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Well, yeah. It is absolute for me personally. But that's as far as I take it. Mileages can, do, and should vary. But I know what I'm driving, so... In the meantime, check out the rodcast!

With Rod's full permission, here's his comments on Monday from a recent e-mail exchange. This just about says it all, I think: Rod, I owe you a BIG debt for giving me the hookup to a lot of these sides. Now, several hundred dollars later, I've got my own. And a few more. Life is good!

Are you thinking of the recording from France in 1965 (included on the recent deluxe Love Supreme Impulse release)? As far as I know, that is the only known live recording of Resolution. It is often not easy to tell what key Coltrane is playing in on that recording. I think Lon must be right. There's definitely a recording of "Resolution" from the Showboat in 1963. It's been documented that the piece was first played there, and that it was in a different key. And like I said, I know it exists, because somebody (an old acquaintance who's a CRUEL fucker ) played it for me over the phone one time. ONE time! And no, he wasn't about to send me a copy. It exists, trust me.

Geez, Valerie, don't you have Caller ID?

You rule Rod! IMO, Monday's the best thing going in popular music right now. Not just in musical/technical terms, but in terms of having a healthy grasp of how to use the past (and the world) to create a present that lays the groundwork for the future. On the whole, Routes is the most stimulating, uplifiting and visionary popular music I've heard since the vintage Stevie Wonder albums of the early-mid 1970s. I realize that's a bold statement, but I've been listening to a lot of her stuff over the last month, and I speak from the heart and, hopefully, the mind. This woman does have it going on, and in a big way. I doubt that her music can change the world , but like those great Stevie sides, it can give a sense of hope and excitement about what the future holds in store, not just for a select group of connoiseurs, but for everyday people. Problem is, you gotta hear it first, and you gotta hear it with fresh, unjaded ears that are willing to believe. And you gotta be as unafraid of technology as you are unafraid of popular music as you are of hope. The rodcast is here. Let those who have ears to hear hear!

Mike, you hit it on the head with this one: That's it exactly. My question is this - since it is now everybody's music, what's the point of imitation? If you use a bit of last week's spaghetti sauce as a starter for this week's, hey cool. But if you just use the old sauce as is, what's the point? It's kind of sick, really. Make a new, fresh sauce with the old ingredients. Just because there's a market for it doesn't mean that it's healthy. Popular music can be a wonderful stimulus that wakes us up to the now and propels us positively into the future, or it can be a crippling sickness that keeps us tied down to the past. No matter how great the past was, its results are already known. So what's the point of playing a game where you already know the outcome? As a hobby, sure. Or as a study. Gotta study. But anything beyond that and you end up being a willing participant in the whole big ugly machine that has no intention of letting anybody move ahead. Because moving ahead requires having ownership of yourself. And there's a huge system out there that has every intention of not letting you own yourself past the point of allowing you to create the illusion of ownership. This is not a question of "individual credibility" nearly as much as it is of waking up to the fact that there's probably better things to do with your time than trying to define your present in terms of somebody else's, anybody else's, past. And yeah, I've been guilty of that too. And yeah, I'm trying to stop. It ain't easy. Wish me luck.

Stringbean Hambone Carrot Top

Ok, I listened to the tunes on the site. It's cool, but c'mon - how much longer are white folks gonna go around defining their "hipness" by their ability to make non-humiliating versions of 50 year old black musical styles? The only people who NEED this type of music are those who still ain't "got it" yet. To them, I can only say hey - you see that little, REALLY little tiny speck on the horizon that gets smaller every second? Yeah, that one. Well, that's your chance to have it really matter. And the odds of you getting there from here before that speck disappears completely ain't too hot. Better start looking around for something that matters NOW. Sorry to be so harsh, but really...

Yeah, it's definitely not life-changing music. And it's not really "jazz as we know it". But it is some great jazz players bringing their thing to some very interesting and idiosyncratic music, and on those terms, I think it's a good listen. Definitely not the kind of thing that you can hear just anywhere, if you know what I mean.

But where's "Resolution"?

Eartha Kitt Venus Williams Mercury Morris

Now see, that's why I wish I could dance!

Hey, you got me to buy it! Cool! Glad somebody noticed. Me too. Glad somebody else noticed! How did you like it?

I seriously doubt it.

Up?

Boo Boo Yo Yo Ma Yo' Mama

I'm reading the interview w/Teddy Edwards in the April 1994 issue of Cadence (one of their better and more fascinating oral histories, btw), and they're talking about Ornette's early days in LA, a pretty interesting topic in itself, and then Teddy drops this little nugget: The talk then evolves into discussion about how Ornette and Dolphy were both guys who could play but who couldn't "follow the meter" (Teddy's words). But I'm reading this and virtually SCREAMING at Rusch to get some more details about this record date. But he never did. Oh well, great interview anyway. So hey - has ANYBODY heard about such a date? I sure haven't. But I'd sure like to hear an early 60s date of Teddy Edwards & Don Sleet playing Ornette tunes, just because. Anybody?

Placido Flamingo Guy Smiley Snuffleupagus

Bill Chase Al Porcino Ernie Royal

Little Orphan Annie Punjab S.J. Perelman

But Chuck, when you dance, you're charming and you're gentle. Especially when you do the Continental. But this feeling isn't purely mental For heaven rest us, I'm not asbestos And that's why i won't dance, why sould I? Fair enough. Merci beaucoup!

Not to derail my own thread, but that reminds me - how the hell did French Lick, Indiana get their name? Or is that something I don't want to know?

Tupac Elvis Andy Kauffman

But Chuck, when you dance, you're charming and you're gentle. Especially when you do the Continental.