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....since 3 years you Dutch guys have been correcting our English now. B-)

FYI - Stefon Harris' "Evolution" has just showed up in the new arrivals section. Also in there is Living Colour's "Live from CBGB's", and a number of those "Gold" compilations...

Thanks, y'all! The big 4-0 was kinda scaring me, but about half-way through the day, and I still feel as youthful (immature?) as ever. I live in a city that's predominantly Hispanic (like 70%). Around here it's traditional to bring breakfast tacos in to work when it's your birthday, so I thought I'd share a round here as well! Of course, since we have so many folks from different time zones (and for those who like beer with breakfast), it wouldn't be right to offer these without some liquid refreshment, so one of my favorite Mexican beers might be in order as well: PS - I didn't get the Aggie joke B-)

I apologize for my earlier thread-crap, since it didn't really relate to Mosaics, but I still stand behind it. I try to read with my kids every night, stimulate their thinking, imagination, and creativity. I know music can do this as well - it does for me. But I also think that kids should be challenged by reading - the benefits are worth far more than the effort it takes to sit down and spend some quiet time with a book (or in ol' BNBB/Hardbop terms, a "tome" ). In some ways this might help improve the poor attention span that seems to exist in younger folks today (which also may be partially causing the dumbing-down of popular music as well?). Done with thread-crap #2...

The thing that bothers me about this concept is that I still think of Ebay as an auction site. Meaning I compete against other bidders, and get to decide if I want to outbid them. With sniping, you don't get a chance to respond to someone else's last-second bid. edit - what sniping does is effectively turn ebay into a sealed-bid auction, I guess.

I admire your enthusiasm for the music, which I think most of us here share. But if this is all you're reading, you are seriously missing out. There's a wonderful world of fiction/non-fiction/poetry/classic lit/contemporary out there, just waiting to blow your mind. Hell, start with some graphic novels or something if books don't jazz you too much.

Okay, I've started seeing some info coming out on the new album, so I thought I'd share what I know... New John Scofield album coming out on 7 June, titled "That's What I Say - John Scofield Plays the Music of Ray Charles". JOHN SCOFIELD - electric & acoustic guitars LARRY GOLDINGS - piano, Hammond B3 organ, Wurlitzer, vibes WILLIE WEEKS - bass & Ampeg baby bass STEVE JORDAN - drums, cocktail drums, tambourine, background vocals With Special Guests: WARREN HAYNES - vocals, bottleneck guitar JOHN MAYER - vocals and guitar AARON NEVILLE - vocals DAVID “FATHEAD” NEWMAN- sax MAC REBENNACK - vocals and piano MAVIS STAPLES - vocals and Manolo Badrena - percussion, Spanish speaking Lisa Fischer - background vocals Vaneece Thomas - background vocals Meegan Voss- background vocals Alex Foster - tenor saxophone Earl Gardner - trumpet Howard Johnson - baritone saxophone Keith O' Quinn - trombone 01. Busted 02. What'd I Say 03. Sticks n' Stones 04. I Don't Need No Doctor 05. Cryin' Time 06. I Can't Stop Loving You 07. Hit The Road Jack 08. Talkin' About You/I Got A Woman 09. Unchain My Heart Part One 10. Let's Go Get Stoned 11. Nighttime (Is The Right Time) 12. You Don't Know Me 13. Georgia Personally, I'm really looking forward to this. On paper it looks like it has the potential to be a really fun listen. Joe G. and I both discussed previously that John Mayer didn't seem to fit with the rest of the crew, but we'll see I guess. Another note - due in 2006 is "Lifetime and Beyond", a Tony Williams celebration, featuring Scofield, Jack DeJohnette, and Larry Goldings.

Here's the crazy lady who was standing atop the biplane...

This is the one that's older than I am

Another one...

Flying in formation...

I took my kids to the annual Air Show here at the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi. We had alot of fun wandering around, looking at all of the various current and historical military aircraft. One vintage plane was 62 yrs old, and I got to hear from my daughter, "Daddy, that plane's even older than YOU are!!" We got to see stunt biplanes, jet demonstrations, and helcopter flyovers. One of the biplane skits included a lady climbing up atop the upper wing while the plane did it's maneuvers and loop-de-loops. The finale of the air show itself was the Blue Angels. They used to be home based here at NAS CC(from '51-'55), so they still remain popular locally. They were fantastic, and made me feel like a kid all over again, watching them fly so tightly together at such high speeds. Gonna try and post a couple of pictures, if I can get them sized small enough for upload.

