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Just stumbled on this on Reddit, and had to share... Insane art formed by carving books with surgical tools (and the Reddit thread discussing it) Here's a good example, but there are several more at the link above.

Here's some solo alto-clarinet -- for those who haven't seen/heard one in action.

Hi all, Was listening to a few things I hadn't heard in some time, including one that happened to feature two or three tracks with alto clarinet (Joe Lovano's "Universal Language", BN 1993) -- and I know Joe's played alto-c on at least a couple other dates. Heard him live with one (in a piano-less quartet), in the spring of '95 I think. I've always wished alto clarinet were played more often (it just isn't that common, I gather). To me, it combines the best of both clarinet and bass clarinet (particularly in the lower register, which I prefer in all clarinets). The one time I heard Don Byron live, as much as he played in the high register (and altissimo especially) -- all night I was wishing he played alto instead (I just can't seem to process lines and notes that high up). Actually, I wish he'd lay off the altissimo entirely, sheesh!! Back to actual alto clarinet recordings: I know of one track from Frank Foster's "Manhattan Fever" (BN 1968, specifically from the bonus session on the Conn, the last track IIRC) that claims to be alto clarinet, though I've gone back and forth between believing it and thinking it's a regular Bb (standard). Seems like I'm forgetting a few other examples. Pretty sure Anthony Braxton has played it a number of times (since he's played damn near everything with a reed). The Wikipedia entry for the instrument says: "A few jazz musicians, Hamiet Bluiett, Vinny Golia, J. D. Parran, Petr Kroutil, Joe Lovano and Gianluigi Trovesi among them, have played the alto clarinet." Any particular dates people can recommend?? It seems like such a 'reasonable' instrument (neither too high, nor low), and it's such a shame it's so rarely played.

FWIW, I've seen a few Rock shows appear on WV, only to disappear less than a week later. The only specific one coming to mind is a couple Robert Plant solo shows from the early 80's (1983 I think) which I think were broadcasts from King Biscuit, but I know there have been others.

Which one?

His collection of Blue Note covers is well-known around these parts, but I didn't realize all the non-jazz stuff on his site. His collection of vintage lamps is lovely, especially the Deco-era ones!! (And don't overlook the small "next page" arrows on each page.) Interesting guy.

Sounds interesting. Da Bastards have it, and describe it thusly...

History will not forget... Elektric City Side-observation: Video on a Mac Plus was apparently better than I remember it being.

My first thought was, how in the hell do you survive on the road? I'm assuming the band eats out for a number of their/your meals. Amazing if you've managed to figure out what you can and can't eat at restaurants.

Interesting article about the impact of Libya's oil-production on the world oil market. Spare Capacity Theory and the Libyan Disruption

Whereas I'm barely over 40, and I'll only download something if it's NOT available on CD (and I practically never download). I do settle for burns from time to time, to "tide me over" until I can find a legit copy (used, if OOP). I'm no absolute purist as far as wanting to adhere to copyrights (though I'll admit that's part of it). I just trust physical media WAY more than downloads -- since I presume I'll want to hear much of this same stuff 20 years from now and beyond. Yeah, physical media has it shortfalls too -- still, I'll take it over managing a huge collection on a hard-drive, with the worry of data becoming corrupt, lost, and/or not playing back 10+ years from now (and the associated hassles of converting files to keep up with format changes).

And what about Internet porn? -- which wasn't anywhere near as available and ubiquitous on-line 10 years ago and before. I imagine video games and porn alone take up 4+ hours per day among teen and 20-something males alike, leaving far less time for anything as antiquated as music. Among kids (anyone much under 30 at this point), attention spans are razor thin, with little patience for music -- which only engages one of the senses (at best).

There might also be a release/latch somewhere near the door mechanism, accessible only through a pin-hole. I have no idea about this specific player, but (after unplugging the unit, of course), I'd look around for a hole somewhere on the bottom, back, or perhaps even the front -- that you could stick a straightened-out-paper-clip into. Stick it in gently, and if you bump up against something that allows you to push against it (but it kind of pushes back a bit), push in a little harder, and see if that doesn't trip a release that lets the mechanism open.

Registered where? I checked the link Sangry gave, and couldn't come up with anything. WE DEMAND PROOF!!

But isn't stereo twice as good as mono?

FWIW, it would appear that our own Rock Center has Kleinschuster's contact info (according to this post HERE). This tune isn't on the recently released 2nd volume of late 60's Kleinschuster radio recordings?? I know one of the discs in vol 2 is with Farmer and Jimmy Heath (both). My copy is 1,000 miles away in DC, or I'd check myself. If so, surely the composer credits would be accurate. (Though digging through some of the search results on "Kleinschuster" here just now, it would appear, Daniel, you're already well aware of these releases, and I'm guessing probably already have them.)

I realize a recommendation from me about Andrew Hill probably isn't the least bit objective, but FWIW - at this price, this is a pretty good deal (even sans booklet). There's only one Hill solo-piano recording I prefer over these ("Hommage" on East Wind, 1975). They are very introspective, but the music is quite beautiful -- and I *much* prefer it over any of Hill's solo work on Soul Note/Black Saint in the mid 80's (which I've never warmed to). FWIW.

Had some mixed feelings about this as a read the article, but then when I browsed the free library - I've gotta come down on their side on this. They appear to have a LOT of stuff that's commercially out of print (a significant number of works by late 19th century New England composer Arthur Foote for instance, a personal favorite of mine -- and I happen to know the his papers and scores are held at Williams College, where they'll make copies of anything that isn't currently in print for just the cost of photocopies, and send them to you clear across the country -- as my wife did for music for our wedding 10 years ago). Another even more obscure favorite is also in this free library too, including just about my all-time favorite cell sonata, by Julius Röntgen, a Dutch composer who was a friend of Grieg's. That said, they shouldn't house works still under copyright (or copies of modern editions under copyright), and let the chips fall where they may for the publishers.

Looking for something else, I stumbled on this thread, and a question I still don't know the answer to.

I'm not sure.

I think the Turrentine has some of his best work for the label, IMHO. He's better known for his soul-jazz sides, but many of these more straight-ahead dates are mighty good. Years ago, I had kind of written off Stanley as merely a one-trick pony (at that point all I'd heard was his soul-jazz stuff). Then I got Dizzy Reece's "Comin' On" and Duke Jordan's "Flight To Jordan" within just a few days of each other, and I was sold. Those two totally changed my impression of Turrentine.

Probably clueless to the coupons because if I remember right, unless you were a member, you never got those coupons or probably even heard about them.

Never knew about this issue before just now, and my Mosaics are all 1,000+ miles away at the moment (Washington DC), but I won't have access to them until at least May (back in KC working to get our house on the market). Can anyone confirm if Mosaic does know which batches are defective? I'm not going to lose any sleep over it if I don't get a replacement, but I'm curious if there's some way for me to tell (remotely) if my set has one of the bad ones (I could have my wife look up the issue #).