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Page appears to be under reconstruction. MG Posted an "alternative" link: http://www.modernluxury.com/san-francisco/story/the-bard-of-brokeland Just noticed that this is a shorter/truncated version, compared to what I remember from the magazine.

Among the reviews and interviews I've read, including Rolling Stone, I thought this was one of the better ones. http://www.modernluxury.com/san-francisco/story/the-bard-of-brokeland.'>http://www.modernluxury.com/san-francisco/story/the-bard-of-brokeland. San Francisco Magazine Alternative link: http://www.modernluxury.com/san-francisco/story/the-bard-of-brokeland

Thanks for the info, insights and comments. I think damn hard before buying anything - since anything I buy has to be shipped to storage stored (rent!). But this caught my eye in a Brussels bookstore and, well, I couldn't resist. Those images are pretty close to what fills the book.

I agree. I spend too much time in planes, trains, boats... I'm delighted to see someone with a book, but I'll take a Kindle reader over a gut with a Gameboy anyday.

I'd written a long diatribe about my Kindle Fire, but lost it in posting. Fortunately for you, a shorter version: I'd pre-ordered my Kindle Fire long ago. I'd thought it was the perfect solution for me. I travel constantly with a work laptop that is limited for personal use; I don't want to carry a second laptop for my limited personal needs. I hate the Kindle. Problems: - Applications limited to those that work on the Kindle Fire (a tiny subset of the Android world). You can "root" the thing if you're technically adept, and that'll get you a somewhat larger subset, but it's still quite limited. - Reading off it is sometimes okay (New Yorker), but usually too unpleasant for me. - The "keyboard" absolutely sucks. I can't type a darn thing, no matter how hard I concentrate. I do much better on the relatively small virtual keyboard of my phone. - Every webpage you visit gets saved to your "webpages" screen, as if you'd designated it as a favorite. - Similarly, every application you use gets added to the homepage "Carousel". Sure, you can delete them, but it's a hassle, largely because... - The touchscreen responds poorly/unreliably. I can poke at something ten times before it responds. My finger and the screen are clean, and the screen isn't scratched. - It doesn't offer much flexibility in changing defaults. For instance, in my mail program, if I want to go to the next message when I delete one, I can't; it automatically takes me to the previous (read) message. And on another mail program, if I delete it on the Kindle, it doesn't delete on the "Web" version of the mail. - Finally, I feel like the damn thing is constantly keeping tabs on me. I'd mentioned that it considers every webpage like a favorite and adds every application to your "carousel"; it's as if it's watching and hoarding information. I've given up on it, other than for reading a few magazines. I've gone back to my mobile for e-mail and web searches.

Does anyone else have this book? I found it amusing. Not recommended for the prudish (no offense).

I am psychologically incapable of passing up the opportunity to put in a good word for the Django Mosaic. Such joyous creativity. Even though I find later Grappelli tiring.

Some I read on my e-reader, but I also have four post office boxes in airport hub cities: Rosemont, IL Stapleton, CO. Millbrae CA and Newark NJ. I also have a forwarding arrangement with a private mailbox company (a la Mailboxes Etc.). Mail's not a problem. Opening a financial services account is. Even the DMV issued a drivers license to a PO Box, but try Charles Schwab! I know Bank Secrecy Act and Anti-Money Laundering.

I don't have a home, so my listening alternatives are different than most people. But I gotta believe that others share my joy in listening in the car. Crappy environment, poor sound, lots of distractions, no LPs* but there's still something about it. Choose your own volume (and, potentially achieve some high SPLs), choose your own music, rattle the windows at 3:00AM... Heck, I don't even worry about having a purpose for being in the car. Parked in the hotel parking lot is good for me...especially at 3:00AM. * Yes, I know there are automotive turntables, but let's be real here.

Having grown up in Oakland/Berkeley record stores, there's considerable appeal to picking this one up. But I find myself dizzied by the hype machine around it. I subscribe to 70 magazines and typically pick up three newspapers a day. Geez, seems like 80% of them have "reviewed" (paid?) this book. In the end, it probably won't dissaude me. (Even gots a cameo appearance from Obama.)

Barry Harris? Dick Hyman? Mundell Lowe? Sonny Igoe was around until this year. But yeah, not many.

Anyway, Bird's been gone 57 years, so we're basically talking about guys, say, 77 years old and up.

My first thought (and cheapest to fix): make sure your stylus is clean. Visit a hi-fi dealer for a cheap cleaner that won't do any harm. Since the problem doesn't affect every LP, I think it's something "mechanical" like this, as opposed to electrical. Static buildup is another possibility, a bit more difficult to remedy. Do also invest in a record brush (I like Deccas)

Two Russ Freemans? Seems like... And Al(exander) Haig. That cat could swing.

Pretty sure Basie (and Kenton?) had a trumpet player named Ray Brown.

No. Having read his autobiography, Gentle Giant, I can't find reason to refer to him as "Bill Evans" in any phase of his life. See, for example, page 1. http://books.google.com/books?id=Y0LAq1KAepEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=yusef+lateef+biography&source=bl&ots=x5-4TyVvCg&sig=yKtEhRfJ0sl-oBKfOSWqy914JcM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ctdIUIb6HYT20gGqmYCwDw&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=yusef%20lateef%20biography&f=false (I hope that link's okay) Maybe I missed it, because the fable goes on and on.

Two (not three) Bill Evanses, if you count the Grammy Winning pseudo-jazz sax guy.

Have a great one, Sidewinder!

You know, their website has a playlist (with a limited lookback of ten songs). For example: Now on Jazz Traditions Jelly Roll, by Charles Mingus Potato Head Blues, by Nicholas Payton When Sunny Gets Blue, by Blossom Dearie 9, by Zoot Sims Quartet Sweet Slumber, by Lou Donaldson It Don't Mean A Thing, by Max Roach, Kenny Dorham and Sonny Rollins It's Love, by Carmen McRae Who Cares? (Take 5), by Cannonball Adderley with Bill Evans Switch Blade, by Duke Ellington/Charlie Mingus/Max Roach Blues For Queen 'D', by Milt Jackson You Do Something To Me, by Abbey Lincoln

My rule is that I won't do anything to get Jim (or any other kind volunteers here) I trouble.

I have the LP. It's a great date IMO. And now with a live set added, I'm all in on this one. Sorry if I missed the info. Where is the live set recorded? I saw Wess and Coles near the end of Coles' life at Yoshi's and, I think some where in Los Angeles.

Is the Wess/Coles a New Release or is it a reissue of this? Glad to see the Grant Green. Still waiting for this one, though!

Warm and rainy in Atlanta. Not bad, but I miss Koln weather (last week)j it weighed less.

Thanks for a little levity in my sh*tty day.

As much as I'm convinced. Armstrong is "unclean", I don't buy the "tip off" thing either. If I had to guess - which I don't - I'd guess he was using something undetectable (at the time). Clearly his efforts were well-financed.