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No, but there's a Jackson in my house...

Patches, I'm depending on you, son.

What can any of us say, but that Jim totally hit this nail on the head. Bravo!!! Well, gee, thanks! Now somebody should do Forrest Whitaker as Cannonball. He made an unconvincing Bird (physucally and otherwise), but he looks enough like 'Ball to get the job done.

Axe and ye shall recede! Here's one already in progress:

Yeah, probably.

Hella Kitty!

Yeah, "that kid" I was talking about took up trumpet, and got pretty damn good at it. It was the often one thing that kept him going when things got rough with schoolwork. Everybody needs an outlet, and everybody needs something they can have honest success at. Kids with ADD/ADHD need that more than most.

A few random thoughts: There is a difference between ADD & ADHD. The condition is very real, and the condition is also over-diagnosed, imo. The medication given for older kids and adults is often a pure form of amphetamine. Environmental stumuli are crucial, imo. A kid who is predisposed in this direction is likely ill-served by the "nothing lasts longer than a few seconds" style of much modern media, and foods that offer "instant" gratification in terms of stimuli and/or flavor. Medicine can't make you do anything you don't want to do - it can only facilitate you getting done what you really want to do anyway. I know a kid who was diagnosed with ADD seven years ago. The medication didn't really help him all that much, and he ditched it a few years ago. He struggled with learning self-discipline and structure, still has a long way to go in these matters, actually, but he pulled it together enough to graduate from high school this afternoon. Not too long ago, nobody was sure that this would happen, at least not "on schedule". It did. He has a lot of still untapped potential that he's trying to get to, but he's got a loving family 100% behind him, and everybody is optimistic. This is a complicated matter, and inmy gut I feel that nobody knows nearly enough about it as they should to be making the "definitive" diagnoses and prescribing the types of medications that they are. But that is how these things go - we learn as we go along, and imperfection is part of it. Listen to the doctors, but take none of it at face value, especially if what they're telling you and what you're seeing don't jibe. If you get a doctor who doesn't "fit" with your kid's reality, look until you find one who does. None of this ADD/ADHD stuff is set in stone yet, so gettting treatment that is worse than the problem is totally unnecessary. I would say, however, that 2-3 years is awfully young to diagnose ADHD/ADD. "Pure" hyperactivity is another matter, one with clear symptoms and clear biochemical causes/solutions, but throwing in the whole Attenetion Deficit Disorder thing bumps it up another notch or three, so proceed w/caution. You're going to be a guinea pig no matter what, so chose your experimentors as if your kid's life depends on it. Quite possibly, it does. Pray, love, and never give up on your kid. Even "normal" kids have it tough thee days. They ultimately got nowhere to go for direction except you, so be there, and make damn sure that you give them your best, no matter how hard it gets (and trust me, it gets REAL hard sometimes). That's the gig, dude. You got to make the gig. Code of Honor.

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I know we have a lot of people on this board with younger children, so I just want to take this opportunity to say, in the strongest possible terms - Treasure every moment. Time goes by faster than you realize. Not when it's happening (especially those "difficult" times, which seem to drag on interminably), but cumulatively. The years really begin to blur together once they start school, even moreso when they start middle school, and definitely when they begin high school. One day it's piggyback rides, the next it's car insurance. It's only 18 years, folks. Don't take one second of them for granted. They're over before you know it. Like the saying goes, "Lost time is not found again". Believe it. And I'd also like to say, of course, with full love and pride, CONGRATULATIONS, CHARLIE!!!!

I've also heard that it's not safe to drink Drano. Who knew?

Not sure, but given the realities of rehearsal time and the difficulty of the later version, my guess would be the '66.

A good friend was kind enough to share those two TCB dates, and I found them to be most enjoiyable. Bubba definitely comes out of an earlier school than Tina, at least on these recordings, so any "influence" on Tina would probably be more in the realm of the "environmental".

I understand that the book includes Delores, Orbits, Sanctuary, Directions, So Near So Far, & Agitation, as well as some of the earlier things.

Rumors abounded for years that Miles punched Monk at this session.

To not understand Louis Armstrong (all of it) is to not understand life (all of it).

If Tom is trying to say that the work of '65-and-beyond Miles has been underutilized in the context of larger ensembles (perhaps because its "difference" provides a challenge to the orchestrator/arranger that requires "thinking outside the box"), and that the harmonic and coloristic scope of that work could result in intriguing and provocative arrangements in the hands of somebody who is intimately familiar with all the nuances of that music as Belden is, then I would have to say that I agree.

Received via e-mail: MILES DAVIS BIRTHDAY BASH Birdland- located at 315 West 44th street between 8th and 9th avenues in Manhattan. BIRDLAND POLICY Unless noted, all show times are: 9:00 & 11:00 PM Music charge varies. There is a $25 cover charge and a $10 food/drink minimum per person at the tables. At the bar, the music charge includes one drink. Call (212) 581-3080 for reservations and information You can also book online at www.instantseats.com/birdland BOB BELDEN BIG BAND FEATURED GUESTS: JOE LOVANO (tues, wed) DAVE LIEBMAN (wed) Woodwinds Mike Migliore Tim Ries Charles Pillow Ronnie Cuber Gary Smulyan Trumpets Tony Kadleck Joe Shepley Senaca Black Ray Vega Jeremy Pelt French Horns John Clark Vincent Chauncey Trombones Andre Hayward Dave Gibson Tuba Howard Johnson Piano Kevin Hays Bass Dwayne Burno Drums Tommy Crane

Technically, this IS an "officially released" date, since Sony released it in Japan. It's also been booted, but as can be expected, the Sony version sounds best.

Yeah, I heard this, and it's the way I like it. Recommended with an air of fondness.

I was really pissed when the cancelled the Smothers Brothers show and put this in its place. But I got over it about 20 minutes into the first episode. It stayed on the air WAY too long, and stopped being really funny after a year or two, but those first few seasons were a riot.

With a little "preparation", Snoop could pass for Sam Rivers, though.

I kinda liked the "eephers".