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Isn't Tejano more like a rock and country blend with some ethnic Mexican texturing? Doesn't this new band Los Lonely Boys play a sort of Tejano-style music? Isn't Tejano the musical style that Selena used? Banda is distinguished by the accordian-like instrument. It does sound very much like polka music. I'm a teensy bit out of my musical depth (or shallowness) here. I'm with Jim on the tejano thing. Tejano is mainly accordion based, at least here. It's either that, or ballads. Los Lonely Boys is definitely not Tejano music. They're from Texas and they're Hispanic, but it's rock. Selena, who is buried not too far from my home, was Tejano. But she was attempting to cross over into the Top 40/pop market just before she was murdered, and that stuff wasn't Tejano. More like Madonna-lite.

I'll keep an eye out for that one. LMAO

I asked a similar question about jazz shopping in Houston back in March, and garthsj responded with comments in this thread. I still hit the Sound Waves on Montrose when I visit, and usually find a couple of things there.

Just noticed in the New Listings: John Scofield - Live En Route Jazz Crusaders - At the Lighthouse '68 Thad Jones/Mel Lewis - Central Park North John McLaughlin - Thieves and Poets Kurt Rosenwinkel - Heartcore Dr. Lonnie Smith - Boogaloo to Beck v/a - Blue Note Revisited In Clearance: John Scofield - Bump, A Go Go, and Steady Groovin' George Benson - Body Talk E.S.T. - Strange Place for Snow Marc Ribot - Muy Divertido Mark Shim - Turbulent Flow

Cowboys cut Quincy Carter today!! Rumors are that he failed some sort of drug test. I liked Carter's attitude, and he seemed to work hard at getting better. Be interesting to see what really happened as more info becomes available. This comes as quite a shock to me. Testaverde is now the clear cut starter, with Henson in the wings.

I believe this archival BNBB photo is being considered for the box cover, or maybe one of the individual CD's...

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PM'd you re: the Bernstein disc. Thanks Erik

Power Man & Iron Fist! I used to dig them, and have a few old comics stashed away somewhere. Gonna have to dig them out one of these days. Also, I just happened to watch a recent Justice League cartoon with my 3 yr old son. When did Green Lantern go from white to black? I don't have a problem with this at all, just surprised me.

I have a neighbor who has a Prius, and he loves it! Says he gets about 60 mpg on the highway. That alone is awful tempting. And it recharges itself, and accelerates pretty well. I believe Kevin Bresnahan was a proponent of Priuses earlier...maybe he can offer some more input. They look a little egg-shaped to me still, but at some point I may be able to get past that... edit: they're apparently not all that expensive, list (about $20K or so - I suppose that's pretty average these days). But I think they have a bit of a waiting list, if I understand correctly...

"The Dallas Cowboys and George agreed on a one-year contract Friday, reports ESPN's Ed Werder. The base salary is $660,000 with a signing bonus of $1.54 million. With incentives, the deal is worth up to $3 million." What are y'all hearing up in Dallas about this, Jim? Or anyone else for that matter. I think it's a good signing if George can be the change of pace back, otherwise it may mess up Julius Jones' development. But that could potentially be one heck of a 1-2 combination! edit: the more I think about it, he might be a REALLY good back for Parcell's grind-it-out on offense and play strong defense philosophy. Might take a little more pressure off Carter to do great things at QB as well...

You're right, Dave. White was in the Plastic Ono Band for a while. He played on the Live Peace in Toronto album, Imagine, and also on Harrison's All Things Must Pass. It's funny though. White has been Yes' drummer since 1972, for 32 years, and yet he still gets negatively compared to Bruford, who was their drummer for a total of 4 years. I understand the difference in their styles (at the core "jazzy" vs. power), and probably prefer Bruford's style myself, but White has been a solid rock in the ever changing Yes lineup ever since he joined.

Doesn't Purdie claim to have drummed on half the Beatles' recordings, or something to that effect?

up.... Eddie George rejected Tennessee's offer on Monday of $1.5M, and expects to be a free agent very shortly. The top 3 teams he's interested in? Dallas, Philly, and Tampa Bay. Will be interesting to see what happens to him. I hope he can play like the George of old as well.

