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There's more photos in the magazine. No, I don't own interest.

That is a Pandit Pran Nath tambura, apparently he had specific specifications. I'd own one but I don't have room for it, plus those Indian instruments with gourds are so sensitive to temp and humidity I'd spend all my time tuning instead of singing. I'd love to have one...

Bah!

Bessie and I noticed it's a hot topic too.

Strangely enough, when I hadn't heard anything about the place I was thinking that it might close soon. All of a sudden, boom! It's been years since I've been there and I've seen some great shows there. There was a great weekend afternoon series (Sat. or Sun., I can't remember) back in the early days. Although it was pretty well attended, I was told it was discontinued because of lack of interest by the community and they couldn't get staff to work during those hours.

I've never seen him without that hair below his nose.

I thought everything that Tisiji Munoz does is a cosmic love fest dedicated to and in the spirit of John Coltrane. I haven't heard this one yet.

It turns out I didn't see any shows this week. What did you think of John Abercrombie?

I'm planning on attending Torn @ Joe's Pub, I just purchased my ticket. I haven't heard the album yet.

I like power amp tube sounds. Nothin' like a good warm clean sound for jazz.

He uses full distortion here and there: most notably on Gary Thomas' 'Till We Have Faces; occasionally with the PMG (Half Life of Absolution from Live in Europe), one track on the new M/M, and probably some other stuff I'm forgetting. He's not known for that type of tone, though, clearly. I think the synth is his answer to it... take it from me - distortion is a wild and crazy animal, hard to control. It often seems to be "not quite right", especially for jazz-type lines. You might check out Frisell's contribution to Cuong Vu's It's Mostly Residual. Nothing candyass about it, and a great fuzztone. Does Zero Tolerance for Silence fit the bill? For some reason I can't find the energy to pull it out and listen to it and find out how fuzzy it is. Is it even Jazz?

a program for addictive personalities? Hi. My name is David B. I need everything that was recorded.

Me too. Not because Imus' comments "weren't that big of a deal" or any bullshit like that, just because it's a goddamned willful surrender of strength. with all respect, wasnt the gov. just grabbing a photo op? Yep.

and the iranian parliament is bombed in the green zone, and few notice; I did, yesterday was just a busy day for me. However, the office chatter yesterday was clearly about Imus. I'm glad I don't have to be there every day (I get to work out of my place).

No big fan of politix in NJ, it's sad that someone came close to dying over this crap.

That is one that I do happen to have on CD. I'm sure I got it used. Lived through it, know all about it.

Wise words. I'm 47. I know I'll be doing some KV.

Cool story Chuck. I read KV when I was real young and liked him. I may have been too young, because I remember very little. Today I stopped at the library and picked up Breakfast of Champions. And also two others at the book store. Time to refresh my memory. rip KV.

What RT said. That cleaning lady comment was pretty stupid, I never heard it until a few days ago.

"The Barbarian", "Take a Pebble", "Knife Edge", "Trilogy", and "The Endless Enigma" are pretty good as well. Guy Me too. When I upgraded to CDs, an ELP box and a best of did the trick.

Yeah, I think they still hold up. A lot of ELP doesn't. Emerson swung through town with his solo show a few years ago. In the first half he played his Nice material and in the second half the ELP material. The highlight was Tarkus. (and that's about it.)

I like Hoedown, but I'm sure that's it's essential. Maybe a nice small table to hold something by the front door, but nothing more.

Imus & Sharpton? I never liked either of those guys. Imus, I never paid attention to. Sharpton won't go away.

I'm sure he'll try for a second act on satellite radio. I was just telling someone this 45 min ago before we knew he was fired.