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Oh yeah, no problem. Just pray that you and I don't live to see it. But we probably will... To paraphrase P.T. Barnum, nobody ever went broke betting on the wisdom of the American politician.

Kenahhep?

No love for Lightsey it seems. Too bad.

Dig?

I get that all the time, and I always though of it as a courtesy, because I AM stupid, and it effects my life daily. So, by answering "yes" when asked, I usually avoid getting more trouble than you can stick a shake at.

That's because it's right! With accents in place, it's more like Cheh POAT (leh), unless you're speaking Castillian, in which case, I don't know. As devotees of Southwestern Cuisine know, it's a smoked jalapeno, often used in sauces and relishes/garnishes.

The artist: The albums:

Don't you REALLY mean Mr. Cartmann's hand?

The "All Time" thing bugs me. I mean, who knows what greatness was recorded before the meteors hit a few billion years ago? And that's just ONE example!

Well, "better" is relative, I suppose. The thing about Chipotle is that all the ingredients are fresh, the guacamole superb, and one burrito properly supplied will keep you full for a day at a price of less than 7 bucks. The suckers are huge and good! If you're looking for a classic Tex-Mex experience, yeah, look elsewhere. But for a tasty bigass burrito that will get you full and keep you full, Chipotle has no competition.

Yeah, I think Verve used Webster Hall fairly regularly in the Granz days.

There are others!

A-HA! Too late for the Blindfold Test, alas, but there's the Elektra/Musician AMERICAN CLASSIC lp (which I see is not listed on AMG...), which mght have been Dex's last album (?), Dexter with special guests Grover Washington on some cuts, and Shirley Scott on some others. It's very late Dex, and all that implies. The cuts with Scott are actually kinda poignant.

No problem whatsoever, Jazz, I just wanted to make sure that you knew I was kidding.

What does 'Our Kind of Saby' mean, anyway?

Favorite Dex organist would have to be Shirley Scott. Is she the ONLY Dex organist?

Is this accurate? I ask because I hear a distinctive "RCA sound" on records made prior to the 1950s.

Kirk Lightsey, believe it or not. Plus a sentimental nod to Bud Powell.

Cassandra's POINT OF VIEW (on JMT, and possibly her first album)), a collection of standards and originals, has a cuppla guest spots from Grachan Mocur III. And then there's her work with Air, from way back in the day. Cassandra was once the Hot Ticket Du Jour in terms of being the "next great jazz singer", and back then, "they" really meant "jazz" in its unambiguous sense. Point is, regardless of whether or not one loves or loathes her current appraoch, she's got a fairly deep history doing "straight" jazz, and doing it well. Some view her current direction as a sellout, others as a move into more personal territory. I fall into the latter camp, but that's not my point. My point is merely that whatever she does now, she does with a fairly significant jazz pedigreee behind her.

If it's true that McDonalds is the outfit behind Chipotle, then all is forgiven!

I hope you know my tongue was FIRMLY in my cheek, ...

I don't know how "revisionist" it is, really. From what I've read, LaFaro's appraoch wasn't universally revered in its time. His album w/Ornette (ORNETTE!!!, not FREE JAZZ), for example, seems to have generated mixed feelings from Day One. Sure, his work with Evans is darn near universally acclaimed, and justifiably so, but outside of that orb, there seems to have been ambivalence. Certainly not overwhelmingly so, but enough to notice when doing research.

Well, THERE you are!

Indeed! A slap in the face to all the hard working Americans who fight the crowds and buy their DVD players honestly and don't resort to cheap publicity stunts to avoid having to shop honestly! Who do you think is going to NOT get a shot at a DVD player thanks to this? That's right - you and me, Mr. & Mrs. Average Hardworking American. This kind of bleeding heart liberalism is going to ruin our country.

That BN logo arouses my suspicion...