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actually, the back reads "wee, ahh, nahhh, weee"

i typically applaud for solos i like, and don't for those i don't like. it annoys me when people can't tell the difference between a diminuendo and the end of a solo. the premature clapulation invariably throws the rest of the audience off when the solo does come to an end, since they've already applauded and don't understand why others are doing it again.

many years ago (close to 25, actually), i used to work in a comedy club in boston. at the time, one of the most popular comedians performing in the area was bob (later bobcat) goldthwait. near the end of his act, he would pull out a donny osmond string puppet. among other things, he'd make it hump the floor as he called out: yeah marie, i'll give you puppy love! bobby would saw off the doll's head at the end. i remember driving all around boston with him one afternoon, trying to find more donny puppets for the act. ah, what memories!

Well, it's only 7 weeks away, and I can hardly wait to return to Chi-town for my favorite jazz festival. Admission is free, except for the pre-festival concert at Symphony Center. Here's the lineup: 29th Annual Chicago Jazz Festival Grant Park, 300 S. Columbus Drive Thursday, August 30 Symphony Center, 7:30 p.m. Herbie Hancock Friday, August 31 Jackson Stage 12 p.m.: Redd Holt and Friends of Eldee Young 1:10 p.m.: Mark Colby Quartet 2:20 p.m.: Tammy McCann 3:30 p.m.: Salute to Jimmy Ellis with Jabari Liu and Ernest Dawkins Heritage Stage 12:30 p.m.: Kenwood Academy Jazz Band 2 p.m.: Justin Dillard Trio 3:30 p.m.: Charlie Haden with Jazz Institute of Chicago Jazz Links Students Petrillo Music Shell 5 p.m.: Robert Irving III 6 p.m.: Michele Rosewoman and Quintessence 7:10 p.m.: The Latin All Stars 8:30 p.m.: Medeski, Scofield, Martin and Wood Saturday, September 1 Jackson Stage 12 p.m.: Bill McFarland and the Chicago Horns 1:10 p.m.: Miguel de la Cerna 1:40 p.m.: Ken Chaney 2:20 p.m.: Keefe Jackson's Fast Citizens 3:30 p.m.: The Mulligan Mosaics Big Band Heritage Stage 12:30 p.m.: Edwin Daugherty Quartet 2 p.m.: John Vidacovich 3:30 p.m.: Typhanie Monique Petrillo Music Shell 5 p.m.: Dan Trudell's B3 Bombers 6 p.m.: The Cookers featuring featuring Eddie Henderson, James Spaulding, Billy Harper, George Cables, Cecil McBee, David Weiss and Gene Jackson 7:10 p.m.: Ernestine Anderson and Frank Wess 8:30 p.m.: Charlie Haden and the Liberation Music Orchestra Sunday, September 2 Jackson Stage 12 p.m.: Pete Benson Organ Trio featuring Jeff Parker 1:10 p.m.: Mark Courtney Johnson Quartet 2:20 p.m.: Astral Project 3:30 p.m.: A Windy City Jam featuring Charlie Haden Heritage Stage 12:30 p.m.: Erwin Helfer and Skinny Williams 2 p.m.: Janice Borla 3:30 p.m.: Matt Geraghty Project featuring Satya Gummuluri, Sam Barsh, Jim Gailloreto, Jeff Fortin and Steve Ramsdell Petrillo Music Shell 5 p.m.: Kim Cusack and John Otto 6 p.m.: Rob Mazurek's Exploding Star Orchestra featuring Bill Dixon 7:10 p.m.: Bobby Watson's Horizon featuring Jeremy Pelt, Ed Simon, Essiet Essiet and Victor Lewis 8:30 p.m.: Mingus Big Band

maybe that's because you're not listening to modern players, but to people who are emulating a classic sound that's 50 years old. try listening to "newer" music that's not so heavily based on conventional times and harmonies, and i bet you'll begin to hear some artists who are quite original and enjoyable.

Greetings from a former R'Island native. Although this year's festival is not as jazzy as their anniversary shows a few years ago, I do plan to attend the Saturday and Sunday events this year. I opted for general admission tickets because most of the acts I'm interested in are performing on the two smaller stages. Here's the lineup: Friday, August 10th International Tennis Hall of Fame at the Newport Casino 194 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, R.I. 8:00 pm Dianne Reeves & her Band Count Basie Orchestra featuring Nnenna Freelon Saturday, August 11th Fort Adams State Park Harrison Avenue, Newport, R.I. 11:30 AM - 7:00 PM JVC Stage Branford Marsalis Quartet Marcus Miller Band Dave Brubeck Quartet Zap Mama Bruce Hornsby w/Jack DeJohnette/Christian McBride Joshua Redman Trio Pavilion Stage Chico Hamilton & Euphoria The Brubeck Brothers Quartet Monk Legacy Septet featuring Ben Riley Kenny Werner Quintet Gunther Schuller conducts the Mingus Orchestra Waterside Stage Roswell Rudd Quartet Abdullah Ibrahim - solo piano Anat Cohen Quartet Sunday, August 12th Fort Adams State Park Harrison Avenue, Newport, R.I. 11:30 AM - 7:00 PM JVC Stage BB King Al Green Etta James & The Roots Band Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band Paquito D'Rivera's Panamericana Ensemble Pavilion Stage Luciana Souza - Ron Carter/Russell Malone/Mulgrew Miller Jon Faddis' Teranga The Music of Rahsaan Roland Kirk feat. Steve Turre Waterside Stage Ben Allison Quartet Portrait of Bill Evans featuring Eliane Elias Getz & Jobim: Harry Allen & Trio da Paz Donald Harrison Quartet featuring Christian Scott Here's a link to the festival website: 2007 JVC Jazz Festival - Newport So, anyone else planning to attend?

