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I've yet to do it in full, but tracing the migration patterns of the Japanese King issues of the Blue Note vault material over to the American LT series makes for some pretty interesting research. Sometimes the came over in a timely manner, sometimes not. The Grant Green Standards album, the trio with Wilbur Ware and Al Harewood, was out in Japan on LP for a good while before it came out on American CD, 15-20 years, something like that. Cadence might have been covering the King releases, I don't know. But the "regular" American jazz press was not. I only found out about them while on the road, a few shops in NYC and the Jazz Record Mart in Chicago, it was like, what's this Pisces record by Art Blakey?, etc. And "Toy Tune" is missing from "The Collector." Yeah, that's right, forgot about that! and "Toy Tune" is the real mindfuck on Et cetera for me, always has been. I can almost see why if you're having "the Collector" on a record, you leave off "Toy Tune"...almost...but not quite. But in LP format, does bringing "Toy Tune" to light in America justify leaving "The Collector" behind in Japan? Hmmm...yes?

Except that the original 1980 US LP of Et Cetera did not contain the cut "The Collector". That was a cut that did not see issue until the American CD release of Adam's Apple, which is the album at whose sessions it was recorded. There's a little (just a little) bit of a story here. The Collector began it's public life life as a 1979 Japanese King BN vault issue of what Americans now know as the LT-series Et Cetera album, plus the piece called "The Collector", an extra from the second Adam's Apple session. When the American Et Cetera album was released in 1980 without "The Collector", people who had heard the Japanese version (notably John Litweiler, who cave the cut a very intense spotlight in The Freedom Principle, raising the possibility that the cut was too strongly different to find a home on any of Wayne's subsequent BN albums, so it was left it the can, a notion not unsupported after hearing the Et Cetera album, which was equally strong, equally different, and equally left in the can) sorta raised a little bit of mini-hell and were all like, "hey, where's "The Collector?", that's a monumental accomplishment!" So when American Blue Note got revitalized and started reissuing back-catalog CDs, they added "The Collector" to Adam's Apple, which would make sense, because it's from those sessions. But it's also problematic, because it is an entirely different mood and method than the rest of that record. It's actually more in line with the moods and methods of Et Cetera, but that album had gained such a distinct (if limited, almost "cult"-ish) identity after it's 1980 US LP release, and I think that Adam's Apple, with "The Collector" on board had already been issued. So The Collector record itself, as issued in Japan in 1979, was not really relevant to the America catalog and the Et Cetera album was reissued on CD with the same contents as the American LP (but not the same cover, which is a real drag, imo). For my hearing, it's a perplexing item, the piece "The Collector". Definitely a masterpiece, definitely does not "fit in" with Adam's Apple, definitely breaks the flow of Et Cetera, but definitely a work that needs to be readily available in the Wayne Shorter catalog. No matter where you put it on either one of those albums, it's the type of thing that deserves a 5-10 second pause before or after so you can transition into or out of it. It's that strong, and it's that different.

Heavy Love, yes, definitely. And check him out with Billie on All Or Nothing at all, my personal favorite of her Verve albums. He's on several, actually, but that one is my favorite by far.

Until they do an episode abut The Old Man needing diapers or some such, I'll still have a look in. Big Hoss as partner though...ooooh...Rick can be hard, but never a real asshole. His kid needs to work on that more than he does his teeth. About Christine Wallace - she's now trying to do some good with her time in the spotlight: http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/yourtown/didcot/11558820.Bake_Off_contestant_rises_to_occasion_with_charity_book/ And not once did I hear her call anybody a "clever sausage".

Wasted Opportunity!

More importantly, which kid got new (or at least clean) teeth? Corey or Chumlee? No longer a regular watcher, obviously...more of a binger now.

But they're supposed to be boring. They NEED to be boring! Being able to not just tolerate boredom, but to get something constructive out of it, hey, if that's not the mark of a truly cultured individual, I don't know what is! Otherwise, you got a bunch of compulsive instant-gratification tit-leeches prowling around thinking that if they can't get a buzz out of it, it really doesn't matter, and lord, how many more of THOSE do we need?

Love the content on Pickers, not so much the Pickers themselves. Actually kinda prefer Pawn Stars because of that, in spite of the hoary story lines, nobody on there seems to be any nicer than they really are, and there's no illusions about how buying and reselling works. And - half-hour goes by quicker than hour, don't blame me for that. Nevertheless, I'll gladly watch both (and ALL that Roadshows), sometimes even in reruns, because, you know, stuff. They're both about stuff, and we all like stuff, right?

