Johnny E

There sure are a lot of people running around calling themselves Christian that ain't really Christian at all. As Mr. Roach once said, "Deeds, Not Words". Some of em' even have crowns and fancy robes.

Wednesday, May 18, 2005 Banned pregnant graduate walks anyway THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- A pregnant student who was banned from graduation at her Roman Catholic high school announced her own name and walked across the stage anyway at the close of the program. Alysha Cosby's decision prompted cheers and applause Tuesday from many of her fellow seniors at St. Jude Educational Institute. But her mother and aunt were escorted out of the church by police after Cosby headed back to her seat. "I can't believe something like this is happening in 2005," said her mother, Sheila Cosby. "My daughter has been through a lot and I am proud of her. She deserved to walk, and she did." The school's guidance counselor delivered Cosby's degree to her house earlier Tuesday, but she still wanted to participate. "I worked hard throughout high school and I wanted to walk with my class," she said. Cosby was told in March that she could no longer attend school because of safety concerns, and her name was not listed in the graduation program. The father of Cosby's child, also a senior at the school, was allowed to participate in graduation.

You read my mind.

I think my brain exploded a little the first time I heard Fripp come in with those power chords. In a good way of course. Guy I know what you mean.

Try giving 'Larks Tongues in Aspic' another try. I did recently (I was feeling the same way as you btw) and I was blown away. Jamie Muir on percussion! Long improve sections. Sweeping dynamics, driving rock meets introspective jazz meets tender ballads. It's a fine record - as well as 'Red' and 'Starless and Bible Black'.

Disagree -- if they lose this series, it will be one of the most monumental choke jobs of all time. Granted, they choked to the Lakers last year, but the Lakers were a MUCH MUCH better team than the Sonics. I'll go on a limb and predict the Spurs will win the next two. I will grow a Ben Wallace fro if the Sonics win in 6. Ain'y gonna happen. Sonics are playing like a team on a mission. And they play as a TEAM. Duncan looked shell shocked on Sunday. Sonics in 7 BABY!!!!!!!!!

Neil Young - Harvest Black Uhuru - Red & Chill Out All vinyl

Anybody know where I can a get a hold of the video footage of Crimson at the Beat Club circa 1973?

I've always liked Punch the Clock. I know it doesn't get the glowing reviews like some of his other albums, but it has the wonderful "Everday I Write the Book" as well as "Shipbuilding" featuring a haunting trumpet solo by Chet Baker. "Pills and Soup" is also a chilling masterpiece. Check it out if you can.

Recorded Apr 26, 1970: From AMG - Originally released on the Muse label, this album is of vital importance not only because it is one of Brooks' few dates as leader, but also because it introduced much of the jazz world to trumpeter Woody Shaw, tenor saxophonist George Coleman, pianist Hugh Lawson, and bassist Cecil McBee. Recorded at the Left Bank Jazz Society in Baltimore, MD, Brooks and company reflect the music of the day, from straight post-bop and soul-jazz to ultra-modern sounds and unique percussion musings.

He was a trumpet player before Mingus taught him how to play drums...he must have been in his late 20's early 30's by then.

I've found that it's both liberating & more challenging. You need two things or it sounds empty and listless - first, a bassist & drummer who lock in with one another and can cook. Second, at least one very strong soloist. You can make up for these things in other ways when you have a piano player because the pianist gives a rhythm section cohesiveness and always keeps the soloist from getting lost by comping those chords. That said, in the hands of capable musicians, the pianoless group can be liberating in that your not confined by the chord structure as a soloist. Check out William Parkers "O’Neil’s Porch" or Andrew Cyrille's "Special People" if you'd like to hear some pianoless shit that kicks ass and seriously grooves.

Tyrone Washington could have made a phenomenal album. Natural Essence hints at what he was capable of but he tried to push the funky thing a little too much. The Hendrix/Miles recording that was in the works would have been nice. Fela with an allstar jazz line-up would have been nice too...Imagine Fela with Louis Moholo, Johnny Dyani, Chris McGregor, Archie Shepp, Roswell Rudd, Lester Bowie and Roy Ayers!

What does this post mean exactly? I never posted anything that said Bastard. Please don't change things and attribute them to me, OK? Sorry Johnny, no offence meant. It's common practice at another board I visit. The intention was to (after having seen that link) exhibit my feelings towards the guy in particular and in general, the Christian Right. As I don't visit the Politics forum much at all, I'm not aware of your leanings, but fuigured as you provided the post in the first place, that you may see the funny side. Like I said, no offence meant. Oh, OK I get it. No offense taken. I just had never seen that done before and it got me worried that people might do this in the future to misrepresent what I say. Sorry to get all defensive.

What does this post mean exactly? I never posted anything that said Bastard. Please don't change things and attribute them to me, OK?

