Joe G

comma yo mamma!

Thanks, David. I wasn't aware of that website.

"Simulations" is the part that gives me the willies. :rsly:

That's got to be the worst record title I've ever seen.

Hell, I guess you don't even have to perform well. Home Depot just gave their CEO $210 million to go away. James Kunstler asks, "...how exactly does one's standard of living improve after, say, the first $140 million? How many private jet planes does it take to summon up that certain glow of contentment achieved among the testosterone-for-lunch-bunch? "

Awesome!

Ravi's still kicking!

For a moment!

I can appreciate that for sure; I just liked the story of Fearless, and the way it made me feel walking away from it afterwards, as compared to the other two.

"From the director of Hero and House of Flying Daggers"... both of which I was pretty ambivalent about. The one that I really dug recently was "Fearless". Did you see that one, Lon?

I think that "just intonation" should be much more widely taught and understood by musicians working in all styles. I'm always surprised by the many musicians I meet who have a music degree, yet know little or nothing about it. Haven't read this book, but this guy sounds like a piano tuner's worst nightmare!

I haven't followed Torn since the mid 90's, but I would be interested in hearing what he's up to. I understand he had quite a horrific incident a while back when a tumor attached itself to his auditory canal, causing complete deafness in one ear. What a fate for a musician! Glad to see he's still rockin' it.

Not feeling too hot this morning.

Sounds, uh, classy! :rsmile:

Now THAT is something I can get behind!

How many 60's-era CDs did you buy during that Concord sale again?

Same patterns here. It feels like we never left October!

I'll check that out - thanks!

I can see some truth in that.

Whenever this question is posed, I have to ask: relevant to whom? While there may be a overall feel of the times we are in (like, a pressure cooker), and in a sense we are all in the same boat, there is just such a mulitplicity of perspectives, needs, and levels of understanding and personal development that I can't imagine any one approach to music encompassing, expressing, or reflecting it all. So if music is a mirror, then the current scene should be fractured, all over the map, suffering from information overload, and lurching both forwards and back, as is our world. Alex Grey gives an interesting analogy. In ages past, he says, art could be seen as a game, with clearly defined rules, and different "teams", or schools, trying to create masterpieces to score points. Today, the art world is like a field where everyone has their own ball, and is running wildly in every direction. Does that sound like the current state of jazz? I can give examples of the music that is relevant to me, but that is only music that is meaningful to my particular journey through life. Two nights ago I was up late, listening to The Lark Ascending by candlelight. Last night I was grooving with a friend to Monday Michiru and Ursula Rucker, (courtesy of J. Sangrey), before working on some of our own music. Before that, I was enthralled by clip of Luciana Souza, who is someone speaking to the NOW as I feel it. What will influence the musicians of tomorrow will be the events of tomorrow. 15 or 20 years from now, we could be experiencing a very different societal arrangement. Things may have to be restructured on all levels due to the consequences of climate change, peak oil, dwindling resourses (especially water), and the like. Who knows what shape that will all take, and how it will effect the artistic communities that have been built up in the current era? But, as Sangrey and I have been discussing -- keep an eye on women (like Michiru, Souza, Geri Allen, et al.) to be stepping up to the plate with an answer. Just my opinion.

No DVD plans for us at the moment (merry Christmas, GregK and Guy! ); we're working toward a studio session in the spring.

Yikes indeed! That made me immediately stick in my hearing protection here at work.

Not looking forward to the last minute shopping, but I am very much looking forward to seeing my family. Plus one of my best friends is in town from Vallejo, CA. Should be a very enjoyable week and weekend.

I'm fortunate to have a girlfriend who loves the music!

Man do I look evil in that shot! Do I usually look that scary when I play? Actually, as I recall, we were all kinda pissed off at that gig. There was a row of subwoofers placed underneath the stage, which the soundman had cracked to the max. All I could hear was bass. LOUD bass. So I think our playing stance was one of defiance: Allright mr. soundman, you can make it miserable up here, but we're still going to lay the shit down!!! So no Randy, usually you look much goofier.