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Here's a different perspective on this story... NSFW language: Sex Toy Demonstration Scandal at Northwestern University - perspective from a participant in demonstration, (the Reddit discussion where I saw it). In short, during the regular course, the class was shown a standard human sexuality film (that has been shown for a couple decades, at least) that was far more explicit than what this scandalous "optional lecture" had. In short, it sounds like students of life-drawing classes (with nude models) routinely get a lot more of an eyeful than they did in this incident that everyone is all bent out of shape about.

Never really heard the term "dinner jazz" used (seriously), but I am familiar with "dinner music"... Take your pick...

The most prominent in the US: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marin_Alsop I was JUST going to mention Alsop. I heard her three times (twice in St. Louis and once in KC) before her appointment in Baltimore, and was pretty blown away as best I can recall. I understand from several symphony players here in KC that she was very demanding/exacting, and really pushed them to get exactly what she wanted. At the time, our orchestra wasn't used to being pushed like that, and I believe she more than ruffled a few feathers (that probably more than needed ruffling). I will DEFINITELY be trekking up to Baltimore to hear her at least a couple times a year, once I get settled in DC in a couple months. Hell, depending on what she programs, I may be up there as much as for stuff at the National Symphony in DC. Also, Anne Manson was the music director of the Kansas City Symphony here for four seasons ('99-'03), and I thought she was damn good as well (I sang in the KC Symphony Chorus during her entire tenure here). She was very easy to follow, with some of the best stick technique I'd ever seen. She also ran the best rehearsals of any conductor I'd yet worked with (very efficient). I was sorry to see her go after only four years, but she has really focused her career since as an opera conductor (particularly in Europe, I believe).

I've been listening to David's 'PoD' disc a LOT since I got it (almost daily that first week, several times even twice!). It already feels like an old friend, and is one of THE best discs I've picked up in eons. Top drawer effort; I'd buy anything by this band, sight unseen. Hell, put me down for a box set.

Not often anymore that you actually see tunes referred to "sides" in print (least of all on packaging). (Nice touch.)

Aack!! - more Wynton!

Welcome to the board!! Glad to have you posting. If you don't yet have this: Town Hall, New York City, June 22, 1945, it's really quite an amazing and important document (and only fairly recently discovered). Lots more on the background of this recording here: NEW, NEVER HEARD, DIZZY & BIRD FROM UPTOWN (This WILL Rock Your World!!!!) [Original thread title had all those caps, and with good reason.] BTW, I got WAY more into hardbop (and beyond), and never quite got bitten as much by the 'bebop' bug -- so my Parker and pre-60's Dex knowledge is admittedly thin. Not to worry, plenty others here will have lots of info to offer.

Relevant: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN42uzNFVmQ

Sounds like too much stuff in the dryer at the same time could be part of the issue. Also -- Dryers are hard on jeans (cuz they take so long to dry), and jeans are hard on dryers. Dry 'em on a rack, and then (after dry), toss 'em in the dryer on low for 10 minutes to soften them up. Your jeans will last a lot longer too.

You know, come to think of it -- earlier I said I really didn't have any?? Well, that's not entirely true. I have a few particular classical works that qualify... William Levi Dawson - Negro Folk Symphony (1934/52) Samuel Barber - Symphony No. 2 (1944/47), which Barber ordered destroyed in 1964 (and thus it because the much less known of his only two symphonies). Thankfully it was reconstructed in the 80's from a set of orchestral parts that were found in a warehouse (and previously thought to have been destroyed). Brahms - Piano Quartet #1, orchestrated by Schoenberg thusly (1861, orch 1937) Kurt Atterberg - Piano Concerto (1935), a HUGE neo-romantic work that gets a little bitonal in places, every bit as much an "integrated" symphony/piano-concerto "hybrid" as Brahms' first piano concerto.

No kidding, Mother Ship especially (but at this point, I'd take either one). I tried, I tried. It's getting to the point where you can't even pay people to play this shit, what's it gonna take?? ( )

Now THAT'S news we can USE!! Thanks!

Not within the span of Costello discs you're interested in, Jim, but I highly recommend the Rhino double-disc of "Juliet Letters" (the one with just Elvis and a string quartet). Just listened to this the other day (hadn't in 5 years), and ended up spinning it three times in a row. Really an amazing work. (Actually, I'm back in KC now, working on the house -- and could only spin my old single disc version, so I'm looking forward to hearing the bonus disc again when I finally get to DC in a couple months).

