Eric

At 42, I found myself divorced with three kids with whom I (luckily) spend a significant amount of time with. Once we collectively got over the "divorce is f*#&ed" thing, it has been back to normal - that is to say, an often chaotic but very rewarding rewarding. It is fun to read everyone's comments and just smile. BTW, just my opinion, but Mary Kate and Ashley are extraordinarily low on the talent level Very cute pics Jeff! Eric

Agreed FFA! Let the spotlight shine on the Titans for a while. The Bengals did look pretty focussed while we seemed to have a "phone it in" mentality for 3+ quarters. Good lesson, I hope! Eric

I was in Vegas last weekend and there was a "video billboard" advertising deep-friend Twinkees. They had a video of some hot chick who kept stuffing them in her mouth. Oh well, probably better than downing a bunch of tequilla shots ...

Love the THB, Rooster! But where is the cat Eric

Others will disagree, but this is definitely my least favorite Morgan. Looks fine on paper, but I find it to be plodding and frankly boring. Eric

Jeff- This is Eric's kid. Tommorow is his b-day 13! Give him a raise or some other useless item!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks. Just kidding. But not about the b-day. !!!!!!!!!!! Griffin.

Jeff, Awesome!!!! Thanks! Eric

BTW, that "Sponge Cat" avatar is very cool too - how did you do that? I think my poor little Jayhawk needs some sprucing up ... Eric

Great stuff guys !!! Eric

Just checked this out - wonderful stuff!!! It is nice to see all the guys in pretty good shape (guess this was ~ 20 years ago). Sure, there are plenty of guys who should have been there, but no complaints on the basic cast. I saw very few of these guys live (only McCoy, Blakey and Woody Shaw), so this is a huge treat. Perhaps hard to separate the "historical quotient" from the "getting off" factor , but this is a "must have" for all BN fans. Eric

Big Al, that is a hell of a quote!! Eric

DON"T STOP!!! Eric

from a very good rock/alternative magazine. Well-written, which is par for the course for Paste. http://www.pastemagazine.com/action/articl...e_id=122&page=1 Eric

LOL

Two events - took a "jazz appreciation" class in college for the "easy A" - the professor (Dick Wright) was such a nice guy and so eanest, it was hard not to at least listen. I also had a high school football buddy who was exposed to jazz at his college and sent me a bunch of cassettes (Miles, Wes, Tyner, Vitous). The combination of these two events hooked me. So, walking into my room in college, you were either going to hear London Calling or Kind of Blue Eric

All the time. It is fun to "re-visit" a while later and see if the music is still meaningful. For me, every time I come back to Trane, Bird or Wes, it is like coming home for Christmas, except there are even more presents under the tree. But there have been others - that have just left me cold. Hard to cite a specific example though ... they are in the minority ... Eric

Yeah, and the booklet cannot be separated from the box (at least I have not figured this one out yet). What you (Verve) are telling us is that you have a blatent disregard and/or lack of respect for the customer. Morons ... Eric

Well put guys. I like AAJ, but I really like Organissimo. More of a sense of community, I guess. Never mean-spirited, but there is a lot of good natured play back and forth. I think we respect each other and the fact that we are doing this on someone else's nickel helps keep us in line Eric

yeah, does someone have a link the the video - the audio is a scream! Eric

a very helpful response (as of this am) from Blue Note "The track listing is not available at this time. Please check back with us in the next few weeks for more information. Thank you for your inquiry and please continue to visit us at http://www.bluenote.com User Comments : Hi, Do you have a track listing for the upcoming "One Night with Blue Note" DVD? Thanks" Eric

Andrew!!! I cannot understand why this has *never* come out on CD (save for the Mosaic). I find it to be very accessable and is my favorite AH after Black Fire (and some days I like it better). Eric

I like all of the Orrin Evans CDs. He plays piano and writes interesting tunes. He comes from a hard bop backbround, but moves "out" pretty nicely. He also seems to pull together good bands, but has some trio dates too. Some of the Criss Cross stuff has a sameness or blandness for me, but just some. Maybe the idea is to stick to certain artists? I would also second (third?) all the praise for Walt Weiskopf. I *really* like the JD Allen CD that has Evans and Pelt. It has an edge that makes it very tasty. The Don Braden dates are very good - I would just go with the sidemen you like. I have tended not to like their organ dates and Peter Bernstein is a guitarist that sorta bores me, although he gets a lot of love. They have been around for 20 years or so and there are a lot of one-off gems in the catalog. It seems that early on they went with more established artists and some of that stuff is wonderful. Eric

Yes and the women I listened to them with

I have really been on the fence on this one (the real album, not the farting one). I love electric Miles and I love McLaughlin on the Cellar Door stuff. But I have seen the word "boring" associated with the new set often enough that it is cause for pause. Now that this thing has been out a few weeks (an eternity in our little world), does anyone have any second takes on the set? Eric

BTW, the Paul Tingen book is a MUST for anyone who enjoys electric Miles. I think my obsession with it was one of the 250 or so thing that lead to my divorce B) Eric