couw

ah yes, now THERE is an important criterium... same here, little "Funny Rat" thread type of material is played when I'm not home alone.

hey, cool beans!

nanana, no one said anything about enforcing anyone to participate in the discussions, just that it would be NICE if a note were dropped saying "hey, I got the thing, groovy baby!!" or something to that effect (talk about a Jeez guy..., jeez! ). Your interest is surely understandable and I can also imagine people wanting to listen but not "daring" to write, or whatever. No problem, just drop the feghing note saying that you got the damn thing and are spinning it. Add a line about why you're not participating in the discussions and that's it. And no need to do this en plein public either, PM or email will suffice. The message is that it sux to go through trouble that is not acknowledged. Not a sentiment that's too hard to fathom.

I wouldn't be too afraid to leave some "negative feedback" on fellow boardmembers in this respect. It's not as if it's going to spread throughout the threads. I mean, the politics section has caused enough heated animosities that seem to be contained very nicely. We're all in this together and similarities win from any discrepancy. Still, a BFT costs a LOT (time, effort, money) and anticipation is HIGH when the discussion starts. It's a real let down if you send out 40 disks and read less than 20 responses. That's a bit too rich an investment (in many ways) for many here I think. Even if there is generous help from fellow players in copying and distributing; probably even more so as they do you the favour and then it turns out they might as well not have done so. That's like asking someone to pick up your friend from the airport and he never shows up; that sux. Live and let live sounds cool, but it's not something I would take much of when a leach were talking to me like that. Myself, I received several PMs and e-mails of people who did not find the time to participate, but wanted to acknowledge the effort nonetheless. That's cool. I do a lot of voluntary team work and there the rule is, if you promise to do something, you do it, if you don't you're an asshole as others will suffer from your breaking your promise. This whole BFT thing is surely not so extreme a case, but still I think that signing up should be like a promise; and you should do what you promise, if not, you apologise and all's swell.

yeah we know it involves the south of france, loads of good wine, sunshine, and whatnot... it's a *real* pity you cannot participate in this BFT you know.

looking forward to it....

most impressive but you're not a Jedi yet!

tee-hee

Alfond Wonneberg!!!!

our street is a mess...

I knew this would end like this...

yoooghoo! happy birthday Chuck, keep it all up

damn! that's why I pause to stare at that avatar painting time and again...

as much as I have come to dislike that dreamer track, this is indeed very good vinyl.

only started to read through this just yet but... WOA Nate, bad mood? Didn't Sleep too well? sorry, but as one who sat in the chair Ray is in right now, I must tell you that such an utterly negative take on things just... well, it sucks. Lighten up man. It's not as if we're writing creeteequee for some fancy journal. nothing personal, just that this rubs wrong up my own BFT feathers...

01. St Louis Blues (the announcement tells me), stays close to the "summertime" component. I think of St Louis as that tune that sounds like summertime but isn't. This starts off as some very earthy stuff, with that honest&bluesy piano player (that goes a bit off his rockers half way through, just as couw likes it). no clue (of course). The tympanic effects with the bowed bass are VERY cool. This turns into something it should not, but it fits, so hey! 02. heheheheheh. ragga! sounds like Lester Bowie. This really sounds as if they are making fun of the high-brow reggea public. I mean, that stuff wasn't meant to be high-brow, so have your FUN willya! excellent stuff. VERY curious about this. My fear is that the rest of the album will cover too many more styles... fegh man! who is this guy ripping it ALL up on alto, yay! Carter maybe? don't know, will want to! 03. gil, sent a link to a boardmember yesterday... a nice tune for pop's sake, doesn't really fit here IMHO though. great groove if you wanna dance your pants off on the floor and show them youngsters life ain't what it used to be. next. 04. aaah yes, loved this one from the first play. Verrry sweet and subtle. In that light it's a pity that the violin strays off the "classic" path to throw in some "personal" sounds after a while; I wish it wouldn't. 05. heheheheh (again!). uptro intro sounds a LOT like Tyner had a hand in this. Will doubt that for the utter wackness that follows. That deep voice is like the guy with all the hair that faked in the BoneyM band. Pretty intense and pretty darn cool stuff! 06. you are too beautiful. nice decided touch, has a bit of Monk's back off lines in there. but couw ain't no exspurred on piani so will goggle what the others have to say. overall this one is not throw-off-the-chair, but then it's not supposed to be, and I like it. 07. giddeyap boy! that don't help, ah wait, they're on to something... or not? Jarrett? Too artsy for my taste, nice idea but the minimalism makes it all too abstract; the tenor does communicate, but doesn't get a story to tell. Dewey maybe? 08. Now THAT is an opening! Love it! DAMN, THIS is some daaaaaaamn fine interpretation. Probably the Four Freshmen if the dissing on this board is any measure... 09. sorry Jim, you're a fine player, but this particular tune has never enamoured me. And the sax sounds real cheap. 10. Poco Loco. Chico mebbe? 11. STUPID MUSIC!!!!! YAY!!!! PAR TAY!!!! Loving it. that utterly WRONG bass/rhythm substitute sound that bounces off the left ear is... yes. Porgy & Bess right? The instrumentation is plenty off the wall. Sounds like a non native speaker who's singing 12. there's two of them right? sounds quite like the music you get when watching an intermission on telly really. very nice in and of itself, but much to slick in its nicety for couw. sorry. 13. Eagle and Me, Ms Horn maybe? nice, a bit too flashy at times; some sort of too much of live-recording-ness creeps in that I do not think fits that well. It's all a bit TOO loose. The mix is a bit off as well. Good singing, good playing of course! 14. Took me a while but I think this might be mr ibrahim, the intro sounds a LOT like it. Then the joy took me further to his place. Not one of his best efforts (if it's him!) The bass is too thick and distracting. overall it sounds a bit sloppy. 15. hum, an Ibrahim clone? 16. peace and love is my gues. Bartz eh? Nice really, never heard this before. The alto is very distinctive of course. Cool finish I must say. This disk didn't necessarily feature the highest brow music but it has been damn entertaining and then I haven't even addressed the bonus disk yet. That one was even MORE entertaining. It seems like the old guys gathered on the second disk knew how to combine slapstick fun, tearjerk moans, and high brow art, or has time made high brow what once was just slapstick and tearjerk? dunno. There's a lot of sincere but direct stuff here as well. Just like Shepp and Waits on the bonus, utter, naked honesty. Even that may sound cheap and I myself found some of the tracks included here to be on the cheap side. Not the Shepp and the Waits though. I appreciate the challenge in search of cheapniss a whole lot. Many thanks an utter bunch for an off the wall BFT. It had me on my toes.

I will only pay for the rare unfriendly ones

the copy protected cds will not play in all players

you better type up big time on number twelve boy.

cool pics!

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for everyone who never cared to get the vinyl and who thinks Rueben and the Jets is a crappy album YOU NEED RUEBEN AND THE JETS IN THE ORIGINAL VINYL VERSION this is ONE AWESOME album, one of my absolute favourites. It kicks the shit out of WOIIFTMoney on a sunday morning as far as I am concerned. The whole pastiche, spoof, critique thing is at its absolute height here, just before FZ went all Jazz on us. It's UMeat and FOut combined with a little money on top.

you can send the LPs to me, I'll transfer them to CDr for you.

PM sent. Custom slips are ON HOLD