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Hen3ry After a fellow I used to know who's name was Henry, only to give you an idea of what an individualist he was he spelt it HEN3RY. The 3 was silent, you see. (Quick -- and NO googling!!! -- where does "Hen3ry" come from?? Surely somebody on this board knows the answer to this. Hint - it's from the 1950's.)

Geez, last night the local news on our NBC affiliate had the J-Lo and Ben story, and promoted the shit out of it. It was included in every “on tonight's news at 10pm” promo (meaning the regular half-hour-long news at 11pm, for you east-coasters) during the entire two hours prior to the news (during the Conan O’Brien 10th anniversary special). And then they did a tease for it in their opening for the news, and teased again before the first commercial break, and then again during the commercials, and finally had the story after the first break, BEFORE the serious "national/international" news stories of the day. What the hell!!! Who gives a flying fuck about this story THAT much, such that an entire local news broadcast is built around it.

Anything happen while I was gone??? Are we there yet????

Well, Moose, when the remastered version of the single disc of Jack Johnson comes out, you really ought to check it out. It's probably one of my top-5 Miles discs, or so I've claimed for over 10 years. The first 10 minutes of side 1 is worth it's weight in gold.

Since it's still Sept. 11th...

So, where's the new cover for "Mother Ship", and are we there yet???

Now that's ugly.

I guess everybody's too lazy to give a flip about somebody sullying the good name of Andrew Hill. Hell, I've gotten thrown out of bars for less egregious behavior (and if you believe that... ).

AAJ is still down. Shheesh!!! Must be kinda ugly, whatever it is they're doing to get it back up again.

WTF???

The show's not for two more weeks!! But if you really wanna get a front-row seat THAT badly, I guess there's nothing to say you can't be the first in line, whatever the cost.

Wasn't the most recent White Stripes album produced for something like about $8,000??? The AMG review doesn't mention anything about the cost to record the album, but I know I heard or read that somewhere.

few more... 1999 Dodge Viper concept station wagon (two different concepts) 19?? Jaguar XJS HE V12 Eventer shooting brake (station wagon?)

How about some of these??? "1995 Aston Martin Virage shooting brake (station wagon)" 1998 Buick Signia concept crossover/station wagon 1998 Honda Prelude concept station wagon 1999 Chrysler Citadel concept station wagon 1999 Chevy Nomad concept station wagon 1999 Subaru Fleet-X concept station wagon

Wow!!!

Blasphemy!!!!!!! Haven't we banned members of this board for lesser offences??? Immediately delete the offending post above, and write a 500-word essay on the hidden virtues of “Dance with Death” and the 2nd LP from “One for One” (which, collectively, are the only previously released Blue Note material from Andrew Hill, which haven’t yet been released on CD anywhere in the board). And in doing so, may you be returned to the good graces of the membership of this board. The Rooster has spoken...

If we might ask, how did you two meet????

Well??

Students angry over music piracy suits Wednesday, September 10, 2003 Posted: 1:41 PM EDT (1741 GMT) NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Anger, defiance and fear were the main reactions of college students on Tuesday after the music industry said it was suing 261 individuals for swapping illegal copies of songs over the Internet. The Recording Industry Association of America said on Monday it sued individuals across the United States for as much as $150,000 per song distributed online, targeting the biggest users, those with large libraries of pirated music. "If kids start getting arrested and dragged out of dorms and fined, other kids will definitely think twice before doing it," Eric Cioe, a biology student at New York University, said outside the university's library. Focusing on individuals But other students at NYU, located in the city where 70 of the 261 lawsuits were filed, were outraged. Many college students upload music and make it available to others on the Internet through file-sharing programs such as Kazaa and iMesh. The new lawsuits switch the record industry's focus from those file-sharing companies to the users of file-sharing programs instead. "This is insane, they can't just hack into our systems and track our activities. It's our property," said Lucy Chen, a sociology student who thinks downloading free music is fair because compact discs are overpriced. RIAA members include the "Big Six" record companies: Vivendi Universal's Universal Music Group; Sony Corp.'s Sony Music; Bertelsmann AG's BMG; EMI Group Plc.; and Warner Music, part of CNN's parent company AOL Time Warner. The companies have promised to file thousands more lawsuits in the coming months against individuals who swap music. The industry believes minimizing file-sharing will stem the three-year decline in global recorded music sales. Some students settle Music companies and national trade bodies are pursuing individual lawsuits in Denmark, Germany, Italy and elsewhere. But the blanket region-wide lawsuit strategy, for now, will play out only in the United States where the music industry estimates roughly 90 percent of all file-sharers reside. "I'm very worried about my brother at Johns Hopkins University. He's very involved in file-sharing and would have to get a lawyer if he gets into trouble," said one pre-law student at NYU. Four university students who were sued earlier this year for operating campuswide music-sharing programs reached settlements under which they will pay between $12,000 and $17,500 to the recording industry. College students have access to "peer-to-peer" networks on university computer systems which enable them to swap music with thousands of people. "When we want to check our e-mail, we can barely connect because people are using up bandwidth to share music with 15,000 people. It's annoying," Cioe said. Erasing tracks Another student who refused to be identified said he uploads music and shares files, but is not concerned by the new lawsuits. "I consider myself technologically savvy, and I know how to erase my tracks," he said. RIAA also unveiled an amnesty program for individuals not currently under investigation which would remove the threat of prosecution from those who promise to refrain from such activity in the future and erase all copyrighted music they have downloaded. Still, law student Erica Olsen said downloading music is her best option. "Often, I just want one song from a CD, and I don't want to pay 22 bucks for it. I don't think any amount of legislation is going to force us to buy CDs."

I hate to say this, but actually I'm really probably not the best source of suggestions for this particular thread, given what 'ninety' has said that he likes best, as far as classical music goes. (For instance, probably all of my favorite 20th Century composers are the very ones that 'ninety' would like least.) Of course, if I think about it a bit, I'm sure some names and even some specific works might come to mind. I've heard both the Gorecki symphony, and some Part too -- and although I don't think they're at all that "bad" really, I do find myself much more strongly drawn to the mixed-meter (crazy time-changes) type stuff, especially with complex melodic and/or harmonic stuff going on right and left (often all at the same time). One name that does come to mind, rather strongly, is John Tavener. And possibly even Richard Nanes. And CD's with works by Nanes seem to be very easy to find in the used-CD bins (at least every store I go to that has even as little as one hundred used classical discs for sale), and they’re often available for $3 or $4 a pop, or even occasionally less than that. Edit: One other name I just thought of: Alan Hovhaness - who is an American composer of Armenian decent, and I understand he did some serious study of tradional Armenian music, which he was able to integrate into his own writing.

I'm much too lazy to take to time to adequately describe what a truly horrible idea this is. (But trust me... ...it is.)

Oh, and who's the lazy bastard who forgot to design a new cover for "Mother Ship"??? - apparently. And whoever it is, is probably still workin' on the damn thing now, trying to get it done in time for Oct. 7th.

I'd say a big "hi" to you, Conn500, and we missed you --- 'cept I'm really too lazy to bother. -_-