Newish at BMG: Bad Plus - Give Cannonball Adderly - Cannonball Plays Zawinul Peggy Lee - Things are Swingin' Wynton Marsalis - The Magic Hour David Bowie - Sound + Vision box set Cure - B Sides box Grant Lee Buffalo - Storm Hymnal various Pearl Jam live recordings

I can almost forgive you listening to the first album, Moose. At least Foreigner employed Ian McDonald, a founding member of King Crimson, at that time. McDonald played on "In the Court of the Crimson King" and guested on "Red" as well. Upon reflection, what a career dropoff to go from KC to Foreigner!!

Can " ?uestlove" be pronounced verbally, or is it just a written thing, like Prince's symbol, before he became the Artist Formerly Known as Prince?

"Artists related to Foreigner" (from that lyric link): ·Journey ·Fleetwood Mac ·Bad Company ·Boston ·Eagles ·Heart ·Chicago ·Styx ·Toto ·Deep Purple

I know it wasn't the focus of your question, but you might try the Dave Holland Big Band recording that came out in '02, "What Goes Around". He expanded his quintet into a 13 piece group, and the album is really enjoyable. The tunes are all re-recorded versions of songs from the quintet, and done well. Just a thought, and maybe an entryway into his music? edit - I believe a new big band recording is due out shortly as well...

Caught a few minutes of this also. Flip and George Carlin were newscasters and doing a GREAT job - as good as the classic bits from the SNL news skits. What was it about Flip and dressing in drag?

Too...busy...to...see...Sco???? My head's going to explode!!!!

Great photos, Mark! Wish I had been there. It looks like you had a great vantage point. Did you happen to get a picture of Rachel? I'm assuming she was in the front row for the show. Glad to see the positive feedback on EnRoute as well! This one will be making my year end favorite list. -Erik

Just in case you guys need to get away from the hotels/hostels to talk jazz in a more appropriate setting: Pubs in Darmstadt: Bierakademie Viktoriastr. 100 phone: +49-61 51-2 05 62 Darmstädter Ratskeller Marktplatz 8 phone: +49-61 51-2 64 44 Die Theke Rheinstr. 26 phone: +49-61 51-29 34 56 Elsässer Stubb Wilhelminenpassage 10 phone: +49-61 51-29 35 08 Fenstergucker Pützerstr. 25 phone: +49-61 51-2 77 99 Fischlabor Gabelbergerstr. 25 phone: +49-61 51-5 67 04 Hobbit Lauteschlägerstr. phone: +49-61 51-71 42 61 Ireland Pub Mauerstr. 22 phone: +49-61 51-7 77 70 Irish Pub Parcusstr. 21 phone: +49-61 51-29 43 83 Jagdhofkeller Bessungerstr. 84 phone: +49-61 51-6 55 66 Kleines Parlament Mauerstr. 20 phone: +49-61 51-7 47 31 Lagerhaus Julius-Reiber-Str. 32 phone: +49-61 51-2 18 91 Landgraf Grafenstr. 25 phone: +49-61 51-29 17 17 Pallas Pallaswiesenstr. 39 phone: +49-61 51-29 38 68 Pictor Domus Ludwigshöhstr. 19 phone: +49-61 51-66 46 75 Rumpelstilzchen Dieburgerstr. 72 phone: +49-61 51-71 64 86 Sir Winston Hügelstr. 21 phone: +49-61 51-2 42 44 Zum Hotzenplotz Mauerstr. 34 phone: +49-61 51-7 77 47 Zwiebel Wilhelm-Leuschner-Str. 48 phone: +49-61 51-2 70 76 Wine bars in Darmstadt: Bessunger Weinkeller Moosbergstr. 94 phone: +49-61 51-66 48 38 Härtings Weinstube Heinheimerstr. 38 phone: +49-61 51-97 66-0 Osttangente Liebfrauenstr. 38 phone: +49-61 51-78 46 54 Weingewölbe Pädagog Pädagogstr. 5 phone: +49-61 51-2 11 10 Weinmichels Weinstube Schleiermacherstr. 10 phone: +49-61 51-29 08-0 Wein Stütz Lauteschlägerstr. 42 phone: +49-61 51-7 71 22 Weinstube Schubert Dieburgerstr. 64 phone: +49-61 51-7 43 78