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Hipster music should at least come with some sort of warning stating that those who listen to it are probably hipsters. Then no one would have the excuse they didn't know.

I loved Moran's first three albums (and everything he did backing Greg Osby -- Osby lost a lot when Moran left his working band). But I've fallen away from his more recent work (most all of it, I'm afraid). I haven't heard "Ten" yet (his most recent) -- but I more 'admire' his last several albums, than I really do 'enjoy' them. But those first three are absolute stone classics. I met and talked with him several times back 8-10 years ago, and thought he was a sharp guy.

The hippest thing they ever did... LW Meets VU

I presume eBay/Paypal have some way to claw-back the money from the seller. (I can't imagine they would eat the cost of such bum transactions.)

Well worth a read, from Salon.com: The "live sex show" professor speaks

Another cool find: 25-Year Refab: Concrete Factory Converted to Castle Home (Don't hover over the pictures (they don't enlarge), and that'll keep the "Google ads" at bay.) I love adaptive-reuse projects like this, that take an industrial structure and make it into a thing of beauty (even if it turns out to be somewhat out of the "brutalist" tradition). Then again, I like some 'brutalist' architecture (though I'm sure I'm in the minority on that opinion).

It's really the lemur that makes this outfit work.

No need to go all the way to Baltimore, the BSO plays regular subscription concerts at Strathmore Music Center in North Bethesda, MD, just a short ride up Metro's Red line. Wow, great to hear that! I will definitely be taking advantage of that. We're giving up both our cars, and will be going totally with public transit in DC, with the occasional Zipcar rental.

Another amazing find: Reuben Margolin (Maker Profile - Kinetic Wave Sculptures on MAKE: television)

Me too. Googled around for the line-up, and found it here. There are a few full-length songs uploaded to Youtube too, just search on "Stanton Davis" and/or "Ghetto Mysticism". Already added it to my want-list at Dusty Groove; they think it'll be available later this month.

Wow, good news? How'd that process work? Protracted any? What did you have to provide as 'proof'? I presume you had to surrender the (counterfeit) set to someone, yes? In any case, glad to hear it.

Perhaps it wasn't as limited as 500. Anyone know? In any case, something's not adding up here.

I dated a gal in college who was a Psychology major, who took the 300 level Human Sexuality class one of the years we were dating (don't ask about the homework assignments, I'll never tell. ) I remember the class prof inviting anyone in the class to an ongoing round-table discussion-group about various sex topics (I even went to a couple), and although I'm sure nothing quite like this ever happened -- I'm sure there were some things discussed and/or even viewed that would freak out some parents with concerns about such prurient interests. (The prof was female, so perhaps she would get a pass, and not have her motives second guessed like a male prof would. Didn't hurt that she was genuinely one of the best and most popular professors on campus either.) With the widespread availability of Internet porn freely available (of nearly every type and variety known to man), how is this incident even relevant in this day and age? Seriously. I'm sure nearly every student at that optional lecture had seen a lot more on-line at some point. In fact, I'm betting a quarter to even half of them could have found explicit footage of something similar in 10 minutes (and let's just admit that half of us here probably could too). Are parents really that oblivious to what's on-line these days? I'm sure the class doesn't even hold a candle to what young adults and even some kids see all the time (unless they lead extremely sheltered lives). Not making a judgment about whether any of this is good or bad for society, cuz that's a whole 'nother can of worms. But the days when Playboy, Penthouse, and Hustler were all that was 'mainstream' are long since passed 10 years ago.

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!