Joe G

I'm looking at the latest Nat'l Geographic, and they have some recent pictures from Hubble. Back in March of 2002, astronauts installed a new camera, called ACS (Advanced Camera for Surveys, kind of lame ) which has roughly ten times the discovery power of the previous camera, according to the article. These new pictures are just stunningly beautiful and mind blowing. Here's a link to the NG site where there are a few of the shots. Be sure to check out the animations. A caption above a photo of a globular cluster (dense concentrations of stars) says that "in another ancient globular cluster, M4, Hubble recently suprised scientists by revealing a planet that may have formed 12.7 billion years ago-the oldest known to date." Now that's old. I wonder if a planet within a g.c. ever sees nightfall... I don't know about anyone else, but I find this stuff just endlessly fascinating. I look at those images and almost can't believe that such incredible events and structures are actually happening out there. B)

It's not as bad as it looks at first glance.

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Who is this Miyamoto cat? That is a very involved subject, and one that I am continually thinking about. What this boils down to, I think, is intention. And you have to realize, that in life, you get back what you give. Ellis Marsalis once told a young Wynton that, "Those who play for applause, well, that's all they'll get." One soon feels the emptiness in such praise, and then there's a hunger for what lies beyond that. It runs counter to our culture, where so many are eager to sell themselves to the highest bidder on the garbage market. Here's a passage about intention from The Listening Book: Next time you hear music (maybe your own), tune in on the intention of the musician. What does this musician really want? To make you dance? To get paid? To sell money market certificates? To fill you with nostalia? Longing? Light? Love? To glorify violence? To show off? To get famous? To get laid?... The answer is audible to anyone listening. Your intention is part of your music and never leaves it. It came from somewhere and goes somewhere. It is connected directly to your listeners and indirectly to everyone else. When the song is over, your intention keeps on going. Your inner work thus becomes inexorably mixed with the work of the world. Your real work has inner light in it. When you know this light, public performance becomes luminous and joyous. Your music makes the little house where you live light up among the others. Your arc is a lighted life among lives. When your light shines back on you in a recognizable form ("I loved your concert") it has not gone far enough. Be patient. When it no longer has your name on it, you know that it has made its way safely into the nether regions of the Great Circle. There's no easy answers about it, just a lot of hard work and soul searching. I hope we hear from some others on this; I need as much help as anyone!

The spirit, not the letter.

"173 pounds." <Sigh>

Hey David, I was thinking about your Zappa group the other day, as Organissimo has recently started working up some of this material. Peaches and Blessed Relief, specifically. We were also thinking about doing Zoot Allures, but that remains to be seen. It's got pretty chords, but I'm wondering how much of the effect of the song relies on that guitar sound. Two others we like a lot are Nanook Rubs It and Cosmic Debris. Especially the latter, for our group. So you guys don't have an electric guitarist? Must be a challenge to arrange that music without it.

I'm not sure who this is aimed at...

I think James Brown did one. I'm not kidding either, although it certainly wouldn't be jazz. It's funny, a few years back I remember reading about a solo bass recording (it might have been Rob Wasserman). This was when I was just getting out of a rock phase and into jazz. My reaction: Who the f**k would want to listen to that?!? Of course, about a year later I was over at a friend's house listening to a solo bass record by Dave Holland, and liking it. So I guess the answer was ME!

Can ya feel the love?

My sister just got a supervisory job with this company in Minnesota. She said she has been very impressed with the way they run their business, including employer-employee relations, community involvement, and working with local farmers to provide all those fresh ingrediants. They gave her hiring bonuses for her degree, language skills and prior restaurant experience. She said that the backing from McDonald's allow the company to do business with an interest towards more than just the bottom line. Still have't seen any in my area, though.

You're thinking of CDSTREET, Moose. And BTW, they sent out a mass email in which they finally acknowledged that they have been having problems (duh!), and promised that everyone would see their money under the terms of a recent buyout by some company called "The Studios of Las Colinas". I'll believe it when I believe it.

Freddie Green could sing, and did so nicely on a Prez cd I have. Kurt Rosenwinkel sings along with his lines, which are quite complex and far ranging. I also heard an interview with Steve Masakowski in which he said that he does the same, to the point that he ends up with a sore throat by the end of the night.

What a delightful post! Jim and I saw Lou and the Dr. a couple of years ago (with a Chicago drummer and Peter Bernstein) and we agree, that show is some serious fun. I'd go again in a heartbeat.

Talk about playing "behind enemy lines", as our man Duncan would say.

It's gotta be greasy, no?

Maybe it's just me, but as I hunted around for cds, looking to get up to the free shipping minimum, it seemed as if BMG has dropped a lot of their titles. There were far fewer classical cds in both the new and clearance sections, and there were several jazz artists that either have just fewer titles compared to a couple of months ago (like Mclaughlin) or none all (Rosenwinkel, Holland). It could be a regular cycle that they go through, which I never noticed before, but OTOH, I kept wondering if this ship was finally going down...

(In a nasally voice) Hey man, why ya pickin' on us? We're the only ones that talk right! (The second sentence is a direct quote from a high school buddy of mine.)

Word!

True. But if it's rock or pop albums, then I would put Stevie in there over some of the original blues cats. However, since they included Trane, Miles, etc., any meaning this list might have had is pretty much negated.

Hell yes!

Did RS say that the list was meant to be in order of greatness? I would think that listing the 500 greatest albums in no particular order would be more than enough. I mean, who was better, Stevie Wonder or the Beatles. Two totally different animals... BTW, was Stevie Ray Vaughan in there?

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And I, for one, am very grateful that you did get Free For All on here. He's become one of my favorite contributers. Smart, hip, and the guy cracks me up! I'm with these others, Jazz. You went on my A-list as soon as you joined in on the guitar thread. See you around...

Sweet potato pie uses most of the same spices as pumpkin, so they are similar in taste and consistancy. It's good. Coltrane thought so, too. Had a weakness for the stuff. Re: your comment about apple pie; no way dude.