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Don't we already have a thread with those images somewhere on the board? I think so.

Cary Ginell Isn't that the guy that co-authored the Terry Gibbs autobiography? The guy with a kazillion records and the one heavily into western swing? Or am I getting this mixed up somehow?

That other board has a feed (actually three, I think).

Thanks for posting that piece!

Can't we have a winter logo? Pretty please?

Besides a Canon Ixus 30 with highspeed card, the media department has been stocked up with: DVDs: - "The Hitchcock Collection" (Vol. 1) - "Predator -- Two-Disc Special Edition" [DTS] (yeah, I know ...) - "The Mission - Two Disc Special Edition" - "Once Upon a Time in the West -- Special Collector's Edition (2 discs) [1969]" - "The Fifth Element Special Edition [1997]" - "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly -- 2-disc Special Edition " - "Scarface (Special Edition)" - "Spartacus" - Manne,Shelly/Rogers,Shorty - Jazz Scene Usa Music: - That terrible (packaging) Charlie Christian box set (got it dirt cheap) - The fourth installment in the "Les Trésors du Jazz" series (marvelous stuff at that price) - a bunch of Universal Deluxe editions - two CDs by Johnny A. - ... Books: - "And Now the News..." Vol. 9 in the Theodore Sturgeon Series from North Atlantic books (slated to run for 12 volumes, as far as I recall) - Night Visions 11 (have the other 10 anthologies) - "The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror: Seventeenth Annual Collection" - "Spectrum 11: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art" - 2 Macbeth films: [ian McKellen, Judi Dench; 1978]; [Polanski, 1971] - "Macbeth: BBC Radio 3 Full-cast Dramatisation (BBC Radio Collection)" Various: - The William Claxton Jazz Postcards from Taschen on eBay There was more, but no food ... Cheers!

I drank before I was allowed to do so. It's fun. Come on, join the program! Belated best wishes! Cheers!

I'll add my best wishes as well! Cheers!

Talking about voodoo stuff (which I am, in some ways, into if it does give you some improvement): Before Christmas I had a friend over who had replaced the feet of each and every electronic device in his HiFi chain with some ultra-expensive new ones, sometimes of different types. I think he spent a year on reading up on this stuff. When I showed him my setup, which constists of some 4 slightly cut-up and curved-out wine cork feet which I simply placed beneath my CD player, he cracked up so bad that he had to leave the room for a while. Then we took them to his house. Then we took off his high-tech stuff and put mine underneath. Then I left the room laughing like mad. I think he had tears in his eyes. Top-notch (and very audible) sound-improvement for zilch. Only the wine had actually cost something (a cheap one at that) and I think the cork was for free. Cheers!

Those shots from the hip are just damn funny. You crack me up, totally, You disappear for a few weeks and then blast all over three or four threads, CAPSLOCK and all, and then disappear again. The Lone Ranger of this board. Peace, man.

Quick one (too much work right now) ... The channges are really not that drastic and have built up through the various versions of the films, but some are quite noticeable and, IMHO, get in the way of "suspension of disbelief". Old effects next to CGI, changed voive-overs or dubbing, new scenes altogether, etc. The most hotly-debated one is this one: In "Empire Strikes Back" Anakin's Force ghost is now played by Hayden Christensen instead of Sebastian Shaw. Lucas is apparently trying to bring the old parts into line with the new ones (also by adding to the celebration scenes, etc). Another hotly debated one. The Ewok song has been changed. And, and, and. Like I said: the changes aren't all that major, but my problem is with Lucas constantly tinkering with the films. It's his epic, so he can do with it whatever he likes, but I'm not buying it. It basically comes down to the question of how much the originating artist is allowed to change his original piece of work even after it has become a classic. And we're not talking technical improvements only! Just imagine "Rosebud" would be changed to "Budrose", just because Orson didn't like the word anymore. Brendan Fraser edited in next to Boris Karloff, just to bring it into line with the newer Mummy films, etc. (yeah, I know, different directors). Call it whining and exaggerating if you like, but I don't like this box set and will wait patiently for a newer one which allows me to (largely, since a complete reversal would probably be impossible now ... especially since Lucas absolutely doesn't want to) to watch the original version (if I want to) or the newer one. This is technically possible and has been done countless times (Spielberg's "Close Encounters", for example), so why not here? Cheers!

Sign up, if you like. Original Star Wars Trilogy You never know if it'll lead to something one day. Cheers!

Jazz Life is very different. Don't have time to write about that right now. Check the Internet. Lots of info there. Cheers!

Hi everyone, although I couldn't find all that much about it, TASCHEN will supposedly launch a reprint of William Claxton's Jazz Life around April/May of this year. On the TASCHEN site itself, it seems that this title isn't listed (but once was), so I don't know if they cancelled it or moved it, but several online mail-order sites have sparse info. This is what I could gather from those sites. a) Limited Edition: It seems as if there might be a limited edition for EURO 150,- which includes a CD on which you can find excellent reproductions of the photos (whatever one needs that for). b) There will probably be at least one regular edition, maybe two (hardcover, softcover later). Cheers! P.S.: I have an old copy of this book. Stellar stuff. One in good condition just went for over $500 on a photography site (too much money, IMHO). I've regularly seen somewhat yellowed copies (normal for a book of that age) for between EURO 50 and EURO 100.

Tv series, available as DVD ("remastered" ... my a**), runs for 282 minutes. Director's cut is better both in sound and image quality, but the longer version is just the better film (Peterson's comments to the contrary not withstanding). Cheers! Edit: Director's cut: 208 minutes.

Even 30s? If you take one of us, there's many of you in there. I play drums. Welcome!

Hi everyone, I got a CD for Christmas which despite all the other Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, Norman Granz etc. boxes I also got (for myself) has been spinning almost exclusively since I unwrapped it. I'm quite sure that this one is only for a select few listeners, but if you happen to be one and are not aware of this disc, here's a lot of text... This one comes highly recommended by me, despite the somewhat mixed reviews next to many glowing ones you can find around the Net. Check it out! NIKOLAI KAPUSTIN (b 1937) Piano Music MARC-ANDRÉ HAMELIN piano Recorded in Henry Wood Hall, London, on 23, 24 and 26 June 2003. Hyperion Records Ltd, London, MMIV Recording Engineer: SIMON EADON; Recording Producer: ANDREW KEENER; Piano: STEINWAY & SONS; Executive Producers: SIMON PERRY & MICHAEL SPRING. Duration: 77'18; DDD Cheers!

Yes, but at his current size he would have just floated until someone had fished him out of the water. Lots of people could have just used him as a life raft. Could have been his claim to fame. Cheers! P.S.: I remember someone writing on one of the major news sites if they didn't have better and more important stuff to do when the news broke that he had been air-lifted out of the hotel.

It's gotten quite a bit more expensive again (on amazon.fr), now that Christmas time is over. Cheers!

Second-last minute What I meant was that I'm off to celebrate. 2005 will happen here in 3 3/4 hours. Hugs & kisses to ya'all! Cheers! And off ...

This is my last minute on the board for 2004, so I thought I'd send my best to all of you. Have a nice evening, drink as much as I will and altogether enjoy yourselves! All the best for 2005! Cheers!

One of my absolute favourites! Sad, sad day.

I don't have any of these. Are they good?