king ubu

actually just today I caught news that they - finally! - found some stuff on the grounds where the mythical battle of Moorgarten might have taken place (if it took place at all) ... we've got some lovely jubilees to celebrate, including the Marignano disaster which led to French vassalage but is celebrated by the right as birth of neutrality ... but actually indeed, some or the other Saubannerzug might be a rather healthy development compared to today's official politics ...

Abba did the soundtrack, right? And did the fighters look more like ISIS or like Mad Max or isn't there any difference anyway?

Not really, at least not over here, though I gather many hate this series: but then, anyone should have "Beauty Is a Rare Thing" anyway, as it does contain several tracks not available elsewhere (first released in the box)

Thanks for the feedback - it's definitely just a production/printing error that I'm speaking of ... will try and take a half decent pic in the next days. Anyway, thanks for the Losin links, l p, at least like that I can gather the missing bits of discographical info, didn't think of checking there yet!

I recently bought this set: only to find the second booklet had a mis-print (one page isn't centered and cut off to the point that a total of four pages are unreadable). Can anyone help me out with scans? don't want to go through the hassle that returns with big evil A have become if I needn't ... and of course my email to ESP-Disk' was left unanswered.

great news

Well, I just went through the moves, Paypal was pre-filled ... should I have changed the sum myself, even when it explicitly stated 0 for shipping? Weird, but I guess that was some kind of bug.

Okay, I was asked to send more for shipping ... and just did so, of course. Still weird, but main thing is getting those CDs!

How did you manage that - on the website it states free domestic shipping or a flat $10 international shipping for up to 3 items? I have found it more economical to order from Instant Jazz, no risk of customs charges then either. Just put the two discs into my basked, entered my address etc. etc. and checked out using Paypal. Ha ha, no, I entered "Switzerland" as country and filled all the detail correctly.

They don't, I think? It was (is?) just some father's day special (whatever father's day is supposed to be ... of course I had put in my huge order a couple of weeks before that)

Thanks for the reminder - just ordered mine, throwing in the recent Shipp, which I've been curious about for a while (ordered straight from the label, btw - seems they're crazy enough to offer free international shipping).

You'll surely not regret that

Oh shit, this hurts. Big time. Will play "Lonely Woman" when I'll be home tonight. Very, very sad.

Fab thread here. Guess as a non-native, one might be more prone to use one or the other of these words, without having the appropriate alarms going off all the time. But in many cases, I would assume, it might depend on the context as well?

Not really sure where the "gerne" comes from either - "gern geschehen" would be perfectly okay here as well!

:tup Another one in a similar vein: The German "one-affirmative-fits-all" phrase best translated literally as "I am with you (on this or that matter)" which is really getting used to death, even way outside any business talks. Why can't they just say "I agree"? I for one would certainly not want each and everyone at random to be (that close) "with me". Bin ganz bei Dir! And I add: "gerne". Has crept into local dialect, likely because of the German diaspora in Zurich. Freaks me out, it's just wrong. "Bitte" is the right word to utter in reply to "thank you".

Well, ya know, the others focus on shakin' their booty as a way of communication.

Wait, wait, wait ... Seriously, I like the comparison to Incognito quite some - makes sense to me

does this involve tomatoes?

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/21/universal-emi-takeover-approved

Basically, Warner got the classical part. Jazz went to Universal. No idea about pop ... and Universal had to divest some parts, among other things the MPS catalogue.

Tend to agree with Allen. Only gave it one listen so far though. There are some good things on it, the trombone player namely, while otherwise much of it falls short in face of its own ambition, I think. The strings and choir arrangements aren't really taking place I found, the rhythm players are okay but not more ... and Washington, he sure can play, but I think he tries too many bags of tricks (and fails miserably in the funky one - more smooth jazz than Maceo ... and his attempts at Coltrane are pretty vain, too). Guess that might be some kind of imagination of the plight of the leader at play there. Anyway, props for trying. And yeah, enjoying the Lamar album very much (though haven't yet spun it often either, just got it). And there are no liners ar all wihh the Washington album. But full line-ups are provided, track by track. Also, since I'm editing already: most of the vocal tracks (those with actual "lead" vocals) are bad. And whoever thought the world needed a vocal version of "Cherokee" ... really?

Okay ... now please bring on some Tubbs and some Tracey and some other modern stuff!

Nice, indeed - thanks! Hm, second look: what happened to Jimmy Heath? Would have enjoyed more! And Sam Noto, too - but then Noto is no name that would sell, I guess.