Kevin Hart

Mrs. Miniver Vernon Dalhart ART CARNEY!!!!

Jeez, that's waaaay too long (or, apparently, not) for things to evolve but not really change...Just hope it doesn't take that long for us here to get over the cumulative cultural legacy of human retardation brought about by plantation-rooted economic models (for both production and capitalization), etc. You guys need, like, an Irish Queen or something. That would be fun to watch from over here. But not as much fun as watching Christine bake. At some point, I have to think, the mathematics of population and demographics are going to reach some sort of critical mass and the restart button will get pushed. Whether or not it goes any differently after that, I'm not particularly hopeful...new players, but same games, probably. But still, franchise reboot, always cause for culture!

HA! Yeah, probably so.

One of the best days of my life was when i realized that you really could tell somebody "fuck you" with a heart full of love and a face full of grin and be 100% sincere about all of it, all at the exact same time. Like, ok, you can go there, and we can go to some other theres, no problem, but we are not going to go there about this. Not quite as good was discovering bold and underling features in digital documentation, but that one was up there too. Here's Christine. Still photography does not do her justice, and c'mon show the teeth, it's ok, we expect it! http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/bPXmH6tsHJDfJKlkkWwp2n/christine When they say "go to town", that's for real, this lady was having a blast, no unlike watching a great player who still LOLs at the cool parts of a piece. Just...delightfully contagious and contagiously delightful!

Hey, somebody from over there, answer me this - my wife and I got self-suckered into watching one- JUST one -episode of the BBC Bake-Off thing on our aforementioned PBS outlet last night, and some chick named Sue Perkins told this one dude named Howard that he was a "clever sausage"...and what we both wanted to know is that how do you let somebody call you that without slapping the living shit out of them? I mean, Howard seemed to be a nice meek guy who kept getting his custard stolen by a klady who looked like a sad puppy with glasses, or something like that, but this Sue Perkins was getting on our last good nerve every time she opened her mouth, but, you know, I don't pay to go thorough life unirritated, so...but still, somebody calls me a "clever sausage", I'm, like, not letting that one slide without demanding an explanation along the lines of "You think I'm funny?" No wonder the angst about being "cultured", if it's a compliment to be compared to encased ground-up pig parts that are going to get ground up further by all kinds of crooked teeth, broken down by stomach acids and such, and then shit out under god knows what conditions! Clever or not, still sausage, ok? OTOH, we got a kick out of the contestant named Christine (or was it Christina), the middle-aged lady whose husband "loved his food, he does"), she had a sweet but wicked twinkle in her eyes that suggested that she was no strange to handling all kinds of sausages in all kinds of ways to get them to do what needed to be done, if you know what I mean. And she took a lot of pride in her work, as well as obviously placing a premium on learning and being to execute as best as she possibly could, not to be a showoff, but just because, hey, this is what I do, I need it to be my best. That lady was ok with me. But that Sue Perkins...switch to a decaf maybe?

I just realize here that they are asking me to change my toilet habits, and, really, just who the hell do they think they are to be doing that?

Don't thank me, thank Flora Drury via Dreda Say Mitchell, who seem to think that Where You Show Up is more important than What You Take Home.

Probably because "cultured" is an easier sell than "educated".

