording, Steeplechase's Ronnie, was a solid, enjoyable outing. I look forward to hearing this release as well.

I also have read that playing wav and aiff files can shorten the life of the iPod's battery. Both of these formats are uncompressed. Uncompressed files use more cache space then compressed files, forcing the hard drive to work harder to retrieve data. I recommend converting the wav files to either flac or aac files, or even mp3 at 320kbps. These formats are considerably smaller than wav files and still sound great. And although you say that storage space isn't an issue, it will be. You'll be surprised how quickly you can fill up an iPod with wav or aiff files. Here's a link to other tips on maximizing your iPod's battery life

Congrats. I'm not Korean, but that's definitely a tease!

From what I've read, Memory Lane was one of the few African-American-owned clubs in LA. Interestingly, the most recent owner of the establishment was actress Marla Gibbs, who played "Florence" on The Jeffersons. Sadly, the club is now closed, a victim of long-standing financial problems. Btw, another live album was recorded there in 1967, Nat Adderley's aptly named Live At Memory Lane.

My favorite WM recording is his cover of John Cage's composition 4:33.

"don't laugh..." That's like putting a medium-rare charbroiled Kobe fillet in front of me and saying, "Don't eat it."

Maybe you'd have better luck working with the customer service department of your credit card company.

When saying "good-bye", my middle brother would often add: "Don't let your meat-loaf. Don't let your cock-tail lounge."

Ahhhhh. Meatloaf.

Oh, gee. Where do I begin? Agreed, no problem there. Hold on there Texas toast. Houston, we have a problem. A lock groove is placed at the end of a record for the sole purpose of keeping you from going "all the way to the label area." Consider the following: At the end of the record, after about two blank revolutions, the final spiral lead-out groove is made by speeding up the lead screw of the cutting lathe, either automatically or manually, followed by a lock groove. and: Towards the centre, at the end of the groove, there is another wide-pitched section known as the lead-out. At the very end of this section the groove joins itself to form a complete circle, called the lock groove; when the stylus reaches this point, it circles repeatedly until lifted from the record. Interestingly, I read that in the early days of making records, the lock groove was created on a separate machine specifically design for this purpose. Rubbish. I could set the tracking force light enough so that the cartridge hovers over and never touches the record. With your kind of logic, one might conclude that there is no groove at all. I won't bother to cite the rest of your quote, because I agree that there might be a risk of damage to stylus and/or record due to excessive wear. I do, however, disagree that said damage would result from the stylus running "into the label area". Unless the tracking is set improperly or the record is defective insofar as it causes the stylus to jump up and over, the lock groove should perform it's function and prevent this from occurring. Now, before I put my red pen away, I’d like to circle the opening sentence in your post. You wrote: “Let's get this on the table now, and leave it there for posterity” Often phrased as “let’s put this on the table,” or perhaps more properly, “let’s table this for discussion,” this statement signifies that the speaker wishes to bring up a topic to be discussed by the group. In contrast, I read your post as an attempt to "set the record straight" by pointing out the errors in my initial statement. If I am correct in this assumption, then your aim was to settle the lock groove issue once and for all (“for prosperity”). Someone with that goal in mind might say, “Let’s get this off [not on] the table,” and then present one or more irrefutable facts meant to put an end to the discussion. A fine distinction, I'll admit, but no more so than some of the points raised in your argument. I'm sure you'll have more to say on this and other matters, so for now, I won't "clear the table", "put this baby to bed", "lay the ghost to rest"...

I was hoping Gary Larson would come out of retirement to do the cover.