shouldn't this thread be in the politics and religion forum?

at a particularly lame newport jazz festival many years ago, my brother and i suffered through a chick corea set with his girlfriend gayle moran maiming some standard tune. this prompted my usually sedate brother to yell, "sing the blues, white girl." you had to be there.

5.1 is a surround sound system. as to your other question, this is an excerpt from her first post: To all my fellow Ella Fitzgerald fans out there, I need your help. My name is Jen and I work for UMG.

PM sent on the Bluietts

Here's a short but informative quiz: Which one of these Randy Marshes is having a birthday today? Aw heck, does it really matter? I mean they all look kinda the same, don't they? All the best, Randy!

i want to wish you a very happy birthday, jack. you've taught me some important things about jazz. first and foremost: trust your ears, rather than someone else's opinion. enjoy!

pm'd you about the rivers cd. btw, what's your paypal id?

nah, it's the hat. it takes off 10 or 20 pounds i tell ya!

enjoy! hope we can hook up when mark and i come in on friday. here's my picture, so you know who to look for:

the fest is only a few days away. who's gonna be there besides me, mark, and jl? step up and identify yourselves!

excerpts from an article on birdwatching.com: Recently a reader emailed me that a mockingbird sings in a tree close to his house each night and keeps him awake. He wanted to know how to discourage this bird from nesting near his house or from singing there at night. Although all adult male mockingbirds sing during the day, only a bachelor sings at night. He stops doing that as soon as he wins a mate. What the person who emailed me was complaining about was a love song... ...But what about the poor human, who must get up in the morning and go to work? I replied to the mockingbird man and told him that the night singing would probably cease soon. I also told him a secret about how to cope with the "noise." I learned this secret many years ago, when my husband and I first moved to Iowa. We went camping in the woods. At dusk, as Michael and I sat watching our campfire, the Whip-poor-wills began to sing. Repeatedly, once every second, they chanted their name. Whip-poor-will! The song was beautiful, but loud, and close, and I wondered if it would ever stop. However, it didn't seem to bother Michael. Impossible though it seemed, he was sound asleep. I turned over. I tried re-adjusting my blanket. I punched my pillow into various shapes. I felt as if one of the birds were trying to find out how near to me it could get before I reached over and grabbed it in the darkness. It became apparent that sleep was not going to come, and eventually I gave up trying. I lay in the darkness and watched the stars and listened to the Whip-poor-wills. And gradually something remarkable happened: after I stopped trying to will it away, the song began to reveal itself to me. I noticed textures—burriness, purrs, and accents, subtle ripples upon the larger waves of sound. The birds did seem to be singing their name, but "Whip-poor-will" was only a crude representation of the cadence. I discovered that the middle syllable was slightly doubled. "Whip-poorer-will, Whip-poorer-will." The counterpoint of several voices made shifting moiré patterns of sound. After a while the chant began to soothe, like an ancient lullaby. It wasn't long before I began to drift, as if I were floating in the sound, and then to doze. Once I woke while it was still night and found that the Whip-poor-wills had fallen silent. I rather missed them. But soon they raised their voices again and lulled me deeper into their song, and off again to sleep. If I succeeded in persuading my email correspondent to give up fighting against its love song, he may have a similar experience with the mockingbird...It is one's irritation that keeps a person awake, not the bird. if anyone can make this strategy work, it's the talented mr. weiss.

Ooo boy. These girls aren't much older than my daughter. Man, now I REALLY feel old fine. have it your way.

beer works with squirrels too. they typically leave just before the check comes, though.

okay, i slept in so i'm late to the party. i want to wish my best friend kevin a very happy birthday. thanks for all the great help you've given me over the years (and in the past few weeks). i'd give you the same birthday cake i gave mark sheldon a little while ago, but hey, you're irish, so there's no need to comment on your... i hope this one will suffice:

i have the perfect solution to that unwanted overhang:

actually, i believe there's only a 4" difference between depth of the mica top and the cabinets (24" and 20" respectively). There's a 1" overhang on the back and 3" on the front if you put the top on this way: now, if you turn the top around, like this, the 1" overhang is in the front! our friend kevin discovered this fact too late. he'd love to turn his top around, but there's a big-ass aquarium on it! i know, i know. who puts an aquarium on top of 3,000 cds?

i assume from the thread's title (ltd cd) and his desire to possibly trade for some randy weston ltds that he is referring to the domestic ocj limited edition.

i admit the whole album isn't sommercial, but i think it deserves a mention for the title song alone.