Jim Alfredson

Believe me, with two organs going full tilt, you can barely hear the DRUMS!

Will KG just hurry up and come to Detroit already?

Leon Cook, a fine guitarist in the mold of Wes Montgomery, passed away earlier this year. He was a great player and a real gentlemen. This has always been one of my favorite records, probably since it was one of the first organ records I heard, thanks to my dad. It's very sloppy in parts, but the groove is undeniable and both Groove and McGriff sound fantastic.

Not the greatest weekend. I'm going to be out of town. Damn. I'd love to see Uncle Bill again. If anyone in the area has even an inkling, you should go!

SWEET! Does anyone know where that footage of Jimmy doing "The Sermon" is from?! That is bad-ass!

Lazaro asked me to post this for him: Looks cool!

Dan, I think there should definitely be a spot for a one-candidate race, for the exact reasons you state (write-in votes). I just voted and there were several one-candidate races (mostly non-partisan judge seats, though). Each one had the one candidate's name and a space for a write-in. That's the way it should be. I would file a complaint with your elections board and ask them why the race was not on the ballot.

Good, you can come over and help me tar my garage roof.

I think the whole reason he practiced on the Brooklyn Bridge (rather than, say, in his own apt or in the middle of the street) is that no one lives on it. Not even hobos?

I plan on partaking in some yoga post-op.

What? Anyway, since I went to Philly and came back, Zora has been a little angel. She's fully potty-trained, she goes to bed without nary a word, and she does (mostly) what I ask her to with a bit of complaining sometimes. I don't know what my wife did, but it worked!

LOL. The guy has it all figured out, doesn't he?

Well, I've decided to postpone my surgery until (hopefully) next month, when I have a good two-week span of no gigs. I was supposed to have it this Wednesday, but I have gigs on Thursday, Friday, & Saturday and we're in Chicago next weekend. Just too much going on (and too much income) to navigate. So I'm going to aim for December 11th. I think I can last another month (although last night was one of the worst nights of "sleep" I can remember).

I just found out that a gig I had tonight got canceled (bummer) but my wife just told me how sexy I look (oh yeah!) so life is good! Wow chicka wow wow.

Looks like Chalupa is--see his post here. BTW, where were you when organissimo played here 3 times last month? I work weeknights. Food or Organissimo? I hope I made the right decision Nope.

Good thing I hardly drink, then.

Why? The question is what is the difference between giving a CD-r copy to a friend or that friend buying a used CD. The difference is that the used CD was at least bought by someone along the line. The CD-r is a new creation that will never generate income for anyone.

Alexander, In the case of the used vs. burned CD, it's really quite simple. A used CD sitting in a re-sale store was bought by someone at one time (unless it's a promo copy). So the artist was paid at least once. When you burn a copy for someone, the artist is not paid at all. Like Aggie said, you are creating another copy, which you do not have the right to do (unless it is for your own personal use). In other words: Two used copies = artist paid twice at some point in the chain One used copy & one burn = artist paid only once for the used copy at some point in the chain Regardless of all this, considering how ridiculously small the market is for jazz, that anyone would burn copies of discs for their friends and deprive hard-working musicians of income, is something that's beyond me. Yes, I have bought used CDs (rarely and usually only on ebay for out of print stuff) but I don't burn things for people. This statement is quite telling: "My perspective is that of the music consumer. And as a consumer, who doesn't see ANY negative effects of either buying used or making burns..." Of course you don't. In the case of burns, you're getting something for nothing. I'm sure the kids that stole the digital camera out of my car a few months ago don't see any negative effects of stealing people's stuff. Does that make it right? I'm not preaching, just asking.

Or NYC? We're working on both.

Amstel Light is my favorite off-the-shelf beer. I know, I'm a lightweight. What can I say? I can't stand the dark stuff, Guiness included.

She has her bass pedals retrofitted with MIDI so she can use an external sound module for bass sounds. The organ itself is probably a B3 or something similar in a custom case. They call it a "chop" and it's done to make the instrument lighter.

Yep. We're at the Philadelphia Museum of Art on January 19th.

Thanks, Bill. It was nice to meet you and we had a great time in Philly. We're looking forward to coming back in January!

That he's jealous of K-Fed and is hoping to get some of Paris?

I actually saw a Reptet promo for sale at the store I mentioned earlier that sells promo discs. Price: $2.95! I have seen one copy of the last Organissimo record for sale used as well. I don't recall if it was promo marked. It should've had a hole through the barcode if it was a promo.