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I thought it was gonna be sweet. But if I had checked the label first, I never woulda bought it. Actually the label says that one serving size has 19% of the daily reccomended salt intake. But it's only when you realize that there are TWO "8oz servings" in the 16oz bottle, that you also suddenly realize that the frickin' thing ought to be called "really god-damn salty-flavored yogurt soda"!!!

Just shut the fuckin' tube off, completely - that's my solution. Anymore, I pretty much only watch the 5:30pm national news (usually ABC), and "The News Hour" on PBS at 6pm (never hardly any Kobe there!!!), and then "The Daily Show" at 10pm. I check CNN.com and ABCNews.com off and on during the day, but I almost never turn on the 24-hour news stations anymore, cuz they all gone and FOX-i-fied themselves. Reminds me of when the whole O.J. trial was going on. I had just moved to Kansas City, and didn't have a TV that worked. I used to read the newspaper for updates, maybe once a week at most (and often just the first couple paragraphs of the story, and to hell with the rest). But my main point is that I didn't have a TV for most of that year, and I am SO incredibly glad that I didn't see any of the O.J. media crap on TV. All my coworkers and friends were complaining about it, but I barely even knew what they were talkin' about!!!

Sorry to hear about that flat, man. I haven't had a flat in over 15 years, but I remember back in highschool ('84-'87) - there was this one year where I had 3 flats, like all in the very same 1 or 2 month period. Might have even been 4 flats, now that I think of it. One was when it was raining cats and dogs, and I had to change the tire on the side of a major highway, only about a mile from home. But I got really good at changin' flats by the 3rd or 4th one.

With dinner tonight, I bought a small 16oz bottle of this ("Yogurt Soda"), and just wanted to say: YUCK!!!! I usually like a bunch of the weird stuff I find at our local middle-eastern combination “bakery / mini-grocery-store / restaurant (cafeteria-style)” emporium -- but I gotta go on record as saying that "Yogurt Soda" is some mighty nasty shit. One 16oz bottle has enough salt in it for 40% of your recommended daily intake. Imagine taking plain soda water, mixing it with plain yogurt, and pouring in about half-a-cup of salt. Uuugh...

Yeah - well just you wait until I pick THIS as my next choice for Album of the Week!!!!!

Isn't she Ravi Shankar's mother's granddaughter? What Jim said... ...only twice removed.

Hey Kev, Did you happen notice anything else interesting on Michael's desk??? I'm not fishing for anything in particular, but I would love to hear about what Michael's listening to, that (like you said) might be on his list of things to possibly release stateside relatively soon. I'd be curious to hear about the next batch of RVG's (after the one's this Fall), although I'm totally chompin' at the bit to hear about what might be in the next batch of Conns (meaning the one's after October, presumably next Summer sometime). After all, it's always the Conns that get me all fired up!! Thanks!! -- Rooster T.

If it's the disc of Chadwick's chamber music, then I must say that it's a really winner in my book. One of the best of the series, IMHO. Very solid, and well within the same ballpark as, say, Brahms - though clearly there's something else going on there too. And, it would even be a bargin at twice the price!!

Saw the title of this thread, and well, I'm not sure if they actually are "giants"... ...but there's always these guys... They Might Be Giants

I know this question was directed at FFA, but I'll take it too. I think it does need an upgrade. It's not the worst sounding title from BN discs released during the late 80's, but I'm sure the new one will be better. I hear distortion in some of the more fiery passages in the horns. Also, the piano sounds a touch muddy to me. I've got pretty cheap stereo equipment (I've always put all my money in new music, always putting up with low-fi playback mechanisms), but even on the low-end bookshelf system I have - I can hear room for improvement.

I gotta say that "Mode For Joe" is nearly my all-time favorite Joe Henderson album (with "Power To The People" a close second). So I'm sure on that basis alone, I'll be taking the plunge with the upcoming RVG. I do find the current late 80's CD issue sonically lacking, but not criminally so --- but my hunch is that the RVG will be better. (I usually don't do the upgrade, but in this case, I can't help it - especially at only $10 or $11 for RVG's, instead of $15 or $16 for Conns.) Yup, "MFJ" is Desert-Island-Disc material for me too, for sure!! Apart from incredible tunes, and perhaps even more incredible sidemen -- I love the fact that it presents Joe and Joe's tunes in arrangements with a three-horn front-line, which I think Joe only did one other time (with "The Kicker" in '67). Also, I think it's probably one of Lee Morgan's very strongest showings after 1965 (which is really saying something, since in my book, nearly everything he plays on turns to gold, especially from the mid 60's on). When push comes to shove, MFJ is probably on my personal 'top-5 list' of favorite Blue Note albums. I don't listen to it day in and day out (like who listens to Kind of Blue every other day, or even every week or month), but I do consider it to be one of the finest examples of progressive hard-bop from the 60's.

Just an FYI... The phrase "More information here." would seem like it ought to be a link to another page, but it (currently) doesn't link to anything - it's just regular text on the page (it's right at the bottom of the list of "upcoming gigs", on the front page). By the way, I like that you call them "gigs" instead of "shows".

Come on, get with the 90's!!! - those aren't "homemade"... They're "handcrafted"!!!

For the record, that picture of the freakazoid with the cats isn't me, never was me, and I have no idea who that guy even is. I just typed "happy birthday" into the Google image search function, saw something disturbing, and felt the need to share it with all of you. For instance, a quick Google image search on "freakazoid" reveals that there is, in fact, some sort of a minor pop-culture icon, who really is, well, a "Freakazoid!"!!! And I guess this is his theme-song...

Lord help us, how did we ever get this far into this particular discussion, without mentioning... & Remember The Elements???

To hell with the kittens, just CLICK HERE (but NOT while you're at work). (Animated, fun, and R-rated - but not X-rated. Some volume would help.)

Another priceless one...

My wife and I saw a TV commercial just now for Taco Bell, and I swear to god they've got some contest where you can... Eat at Taco Bell, and get free gas for a whole year!!! And in keeping with that same theme... Pillsbury Doughboy (Have the sound turned up a bit. Not too loud, but some volume is necessary.)

Here's a good one...

What the hell???

Andrew Hill!!!

Trouble is that I've got about 5 or 10 discs I'd like to pick, each for their own "Album of the Week". In fact, I'm ruminating on an idea for a pretty off-the-wall title that nobody will have seen coming. It'll take some logistical work on my part, but it'll be work it I think. More soon, if I can figure out how to make it work, without it costing me an arm and a leg to do. ( It's so weird - and of limited interest (frankly), that I would probably just unilaterally declare it "Rooster's weird album of the month", totally apart from the regular AotW process. It kinda depends on Chuck's reaction to one of the discs I just put in the mail to him yesterday. I'll start a separate thread about it sometime, and try to gauge if there's really any interest or not - and go from there. )