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Just a little minor scuffage. Still playable.

Damn, Dan. I'm flying 350,000 miles a year. Don't make me watch this stuff. Four times.

Short answer: I'm an old man. Hence, I don't even understand the question/relevance Are we talking microhouse/techno, glitch? I listen to only what I think of as old-school techno (Detroit's Dopplereffekt, for instance) or the pre-techno/Krautrock stuff (Neu!, Can, Kraftwerk). Anything beyond that, and I'm in the dark.

Some particularly nice spots in there: I really enjoyed the Lao PDR, though that was 20 years ago Same for Cambodia, though I probably wouldn't recognize the place anymore. No hotels back then. Well, none bigger than a breadbox. Alaska is one of my favorite places. Marrakech was a bit touristy for me (though entertaining!); I liked Fez and Rabat, though my total time in both was just a month.

Nope, but that's OK. I'd still love to hear whatever you have to share. It seems like the last time I heard you were in one of the "stan" countries. I could be wrong, though. Not exotic, but my wife and I will be visiting Europe for the first time in May. We'll be going on an 11-night cruise that will be sailing from Rome and visiting ports in Italy, Greece and Turkey. We've never been on a cruise before, but she had been pestering me about visiting Italy and this seemed like a good way to see a lot of different places in a short amount of time. I'm most excited about seeing Istanbul. I've done a couple of stints in the 'stans, most notably July through September 2001 in Kyrgy-, Turkmeni-, Kazakh-, Uzbeki-, and Tajiki-, culminating in 9/11 in Afghani-... Good times. Istanbul I haven't visited in a while, but it's certainly a great place. Interesting, but easy travel. Decent climate. Just don't get trapped in a rug-seller's shop.

Happy Birthday! (Hey, is there an echo in here?)

I travel for many months on end. I may see my LPs/CDs once a year. I cannot download over a Sudanese dial-up line. Much of the time, I don't even have a laptop.

An hour of shopping, and I realize I'm looking for a buggy whip. Big capacity devices are all video-oriented. Music-only is so thoroughly dominated by Apple that... Well, there is the Zune.

Timing is everything, eh? St. Patrick's Day in Ireland and Octoberfest in Munich. Sounds like a party (depending on how the daughter factors in). Me, I tend to hit Bangladesh in monsoon season, Machu Picchu on the solstice, Mecca for the hajj, and San Juan Capistrano for the departure of the swallows. (I suppose MP and Mecca on those dates might be considered 'parties' in some sense of the word. Gads.)

It's been a couple more years. Any new travelin' board members? Any exciting travels by old members? I'm still on-the-move every day. Starting to re-visit places I've been before, which is cool. But I do want to hit the few places I haven't been, before I get too damn old to do it. And, by God, I'd like to cross paths with Organissimo again sometime - though I seldom see the Midwest US. (Chicago in July?) So, do tell. And, I suppose, post picture if you want. I don't own a camera; couldn't take one most places I travel anyway. By the way, Vibes, I guess I missed you question when you posted it. Though maybe I PMed you back then.

I know, the iPod is the de facto standard. I'm living off-the-grid. No Apple. No Starbucks. No TV. Looking for: 1. Minimum 30GB. 40GB would be more good. (My old player, a Creative, was 40GB and full all the time.) 2. Tough - I travel 24/7/365 3. Small - I don't need a video player/screen Thanks!

I agree with the comment on Buxton; solid mainstream stuff, with intelligent commentary. And Mr. Barton's right, the playlist doesn't look too bad. 2/29/2008 | 1:56 AM | GIL SCOTT - HERON | I THINK I'LL CALL IT MORNING | THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED | RCA | VOCAL 2/29/2008 | 1:24 AM | THE NOVA GHOST SECTET | A RA KISS / REACHING FOR A STAR / URSA MINOR | LIFE ON URANUS | A RECORDS 2/29/2008 | 1:01 AM | KARLTON HESTER | INTERCONNECTIVITY (SUITE #2) | DIVINE PARTICLE'S VISION | HESTERIA | NEW 2/29/2008 | 12:52 AM | DAVE BURRELL & DAVID MURRAY | QASBAH RENDEZVOUS | DAYBREAK | GAZELL | 2/29/2008 | 12:43 AM | NEW YORK ART QUARTET | UNTITLED | NEW YORK ART QUARTET | ESP DISK | 2/29/2008 | 12:37 AM | KIMARA DIXON | SOULS SPEAK | THE INSIDE WORLD VOLUME 1 | | 2/29/2008 | 12:15 AM | JOHN COLTRANE | LOVE, CONSEQUENCES, SERENITY | MEDITATIONS | IMPULSE! | 2/29/2008 | 12:11 AM | GIL SCOTT - HERON | ...AND THEN HE WROTE MEDITATIONS | FREE WILL | BLUEBIRD | SPOKEN WORD 2/29/2008 | 12:00 AM | JASON KAO HWANG | CLOUD CALL | STORIES BEFORE WITHIN | INNOVA | NEW 2/28/2008 | 11:55 PM | ROB HUNT | DOLORES | STROLL | XENOPHON | NEW 2/28/2008 | 11:49 PM | STEVE LACY | NO BABY | TROUBLES | BLACK SAINT | 2/28/2008 | 11:36 PM | JOSEPH JARMAN - DON MOYE | HAPPINESS IS | EARTH PASSAGE - DENSITY | BLACK SAINT | 2/28/2008 | 11:19 PM | TOM VARNER | DON'S BIG VIEW | SECOND COMMUNION | OMNI TONE | 2/28/2008 | 11:16 PM | PAUL BLEY TRIO | CLOSER | CLOSER | ESP DISK | 2/28/2008 | 11:01 PM | M'LUMBO | WARTOYS | THE ANGEL WARS | PURSUANCE | 2/28/2008 | 10:54 PM | STEVE KHAN | MR. AND MRS. PEOPLE | BORROWED TIME | TONE CENTER | 2/28/2008 | 10:48 PM | CASSANDRA WILSON | NEVER | POINT OF VIEW | JMT | VOCAL 2/28/2008 | 10:40 PM | JAMES NEWTON | SUITE FOR FRIDA KAHLO MVT. 2 | SUITE FOR FRIDA KAHLO | AUDIOQUEST | 2/28/2008 | 10:29 PM | THE SUPPLICANTS | BECOMING OSIRIS | 1ST ENCOUNTER | ISOTOPE | 2/28/2008 | 10:21 PM | TRIO M | BRAINFIRE AND BUGLIGHT | BIG PICTURE | CRYPTOGRAMOPHONE | 2/28/2008 | 10:13 PM | TONY WILLIAMS | MORGAN'S MOTION | THE JOY OF FLYING | COLUMBIA | 2/28/2008 | 10:07 PM | ELVIN JONES / JIMMY GARRISON SEXTET | NUTTIN' OUT JONES | ILLUMINATION | IMPULSE! | 2/28/2008 | 10:00 PM | CHARLIE HADEN, DON CHERRY... | HAPPY HOUSE | THE MONTREAL TAPES