I don't have just a few, but rather probably 25-30 dates I've gotten a little "obsessive" over, over the years. But nothing that really rises to the top of those 30 though. When I get like that about a recording, I usually burn myself out on it, and it slides into a more regular rotation level -- still occupying a special place in my mind, even if I never return to it with quite the same level of ferocity. For instance, I must have spun Passing Ships and that third (crazy) disc of the Hill BN Select 50 times each within the first 6 months after I got them (same goes with The Trainwreck™ ) -- but I don't think I've spun either any more than 6-8 times in any given year since. Pretty much all my "obsessive" listening goes like that. 50 spins in a few short months, and then I don't ever need to hear it as much ever again (even if it still gets more spins than average).

How is the sound quality of the two circulating Miles/Rivers dates? I understand one is a soundboard (probably the one I've heard, which sounded quite decent), but how's the other one?? Miles ahead says an "audience recording".

Saw this just now on Reddit... John Stamos' reply to rumors he will be on Two and A Half Men... PS: I've never seen Two and A Half Men. Not one episode, not 2-minutes, not even 10-seconds. CBS doesn't get watched much in our house, so I don't even think I've seen any promos for it (though my wife probably has, if/when college hoops is on CBS).

Not exactly "heights" (although the elevation drop must be quite a hell of a lot)... ...in any case, this is pretty jaw-dropping: http://vimeo.com/9970489 This next one is even more rugged/severe (same location, different course - from a previous year) -- one bike chases another one down the course (edited to alternate camera views), each with head-mounted cameras: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56kJ99AvfoI And here's another rider from the same course (same year) as the first clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO0VLouJFNQ

This is architectural, but similar (strangely) to the carved books I started this thread with (Similar HOW?? - CLICK, and find out!!) It's a slide-show with text descriptions on the right, click the green forward and backward buttons near the upper right corner. There's also a short article down below the slide-show (visible on any slide). Note: These are NOT renderings -- but actual, physical objects. (And might even be cooler than the books!) More images on the artist's website HERE. Edit: I think some of these (above?) are computer renderings, but this one (below) is REAL...

There's a LOT of history of counterfeits of these Beatles sets, so I would imagine that would be in your favor too.

Check the Wikipedia entries for each title you're interested in. The track-listings and bonus material for all the various configurations are listed, practically side by side. The Rhino's look the most comprehensive to me, in terms of studio material -- while the Hip-O's seem to focus on live bonus material (with a fair number of studio extras). I'm a sucker for bonus material, and find that depending on the artist, Wikipedia is usually the best resource to sorting out what reissues have what bonuses.

Thanks for this post Dan. We all ran Scott off this board and we all lose. I certainly don't think he's correct all the time but as I said a while back (and offended him), he's a good generalist. Never good? For anyone? I'll take a reviewer with their share of factual errors, but good general insights most of the time -- over one that's a lot more accurate, but with more esoteric notions/opinions about music. For a site like Allmusic, which caters to a very broad and wide constituency, I believe they (and even we) are better off with the former. Saying Scott Yanow is "never good" is like saying Wikipedia (in total) is so bad (and there are plenty who say that) because it has some stuff wrong, while getting so much so right. Now I admit I'm comparing apples and oranges, because Wikipedia doesn't traffic in Opinion like Allmusic -- but I go to Allmusic as much or more for opinion as facts. The facts most people go there for are at least as accurate as the collective output of the world of semi-serious jazz criticism (taken as a whole). Should it be better? Yeah, sure, but shouldn't everything? I'm with Chuck and Dan on this one. When the good outweighs the bad, it's counterproductive to hammer incessantly at the bad, at the expense of the good. Edit: See .:.impossible's post immediately above this one for one supporting argument. I don't reference Allmusic as much as I did 5 and 10 years ago (at least jazz), but they're still my go-to site for a first take on anything music related. What, pray tell Chris, would you suggest as a better option? Please point me to a better alternative.

What's on the Rivers set? Anybody know yet?? Lots of speculation, not much hard info yet. Maybe this has been answered before, but do we know yet if it will be a big-box, or a Select?

Q: How many lawyers does it take to change a light bulb?

There's lots more examples of this guy's stuff on his website: HERE, and then scroll down. The two most recent years are blank; those are on his his Flickr feed. Interesting to see what he was doing back in 2005 & 2006, and how his work has evolved into ever more complex projects since then.

Didn't I read somewhere that they released a 'play-along' CD of the Keith Jarrett songbook, where it was just grunts and groans (but no piano)?