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aloc has reached that plain of age where he doesnt have to work, and it is indeed sweet sweet music.

aloc's finest hours were his 21 years of marriage to his first wife, nancy, who is now deceased.

for ted's 'monkish' lifestyle, he seems rather unhappy.

Killion: Fisher's situation a reality check By Ann Killion Mercury News San Jose Mercury News Article Launched:07/04/2007 01:36:02 AM PDT Can we take a moment to honor perspective? We get so precious little of it in sports these days. So when a situation comes along, in which everyone involved handles things with dignity and with a full grasp on reality, it is a moment worth celebrating. So today we honor Derek Fisher. And his former employers, the Utah Jazz. On Monday, Fisher requested and was granted by Utah a release from his contract. He walks away from three years that would earn him $20.6 million - with no guarantees that at 33 he'll ever get a contract like that again. And the Jazz, whose berth in the Western Conference finals was in no small part thanks to Fisher's veteran presence, is left with a gap in leadership and experience. The Jazz management is fully aware that Fisher could sign with the rival Los Angeles Lakers later this year. Lots of issues involving money and power and ego. Yet everyone did the right thing. We all witnessed firsthand the emotional hurricane that surrounded Fisher during the NBA playoffs, when his 11-month-old daughter, Tatum, was diagnosed with retinoblastoma, a rare cancerous tumor in her eye. On the night of Game 2 of the series against the Warriors, Fisher flew directly from a New York hospital to Salt Lake City, making a dramatic entrance. He helped his team win that game and win the series. Tatum, who had her first birthday last week, is currently undergoing treatment in New York, while Fisher and his wife seek the most comprehensive program for their daughter. They want to move to the city where Tatum will be under the care of the best specialists treating the disease - care that Fisher said is available in only a handful of cities. Fisher didn't want to consider being in Salt Lake City while his family struggled with the illness elsewhere. "Life for me outweighs the game of basketball," Fisher said. Of course it does. Of course a father needs to be near his ill child. Of course an employer would let the employee do what is best for his family. It's the human decision, one that any of us would make. But it doesn't always work that way in sports. Too often we see petty differences and stupid contract fights. Too often decisions are made from the positions of greed and power. Made to squeeze the last dollar amount out of a team (hello, Don Nelson?) or made to exert complete control over another human being. So we wouldn't really have been shocked if the Jazz denied Fisher's request out of fear that he might sign with a rival. Team owner Larry Miller, who wept at Monday's news conference, said that he was initially skeptical and thought Fisher was just trying to force his way out of Salt Lake City. But he became convinced when he realized how much money Fisher was abandoning. "I know it's hard for people to imagine at this point what I'm giving up," Fisher said. "And what my family and I are giving up in terms of what we've established in my career, and this contract that I worked my entire life to secure. It's the risk that we have to take at this point." Nor would we really have been shocked if a professional athlete worked the angles somehow - delaying a decision until he could collect some of next year's money, or leaving the Jazz in a bind. That too, sadly, is the kind of thing we see too often in sports. The cynics might still see something rotten. If the Lakers sign Fisher, the conspiracy theories will start, as though Fisher would ever have chosen this path. But that's the sad side of sports we've been conditioned to accept. "We're sitting here and everybody seems sad about this," Jazz General Manager Kevin O'Connor said. "I think what we should be is grateful there is somebody that cares as much about his family. And somebody that owns the team and cares as much for the same reasons." Fisher doesn't know if he'll get another job, noting that he's only 6-foot-1 and averages about 10 points a game. "I don't know how many people feel strongly about what I do," he said. He was talking about on the court. On life's court, I think he'll find many people feel very strongly about what he does. Contact Ann Killion at akillion@mercurynews.com

thank you aloc is doing well and living a very normal sweet life.

now doing a wonderful sun ra live set wkcr.

http://www.brewers.ca/EN/about_beer/health.htm

even aloc is a firstling.

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07171/795532-28.stm

they were previewing a new talmor-konitz big band recording, made of portugese artists, as i recall, yet to be released, where the settings, very similar to the nonet, bring forth some of the most gorgeous konitz playing i have ever heard.

figures. You an accountant or actuary? your preeminent intellect implies your being a firstling.

now live on wkcr

figures.

the assumption there is no intelligence difference between the sexes is interesting. i would think there might be some differences based on the manner in which youngsters of different sexes are perceived and raised.

