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A warning here, Jim. This will hardly endear you to the Metrosexual crowd. Just a friendly warning... What the hell is this "metrosexual" stuff? I strted reading that thread but couldn't figure it out!

Chubby had a groove. A BIG groove. He kicked more ass than Bruce Lee, and I enjoy the results a lot more. No contest, in fact. R.I.P., and much love.

Ellis was one og those guys who never met a gimmick he didn't like, but unlike many of that ilk, he also had a genuine curiosity and creativity. A lot of the big band stuff is just plain silly, some of it is totally wack, the kind of thing you gotta love even though you know better, and some of it sounds like the band is so wrapped up in executing that that they don't have time for letting the music breathe and live. But a bit of it is genuinely innovative, serious music, the vision of a man who definitely heard and felt things differently than the rest of us. I suspect that a lot of the silliness was a result of an inner reluctance to censor or edit for fear of missing the spark of something that could really lead to a more substantive path. A barrage of insanity and some precious nuggets of truth and beauty - I wish that the process for Ellis could have been more consistent than that, but that's just how and who he was, I guess. To that end, I remember being struck by Ellis' MPS albums, SOARING & HAIKU. The novelty had worn off for audiences, players, and I suspect, Ellis himself, and there is much meat to be had in these albums. I wish I had them... No matter, waht I'll always remember Don Ellis MOST for was the article about the avant-garde that he wrote for Down Beat (anybody having it who can scan and post it, please do!), which included the oft-quoted statement that (and I'm paraphrasing) if "avant garde" means usuing your instrument to do things it wasn't designed to so, then Henry "Red" Allen was the most avant garde trumpeter on the scene! I've always loved the perspective of that observation. Don Ellis might have been too interested in innovation for innovation's sake a lot of the time, but I give him major props for going his own way no matter what, and for not letting the gimmick become the gimmick, if that makes any since. A critical reevaluation of his work is overdue, I think, because there WAS some serious stuff going on with the guy. Mosaic, perhaps?

They "misunderstand" us? Uh, I'm almost afraid to ask, but what do they say?

Well, if my Fox thread gets moved to the Politics section, I'll not object, but honestly, it wasn't intended as such. It was more about the decline of gamesmanship as evidenced by Fox's heavyhanded one-upper to Tucker Bowtie. Now that's more of a sociological matter than a political one in my mind, but maybe I'm naive to think that such a line can, or should, be drawn. If that's the case, move it to the appropriate forum. I'm of the old school that sees "Politics" as matters involving governments and their policies, elected officals, and attempts to influence same, none of which was the subject of my post to start the thread. I'd like to think that "politics" and "sociology" are essentially different areas that sometimes, but ONLY sometimes, overlap, but hell, I could well be wrong. Especially in these times. Seems like EVERY damn thing is political!

I find it interesting how many people, myself included, heard Howard McGhee in Carmell Jones' work. If Roy Eldridge is, as conventional wisdom has it, the "missing link" between Pops and Diz, then Howard McGhee is the missing link between Roy and Diz. He's a player you hardly ever hear as an influence too much past the late 40s, really. I'm wondering if Carmell would cite him as an early favorite?

Thanks for all the input. Looks like we need to add a USB2 card. I'm assuming that USB2 is fully backwards compatable w/"regular" USB devices?

AUTUMN Not the whole album, but the two live cuts (if Columbia still has the tapes of the entire concert, what a surprise "new" release THAT would make) especially "Indian Lady", which is frightening in its intensity. Throw the usual reservations about Ellis out the door for those cuts - these guys came to rape, pillage, and plunder, and they do so with unabashed abandon. Wow. I wish BN would reissue Ellis' Pacific Jazz album w/Paul Bley & Gary Peacock. Good luck finding THAT one. How's the Prestige date w/Jaki Byard & Charlie Persip?

