Johnny E

Please do

Thanks Mark. My condolences to the wife. That Dr. Phil will kill ya'. You're a noble man to give up such a harmlessly enlightened vice for the sake of saving your woman's soul. Be safe, and don't-don't-don't believe the hype.

Yep, I gain knowledge from them everyday. Knowledge leads to wisdom. And wisdom leads one not to wish for peace while hyping an unnecessary war. Merry Christmas berigan. HAPPY CHRISTMAS (WAR IS OVER) So this is Christmas And what have you done Another year over And a new one just begun Ans so this is Christmas I hope you have fun The near and the dear ones The old and the young A very merry Christmas And a happy New Year Let's hope it's a good one Without any fear And so this is Christmas For weak and for strong For rich and the poor ones The world is so wrong And so happy Christmas For black and for white For yellow and red ones Let's stop all the fight A very merry Christmas And a happy New Year Let's hope it's a good one Without any fear And so this is Christmas And what have we done Another year over And a new one just begun Ans so this is Christmas I hope you have fun The near and the dear ones The old and the young A very merry Christmas And a happy New Year Let's hope it's a good one Without any fear War is over If you want it War is over Now...

Merry Christmas Berigan. But don't you think hoping and praying for a peaceful New Year and voting the way you do is a contradiction? Oh, and your signature is out of context and makes no sense. Happy New Year to ya' my boy

I know a lot of you see me as the (or at least one of the) board provocateur(s). Some of you like me, some of you hate me, some of you just put up with me and still others plain ignore me. But I just wanted to say that I love our little community here and I learn a lot everyday by visiting. I respect all of you regardless of political ideology and temperament. This board gives me the opportunity to interact with people with diverse views, perspectives, and experiences. An opportunity that I do not get very often in my everyday life. So to all my jazz friends (and I consider you all my friends regardless of all the bickering, and head butting), may you all have a very happy, reflective and safe holiday season. Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah & Happy New Year. Let's hope it's a good one, without any fear.

Oh. AMG has it listed as 'Hard Cores'. I'd love to hear it. Sunny is the shit!

Does anybody know if the Sunny Murray album "Hard Cores" on Philly Jazz has ever been re-issued? And does anybody have info on the Philly Jazz label in general?

I got mine from Dusty Groove Along with the Water Byard Lancaster...good, but not as good as the Gales.

I just picked up the two Eddie Gale's and all I can say is....

Sure thing.

Yeah, North Country don't offer much that's for sure...but we went for it anyway.

Well, we recently got distribution through North Country. Organissimo members, do you do this above and beyond any regular distribution you already have or do you do it because you lack National/International distribution?

Is it worthwhile? B3-er, have you sold some CD through these places? I don't want to go through the hassle of sending discs, keeping track, checking back, if no CD's are gonna be sold.

This is me singing Leadbelly's "Man Comin' Round Takin' Names" at a anti-Bush rally in Seattle around 4 months ago:

Maggie Long Lane

The Art of Bop Drumming by John Riley is a very good book for teaching jazz kit. http://www.johnriley.org/index.php?section=publications

I think it's funny how we get a little nudge if a thread strays off course toward politics. Threads almost always go here and there and rework into something else, but go toward politics...HEY BUDDY, WATCH IT!

Haven't we been through this before?

Why don't the people who talk football here go to a "real" football board and take that over and start talking about jazz there?

(oh this is too irresistible).....like the Democrats would?? We musn't confront the terrorists right?? I'm not talking political ideology here, I'm talking about the people on this board. Fuck the democrats, what do I care? You neo-conservatives have a one-track mind, sheesh! btw, yeah Bush has really attacked those terrorists? No Osama, no Saddam, festering shit holes in Afghanistan and Iraq and we're less safe now than we were before 9/11. Could anyone do worse?

Dan, could you please keep your personal jibes to yourself? It's snips like that that cause threads to get mean-spirited, personal and spiral out of control. B3-er, could you warn him please Just joking. Conservatives need to vent there anger and fear somewhere and at someone. Might as well be me.

Maybe they don't want to read about politics on a board that they go to for jazz. It would be nice if you didn't belittle someone (and likewise assume they have their head in the sand) for their choice. You have a choice to read and post in the politics section, they have the choice not to read and post in the politics section. Yes that's true, but to make it so the political threads don't appear at all to some members is a little strange. I mean, you have a political section on this board, no? Why? Well I could venture to guess that a fair number of jazz people also like to talk politics with other jazzbos. That section, in part, keeps people coming back to your site. There's a place where people talk about football on this board. I hate football, but you don't see me whining about it. To section one group of discussions from another seems a little, I don't know, hypocritical. If you don't like politics on your board, take it off. But you like all those hits don't you? So you set up a little function to screen one aspect of expression from the rest. Kinda weak.

I'm just amazed at how sensitive the people on this board are. Avoid confrontation at all cost, and pretend like the world isn't turning.

I have never thrown personal attacks and I'm not gonna start now. The Republican Party, it's platform, and its minions (in a generalized sense) on the other hand, can blow me. Did you have a nice thanksgiving Dan?