I'd guess the Hill and the two Rivers Conn's would be next. Heck, any other Conn's they may have too. I don't remember which ones they currently have other than those three.

GA - They haven't taken the next item on my list (Wilco - A Ghost is Born) and bumped it up from May to April, as far as I can tell. So I guess I'm essentially skipping my automatic shipment for April. Now if I get my credit card statement and see a charge on there, I'm not gonna be real happy about that! Kinda squirrely...

Hey!! That Hutcherson was in my queue for this month, and was supposed to ship to me on April 6th! I just checked after seeing your post, and my Hutcherson order status shows as "cancelled" I would have ordered it a month or two ago, had I known it was going to disappear so quickly. May have to go through my 40+ queue and see if there are any other BN's or anything that might have a short shelf life at yourmusic.

Green > Yellow >

I have to disagree with your general comment about live music spinning off of studio music. That may be the case for some artists, but I can think of any number of musicians in the jazz arena (and out of it) who's live music - and recordings of that music - transcend their studio work. I agree with relyles comments above. There are good studio recordings, and there are good live recordings. I'm glad to have both, and don't see a need to pick one over the other, or even compare them.

I'm neither a big Kobe fan nor detractor, skill wise. Are you sort of saying he's a great complimentary player, but not necessarily a great superstar who can carry a team all by himself?

