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Speak Like a Child because it's a recent discovery.

"I didn't pay much or any attention, if the jury found her not guilty then its the right decision. " more like, I didn't pay much or any attention, so I don't have an opinion.

I probably would! I'll look for it. thanks.

not me. Too shy when I was younger, now it's just dangerous. I have too many health problems (fragile bones, then old scar tissue in my leg makes me unstable) to risk it. I didn't notice this was a poll, now I voted: I am a musician and I do not dance.

I've been checking out Leo Brouwer - Guitar Music, Vol. 1, I like what I hear. Modern guitar music!

found this last week, JS Bach/Sax Allemande - Goldberg Variations (transcription for sax qt).

fb page for Rod.

I hope it gets better! I love the weather out there, I only visited a bunch of times.

Maybe I'll stop in, since this about 10 minutes from my apt.

ok, have a safe commute!

check your email then.

your pm box is full Jim.

Ted Panken: A Conversation with Evan Parker and Thomas Struth.

That's not because she's "sick", that's because she's high. Whatever sickness she has, it's not like she doesn't know what the options - and results - are. If she wants to kill herself, fine. She will, and it will be her choice. Go to an AA or an AlAnon meeting and get some perspective Jim.

There isn't, some people might say a blackout is a good one. I wouldn't.

. She's too sick to get any perspective on her situation. She can't see the forest for the trees. True.

Amy Winehouse has a disease. What she's a victim of is her choices in how to deal with it (if you can believe what you see and hear). OK, whatever. It's just my opinion, either she get's "it" or not.

I have my own copy now. Transcriptions with a guitar duo playing the harpsichord part. Quite beautiful. Marina Piccinini & the Brasil Guitar Duo - Bach Flute Sonatas.

Whoa, Jim. You're running close to Ebert territory here (he actually had his Facebook page blocked for a while for saying unkind things about the death of the Jackass star, who pretty clearly had been drinking and driving). Maybe you need some more time to reflect on this before people's feelings get bent. ( ) Oh, I know it's a tragedy for everybody involved, feelings get bent enough right there, believe me, I know, but... at what point does "What did you THINK was going to happen" become a more realistic - and therefore ultimately positive - reaction than "Oh how sad!"? If the correct answer is "never", then...we're all just enabling, each in our own way. I'm not at the point in my life where people knowingly and repeatedly making clearly piss-poor lifestyle choices is something for which I have any interest in finding excuses. We got real problems with inadequate rehab options and recovery support systems, and that makes me just as mad, but one wrong does not excuse the other, ya' know? I've seen enough of this stuff to know the power of the pull back in, but I've also seen too many people reject a helluva lot of serious and sincere help being offered, so hey - you can't protect people from themselves. Not forever. If Amy Winehouse OD's and dies, what did she THINK was going to happen? Yes! It is kind of hard to make the case that Amy Winehouse is a victim of circumstance. She has everything going for her, and plenty of money to get any kind of help that she needs. It is just a matter of her taking responsibility for herself. That is the primary responsibility of any adult. Amy Winehouse is a victim of her disease. I hope this isn't going to have a tragic end, but it's not looking too good for now. This afternoon I heard about a woman I knew locally. She had an increasingly dicey connection to reality and that didn't help her get her act together, now she's dead. The brain damage caused by years of drink & drugs made her unable to get a solid grip on any help, a downward spiral that she never pulled out of. The last few times I saw her around, she wasn't making any sense at all.

Exactly what I was thinking. When Almost Famous came out, we saw it & they were in the audience with us too. In the movie, Lester Bangs rants about how Lou sucks as a solo artist, but he was amazing in the VU.

party time. np: The Story of Maryam.

Don't have the box, but do have those three albums. I haven't heard them lately, I will listen to them very soon.

Work gave me a Blackberry, but I never bothered to set up email. I'm certainly not going to use my personal email on it, I can look at that when I get home. It would be nice if the camera was better.

I heard a bit of that, great radio. (I love NYC!)

I miss ya. See you on FB.