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Listening to the new Sco album, "A Moment's Peace". I wasn't even aware of this one until I read the thread about Russell Malone's recent Blindfold Test. Already out in Europe & Japan, U.S. release in September. This is a set of ballads, with Sco in a quartet setting with Larry Goldings, Scott Colley, and Brian Blade. I think this is the first time Blade and Sco have recorded together. And Goldings and Sco are a good combo, as evidenced on their Trio Beyond recording from about 5 years ago, with Jack DeJohnette (and previous Sco dates obviously). 1. Simply Put 2. I Will 3. Lawns 4. Throw It Away 5. I Want To Talk About You 6. Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You 7. Johan 8. Mood Returns 9. Already September 10. You Don't Know What Love Is 11. Plain Song 12. I Loves You Porgy

Staring contest - Samuel wins, you lose.

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Just saw this info on the SH board, I guess from some early "listening party" or something: ***** Some info about Opeth's new album: -It was played in 5.1 surround system and according to the writer the mix was good although he's usually not a fan of playing rock in other than stereo format. Åkerfeldt himself said "I first heard the record today and I didn't know they were going to play it to the media in surround. I had my doubts, but the end-result made me have goose bumps" -It's about 56 minutes long. -Draws to mind Sabbath, Beatles, jazz, King Crimson, Cream, Rainbow, Floyd, funk, Purple, Piirpauke, classical, My Dying Bride, folk, Love, Jethro Tull, Maiden… -No death metal parts or growling -No modern style of "wall of guitar tracks". -Lots of keys, piano and mellotron are featured. Some intros include clarinet and contrabass. - "We aren't concerned about other people's opinions", Åkerfeldt stated. "If fans of death metal can't enjoy this, that's their problem" The band leader also said that he had grown tired of extreme metal already in the 90s, but couldn't explain why the previous record still included death growls. "I have wanted to make a record like this since I was 20", Åkerfeldt said and added that making it would not have been possible without the metal roots that brought them success. The journalist also says: "In any case, some metal fans will have troule with Heritage, but if your hopes are more in the 70s, this album can only work. This is probably safe to assume after a single listen. The first 7 songs are insanely good, the other 3 a bit less so."

Trying a Thelonious Monk Belgian Ale in my Belgian bier stein tonight!

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Mazel tov, Barak!

If you watch any of the national news programs or channels, it's been difficult to avoid this case over the past 3 yrs. This one has been *the* case that's been talked about for a while now, maybe more so than the Barry Bonds trial.

I thought I was the only one who heard it this way! Guess I'm not alone - the first google image that comes up with that word is:

How Free for All can keep his audience on its toes:

Let's see: Giants' record: 48-37, 1st place in NL West Astros' record: 29-56, last place in all of baseball I don't have much sympathy for you, GoodSpeak.

Good read - and impressive on Malone's part! I didn't realize Scofield's new album was already out, it's not even mentioned on Sco's website. Nice to see him in a quartet setting again.

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Happy Birthday, Ro-Beer!!!

It offends me that you've apparently offended someone!

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Happy late Birthday!

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Oh man, I remember those days - Mark Aguirre, Rolando Blackman. Adrian Dantley. Some good ball back then.

Heretic!

Way to go Mavericks! The better TEAM certainly won the championship. Miami may have a better collection of talent, but that don't matter if they don't have heart or chemistry. (said as someone who generally likes Dwyane Wade, and was impressed by Chris Bosh and Chalmers).

:tup Way to go Shawn. Go get 'em in L.A.!

All the best, Kevin!