Jazzmoose

Holy shit; that was fast! Glad I didn't hesitate...

So I guess it's pronounced "turd -uck-en", not "tur-duck-en"...

I always thought people who confuse "literally" with "figuratively" were cute; probably think "literally" has something to do with fiction...

I went with Ervin, but the "Dolphy exclusionary rule" was definitely needed in my case; he's the obvious choice for me...

I guess they would not care if we did all the work, the main problem is - if we were producing all these discs of italian, french, german, austrian, swiss, polish, czechoslovak, finnish, danish or whatever jazz, they would never identify a single tune... ubu This is a bad thing? Think of what an education service you'd be providing! Hey, you guys want more European jazz discussion around here? Enlighten us!! (Man, am I greedy for new tunes, or what? )

Spahn in a Giants uniform? That's a travesty! That would be like seeing Mays in a Mets uniform....

Yes, but of course it appears as "Michael Gitzferald", so all is well...

It varies, but hard bop is dropping down the list. It's only fair; it was all I listened to for quite a while. Lately the style of jazz I listen to has been bouncing all over the map. The other day I listened to Bechet's Runnin' Wild and then Quartet Out's Welcome to the Party and was surprised to discover that they were both the same kind of music. I think my brain's music department is in such flux at the moment that only my favorite smilie can describe it:

Oh, man...Spahn was admittedly before my time, but as a lifelong Braves fan, I can't help but feel sad. A class act; they don't make 'em like him anymore!

Blame the usual suspects! The avatar was a gift from AfricaBrass; looks slightly different from the original, eh?

Just a thoughtless post in haste; sorry. Please ignore it.

As I probably will be for a while. Let me know when the dust settles after the explosion...

That was my first thought while reading John's post; I was ready for "Oscar Peterson Plays Bjork!"

I often see people on this board talk about a remastering being old, or preferring to wait for a new mastering. Why? What does it matter? Isn't the real issue how well the job was done rather than how old it is? I can understand this being an issue back in the analog days, but what difference does it make now? I must be missing a key point in the manufacture of recordings, so please clue me in!

Good point, Gary...talk about a death wish!

That reminds me, the one thing that absolutely drove me up the friggin' wall the whole time I lived in Georgia was hearing people talk about buying a "Cocola". I mean, what the hell? Cocacola was invented in Georgia, and they can't read the name on the bottle?? Stupid, ignorant backwoods jackoff....erk! My heart!!!

Surely you're kidding...

