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That is quite accurate. I might only dispute the Beatles claim...

Just ordered the Complete Led Zeppelin from BMG. Gotta take advantage of the free shipping thing on 10 discs!

I saw some sealed BN 8-tracks at the record shop this weekend. A Sonny Rollins comp and a Kenny Burrell one. Not the same, but if we are talking about obscure formats...

I found a way dusty copy in a brick & mortar after I discovered that it was OOP. Tried ordering from Amazon, but it was cancelled. If you go to a Borders they may be able to get stock from another location... I was just listening to disc 7 on Sunday. You must own this set.

Oops, consider myself corrected: excessive handling

The seller should have just put those charges in on the international handling fee, and pointed it out as a shipping surcharge. The surcharge deal is odd because the seller is quite fair with the shipping portion of things. At cost, even!

At the indie record store I worked at for many years: "I heard if you know the password you can buy weed here." "Where are your soft rock cassettes? I like soft rock. Is that bad? Am I bad?" "Can I get engraving done here?" We should have written more of them down...there were hundreds...

That doc is highly recommended. When were the last Fonotone 78s pressed? I thought about that yesterday, for some reason. For that matter, when did the majors cease new production of 78s?

Yep. (Free For All - Freddie) + Lee/(Reggie Workman-Jymie Merritt). I still think that FFA's overall "favored" status over Indestructable is a residual function of the latter having been OOP as an LP for may years while FFA stayed in print. Otherwise, hey, they're both topshelfstellardefinitive classics, but if I could only have one, it would be my orange and black buddy, But having said all that, Wayne on the RTE Olympia sides is Nutz Skwared. Or does that not count? These were my two thoughts as well. I love how it sounds like everything is about to go off the rails on Free for All. I still remember the first time I heard that in college. Shit!

Azimuth problems?

Same here -- have yet to see it in the racks, however...

Same here. I really enjoy the contributions from Antony -- another unique voice for sure.

Cookie Monster and the letter F: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xt7kAjQavi8

I was talking with the nice mail lady at the post office in my building at work and she said that they are indeed getting rid of the surface option. With a stated delivery time of 4-6 weeks, I have never even touched that service.

I sold my second quintet box to buy the individual discs. Hated the packaging of those boxes, and I find that I listen to albums less when they are in box form.

Just picked up the 2CD set with the Mainz and Asbury Park shows from 74 and my mind has been officially blown.

Any comments on the new Okka release of Brotzmann/Sharrock duos? It is LP only, recorded in 1989. I like those two together in Last Exit. Seemed to bring out a blues-ish side to Brotzmann's playing.

I bought a clearance guitar from Target for a friend as well, a Washburn "Lyons" strat copy that had a little practice amp in the box as well for about that same price. Was not a bad guitar for a beginner for that price! Yep, that is what mine is!

I'll have to throw on his performances of the Bach 'Cello solo pieces.

I think that was Chris Corsano on drums. Konono No. 1 is supporting her on her tour - -I am seeing them [not Bjork] tonight!

Is this news? They're real cheap. Fair enough - aren't they like $40 a piece for the basic ones? Still - you can throw away $40 or invest $150 well... I bought one of the Danelectro Fab Distortion pedals for $16, new. Not REAL versatile, but it does the trick. Their $16 slap echo pedal does a competent job as well. [Then again, my guitar was a $74 clearance model from the Target store...]

Saw it this weekend. Also noticed posters of Miles and Monk, too. Seemed a bit longish, with the predictable twist in the end. Both characters were well, played, however. Nice job for both!

Just picked up the Newk VV date, and was pleased to hear of all of the solo solo time Elvin got. Superb!

That is the same mindset that the alcohol prohibitionists took, too. Some, indeed, are: I guess I have been using mine improperly, then. I don't think you can compare the two situations. Alcohol is a lot easier to make illegally than a gun is to build. I also think that Prohibition didn't have people's full support. Might be different with gun control. People might miss the weekly (and daily?) use of alcohol. You don't use your guns every day (or at least I hope not.) Different thing altogether. The craftiness needed to make passable alcohol [enough to get you loaded] is most definitely on par with the craftiness needed to make a passable gun [enough to get you shootin']. See the zip gun concept. If there are 30 million gun owners, then I think we could say at the most conservative that half of them do not favor making them illegal. That still leaves 15 million. That is a far cry from "full support" of gun control, especially in your scenario of outlawing all 200 million of those guns. And I must say that the notion of someone else telling me how often I can use something, let alone the government leaves me cold. Is there any other aspects of my life you see fit for government regulation / prohibition?

That is the same mindset that the alcohol prohibitionists took, too. Some, indeed, are: (see attached photo) I guess I have been using mine improperly, then. [edit for photo]