Bushfish

I will. Thanks everyone!

This is all new to me. My wife and I, as you all know, had a baby in January. So now I am trippin' trying to figure out what to get my wife for mothers day. She is a woman of very modest means, has a Masters in film, and never, EVER buys stuff for herself (unlike me and my jazz CD habit ). So I'm really stressed about getting her the right thing. She likes the same type of music I do, albeit not as veraciously, she uses a MAC G4 laptop, and writes poetry and likes to laugh. Any suggestions?

My theory is cable television. Seem to me like anyone under the age of 30 or so grew up with cable TV. When you have 50 channels and MTV it makes watching a b&w movie much less inviting. I remember growing up in Philly and only having the three majors, PBS, and three UHF stations (17, 29, and 48). From midnight on channel 48 would show old movies - White Heat, Duck Soup, The Bank Dick, Treasure of Sierra Madre, Little Caesar...and groovy 60's flicks too like Omega Man, The Illustrated Man, and Little Big Man. It's cable TV that robbed American youth of 30 IQ points...that's my theory anyway.

Evolution on trial as Kansas debates Adam vs Darwin By Carey Gillam Mon May 2,12:20 PM ET TOPEKA, Kan (Reuters) - Evolution is going on trial in Kansas. Eighty years after a famed courtroom battle in Tennessee pitted religious beliefs about the origins of life against the theories of British scientist Charles Darwin, Kansas is holding its own hearings on what school children should be taught about how life on Earth began. The Kansas Board of Education has scheduled six days of courtroom-style hearings to begin on Thursday in the capitol Topeka. More than two dozen witnesses will give testimony and be subject to cross-examination, with the majority expected to argue against teaching evolution. Many prominent U.S. scientific groups have denounced the debate as founded on fallacy and have promised to boycott the hearings, which opponents say are part of a larger nationwide effort by religious interests to gain control over government. "I feel like I'm in a time warp here," said Topeka attorney Pedro Irigonegaray who has agreed to defend evolution as valid science. "To debate evolution is similar to debating whether the Earth is round. It is an absurd proposition." WIDESPREAD DEBATE Irigonegaray's opponent will be attorney John Calvert, managing director of the Intelligent Design Network, a Kansas organization that argues the Earth was created through intentional design rather than random organism evolution. The group is one of many that have been formed over the last several years to challenge the validity of evolutionary concepts and seek to open the schoolroom door to ideas that humans and other living creatures are too intricately designed to have come about randomly. While many call themselves creationists, who believe that God was the ultimate designer of all life, they are stopping short of saying creationism should be taught in schools. "We're not against evolution," said Calvert. "But there is a lot of evidence that suggests that life is the product of intelligence. I think it is inappropriate for the state to prejudge the question whether we are the product of design or just an occurrence." Debates over evolution are currently being waged in more than a dozen states, including Texas where one bill would allowing for creationism to be taught alongside evolution. Kansas has been grappling with the issue for years, garnering worldwide attention in 1999 when the state school board voted to downplay evolution in science classes. Subsequent elections altered the membership of the school board and led to renewed backing for evolution instruction in 2001. But elections last year gave religious conservatives a 6-4 majority and the board is now finalizing new science standards, which will guide teachers about how and what to teach students. The current proposal pushed by conservatives would not eliminate evolution entirely from instruction, nor would it require creationism be taught, but it would encourage teachers to discuss various viewpoints and eliminate core evolution claims as required curriculum. School board member Sue Gamble, who describes herself as a moderate, said she will not attend the hearings, which she calls "a farce." She said the argument over evolution is part of a larger agenda by Christian conservatives to gradually alter the legal and social landscape in the United States. "I think it is a desire by a minority... to establish a theocracy, both within Kansas and growing to a national level," Gamble said. OLD TESTAMENT TEACHINGS Some evolution detractors say that the belief that humans, animals and organisms evolved over long spans of time is inconsistent with Biblical teachings that life was created by God. The Bible's Old Testament says that God created life on Earth including the first humans, Adam and Eve, in six days. Detractors also argue that evolution is invalid science because it cannot be tested or verified and say it is inappropriately being indoctrinated into education and discouraging consideration of alternatives. But defenders say that evolution is not totally inconsistent with Biblical beliefs, and it provides a foundational concept for understanding many areas of science, including genetics and molecular biology. The theory of evolution came to prominence in 1859 when Darwin published "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection," and it was the subject of a 1925 trial in Tennessee in which teacher John Thomas Scopes was accused of violating a ban against teaching evolution. Kansas School Board chairman Steve Abrams said the hearings are less about religion than they are about seeking the best possible education for the state's children. "If students... do not understand the weaknesses of evolutionary theory as well as the strengths, a grave injustice is being done to them," Abrams said.

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ME TOO!!!!

No, but seriously folks....