Press Release Source: The Haworth Press, Inc. Man Blamed for the 'Metrosexual' Says 'Sorry' - and Outs Himself As 'Lesbosexual' Tuesday November 18, 4:35 pm ET BINGHAMTON, N.Y., Nov. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- British writer Mark Simpson, credited by the New York Times for fathering the 'metrosexual' -- the moisturised, image-conscious male the global media has gone ga-ga for in recent months -- has apologised. "I had no idea what I was starting," he said, speaking exclusively from his home in London, England. "If I'd known that metrosexuals would take over the world and make everyone wear fake tan and use glutinous hair care products I would have written about baseball instead." In the last year, literally hundreds of newspaper, magazine and TV items on 'metrosexuals' have appeared around the globe. Several well-known men have 'outed' themselves as metrosexual, including Democratic presidential hopeful Howard Dean (though he seems to have gone back in the 'metrocloset' shortly afterwards). This Summer's biggest hit TV series was Bravo's metrosexual makeover programme QUEER EYE FOR THE STRAIGHT GUY. Metrosexuality has even conquered Middle America -- in a recent hilarious episode of SOUTH PARK, all the town's males turn metrosexual after watching an episode of QUEER EYE. Although Simpson first wrote about metrosexuals in UK national newspaper the INDEPENDENT back in 1994, the current wave of what he dubs 'metrosexmania' began after he formally introduced the term to the US with his famous article 'Meet the metrosexual' on Salon.com in July of last year, in which he cited British soccer star David Beckham as the poster-boy of metrosexuality. Here is Simpson's pithy definition from that article: 'The typical metrosexual is a young man with money to spend, living in or within easy reach of a metropolis -- because that's where all the best shops, clubs, gyms and hairdressers are. He might be officially gay, straight or bisexual, but this is utterly immaterial because he has clearly taken himself as his own love object and pleasure as his sexual preference. Particular professions, such as modeling, waiting tables, media, pop music and, nowadays, sport, seem to attract them but, truth be told, like male vanity products and herpes, they're pretty much everywhere.' "After 'Meet the metrosexual' aired on Salon," says Simpson, "metrosexuality went from being a visually to a textually transmitted disease -- the word seems to have become even more popular than the phenomenon it describes." There are now over 24,000 Google hits for the term. 'Meet the metrosexual' was adapted from Simpson's 2002 collection of sharply satirical essays SEX TERROR: EROTIC MISADVENTURES IN POP CULTURE (Harrington Park Press), which has just been rush-reprinted. Revised and updated, it now includes Simpson's bemused response to the extraordinary fame of what he calls his 'Frankenstein monster with perfect skin terrorising and sashaying the globe," his thoughts on the way that his satire has turned into seriously hard sell -- and why the mainstream, marketing version of the metrosexual is always sold as being 'straight'. The gay daddy of the metrosexual also makes a startling confession in SEX TERROR: "Clearly I display some of the symptoms of male vanity, but I'm a rather bad metrosexual. "As my penchant for man-made fibre-rich sportswear and white socks would suggest, I'm more of a 'lesbosexual'. I may not be straight, but the gay 'Fab Five' would nevertheless have a hissy fit over my wardrobe. If I was stupid enough to let them into my house. Yes, I go to the gym -- but only because it's the only club that will let me in in my lesbianwear." Other Simpsonisms from SEX TERROR to mention at dinner parties: Metrosexmania: the media's insatiable craving for metrosexuals Retrosexual: A man who refuses to pluck his eyebrows or use hair products Lesbosexual: A non-stylish gay man Metrocloset: A metrosexual who is in denial HotSex: Sex as a form of conspicuous consumption: recreational rather than reproductive. "In a world of HotSex", says Simpson, "the back bottom is the new front bottom" New Naff: Contemporary compulsory - and very, very conventional - 'good taste' and 'style' (see also QUEER EYE) Weber-ism: The dominant photographic signature of metrosexuality (see also Abercrombie & Fitch) Homoheteros: Hetero men who may or may not be metrosexual but nevertheless avidly consume what Simpson calls 'gay porn for straight men' such as Guy Ritchie movies, Eminem lyrics and prison rape cable shows like OZ. Rapismo: Hip hop gender politics Also in SEX TERROR: Simpson is cruised by 'Galen' from PLANET OF THE APES, goes on a disastrous date with a Hollywood divorcee who isn't Liza Minelli, gets worked up with Alexis Arquette over Stephen Baldwin's bubble butt, 'outs' Brad Pitt as a one-night stand that won't leave and -- very gingerly -- confronts Henry Rollins with those 'gay' rumours. For more information on Mark Simpson, metrosexuals and SEX TERROR visit: www.marksimpson.com ABOUT MARK SIMPSON Simpson is the author of several critically-acclaimed books, including MALE IMPERSONATORS, IT'S A QUEER WORLD, ANTI-GAY, THE QUEEN IS DEAD (with Steven Zeeland) and SAINT MORRISSEY. He also appears to have been an inspiration for Quentin Tarantino's manic cameo appearance in the movie SLEEP WITH ME as a party guest obsessed with the homoerotics of the classic Eighties blockbuster TOP GUN. What the press says about Mr Simpson: "A BRAINY THUG" - Seattle Stranger "AN AMUSED, DETACHED VOLTAIRE" - Independent on Sunday "THE GAY ANTI-CHRIST" - Vogue "ERUDITE, INCISIVE, SASSY, FRESH, HILARIOUS"- Publishers Weekly "ONE OF THE BRIGHTEST WRITERS AROUND" - Time Out "BRILLIANTLY BUCCANEERING" - Spectator "SERIOUSLY FUNNY" - Scotland On Sunday "SPUNKY'" - Lambda Book Report "ONE OF ENGLAND'S MOST ELOQUENT AND SARDONIC COMMENTATORS"- Bay Windows "A SKINHEAD OSCAR WILDE, SIMPSON'S BON MOTS ARE BOTH ALARMING AND AMUSING, GETTING UP PEOPLE'S NOSES AND INSIDE THEIR TROUSERS WITH EQUAL APLOMB" - Philip Hensher Sex Terror is available for $17.95 in soft cover (ISBN: 1-56023-377-X), or $34.95 in hard cover (ISBN: 1-56023-376-1). (US Prices) 248 pp. July 2002 The Book is also available in bookstores or order directly from: The Haworth Press, Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580; Telephone in US/Canada: (800) HAWORTH; Fax: (800) 895-0582; Telephone outside US/Canada: (607) 722-5857; Fax: (607) 771-0012; E-mail: orders@haworthpress.com; Online: http://www.HaworthPress.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: The Haworth Press, Inc.

Here's what I found, Chuck... CDTrustee link Same one?

Ouch!

Well...if you're really from Georgia, there's that! Just to show how badly Mosaic has gotten to me, I asked the wife a while back if she was into the Four Freshman, so I'd have an excuse to get it and have the box on my shelf, but alas, she said no...

By the time I decided I wanted the whole thing, I had too many individual sets to make the big set that attractive, but that's strictly a money decision not a sound one. Although my wife thinks it was a sound decision...

While I've sneered at this previously, I have to admit that my CD shelves are getting to the point that this sounds like a good idea. Or maybe I'm just getting more anal... I'll have to check out MusicCollector.

Shoot, I thought this was about racing those little motorcycles on those dirt tracks with the hills and stuff...

From what I've heard, probably a doughnut on a string...