felser

I'm a huge Dion fan. Exceedingly underrated over the course of the last many decades. Haven't heard this one, but te other blues albums he did earlier in the 2000's are pretty spectacular. And this is one of my favorite songs of all-time (by anyone):

Re: CTI "thing" - The ultimate single cut for me is Hubbard's "First Light", but the rest of the album is weaker. I love the flow of Benson's "White Rabbit" album as far as the CTI "sound". "Beyond The Blue Horizon" is spectacular Benson, to me clearly his masterpiece, but exceedingly atypical for the label.

https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/release/music/jazz-fusion/month/2020/07?periods=3 Some nice titles including Cecil McBee's "Music From The Source" (but still waiting for a CD reissue of the companion title, "Compassion"). You'll need to wade through a little dross on the page to get to the ENJA titles.

Can't blame Bonnie for that one, she was long gone. Though that's actually my favorite of their later work. Bonnie's solo career was really a mess apart from "Heaven Must Have Sent You". Neither she nor the Pointer Sisters were ever the same for me after they split.

RIP - She was my primary joy in the Pointer Sisters. Loved their early Blue Thumb albums. Always think of this one when I hear her name:

Sounds good to me, thanks.

Fact is, there are also bad people in the world who don't wear police uniforms. Easy to say something doesn't work and we shouldn't have it, harder to say here's a better way to provide the necessary protection. Has anyone seen any feasible alternatives proposed? I'm not a fan of vigilante mobs or of everyone having their own gun and protecting their own turf, you know?

Good stuff. Brings to mind Ecclesiastes 11:7-12:7

Horrible time. Kent State was the toughest day for me. I was in 10th grade in Ohio.

One of my greatest concerns is the attack on the free press. We desperately need it preserved.

The Vick and the Bonner are long overdue for CD issue and I look forward to the Scott CD. Love many of the other titles including the Cobham. That is my go-to MJQ

McGuinn got eight miles high...

Pump don't work cause the vandals took the handle.

She passed this morning. God rest her soul.

I have found this discussion to be incredibly helpful. Don't need to agree with everyone to be glad for hearing their thoughts and having mine heard. I'm very centrist in my politics, a very lonely place to be in this era. I have adopted the John Kasich mantra about voting for candidates rather than parties, have changed my party registration to enable me to have a meaningful primary vote, and have voted split ballots for the past several years. We need outlets at this point and we have a pretty meaningful community here where we can support one another in this painful time regardless of placement on the political spectrum. We are all hurting.

This Rocky Boyd album has occasionally been reissued as a Kenny Dorham album.

1992 Riots after Rodney King verdict Arson, violence and looting broke out across Los Angeles following the not-guilty verdicts in all but one assault charge in the video-taped police beating of Rodney King. During the violence, 2,000 reserve soldiers were activated. During six days of rioting, more than 60 people were killed and more than 2,000 people were injured.

At least it's above the Mendoza Line (and do I ever miss baseball).

+ 1

Yes, understood and agreed. I'd like an alternative offered that will keep my family and community safe the rest of this week. It's very easy for us to all be righteously against the bad guys in power (I know, I do it all the time). It's harder to come up with answers that actually deal with the full reality on the ground (which involves both fascist actions from some of those in power and wanton destruction in our streets by some) and will get us through from now to November (and keep the polls open, another concern). Bashing in a drug store door and stealing the merchandise is not "the revolution" to me. And attacking peaceful protestors for a photo-op is not "leadership" to me. And I don't want the army in my neighborhood shooting away. But I want to be able to go to Target to get groceries without having to dodge bricks coming through the window (not just a hypothetical right now where I live).

Again, it's not the simple dichotamy you are laying out. Believe me, I really want a logical, humane way out of this. The owner of a gun store in South Philadelphia shot and killed an alleged looter who broke in early Tuesday morning. A group of four men cut the lock and kicked in the door at Firing Line, Inc. on the 1500 block of South Front Street around 4:13 a.m., according to officials. Greg Isabella, 67, who told police he was spending the night in the shop due to previous break-in attempts, said he heard the individuals walking up the steps to his second floor store and took matters into his own hands. “He heard them walking up the steps, and one of the individuals who broke into the property pointed a handgun at him,” Philadelphia police inspector Scott Small told Fox 29. “And that’s when the store owner fired his own weapon, striking the one perpetrator at least one time in the head.”

I don't think it's that simple, I wish it was. If someone is trying to throw a brick through my window just because, he's my enemy, regardless of where he was born. There are a lot more parts being played here than are being identified. There are bad policemen. There are good policemen. There are all flavors of politicians, good, bad, and inbetween. There are victims (George Floyd, his family, countless others who have come before). There are righteous, courageous, non-violent protestors. There are people "making the scene" (and that runs left and right, no persuasion gets a group pass), there are thugs, looters, and thieves taking advantage of the situation and destroying lives. There are provocateurs on both the left and the right. And there's the rest of us, left in various states of fear and vulnerability. Bricks are being thrown through windows a mile from my house. I hate what happened in front of the white house last night. I hate what happened to George Floyd. I also hate what happened to an immigrant family in Delaware I know, who had their lifelong business destroyed by looters. My wife and I are white. Our black daughter and black grandson live with us. I don't want to see a police state. I also don't want to see my community destroyed or my family harmed. And not much of anybody out there seems to give a damn about what I don't want at the moment.

It is, but I've certainly heard much worse (this is not bootleg sound, just poorly recorded), and Criss's performance is incendiary.

Beautiful late 60's folk rock, very akin to the first two Tim Buckley albums (and on the same label). Noonan's vocal style and compositional style are both hauntingly similar to Buckley's from that period. Contains four fine early Jackson Browne compositions. Also contains Noonan's version of the beautiful "Buy For Me The Rain" (he wrote it), much better known as the first semi-hit by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.