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  1. The last time I went to a Rangers-Red Sox game, I had the same urge...
  2. I'm thinking that this particular fury was hell before the scourning...
  3. My kids used to stare bullets at me when I'd tell them that their work was bad, or that it was good, but not as good as they could do, so much so that when I told them that they were both bright enough that with just a littel more effort and foucus they could put out a log better quality of work. Their perrs' parent's always were all "oh, that's GOOD! I know you TRIED!" and they wondered why they couldn't get that at home. Well, becuase I love you and I'm preparing you for live away from home, that's why. You don't do this when they're tiny tots, ya' know, but when they start reaching the age where they start deciding to try to decide things for themselves, that's when you as a parent are called up to start setting expectations of what their best decisions could be. More often than not, they figure it out eventually. Now, after a period of "settling", my son gets promotions on his jobs, and moves to better jobs every few years, and my daughter steps into every job she gets and distinguishes herself as "the smart one" who is a proactive problem solver. All of a sudden Dad's not a hardass, dad's just "crusty" By the time they're my age, I'll be A Great Man! Your children are long-term investments. They're not short-term acquaintances, they're not your buddies, they're not your playmates. They're gifts of life given to you to prepare to move the species along in some form or fashion. That takes work, and work ain't always pretty. But if you do it right, do it with love (lots pf love), and keep it real, the results can be beautiful.
  4. Yeah, it's the one tune that really gets up there on the intensity level, mostly because of Oliver's solo.I always enjoy hearing Oliver play. His is the sound of veins throbbing on suit-wearing foreheads. Also, if you know Russell's New York, New York, there's that interlude soloists between soloists on "Big City Blues". J.J. uses that whole thing verbatim here, and to great effect. I,m trying to remember if Russell used it on his version of Stratusphunk as well, and which came first. But you'll know it when you hear it.
  5. Norah Jones' new joint is being produced by Danger Mouse? It that what that said? That could be interesting...
  6. What are celery beets? At age 56, I'm finally developing a small taste for beets. Go figure.
  7. AMG http://www.allmusic.com/album/creation-of-sunlight-r34220/review doesn't like Creation Of Sunlight as much as I like that cut, but I, too, thought of Strawberry Alarm Clock, which is not a bad thing. What's the story on these guys? Who was their producer?
  8. I could be wrong, but I swear I remember seeing Weather Report w/Zawinul having one keyboard where when he moved up, the notes went down. Not the same as this, but imagine a right-handed player playing "regularly" on the left-handed piano. For that matter, you could probably do the math and have a score "inverted" like this. Probably already been done. Now they just need to make a left-handed theremin.
  9. Stereotypes and such fully stipulated to, but - I dug that it was chicks playing the sax quartet music. That thing had a rotational sensuality to the overall pulse that didn't seem particularly "masculine". Dug the John Tchchai thing too, glad to hear that it was him and not somebody I thought I wouldn't like.
  10. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFHKquX-hYA Teutonic?? Check your facts, another sad mistake. On second thoughts, never mind. Facts checked and error removed during your post on this thread from which you were withdrawing. You gonna play or not?
  11. And I don't need your condescension.
  12. I had a good friend/food snob tell me somewhat unpleasantly a few years ago that cabbage was "peasant food". I told him to go f**k himself. We're still friends, but not like before. Cabbage is wonderful.
  13. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irregardless Would you like to learn some more words that might not be in your dictionarys? Irregardless of all that, it have been used, and will be used again, as the situation demands.
  14. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irregardless So you see, I am just doing my part to perpeturalate the ongoing ancienicity of the ongoing lineage until enough time passes for it to be so. Besides, a double negative = positivity, and I'm all about the positivity!
  15. Irregardless of AFM shenanigans, the Oliver Nelson solo of "Stratusphunk" is worth more than the cost of admission alone. That guy...
  16. Julius Erving Booker Ervin Monty Irvin
  17. That non-credited conductor should have been credited, even if he wasn't there or didn't even exist. That's money that needs to be paid!
  18. I bet "Jack Somer" is a pseudonym for Quincy Jones.
  19. Clifton Davis The Jackson 5 The Chicago 7
  20. Burl Ives Burl Wood http://www.statefarm.com/agent/US/TX/Plano/Burl-Wood-PXDTL1YS000 Burl Cain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burl_Cain
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