Eric

Yeah, although I first discovered Pepper through his 50s Contemporary material, it is his 70s/80s stuff that I really spend time with. There is a certain rawness to it, an urgency.

actually Walks is my last name

Recorded on my birthday, 11/13/61. Always thought it was quite a coincidence that one of the tunes includes my name (Eric Walks). Trivia aside, great record.

OMG, that was awesome. What a love-fest!!! Everyone on the board needs to hear this.

True, but I won't give this one a 2nd thought. Had the lp in college and loved it.

Me too. I hope we see a second 4-fer disc with that one, Elaborations, Da-Da and basic Blythe. Or a 2-fer with the Monk lp and Elaborations.

Thanks. I was on the "wildly undisciplined" team for most of my adult life (54 now) . Lack of sleep had become a major, major issue. I figured 50-ish was the tipping point for making a major, meaningful health change. It started with a re-dedication to exercise and subsequent discovery that I couldn't do squat unless I had a good night of sleep. I was also lucky to re-marry four years ago. For years, I went to sleep with the stereo on. That did not quite sync with the wife and so gave that up as well. I still think that sucks , but I can live with it. I have been reading this thread and best of luck to you. I still have a "massive fail" every couple weeks - eating and/or drinking late and/or binging on Law and Order re-runs. I skip the gym and then the "old me" starts the seduction game again ... boring is bad, etc., etc. 90% of sleep is half mental, or something like that

For me, getting a good night of sleep requires (very) active planning, but it works most of the time. It feels "boring" at times, but I am sold on the outcome. Your hours, activities will vary. I start backwards - I want to be at the gym at 6:00. So I have to get up at 5:30. For seven hours sleep, that means I have to be asleep by 10:30. I know from experience, that means no eating or drinking (alcohol) for three hours prior. Those parameters mean I don't eat or drink after 7:30 pm. Yeah, that is pretty boring. The key for me has been routine. Maybe someone just needs to be up by 9:00 am. Adjust accordingly, but stick to the routine. I use my phone to set alerts to remind me to stop eating and drinking - those are useful. I also cut way back on caffeine - way back. I had previously tried all the legal pharma solutions (for years). I prefer the natural route and picked up the above from some of the guys who also work out at 6:00. I concluded that if I wanted to get this right, I had to make it an enormous priority in my life and be very intentional about my calendar, every day. I've been at this almost three years. When I follow the routine, it does work.

Pretty sure it is BGO in the UK. I have bought a bunch of their stuff over the years, all genres.

Blythe Spirit In retrospect, pretty amazing that he had a nine year run with Columbia.

Between these and the Blood Ulmer, it's quite the bonanza. Illusions and Lenox Avenue have been out before. Hopefully they put Elaborations and his Monk album on a subsequent 2-fer. For some reason, can't seem to upload the pic. http://www.amazon.com/Tradition-Lenox-Avenue-Breakdown-Illusions/dp/B01DD02A7E/ref=sr_1_64?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1461993179&sr=1-64&refinements=p_n_date%3A1249114011%2Cp_n_binding_browse-bin%3A387645011

FINALLY!!! http://www.amazon.com/Free-Lancing-James-Blood-Ulmer/dp/B01DQU2Y2M?ie=UTF8&keywords=james%20blood%20ulmer&qid=1461992538&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1

Showing at a number of places here too (KC).

Wish I had seen the last 1/4. There was an action scene that used something from "On The Corner" - that was pretty cool.

I remember "Me and Mrs. Jones" from when I was a tween. Big emotional love song, but provocative subject matter. Made me think ...

Saw this in KC Friday night. Maybe 10 people there. I had to take an emergency call maybe 3/4 of the way through. I was enjoying it more than I thought. Agree with the earlier comments re: Cheadle's performance. By the time I left, things had descended somewhat - the whole "get the tape back" plot seemed "tacked on" and pulled down what was an otherwise fairly entertaining movie.

I loved his music in my late teens and early 20s - Dirty Mind, Controversy, 1999, Purple Rain, Around The World, Sign 'O" The Times. Feels really weird, really sad, to think he is gone ... he never really stopped being the impish purple badass for me ...

Yeah, I loved the Pat on the Logan Richardson thing for the reasons you mentioned.

That sounds very nice. Just ordered a copy.

I'll bite - PM sent.

Thanks for the heads up - found a copy on eBay. His CTI albums are nice.

Funny, I was sitting in a suburban KC pizza shop, one of those open air places where the kitchen is exposed. Maybe two customers, three employees. One of the cooks was talking about his upcoming travel to Chicago to see this show. I think he was pretty shocked to hear me chime in to the conversation (54 year dude in a sport coat). We spoke for 10-15 minutes, fun discussion about the music.

I think you'll be happy with this. I've got it running in five rooms

not to thread-hijack, but if you ever have a chance to tour the entire campus ... it is magnificent