Jim Alfredson

You don't have to look too hard. Paul 11:3 But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God. 11:4 Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head. 11:5 But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven. 11:6 For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered. 11:7 For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man. 11:8 For the man is not of the woman: but the woman of the man. 11:9 Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man. Timothy 2:11 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. 2:12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. Peter 3:1 Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; 3:2 While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear. 3:3 Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; 3:4 But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. 3:5 For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands: Shall I go on?

I have no use for a philosophy based on fear, guilt, and punishment. Not to mention the whole "original sin" thing, the degredation of women, and support of racism and slavery, etc.

HAHA!

Holy shit this site is funny! The Brick Testament

Ah, Rooster.... you brought up the percussive piano thing before I could! I was going to suggest that may be the reason you don't dig it. The thing I like about the group is that they are completely unafraid and have created their own sound... something very hard to do. Medeski especially is instantly recognizable to me. I like Uninvisible a lot. The new one sounds interesting and I'll pick it up for sure. I've seen them live two or three times. Always a fun time.

Skins take a lot of time. The new software (version 2.0) might have some preprogrammed ones.

That's why I made the pink one.

Look at that. A weekend gone by and no crashing! Whooppee!

If someone makes it, I'll put it up. Otherwise, I'll get there when I can! Or should I say

I used to drink MinuteMaid Grape soda like it was going out of style. Love that stuff. Completely artificial.

Joe played this for me during the tour on our drive up to Manistee. Nice stuff and an interesting concept for getting material out there. Maybe I should make the next Organissimo record "limited edition".

Zora understands. She's cute, isn't she?

Not me. I'm Swedish, German, Polish, and English thank you very much!

Hank Jones is still with us? For some reason I though he was gone. What about Nancy Wilson?

Yeah dude. God likes things. That's why you should give the church your money. God digs money.

Hm, interesting question regarding the edits. I've always wished Columbia would release Dr. Lonnie Smith's first solo record without all the fade-outs. Just when the organ starts soloing they fade out the tune on the original release! I have this on LP. It's a dandy.

I have confidence. We are on a new server. Not our own yet, but a new one.

Who Owns Your Live Recording? George Petersen Editorial Director Jul 1, 2004 12:00 PM There's nothing that compares to seeing your favorite artist or band perform live. Yet with the advent of multitracking and editing systems, live recordings have become “mostly live, except for all the parts where the performers spent weeks or months overdubbing new studio parts to replace the live parts on the live album.” In the old days, to hear a real live show, you had to go to the actual venue, catch a rare live broadcast or possibly trade for a tape from those few live bands such as the Grateful Dead or Phish who encouraged “tapers.” However, today, with the availability of high-speed CD burners, fans leaving the venue with a legal, high-quality recording of that night's concert has become increasingly common. The after-show CD is a textbook case of the “win-win” situation: Rabid fans get what they need, the avenue for illegal bootlegs is greatly diminished and artists get a much-needed revenue source in these days when label support of tours is dwindling. Mix has supported methods that promote legal purchases of music since the first audio-on-demand distribution services — such as Liquid Audio — debuted some eight years ago. And in the past 18 months, when artists started taking advantage of CD-R dubbers to market onsite live recordings, we've been equally jazzed about the prospects. Unfortunately, a new development is not so pretty. Earlier this year, Instant Live LLC (a division of entertainment juggernaut Clear Channel) announced that it had acquired a U.S. patent covering a system of creating digital recordings of live performances. Essentially, the patent's “Event Recording System” is a convoluted and fairly vague description of off-the-shelf stuff you could pick up at any Guitar Center, but with highfalutin names like “secondary storage device” and “primary editing stations.” In the patent's flow chart, it sure looks like a couple of DAWs with streaming backup and a bunch of CD burners, but you can go to www.uspto.gov, do a quick search for patent #6,614,729 and read it for yourself. So far no problem, but Clear Channel has interpreted this patent to infer that it now owns the exclusive rights to all live performance recordings sold at any venue on the day of show, thus creating a virtual monopoly on the process. This development has not gone unnoticed in the industry, and small label Kufala Records, which produces live CDs of shows (although not sold onsite, as Kufala mixes live multitrack masters in the studio and offers them two weeks after the show) has called on independent artists and labels to challenge the patent. However, this is not going to come easily or cheaply, given Clear Channel's deep pockets and desire to defend its interests. Beyond the music applications, could this patent be extended to companies that offer onsite duplication of lectures or seminars? Could churches be required to pay royalties for onsite recordings and duplication of CDs of services? Perhaps these examples are extreme, but given the patent's closing statement, “The present invention is not limited to that which is expressly presented in the specification and drawings,” the implications of this could be very dire indeed. ____________________________________ Boy, I guess I better not release a CD of material I recorded from our week-long tour with Arno Marsh because Clear Channel owns it. Amazing country we live in. I love my government, sucking the dick of corporate America!

Speaking of grocery stores... what about the person who loads their groceries into their car and then leaves the cart rammed up against the car next to them even though the "cart corral" is less than 5 feet away (basically in the adjacent parking space)? That drives my wife and I nuts! WALK YOUR FAT ASS OVER THERE AND PUT THE DAMN CART AWAY SO IT DOESN'T HIT MY CAR! Once my wife saw a woman do this and my wife said, "You know, the cart corral is right there," pointing to the spot less than 3 steps away. The woman just said, "I know," got in her massive SUV and left.

I guess I kind of have to be here, don't I?

Mark Elf can PLAY! Who's on the record?

I like drivers who think they have a right not to be inconvenienced... say by someone turning into their driveway! The best example of this comes from a real life experience... My dad used to live on a busy road that was only 2-lane (bi-directional traffic). He almost always had to take a left into his home, as did many other people who lived along the road. Many a time, when waiting for opposing traffic to clear in order to turn left into his driveway, some asshole would barrell past him on the shoulder. The best part is that shoulder was very slim and there was a DEEP DEEP ditch on the other side... I wouldn't even call it a ditch. It was a damn valley that went right into a small collection of trees. Well one day one of our neighbors was attempting to turn left into their driveway and some idiot in a huge over-sized SUV tried to pass on the right, on the shoulder, and slid right down that hill into the ditch and into the trees! I laughed my ass off, watching the whole ordeal from my dad's window! They had to get a huge tow-truck to get him out... cops everywhere! Brilliant! What ever happened to patience?

Will do this weekend.

People on gigs who ask "What kind of music do you play?" and when you tell them jazz they walk away disgusted. I figured out my new answer: The good kind.

Just make sure to buy some cheap sunglassess.