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"Seasons in the Sun" and "Jump" are howlers. A dip into the Corey Hart songbook would also be fruitful for this thread.

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"Take me to a circus tent, where I can easily pay my rent." —Jefferson Airplane

Good call. Hodgkinson is a great singer.

Thanks for posting.

Album of the Week? More like Shill of the Week.

I remember the old Rolling Stone Record Guide had a one-word review of these albums: "Flee."

There's a few updates here: www.myspace.com/braxtonplayspittsburghplaysbraxton

eBay is like so 2002.

My biggest complaint is that Steve Hoffman hasn't gotten a hold of the original tapes and remastered it at 45 rpm over 15 records.

i thought she was originally from england. She was. She moved to Nanaimo when she was 3.

She's from Nanaimo, B.C., the same hometown that produced Diana Krall, Ingrid Jensen and David Gogo.

Actually Deep Purple in its heyday stands up very well. Blackmore was incredibly inventive back then, especially the quotes he sprinkles throughout the various versions of "Wring That Neck."

These lists will never make anyone happy. The list hits most of the obvious, but there’s many oddities. Pharoah Sanders’ Karma? Ornette’s Dancing in Your Head? Why only volume 1 of Monk, when there’s a box set? On the other hand, thumbs up for picking Money Jungle, Open Sesame and Conquistador!

Actually not. There has been some confusion between two similarly named percussionists. Juma Sultan played with Hendrix at Woodstock. Jim Riley (Jumma Santos) was on Bitches Brew. Philip Freeman's shoddily-researched book Running the Voodoo Down repeats the error.

"The Rock" from Big John Patton's Minor Swing, featuring John Zorn. Always found the original version so-so, but this version really jumps out at you.

Based on what I saw two years ago, he's still well worth seeing, he just didn't knock my socks off.

I also saw Tyner two years ago. He wasn't awful, but there was nothing new and he wasn't memorable as, say, Sonny Rollins can still be. (Fortunately, Tyner was backed by Eric Gravatt and Charnett Moffatt.) The last time I saw Brubeck a few years back, however, he put on a fantastic show. I agree Montreal has had a "same old, same old" program to it the past few years.

At least Quebeckers have Suoni per il Popolo and Victoriaville, which more than balance Montreal's reliance on glamour acts. Vancouver isn't averse to pop either. The Cowboy Junkies are at this year's fest. But at least there's Iro Haarla, Barry Guy and Tim Berne.

Are you angry at the lack of "jazz" or no Celine Dion?

Has anyone heard the companion release, Evan Parker's Boustrophedon?

"Perfume of a Critic's Burning Flesh" by Naked City

Sprechen zie Deutsch? "Moritat" is "Mack the Knife."

I've been wanting to pick that up. I've heard some clips and it sounds intriguing.