Eric

Boy do I feel better now. Can someone help me out here? This is a generational thing, right? I was raised on the concept of home taping. This was something my friends and I did all through high school and college. Want to share some good music with a friend? Make 'em a tape. I don't think there was *any* music that I was exposed to in high school and college (including jazz) that I didn't have *first* on a homemade tape. So then CD burning comes into play. I burn discs for friends, they burn discs for me in exchange. Is this a foreign concept? The idea was always to trade music for music. No one ever profits. If I like something a whole bunch, I'll usually pick it up in a commerical copy. It seems to me that the "ethics" of copying only came in once CD burning became a factor. No one was complaining when we were making dubs onto tape. Why is that? Is it a sound quality thing? Not sure exactly which generation I fall in, but it seems there is a difference between making a burn (copy) of something for a friend to turn them on to something vs making them a burn so they don't have to spend the $$$. I was introduced to jazz by a high school buddy who went to a different college than I did. When he was a freshman, he discovered this wonderful thing called jazz and sent me a couple of cassettes (one was McCoy Tyner and another was Wes Montgomery). In my situation, what could once be viewed as denying McCoy Tyner a royalty lead to a new consumer of his music (and today I own about 30 of his CDs, all paid for by me). I agree that from a hard core perspective, what my buddy did was illegal, but in that context, I have a hard time believing it was wrong. On the other hand, if he and I regularly made copies for each other of new material that came out, I clearly think that is ripping off the artist and the record company.

A couple tracks from Super Blue show up on a recent Columbia (or Sony) FH complilation (CTI material comprises the rest of it).

Here is a review with personnel: http://www.jazzreview.com/cd/review-17433.html

There appears to be a cut from the new Hill record on the "Blue Note Presents 2006 Jazz Sampler" (the cover of which apes "True Blue" by Tina Brooks). There is a 30 second sample of the track "Smooth" on iTunes: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore...441&i=113548721

one for now: Are You Experienced? I caught it on the radio once, in the middle of the guitar solo. I didn't know it was Hendrix but thought, man, that is some amazing, cutting edge, fresh stuff. The man could resonate ...

Got mine today (I live in suburban KC). I can see why an earlier poster commented on the skin-like texture of the box. It is slightly creepy. Anyway, glad it arrived and I can't wait to start spinning it!!!

To deal with the Jack Johnson issue you referred to, I created a couple of playlists in iTunes that don't duplicate takes. Makes for some very tasty listening that way. My Cellar Door should be arriving soon

CD Universe lists this as their top seller (today). Interesting. Monk/Coltrane is still no. 3 over at Amazon. That is damn impressive. I would guess there are decent marketing $$$ behind this, but still. I think it showed up at either Pitchfork or Pop Matters as one of their top 2005 records. Hell, Parker/Gillespie is no. 216 at Amazon. Not too shabby. I sincerely hope the folks that buy these (or receive them as gifts) enjoy them. Boy, if you consider yourself an open-minded music lover, I would think these might have a shot. I turned a friend on to Live-Evil a few years ago. He is a Parliament/Funkadelic fan and so L-E was a natural step forward.

How about a hotel room close to the airport the night before?

mine says shipped yesterday (Monday) with Priority Mail, so I am guessing it gets here this week

Yep, I agree that ipodlounge is very good. Sometimes I have just typed my particular ipod issue into Google and am taken to the answer. The Apple help for ipods is decent too. They can be frustrating beasts. I just updated my itunes and ipod software and in doing so, my PC refused to recognize my ipod. Went through a bunch of steps and it started to work again, but I'll be damnned if I can remember which step fixed the problem. Still, the combo of the ipod and itunes is hard to beat ...

Chuck - let me ask RT's question this way - have sales met or exceeded expectations? Hopefully the latter!

I understand this format is free from all security issues ...

I remember they broke into Monday Night Football to announce it. I tracked down a friend I had not spoken to in 5 years (a huge Beatles fan) to share thoughts. Senseless ...

Wow ... hard to believe. I remember it well. Very sad and senseless.

Although, yikes - they got $35 last year for a 3 CD set and are asking the same for a 2 CD set this year. Won't stop me from buying though - I really enjoyed the 2004 edition.

I agree ... should be a hell of a Rose Bowl. Hook 'em Horns!!!

Previous Order Status Order Status: Processing We are working on getting all of the items on your order ready to ship. Ordered Items -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Config Ord Ship Artist / Title Price Detail Status CD 1 0 Davis, Miles The Cellar Door Sessions 1970 $38.49 Pre-Order Now! Release Date Not Determined I'm hoping this ancient pre-order price holds up. It seems like it will, and I sure appreciate CDUniverse for sticking by it. Mine still says the same too

This is the country that Clem refers to - known as the Flint Hills. Very cool, largely treeless, grassy rolling hills.

Peach seems to be the easiest to read ... more contrast between peach and black?

Weds night I went to THE local blues hangout, BB's Lawnside BBQ to see John Paul's Flying Circus. For my money, BB's is the coolest place to see live music in KC. The place is a true roadhouse, with a jukebox devoted entirely to the blues. The place is also full of vintage posters from live blues shows in KC over the last 40 years. There is also an incredible mural on the wall behind the stage that depicts blues legends (the pic below only depicts part of it). Very cool place and the BBQ is not half-bad either. BB's from the outside

You can find details of those dates, including sound quality, on this page: http://plosin.com/milesAhead/Tapes.aspx?a=audio

Up, for no reason other than to observe that rarely has an artist recycled their stuff as frequently as Rundgren. Not that this is a good thing ... who buys all that stuff???

Please describe burnt pastrami ... sounds interesting. ← They cook the pastrami until it is crispy like bacon. It's very good. ← Do they Fed Ex? 24 hours? There is a place in KC called New York Deli which used to serve a primarily Jewish neighborhood years and years ago. They have remained in business and occasionally I take my kids there for lunch. I'm asking them for burnt pastrami next time

Please describe burnt pastrami ... sounds interesting.