Singing with your body' African-American religious musical tradition showcased Saturday By MARY C. SCHNEIDAU Staff Writer An African-American religious musical tradition that was most popular in the United States along the Chesapeake Bay will be showcased Saturday at the Banneker-Douglass Museum in Annapolis. Singing and praying bands flourished in Maryland and Delaware from the 1890s until the 1950s, said author Jonathan C. David. His book with photographer Richard Holloway, "Let Us Together Sweetly Live: The Singing and Praying Bands," will be published next month. The bands were concentrated in black Methodist churches in the county and grew out of Methodist camp meetings, where hundreds of believers would gather for revivals that lasted as long as 10 days. The worship begins with a prayer, then moves into repetitive hymns in which a cantor sings a line and the members respond. The music is all a cappella. "They aren't like ballads," Mr. David said. "They are short, rhymed couplets that summarize a story from the Bible." The bands, with between 30 and 60 members who wear white, often began songs near the church's altar, with the men and women on opposite sides facing each other while singing and clapping. Songs ended by marching around church grounds to simulate Joshua marching around Jericho, Mr. David said. "It is a physical experience," he said. "You're singing with your body." In the past, performances could last all night. That was because members sang according to rhythm, not according to a clock, and often became caught up in the worship, Mr. David said. Modern performances are often 20 or 30 minutes long. The bands do not practice and members often have to get adjusted to each other during the first several minutes of a performance. Mr. David said they want to the worship to be an entirely faith-filled experience. "It does invoke the Holy Spirit," he said. "You'd have to be dead not to experience it." One of the groups, the Western Shore Singing and Praying Band, will perform Saturday from noon to 3 p.m. at the Banneker-Douglass Museum at 84 Franklin Street. Admission is free. The performance is part of the museum's year-long exhibition "Trails, Tracks, and Tarmacs: Lives of African Americans in the History and Culture of Northern Anne Arundel County, 1850 to the Present." Yvonne G. Henry, a member of the Northern Arundel Cultural Preservation Society, said the bands are a vital part of black religious history in the county. "This is a dying art," she said. "You don't see people doing it anymore. We want to show what happened." In the early 20th century, each black Methodist church had its own band. Today, members are culled from several churches around the region. Members of the Western Shore Singing and Praying Band are from churches across the county, including some in Pasadena, Annapolis and Arnold, Ms. Henry said. The singing and praying bands are adopted from Africa, where new Christians combined their novice faith with their old religious practices. The bands first appeared in writing in the United States in 1851, Mr. David said, but descriptions of worship that match what the bands do appeared as early as 1817. One of the most famous churches to host singing and praying bands was Mt. Zion United Methodist Church-Magothy in Pasadena. The bands became big there after the Civil War, said Tony Spencer, a gospel singer who also will perform Saturday at the museum. The bands were introduced there after some members of the church saw them during a trade mission to Africa, he said. They flourished in the county because the Methodist churches here used the area's rural setting to host large camp meetings, Mr. David said. Believers often attended camp meetings at many churches in their areas - not just their own - creating a regional network that could sustain the bands. Today the county has the largest concentration of singing and praying bands in the United States. There are also some scattered along the South Carolina coast and in Georgia. The bands have declined in members and numbers as gospel music has become more popular and the area has become more developed, Mr. David said, because the sound was formed in an agrarian setting. Their purpose has not changed, however. "The role of singing and praying bands was always to covert the sinners," Mr. David said. --- "From the Motherland: Singing and Praying Bands" will be held Saturday from noon to 3 p.m. at the Banneker-Douglass Museum at 84 Franklin Street in Annapolis. Admission is free. Call 410-216-6180 for more information. Published June 22, 2007, The Capital, Annapolis, Md. Copyright © 2007 The Capital, Annapolis, Md.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/22/science/...agewanted=print

my first listens to stan getz ballads and oscar peterson ballads in mid 50's. that music was more beautiful than anything i had ever heard.

thanks. things are going really well today.

and northwestern, too. the state legislature mandated they play at least one state school, but this is ridiculous.

http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/apps/p...PORTS/706210325

being in this company of fine music fanatics is awesome therapy. thanks.

thanks!

i am indeed enjoying more jazz. matter of fact, these ganelin trio cats are blowing my mind. anyone know much about them? http://www.ganelintrio.com/

probably had something to do with my playing playground basketball a couple hours in hot sun (90 degrees) with dudes 1/3 to 1/2 my age the previous day.