Son-of-a-Weizen

So AllDirect has gone in the tank as well now, eh?

Weizen — look for sound samples of the first "Impressed" compilation by Gilles Peterson. It has one track from the Gonsalves album (a very nice swinger). If that track is any indication, the album should be fine indeed. The sound too (at least on that one track) is excellent. Found it on Vol 2........sounds excellent! Had never heard of those compilations before....thanks. I also checked out -- and very much enjoyed -- that one number by the Michael Garrick Trio ('First Born'). Think I'll need to get that cd as well.

It could be the same recording. I haven't found an english tracklist, but both CDs have 9 tracks and the lenght of the tracknames in japanese (whose characters only display as cubes in my browser) on the japanese CD are similar to the english tracklist of the US CD. There's an Eric Alexander 'Sunday in New York' mini-lp being released at about the same time. Sounds as though some wires got crossed somewhere along the line?

I'll go for the Ross & Morrissey as well....and after hearing a few sound bites at some French site, might add the Jazz Quintet 60 to the cart. Don't know anything about the Gonsalves....any online preview clips that you know of?? I'd like to hear a few notes.

....having a Belgian Wit Bier with some Watkins.

I saw 'Lord of War'** last night.................sure hope that wasn't Red's Uncle (the General) that got blown to bits when he cranked the ignition of that new Rolls. Oh, never mind -- on second thought, guess that General was Ukrainian. ** what a great time-elapsed scene where the locals from the village in Sierra Leone strip down to it's ribs that Russian AU-16 turbo-prop cargo plane overnight.

Yes, you're quite right about that! When I'm in the area, I'm drinking Ketterer, Rothaus & Alpirsbacher 95% of the time. I have to admit though....I've never tried the 'Schützen-Bock' in that pic you posted. I'd better forward this thread to my host over there so that he takes the hint and knows what to have on hand this summer. .....and switching gears (and countries) for a moment, I'll be having several bottles of Diekirch 'Grand Cru' this evening.

Hey, it's Hornberg! I'll be there this summer!

PM please on the 2 Dorhams. Kenny Dorham, “Round Midnight at The Café Bohemia, Vol. 2” TOCJ 1606 - $15.00 Kenny Dorham, “Round Midnight at The Café Bohemia, Vol. 3” TOCJ 1607 - $15.00

A few other July 25 releases that I didn't see mentioned on any of Hiroshi's earlier lists: TOCJ-66387 -- Bill Charlap 'Live at The Village Vanguard' TOCJ-66388 -- Kenny Burrell 'Birthday Bash: Live at Yoshi's' http://www.hmv.co.jp/search/index.asp?targ...um=TOCJ%2D66388

Didn't Chris Albertson basically verify this on some thread (I dunno...2 yrs ago or so?) when he spoke about certain hard-up-for-cash folks that management flat out knew were stuffing LPs (or other merchandise?) in their jackets and right out of the building for quick resale?

Instead of the 'Donald Burger,' I like the sound of 'Billie Holiday Burger' --- a local Bawlmer girl she was, right?

Having just reviewed the track list for this set I'm surprised that they didn't include the '57 and '60 material from the Paris and Cologne studio sessions (w/Byas, Lucky Thomspon, Fats Sadi, Maurice Vandair, Roger Guerin, Martial Solal, Tony Scott & Francy Boland**) that was only issued on EPs in Europe and subsequently gathered up for the '86 Disques Swing LP. Recordings are all excellent and -- except for 'Klook's Clique' -- the material is much harder to find than the unquestionably top notch Telefunken/Bohemia/Detroit Jazzmen Savoys. A missed opportunity imo. ** his first studio encounter with Boland acording the the DS notes.

Another reason to steer clear of Wikipedia. That Loewen character has bopped about taking quotes out of context and reproducing a partial sentence here ...and another there to tar a decent 1,000 page tome. Shoddy. Just one example. He lifts, from page 389: But savage beatings were normally not administered without some reason or provocation ....but leaves off the tail end of the sentence: because whippings made sullen workers and lash marks hurt resale values. Yep, the profit motive at work....makes sense to me. btw, since we're now slavish devotees of Wikipedia, here's a good one re: Gordon Wood: "Two interesting incidents of name-dropping in the 1990s increased Wood's name recognition among the general public. Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich publicly and effusively praised Wood's The Radicalism of the American Revolution, which led to adverse reactions from some liberals in academia and was jokingly described by Wood as "the kiss of death."

Don't know about the Smith book.....but this one is pretty good if you're looking for a decent overview --Pilgrims at Plymouth up through Vietnam. Only 1,000 pages though. I'd stick with the 5th or 6th edition.....who knows what evil the axe grinders have managed to worm into the 12th and 13th editions? Nice cover photo too of Paul Revere's somewhat exagerated interpretation of the Boston 'Massacre.'

Well, today's the day!!!! The one day of the year that my spousal unit basically tells me to get lost and leave her alone so that she can monitor the draft. Yep, she's sitting over there in a corner chair w/a cup of java, armed with a stack of paperwork/notes and reviewing some of her older files from 2005 .....ya know, chuckling at stuff that was written in advance by Dan Pompei at Sporting News who ranked top ten wide receivers Mike Williams and Troy Williamson #1 & #2 ---- neither of whom has amounted to a hill of beans. ....hmmmm, guess it's time to cut the lawn and catch up on some outside painting....maybe clean out the rabbit hutch and monitor a few eBay auctions as well....

Sadly, no.

I was taking a leak next to Jack Kemp at the Ritz Carlton and he was telling me that Reagan was correct when he'd say that most folks had it wrong......and that after shaking so many hands, it was much more important to wash your hands before you grasped your unit at the urinal rather than just doing so after you'd finished your business!

Thanks for bringing this to our attention. What a fabulous life he led....and what an immense fan base he had out there!!! Over the years, I never heard anything but total praise for him from various VOA employees with whom I had a relationship -- same with RFE/RL for that matter. Looking forward to buying this book!!

<<<<<<site refuses to recognize me>>>> I heard that only happens to people who've constantly been quarreling with online employees & issuing a weekly series of threats over cracked jewel boxes.

Thanks...I'd forgotten about that. Oh my!

Speaking of pryan......where did he disappear to? Maybe back here using a different name? HammondCheese????

I totally agree. In 8 years of morning drop offs and afternoon pick ups at school, I've never been more than 10 minutes late -- and that was the 2 or 3 times when I suddenly got stuck in traffic on the Washington Beltway because someone decided to dive off a bridge or something. Since I'm there 99.98% of the time when I'm supposed to, I expect other people to do the same...period. Now, if it's an adult-related function/interaction/gathering, I'll obviously cut some slack and not get wrapped around the axle.....but when it's kids, you had better be on the ball. The thing that also yanks me off is when people schedule a B'Day party for their child at some location that takes me a half hour to get to on a Sat. morning, only to have the host parents show up a forty-five minutes late. Dolts. If I were you, I'd absolutely have a frank conversation with the mother.