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...all is well. I'm told Jeff is merely gearing up for the start of NFL training camp, which is about 3 weeks away.

Klaatu barada nikto!

Ok, which one is Chris?

Feliz Cumpleanos!!!! (i hope you're 6, because i got this image at a discount, since there are only 5 strawberries on it)

Che with an attitude!!!

FYI - that CD is in the clearance section of BMG at the moment too, if you're a member. $2.99 plus s/h. Works out to just about the same as yourmusic.com...

I've only got three Vandermark discs so far, but enjoy them all: V5 - Simpatico Sound in Action Trio - Design in Time Spaceways Inc. - Thirteen Cosmic Standards He's a guy I'll certainly pick up discs from when I stumble across them.

I'm partial to the local beers in Stuttgart. Dinkel Acker has a nice Marzen, though the normal pilsners taste plenty good (in the 1 Liter Mass size, of course!) at the Canstatter Volksfest: Also, I haven't had a bad Czech beer yet - Gambrinus and Lobkowicz are both pretty tasty.

slightly off topic.... I was in Austin for part of last week, on vacation (also out in the hill country ) and picked up the local freebie paper, the Austin Chronicle, to check out any potential live shows worth hitting. Not much was happening, but I did notice an ad for a place called "Kenny Dorham's Back Yard", on 11th and Lydia. Was pleasantly surprised to see the name, actually. Anyone been there? Is this run by the Dorham family or something? Any good music going on there? A quick web check only turned up this: "Named for legendary jazz trumpeter and East Austinite, Kenny Dorham’s Backyard is DiverseArts’ outdoor music venue, located in the heart of the historic East End cultural district, just down the street from Dorham’s last Austin home. Jazz, blues, rhythm and blues, and gospel, fine arts and crafts exhibits, children’s programming, and more. "

Check this previous thread out for further discussion on this album.

Get it while it's hot: Pink Floyd at Live 8

I posted the Vision Fest 2005 Schedule back in April, but didn't get much response either. I would have LOVED to have been at some of the performances!!

if they stick Ben Affleck on the comet first, I'm all for it!

I dunno, I'm torn on this one. If you could swap Rasheed & Tim straight up, would Sheed have been able to score as many PPG playing against Detroit's tough inside defense? I still agree he didn't dominate the series, either way.

I'm going to be the first to say that you've NEVER heard that from Duncan.

Nobody was consistently good for the Spurs though, thoughout the 7 games. I think Duncan almost got it by default, because it's the stat categories and the "leader" of the team designation that Duncan had going for him. You could probably make a case for Bowen being worthy, as he played perhaps the most consistent of any Spur, IMO. But he's not a scorer, so I'm guessing that eliminated him from consideration. Who picks the MVP, anyway?? David Stern? I agree with you Guy that Detroit played harder. They DO play better with their backs against the wall.

Congrats to the Spurs for never giving up. They deserve the title, IMO. That said, the Pistons never gave up, and deserved the title too. Hats off to both teams for fighting hard. If Rasheed hadn't gotten into foul trouble, it mighta been a different game, who knows? I don't think it was an ugly or boring series at all. Actually probably the two best TEAMS in the NBA going at it tough. Some one sided games, some others very close. Spurs have won 2 of the last 3 championships now, and 3 of the last 7. That's not bad. Call them boring or ugly all you want!

Interesting, but I still think there's something in that there picture, like this one of ol' Rover:

Okay, I've stared at this until I'm crosseyed. What is the surprise object I'm supposed to be seeing?

June 23 , 2005 Jarrett, Priester, Kuhn, Holland, Phillips - ECM reissues ECM is reactivating its reissue programme with some much requested albums. Four titles are reissued on compact disc on August 15. “Concerts (Bregenz/München)” as a specially priced 3-CD set with Keith Jarrett’s epochal solo recordings of 1981. The Bregenz disc was previously available as a single CD. Lavishly annotated, the CD set includes a German/English booklet with liner notes by Jarrett, an essay by Peter Rüedi, and poetry by Michael Krüger. In his book, “Keith Jarret: The Man And His Music”, Ian Carr suggested that the Bregenz and Munich concerts were high points in Jarrett’s solo discography, an opinion echoed by many other critics. Numerous listeners, having worn out their vinyl albums, have petitioned ECM for a rerelease of “Love, Love” by trombonist Julian Priester. This recording from 1974 is a still powerful historic artefact from the dawn of the so-called Fusion Era. Having just left Herbie Hancock’s Mwandishi Band, Priester rounded up some of the most explosive talents in electric jazz, including musicians from Weather Report, Return To Forever, and the bands of McCoy Tyner and Bobby Hutcherson, and let them loose on his powerful riff-based compositions which suggest some new amalgamation of Afro-Funk, Jazz-Rock and Minimal Music. “Trance” was the 1974 recording that brought pianist Steve Kuhn to ECM, with a session that also included Steve Swallow, Jack DeJohnette, and Sue Evans. It was recorded in New York City, shortly after Kuhn had returned there, following an extended and influential stay in Scandinavia. Featuring the pianist on both electric and acoustic instruments, “Trance” introduces several enduring Kuhn classics such as “Silver”, “Life’s Backward Glance”, as well as the title track. “Music From Two Basses” is the 1971 recording that marked the ECM leader debuts of both Dave Holland and Barre Phillips, and is, we think, the first bass duet album in improvised music. Long a reference recording for bassists and all others interested in creative music, this album incorporates much free-playing as well as theme-based improvisations, and Dave Holland’s popular tune, “Song for Clare”.

Disaster on a stick Snapple’s attempt at popsicle world record turns into gooey fiasco The Associated Press Updated: 5:25 p.m. ET June 22, 2005 NEW YORK - An attempt to erect the world’s largest popsicle in a city square ended with a scene straight out of a disaster film — but much stickier. The 25-foot-tall, 17½-ton treat of frozen Snapple juice melted faster than expected Tuesday, flooding Union Square in downtown Manhattan with kiwi-strawberry-flavored fluid that sent pedestrians scurrying for higher ground. Firefighters closed off several streets and used hoses to wash away the sugary goo. Snapple had been trying to promote a new line of frozen treats by setting a record for the world’s largest popsicle, but called off the stunt before it was pulled fully upright by a construction crane. Authorities said they were worried the thing would collapse in the 80-degree, first-day-of-summer heat. “What was unsettling was that the fluid just kept coming,” Stuart Claxton of the Guinness Book of World Records told the Daily News. “It was quite a lot of fluid. On a hot day like this, you have to move fast.” Snapple official Lauren Radcliffe said the company was unlikely to make a second attempt to break the record, set by a 21-foot ice pop in Holland in 1997. The giant ice pop was supposed to have been able to withstand the heat for some time, and organizers weren’t sure why it didn’t. It had been made in Edison, N.J., and hauled to New York by freezer truck in the morning.

Okay, not mosaic, not a box set, not even jazz. But here's an officially released CDR from Stephen Wilson of Porcupine Tree, going for $355, with about an hour left... Steven Wilson - Unreleased Electronic Music

Cool poster from the Porcupine Tree/Robert Fripp show at the Fillmore: Also, some nice words (!) from Fripp regarding PT, from his online diary: "Porcupine Tree were superb & received a standing ovation. This is a band that could well move into the mainstream with its musicality + edge. I am enjoying being on their bill: our pairing has synergy & PT audiences have been most supportive of Soundscapes." ***** I'm still giving PT's "Deadwing" alot of spins, and their back catalog as well. One of those bands that I can hear new things in their recordings with each listen.