jlhoots

It's a solid album, a solid recommendation. For me, over the last few releases Jen Shyu's vocals and Marcus Gilmore's drumming have been two key components... they've loomed large for me so their absence makes Functional Arrhythmias feel, as much as i like it, like a bit of a transitional record, the start of a new phase. Not that that's necessarilly a bad thing and it may just be some classic projecting on my part... I guess for me it's just a less exciting album than the earlier albums on Pi... more refined but more dry... any thoughts? I'm not a fan of the vocals you mention. Just me. Sorry. So this new one works better for me.

I'm not a beer drinker, but I have a friend who swears by something called Moose Drool.

Eugenides: Middlesex Read it approx. 10 years ago. Reading it again for our Book Club. Really good.

The new one - Functional Arrhythmias is the one you need currently IMO.

Pandelis Karayorgis has 4 CDs on Driff Records all of which are very good in different ways.

Terri Hendrix / Lloyd Maines

Last night - 2009 Turley Zinfandel (Tofanelli Vineyard)

I've had this for a few months. I like it - I'm a fan. BTW I read someplace that NotTwo no longer has a U.S. distributor. Anyone know if that's true?

Agree with Mark. R.I.P.

The Wayward Wind

thanks for posting this, I'm with you on the anticipation of this. I've enjoyed all of her previous leader discs and find that I enjoy the vast majority of other dates in which she is involved. Having bought many releases because of her presence I then experienced a period of Halvorsen-overload but listening to Laubrock's first Anti-House yesterday made me realise that that phase was well and truly over. Bring on the new release Looks good. Mary will be playing at The Outpost in Albuquerque in Dec.. Looking forward to that.

I've read many of his novels. Also neat that one of his writings is the inspiration for the TV series Justified. R.I.P.

92nd annual Santa Fe Indian Market this past weekend.

Want to see this. Waiting for a US DVD release. Has been listed as forthcoming at Amazon US for months. I like "strange".

She was already excellent & had huge potential.

I should hope so.

The session with Ben Webster is one of my favorites.

It would take more than that to get me to listen to her music.

Me too.

Totally agreed. I agree too.

Silke Eberhard

Alan Goldsher: Hard Bop Academy (The Sidemen Of Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers) is pretty good. I haven't read the Gourse.

AFAIK never came out.

There's some discussion of the relationship of Richie & Bud in Wail.

The Cookers