Anybody going to this? There are a number of performances I'd love to see! Vision Festival 2005 - June 14-19, 2005 AT CLEMENTE SOTO VELEZ 107 Suffolk near Rivington Tuesday June 14 - Flamboyan Theater 06:30 Joseph Jarman Opening Invocation 07:00 Henry Grimes Quartet with Marshall Allen, Andrew Lamb, Hamid Drake 08:30 Ellen Christi, Hamid Drake, William Parker, Daniel Kelly 11:00 WARM: Reggie Workman, Pheroan akLaff, Sam Rivers, Roscoe Mitchell Milagro Theater 07:45 Jorge Sylvester and Nora McCarthy ConceptualMotion Orchestra: Jorge Sylvester - alto sax, conductor, composer, arranger, Nora McCarthy - voice, composer, lyricist, poet, arranger, Gene Jefferson - alto sax, Hayes Greenfield - alto sax, Salim Washington - tenor sax, Tim Armacost - tenor sax, Jason Marshall - baritone sax, Vincent Chancey - French horn, Al Patterson - trombone, Curtis Fowlkes - trombone, Pat Hall - trombone, Aaron Johnson - tuba, Jeremy Pelt - trumpet, Waldron Ricks - trumpet, Michael C. Lewis - trumpet, Mac Gollahan - trumpet, Marvin Sewell - guitar, Pablo Vergara - piano, Jeff Carney - bass, Gene Jackson - drums 09:15 BEJEWELED: Terry Jenoure - violin, vocals, poetry & prose, and projected paintings, Margaux Simmons - flute, Maria Mitchell - dance 10:15 The Gift: William Hooker, Roy Campbell, Jason Hwang Wednesday June 15 - Flamboyan Theater 07:00 Steve Dalachinsky, Matthew Shipp 08:30 Roy Campbell Pyramid Trio with William Parker, Hamid Drake, guest dance Patricia Nicholson, video by Bob Craddock 11:00 Mat Maneri, Dave Burrell, Drew Gress, Randy Peterson Milagro Theater 07:45 Charles Gayle Ensemble with Hilliard Greene, Jay Rosen 09:15 Oliver Lake, Pheeroan akLaff, Michael Gregory 10:15 Wayne Horvitz Some Order Long Understood with Briggan Krauss, Billy Martin, William Parker Thursday June 16 Lifetime Recognition Fred Anderson Day - Flamboyan Theater 07:00 Joseph Jarman, Fred Anderson, Alvin Fielder, Tatsu Aoki 08:00 Sterling D. Plumpp - poet 08:20 Joseph Jarman Ensemble with Samuel C Williams - piano, Thurman Barker - percussion, Jessica Jones - reeds, Douglas Ewart - reeds, Rob Garcia - drums, Levy Jones - bass 11:00 Fred Anderson, Kidd Jordan, William Parker, Hamid Drake Milagro Theater 09:10 Nicole Mitchell Trio with Harrison Bankhead, Isaiah Spencer 10:10 Thurman Barker Strike Force with Eli Fountain, Raymond Tee, Warrren Smith, Bryan Carrott Friday June 17 - Flamboyan Theater 07:00 Other Dimensions In Music + Sound Vision Orchestra: Stephen Haynes - trumpet, Steve Swell - trombone, Joe Daley - tuba, Rob Brown - alto sax, Sabir Mateen - tenor sax, Scott Currie - baritone sax, Billy Bang - violin, Jason Kao Hwang - violin, Daniel Levin - cello, Warren Smith - vibes, Mark Hennen - piano, Andre Martinez - percussion 08:30 Postive Knowledge: Oluyemi Thomas, Ijeoma Thomas, Kidd Jordan, Harrison Bankhead, Michael Wimberly 11:00 Bill Dixon Quartet Milagro Theater 07:45 Whit Dickey, Rob Brown, Joe Morris, Roy Campbell 09:15 David Budbill, William Parker, Hamid Drake 10:15 Eloping with the Sun: Joe Morris, Hamid Drake, William Parker Saturday Afternoon Performances 01:00 poetry reading 02:00 Tyshawn Sorey - solo piano 03:00 Todd Nicholson The Otic Band with Nate Wooley - trumpet, Steve Swell - trombone, Tatsuya Nakatani - drums 04:00 Guillermo E. Brown's Cut-Up Quintet with Matana Roberts - reeds, Shoko Nagai - keys, electronics, Peter Evans - trumpet, Keith Witty - bass, Guillermo E. Brown - drums, electronics 05:00 Tatsuya Nakatani N.R.A.: Tatsuya Nakatani- percussion, Vic Rawlings - open circuit electronics and speakers, cello, Ricardo Arias - balloons Saturday June 18 - Flamboyan Theater 07:00 Billy Bang, Shoji Hano, Ngo Thanh Nahn, Todd Nicholson 08:30 The Eddie Gale Now Band featuring William Parker: Eddie Gale - trumpet, Ismael Navarette - tenor sax, soprano sax, flute, John Gruntfest alto sax, William Parker - bass, Valerie Mih - piano, T. Squire Holman - drums 11:00 Peter Brotzmann, Nasheet Waits Milagro Theater 07:45 Leroy Jenkins and Felicia Norton - dance 09:15 Joe McPhee, Lori Freedman Duo 10:15 PaNic: Kevin Bachman, Jacquiline Lorenzi, Osamu Uehara, Patricia Nicholson, William Parker, Alvin Fielder, Rob Brown Sunday June 19 - Flamboyan Theater 07:00 Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra 08:30 Joelle Leandre, India Cooke 11:00 Matthew Shipp, William Parker, Sabir Mateen. Han Bennink Milagro Theater 07:45 Karen Borca Quartet with Rob Brown, Newman Taylor Baker, Todd Nicholson 09:15 Rob Brown - alto sax with Daniel Levin - cello, Satoshi Takeishi - percussion, Jo Wood Brown - art installation, video sounds, Nancy Zendora Dance Company with Rochelle Austin, Marie Baker-Lee, Juan Merchan, Nancy Zendora 10:15 Dennis Gonzalez Yells At Eels featuring Oliver Lake: Dennis Gonzalez - trumpet, Oliver Lake - soprano sax, alto sax, Aaron Gonzalez - bass, Stefan Gonzalez - drums

Joe - see this thread. Alot of discussion...

Do I hear a second for "Freebird" as a hidden track on the new cd?

Man, I got a sunburn yesterday, and you guys up north are still wearing earmuffs?? B-)

I think this is a GREAT idea, Jim! I just signed up!

Very nice story, Al! That's some bonding that will stay with you both for the rest of your life. I'm helping coach my daughter's kickball team right now (i know i know, kickball you say, but it's an organized league, and very popular with girls here, they even have adult leagues). The team is all beginners, 6-8 years old, but they're having alot of fun, and learning to work together as a team. It's fun for me as well, and while we haven't had any special moments like you did, I would regret if I didn't try to be as involved in my kid's lives like this as they grow up.

okay wes, nobody else has asked, so I will. What's that gun for? :rsmile: