RainyDay

I voted for the goat. You'd be a fool not to.

I'm so confused...

I'd listened to jazz radio off and on for a few years but other than the big bands, I didn't really know jazz artists by their sound. Then in freshman year, a friend who was a musician walked into a student office with a copy of Sketches of Spain under his arm. He played it and I fell in love with the sound. Miles has THE most special place in my heart when it comes to jazz. The other day I was talking to someone and remarking that I still can't believe he is gone. He was such a great artist and so much larger than life. The light in the world dims a bit when someone like that leaves us. Happy Birthday, Miles! Hope they have chocolate where you are.

Congrats to the whole family!

I can't believe a grown adult has to be told that this is stupid. This is as dumb as parents who leave a child in a car with the keys in the ignition and the engine running, and the car thief takes off with the car and the kid. Don't get me started. In this area, if someone calls the cops for a child or a pet left in a shut up car, you could get arrested. Then everyone whines about how unfair that is. And if the child dies, then there's the old, "s/he suffered enough...it's not fair to send them to jail." I don't get it. They should be kicked in the butt about a 1,000 times then sent to Abu Ghraib, or however the hell you spell it. I sometimes wonder how children manage to survive childhood. I get mad just thinking about this. Some really horrible instances of children dying in hot cars have popped up in these parts that just make you want to weep. One guy blamed it on ADD. Can you dig that?

This is a true story that happened about 20 years ago, I swear on my own life. I worked for a public agency that was a very desirable place to work. There was a recruitment for a particular job that is very popular and hundreds of people typically apply. One person flunked out of the training. He was from Iran. He called the General Manager's office and threatened to fly a plane into the administration building because he was fired. We found out about the threat after all the excitement was over (and there was no evacuation). About a couple years later on a Friday night, a guy who was fired drove a company sedan through the plate glass window on the first floor and it started a fire. He took the elevator to upper floors and started throwing computers out of the windows. There were periodic bomb threats but I don't recall there ever was an evacuation. I finally quit during the reign of a General Manager who was nearly crazy. All the executive support staff honestly believed he was possessed by the devil. The rest of us just thought he was nuts. There was never a dull moment at this agency.

Eat Chocolate and PAAAAAARTY!!

You don't read enough of this board. But seriously, what prompted this thread? I've never confused those two, despite the aforementioned "oos" factor. Rooster is always (okay, not always) talking about Andrew Hill, or mid-late 60's Blue Note artists; Jazzmoose... well... ... Jazzmoose is kind of like thelil at Jazz Corner- he basically just goes around delivering missing punch lines. As soon as Jazzmoose starts spouting off about gerbil insertions, I'm outta here.

Good to the board back up and I hope everyone up there in Michigan is safe and dry! Yeah, I have outstanding telephone and e-mail messages to relatives in Okemos, MI who are recent San Francisco refugees. I bet they wish they were back in Baghdad by the Bay. Hope everyone out there is safe and sound.

It has become painfully clear that I SO do not have a life. But in any event, Halleluja, halleluja, hallelujah!!!

I'm going to make it to San Jose for the whole weekend. I was thinking about Monterey but probably not. There are some local festivals that are sometimes quite nice. The North Beach Jazz Festival and the Fillmore Art and Jazz Festival, both in SF. Going to see Herbie Hancock, Brian Blade, John Pattituci, and Wayne Shorter next month as part of the SF Jazz Festival. Not traveling far from home, RainyDay

I hope she finds a wonderful loving home to go to because I think returning her to her parents would be a disaster. It's just a crime how children are treated like property and how the wishes of the toxic parents put before the welfare of the child. I could be wrong and maybe she has a loving mother who is searching for her. But I doubt it. What a horrible way for one so young to be sent out into the world.

How heartbreaking is this story? It doesn't even sound like there is a missing person report out on this kid. I'm a betting person. I put my money on crackheads. People should be required to successfully pass some sort of test before they are allowed to reproduce themselves. You have to have a license to own a dog, even the dog pound checks you out before you can adopt. But any jackass can make a child. Jesus H. Christ.

Goodbye, Elvin. Goodbye.

This was posted at Jazz Corner by a very reliable source:

Note to RainyDay: Start a thread about how the Governator has put energy deregulation back in operation in California and let the companies that stole from us off the hook. Also, start a thread about how the Governator is taking 25-40% of property tax revenues from special districts, most of which happen to be in the East Bay. This will effectively gut bus service for AC Transit in the Oakland/Berkeley area, and for BART, a regional long haul rail operator. It will also decimate the East Bay Regional Parks District. Just doing our share to make the asshole in the Gov's Mansion look like a prince. Then note the State Budget Analyst's report out today that says the Gov's budget makes the state budget crisis worse. But hey, we have a MOVIE STAR in Sackammena. Who cares?!

This somebody who fell asleep half way through the class on civil disobedience. They got the boycott part right, then the pizza at lunch kicked in.

I am sorry to hear about your friend. I was on the freeway some months ago and someone in a Hummer was right on the tail of the car in front of it, I mean right on top if it. If the car had stopped suddenly, it would have been a fatal accident for sure.

I do, but you'd have to come "you know where" for an explanation... It was $2.22 yesterday when we filled up, but I use my bike, and the wife doesn't have that far to drive to get to work. Those "Sunday afternoon drives" of my youth are nothing but a fond memory, but it doesn't hurt that much. Now if you want to talk about housing costs here in the SF Bay area... $2.28 where I fill up, and no, I DON'T want to talk about housing costs in the goddamn Bay Area, thank you. Who are you telling? My neighbor and I were talking about the fact that only in California can a house in the ghetto go for darn near half a million dollars. It doesn't make any sense. I filled up my tank yesterday and gas in Alameda was $2.29/gallon. I only needed 5+ gallons but still. When and if I buy another car, it will be a hybrid, but not that dinky Prius.

Glad to hear that. I don't how different things are across Europe. In California, emission controls are tighter than in other parts of the country and we still have serious air quality problems and asthma is a growing problem with kids. In the California Central Valley, growers finally lost their exemption from emission controls on farm equipment.

Wow, diesel. Just think of what it is doing to the air quality. Do kids have rising rates of asthma in your neck of the woods? Do you use very low sulphur diesel? Does your vehicle have an emission control device or NOx filter on it? Diesel is really bad stuff if you are using regular diesel wihout any emissions controls.

Just checked the San Jose Jazz Festival website. The festival this year is August 5-8. I went a couple of summers ago and had a great time. AND IT'S FREE!! For details: http://www.sanjosejazz.org/ The line-up so far is: RAY BARRETTO TERENCE BLANCHARD JANE BUNNETT DENA DEROSE DAVE ELLIS PETE ESCOVEDO INSIGHT MARK LEVINE PASCAL AND REMY LE BOEUF VIRGINIA MAYHEW JAMES MOODY OAKLAND INTERFAITH CHOIR BOBBY SANABRIA JOHN SANTOS SAN JOSE JAZZ SOCIETY BIG BAND FEATURING STEVE TURRE LIZZ WRIGHT ...AND MANY MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED JUNE 9,2004

I was thinking about seeing him next month. You all recommend that? I saw him with someone else a couple years ago, can't remember with who (McCoy?). I did enjoy his playing. He's mostly electronic? Ear plugs recommended?

I predict Ms. DeGarmo will win. She's the same age as the target audience, and she's cute as a bug's ear (not that Latoya and Fantasia are not) in a sweet teen kind of way. That she has improved is admirable. That she still has a ways to go is not surprising. Have you ever heard Madonna sing live? There's a reason she always lip synchs on "live" TV. That's what people today like, the package, not the goods. Poor Jasmine is having the Peter Principle imposed on her.

Sal: I wouldn't call them flops even though he received a lot of flack for some of his recordings. I've heard him called a sellout. My impression is that he was just trying new things. I enjoy the R&B flavors in his music. I find his playing on records to be exciting but seeing him play live is extraordinary. He hasn't been at Yoshi's for a year now and I missed him last year due to illness (mine).