Just heard a promo for a new KCSM radio program that promises new and challenging music. Like Eric Dolphy's "Out to Lunch" and Ornette Coleman's harmolodics. I had to laugh. KCSM hasn't ever appealed to my tastes - far too conservative, with heaps of 'chick' singers. But to advertise this now-mainstream music as something wild and unhinged (my adjectives) seems laughable. Ornette's got a Grammy, fergawdsakes. Thursday at 1000PM.

Happy Birthday!

I only met the man twice, and only briefly at that. My opinion here: Everything/most of what he did was to fulfill his creative vision. Sometimes that vision required two saxophones. Or a nose flute. Or a siren. Or humming into his flute. Whatever it takes, I grant the man the right to explore his vision. He was an artist, not (necessarily/primarily) a technician.

Bumpin' (like Wes) for anyone who slept through original post.

Exactly. That's why we all gotta fly to LA.

I haven't seen a movie/TV/video in 30 years. but this one caught my eye. Perhaps. Released the same year as Charles Burnett's recently revived Killer of Sheep (1977), Larry Clark's Passing Through is another rarely seen but potent underground L.A. neorealist treatise that plumbs similar themes of the exploitation and degradation of black culture and posits jazz music as a revolutionary call to arms. (Fittingly, Burnett served as one of the camera operators.) Directed by Clark — no, not the guy who did Bully — as part of his UCLA master's thesis, co-written by actor Ted Lange (yes, Isaac from The Love Boat), and featuring the music of Horace Tapscott and the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra, the film begins as saxophonist Eddie Warmack (Sanford and Son's Nathaniel Taylor) is released from prison after "steppin' off time" for killing a white music-industry goon. While searching for his grandfather and spiritual mentor, "Papa" Harris (a remarkable performance by 87-year-old veteran character actor Clarence Muse), Warmack rallies his band (played by Tapscott and other members of the Arkestra) to start their own record company amid violent resistance from Hollywood music executives. Shot in washed-out primary colors — ghetto hues of brick-brown and pavement-gray occasionally injected with lurid reds — Passing Through is raw, gritty, surreal and, at times, terrifying. Desperation and cigarette smoke dominate the tense scenes with Warmack's band as they discuss how to survive and fight the monolithic music industry (referred to as "legitimized organized crime") in a rehearsal space decorated with posters from China's Cultural Revolution. Warmack seems to say it all when tells them, "It's not just about the record industry, it's about re-examining this backwards system we're all caught up in. It's about America." The jazz-drenched soundtrack includes music by Charlie Parker, Eric Dolphy, John Coltrane, Bennie Maupin, Jesse Sharps, Sun Ra and the Art Ensemble of Chicago. But it's the phosphorescent score by Tapscott and the Ark that burns in the memory — an impassioned catalog of mood swings, from Ellingtonian noir to moments of woeful beauty and seething fury. (Cinefamily at the Silent Movie Theatre; Thurs., Feb. 28, 8 p.m. www.silentmovietheatre.com.)

I don't know if it's real or not, but I can hear (imagine) it in my head.

Thanks to all ! Porcy, my budget is 100-200 Euros, a little more if needed. = $5,000 US ...by next week for sure.

For many years, I found enough variety in jazz (20s to present) that I didn't find much need to step into anything else. But I found that stepping into something else actually broadened my horizons and appreciation, not to mention revitalized my playing. And so I'm dabbling in bluegrass, electronica, techno and damn near any other creative form I come across...and digging it all.

Moderate priced: I like the Sumiko Blue Point Special ($300, I think) Fairly high output, for a moving coil; might not need a step-up device. Also, the Denon DL103 - a classic, more laid back (?) sound. Grado makes nice low-priced cartridges, many of which don't require step-up.

Are you going to get your hair cut like Horace's? My Fort Lauderdale haircut (from 10 days ago) looks about as good on me as Horace's would. :bwallace2:

Thank you for posting this. I made it only through the first dozen paragraphs, but have saved the full article to my laptop to read on the plane later today.

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