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Fred Frith is playing there seven times in May, if you're into him. I've seen him at The Stone a few times and he was consistently great. You ain't kiddin, I've heard him many times, but it's been a while. I'll worry about it when I get to May. I'd like to hear John Abercrombie at Birdland next week at least once or twice and/or Frisell's trio at the Vanguard.

should be. I heard my first show at the Stone Thursday night, Steve Sandberg. I've known him for years, we took a singing class together years ago. He really can sing a number "world" music styles convincingly. First gig with his new band too, real solid. The Stone is a nice little venue, I'll be back...

the dress brings out your boyish good looks. where did you get your hair done? and oh your nails...

dude...that's not even her.

lets see you sight read the first page of the Slonimsky book on the shoe horn.

the real book is the only one I look at, but that should change soon.

what to work on today...scales, arp, reading, reading, the real book, or the big book.

maybe I should start going to meetings.

drives me insane

yet another blank post

what's with these blank posts?

Oh yeah. I went the last two years. Back on topic, I'll be checking this disk out this weekend, I just picked it up this weekend.

...but at least its not about politics.

I find life is better when I do none of the above.

At least it's not cold enough to stick.

They would be far to hip to worry about shit like this. In fact, they really wouldn't care... Hey, my love for The Ohio Express knows no bounds. But Elton just sucks, period. Not all forms of bad music are equal... But we know you listen to a lot of real cool music, so we don't judge you by the Ohio Express. Alexander better start discussing real cool shit soon instead of going on and on about Elton, Rod and rap....

from the NY Times: Baby’s Name Rocks Swedish Tax Board Metallica may be a swell name for a heavy-metal band. But for a 6-month-old Swedish girl? The decision by Michael and Karolina Tomaro to give the name to their child has led to a clash between them and the Swedish tax agency, The Associated Press reported. Ms. Tomaro, 27, said yesterday: “It suits her. She’s decisive and knows what she wants.” Although Metallica has been baptized, the Swedish Tax Board, which approves names, maintains the population registry and issues personal identification numbers, has refused permission, saying Metallica was associated with the rock group and the word “metal.” The Tomaros appealed to the County Administrative Court in Goteborg, which ruled in their favor on March 13 and also noted that a woman in Sweden already has Metallica as her middle name. The tax agency has appealed, frustrating the family’s travel plans. “We’ve had to cancel trips and can’t get anywhere because we can’t get her a passport without an approved name,” Ms. Tomaro said.

That's gotta be fun to tour with...

You're absolutely right. And I've been fighting the urge to become a "Braxton & Sun Ra on Leo" completest for years. I can't be the only one...

la pew!

I thought they were both OOP. I must be misinformed.

My impending travel plans have to be postponed. I had to check in with a meeting at the cult tonight and have another tomorrow. Maybe other day. Perhaps you could freeze it and bring it on tour?

The last two standards quickly went out of print. I thought the opera didn't last too long. GregK wrote: I never did get around to listening to all of the opera.