Jazzmoose

And it arrived today; pretty fast shipment from Italy! I'll have to add my endorsement to the list...I'm a satisfied customer.

Yeah, and they wouldn't walk in, say "reserve not met" and walk out again!

I only have two Pablo LPs, Coltrane's Afro Blue Impressions and JATP at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1975, but judging from the latter, and their catalog, this is most definitely a conservative jazz label. On the other hand, I don't see anything wrong with that. The JATP LP I have is about as conservative as jazz gets for it's issue date (in my not-so-knowledgable opinion), but it's a lot of fun.

Thanks, Lon!

Do any of the reissues have this original cover art? It really grabs me for some reason. Probably all the damned cats in this house...

I dunno. This is probably related to toilet training, or my mother being mean to me one day, or some other Freudian thingie, but it would absolutely drive me nuts to be missing the one disc, even with a CDR to replace it...

Man, I've got to try that one...forget waiting for a sale!

Damn! I was going to post something, but I can't remember...

You know, this is the one thing with buying music that frustrates me. I have a hard time disagreeing with someone who says that, with over 500 CDs, I have enough to listen to. But of course, I want something else to listen to. And I'd be more than happy to just swap, but which CD do I swap out? I can't imagine ever listening to My Favorite Things again; I mean, enough is enough. But if it wasn't there tomorrow, of course that's all I'd want to hear...

Damn it, if you'd gotten here earlier, you could have saved us all a lot of time, you know?

Zuma's the one for me. I remember one stony evening in my late teens spent playing Cortez the Killer over and over and over and...

Secret hideout....coooooool!

Well, that covers sweet and salty both, doesn't it? Yeah, but on the other hand, I've never overstretched my tongue eating a candy bar...

PFunk! It's about time you showed up here!!

I haf good gnus! Bloo Note has hireded me to proofred there liner knots for them from now on, so evrythink wil bee okae!

So, do you like gladiator movies, beri?

You know, I think Mary Astor ruins this movie myself. For the reason you mention, and also, she just isn't attractive enough to fit the part in my opinion.

I tried that route, but didn't get very far. She played clarinet in high school, so I suggested she pick it back up, maybe we could get into some small group swing, wink wink, but she just snorted and looked at me funny...

I think it's been close to thirty years since I saw this, and I only remember one scene. I'll bet it's the one!

70?? My God, he's a quarter of a century older than I, and I still have this picture in my mind of the young guy in Mile's quintet...

Maybe not, but I still want an Infinity. And I don't even drive!

ajf67, those of us who do post on the political threads should probably print out a copy of your last paragraph and tape it up over our monitors...

No way I'm going to post what I was buying before I turned 16. No effin' way!!

Two points came to mind after I left this morning: There seems to be a type of fan of almost anything to whom being a fan (or, in another vein, a collector) of something is more important than the thing itself. While they may honestly believe that they are searching for that rare Yardbirds outtake, rare Submariner appearance, hard to find porno paperback with the Frazetta illustrations, etc., etc., what they are really looking for is the camaraderie of other specialists in their field (and the bragging rights if they find the holy grail, of course!). In other words, to borrow from Vonnegut, a lot of fans aren't really interested in what they think they are interested in, but are simply seeking a replacement for family in todays world. I think that this is easier to find among specialists than generalists, for what it's worth. Just an interesting point (I hope!), not an argument, as neither group is made up solely of this type. Secondly, I can't help thinking of my father who, when he saw my 300 or so CDs at the time made the comment "I guess you really don't know what you want to listen to, huh?" I had no idea what he meant, until I thought of his 50 or so LPs that apparently contained all the music he ever wanted to hear. I guess my point here is that no matter what direction you come at music, the approach of others always seems a bit odd at first exposure... By the way, now that I reread my first post on this thread, I seem to be chastising the specialist in favor of the generalist. This is kind of odd, as a quick glance at my shelves shows that I'm a lot closer to the former than the latter. Go figure!

Well...I agree to a point. I think that the narrower focus gives the illusion of more passion, and those with narrower ranges of music certainly talk as if they have more passion, but it's more the passion of a religious convert rather than a "true believer". (I'm going to have trouble making this work; I have to leave for work in five minutes, so this is going to be pretty jumbled!) The jazz fanatic, who disdains any other types of music, to use an example, seems to almost be afraid of allowing other types of music to affect the "purity" of his love for jazz, as if deep down, he's afraid that jazz isn't really strong enough to stand up to other music. The faith must be kept pure above all else! However, those without this fear are able to see the connections between jazz and other types of music, and can flow through the common threads that unite all music. I think this type is more open minded to the experience of music rather than "jazz" or "classical" or "hiphop" or whatever ghetto the "fanatic" carves out for themselves. I sure hope this makes sense; gotta go!