Yeah, I'm skeptical about this whole thing. Let's review: 1. Go to the theatre - You'll recieve further instructions once there. 2. Can recognise paintings/art - Well, that's being educated, of course, but so is being able to recognize tools in the hardware store. 3. Visit local heritage sites - oh, like the Waffle House at 2 AM on a Saturday Morning? If so, I agree! 4. Listen to classical music - yeah, listen to it, listen to all the other noise in the air too. But what about making your own noise? Or being able to knowingly select other people's noise to bring in to your noise? Are we breeding culture or directing consumerism? 5. Go to the ballet - I watch the squirrels in my back yard. Close enough, or, at least, more available. 6. Know what wine goes with what - Don't like wine, might - or might not - be a borderline alcoholic. Does being able to appreciate a Grapette and loathe a Fanta count? 7. Don’t skip the news when it’s on TV - Yes, everybody needs a nap in between getting news updates on the phone all day. 8. Watch documentaries - this is like "listen to classical music", just plop your ass down where something is happening. Hell, there's bars for that. 9. Can read music - I'm all in favor of learning a foreign language, but isn't it better to be able to be fluently conversational than to only be able to read a guidebook? 10. Take an avid interest in politics - This list was prepared by sheepherders, correct? 11. Read daily newspapers - oh please. 12. Take countryside walks - hell, walk anywhere, period. It's good exercise. And if you're urban, walk in alleys. You'll certainly see some culture there, trust me. 13. Read a book before bed - instead of having sex? 14. Choose city breaks over beach holidays - but then what happens to my countryside walks? 15. Watch Question Time - Ask you own damn questions, get your own damn answers. 16. Host dinner parties - for who? 17. Know about cheese - cheese is delicious, it makes you fat, and is better consumed when provided by somebody else. That's all you really need to know, that, and to be gracious about it. 18. Enjoy crosswords or Sudoku - Crosswords, yeah, Sudoku, never got into it. But that's recreation, not culture. 19. Go to vintage markets - why, to buy old food? 20. Know about cuts of meat - homemakers across the ages will advise of the wisdom of this, as well as the practicality of knowing what to do with them after you get them home. 21. Watch tennis or cricket - oh HELL no. 22. Read a book before the film comes out - so...if they never make a film out of a book it can be ignored without consequence? If not, I guess I should base my reading habits on the entertainment pages, whenever a new project is announced, I should go scurrying to find the book and get busy. 23. Watch Antiques Road Show - Hey, that's a good show. And our local Anglo-felatiating PBS ensures that we have access to both the American and British versions! 24. Own a library card - And carry it with you on your countryside walks. 25. Watch films with subtitles - Oh, cool, now I can stay at home and watch TV. Everything's got subtitles when you turn your closed-captioning on! 26. Visit farm shops - Oh yeah, right. And pay waaay too much. Although...a few weeks ago, I did go out to a local (actually inside city limits) dairy, and bought a gallon of raw milk (delicious!) and a couple pounds of cheese. By the time it was over, I had gained almost ten pounds and had discovered several new odors of flatulence. But they were contextualized! 27. Use chopsticks over a knife and fork - Mmmmm...good steak! 28. Drink 'proper' coffee - not instant - people still drink instant coffee? by choice? Seriously? 29. Know how to pronounce 'quinoa' - why, so you can order it? I'd rather know somebody who butchers the pronunciation but knows how to fix the hell out of it! 30. Grow your own fruit and vegetables on an allotment - Wow, my grandparents were, like, supremely cultured, and for them, taking a countryside walk meant going to visit the neighbors. 31. Go to music festivals -yeah, just show up again. 32. Collect music on vinyl - now I know this is the devil's work.Or at least a male's. 33. Read Wikipedia articles - Sure! Beats reading books & newspapers, watching documentaries, and TV news. 34. Only eat local produce - I consider it local enough if I can leave home and come back with it. If I can get it at a farmer's market, that's like, uber-local. Otherwise, I don't have a root cellar and prefer to not be at the mercy of the seasons. But when the shit's in season and Ali & Hassan got it at their market, hell yeah, carpe diem, nothing is finer. 10 minutes each way ain't no kind of a drive! 35. Get the conundrum on Countdown - that sounds like something they say on those World Poker tour shows. Sorry, but Hold'Em is not real poker. 36. Wear bow-ties or brooches - oh HELLLLLL no. Although, hey, say what you will about Farakhan, that man can rock a bow tie. 37. Get food from supermarket 'finer' ranges - if you can't cook, it don't matter what you buy, it's gonna end up shit. And if you CAN cook, hey. 38. Drink herbal tea - "herb"? "tea" in a "pot"? Ok, I get it, this is a stealth stoner list. 39. Put on an accent to pronounce foreign words - like Peter Sellers, right? Ok, I'm down with that! 40. Avoid generic superstore furniture - I try to avoid fast food too, but sometimes you just gotta move on to other things, and it's the shortest distance between two points. Life is not perfect.

I don't see the ability to contextualize a fart on that list, so I'm skeptical about the whole thing.

Truth maybe not always stranger than fiction, but generally more interesting.

Yep. Either that or else pimp it like Pee Wee Herman, like you meant to do that. Either way, neutrality not an option, not for this.

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