Aw MAN! Sometimes I keep a beard, and sometimes not. When I don't, I use an electric razor if I'm motivated to keep clean daily, an accoustic razor when I let it go for a day or 3. The electric works fine when there's not much to go through, but when it comes to a good CLOSE shave, nothing beats a fresh blade, a hot towel, and some lather. Same thing with keeping the beard borders cleaned - electric is adequate if the maintainance is regular, but if you get a few day's stubble, go for the blade. But remember - when using a electric, look for the big "L", first letter in...

If you're a child of 1950's TV (and isn't everybody everywhere? ), you'll know what I mean when I say that that last one looks like it's going to have Dennis The Menace on it...

Thanks for that advice, John. I'll tinker some today and see what happens. As for Charlie, spelling is not his strong suit, but he's a good kid and a fine trumpet player (who is JUST now beginning to warm to jazz, so no other posts from him here...). I told him that if he wanted an answer waiting for him when he woke up in the morning to ask here before he went to bed, and gave him permission to speak for himself usung my account. I shoulda told him to type it in Word & do a spell check first. Good advice for te faher as well as the son, no doubt...

first of this is not jim, but his son. i just got an ipod today becuase i didnt want to have anything less than the best. well after installing everything i go and pulg the usb plug into the port only to get the messgae on all 3 ports, " usb port not regonised then high speed usb pulg inserted into non high speed port" out webcam works when pulged into every port so i dont know what the deal is. i get a "dont unplug" yet its not being noticed. i dont know what the deal is and i would greatly appericate any help becuase i just spent $300 and i dont think i can return it either, thank you.

Which ones?

Jerry.

Stone classic. Buy it YESTERDAY.

As a subject for a Pete Turner photo, Boy George is in the right zone. And I've always though that as a singer, he was better than given credit for. but Rosie O'Donnell.... Pass.

If you're running Windows XP, you can do a System Restore to a date prior to when the virus hit you, and everything should run like it did before. If you installed new software or put shortcuts on your desktop after the restore point, you'll have to tweak that, but you won't lose any data. It's a nifty tool, that System Restore is.

If the long-term effect of this Blindfold Test and its subsequent discussion is increased appreciation of George Coleman, I'd think that Mr. Gould would be deserving of some kind of Public Service award!

Nice job, Joe, but you left out ONE little detail....

Who's taking Al Jackson's place in this Green/Mitchell reunion?

I had a dream about Norah Jones the other night. Something about getting called to California to help out with her new sitcom and maybe use my kids in some of the roles. When I got out there. it was like, they couldn't make up their mind if they wanted to use me or not, and Norah kept acting like she was going to give up some booty. But I woke up before THAT reached a definite conclusion. Bummer. But her vibe in the dream was VERY sensual, it was like she was a big talking vagina with eyes, arms, and legs. Not how she looked, but how she vibed me. I mean, I think she's attractive and all that, but I've never had THESE kinds of feelings about her, so I dunno, there must be another cuppla layers to that dream that I've not figured out yet. Think I'll leave it alone. And yeah, I really did have this dream. Musta been the clam sauce.

Oh yeah, no doubt. And that's one of the things I dig most about him. All I'm saying is that you can be from Memphis (or anywhere,) and not necessarily have that flavor rub off on you. If it were THAT easy, what a wonderful world this would be!

Maybe it was a Texas thing, but as a kid in the mid-late 60s, I remember stereo being $1 more than mono. We had a Silvertone semi-portable device up until 1969 or so, and they didn't develop the "one size fits all" stylus for it until '68 or so (at least not that I found out about), so we had to buy mono records. Saved money, but I had to go to other peoples' houses for the true psychedelic music experience.

I've had all this stuff (except for OH BABE, which for some reason I never got) on LP since the 70s, but I'm REALLY tempted to go for the Select just becasue those LPs have gotten a LOT of play over the years. Although I'm usually not one to ask about this kind of thing, any reports as to the quality of the remastering will certainly be welcome from here. Jeff, you're in for a HUGE treat. (and yeah, that's me )