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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 )

Wow. That's some heavy stuff! Does the person who submitted all this info about the various embochures speak with authority or is it just hearsay and speculation? No matter, I've never seen anything like that before. It's fascinating, and I'm going to spend some time reading over it again. Thanks for the link!

Remember this from eBay? Works for me!

Check out George w/Elvin, especially the Vanguard thing on Enja. Too bad the Elvin BNs aren't available individually, because POLYCURRENTS & COALITION have some GREAT Coleman on them. There's a duet album he did w/Tete Montoliu that's pretty impressive too. It was issued stateside on Muse, but I think it was a Timeless recording, so proceed accordingly. Aomebody help me out here - I remember George having an octet in the late 70s, and I remember hearing a performance on NPR, but I don't remember if they ever officially recorded. Anybody know? The thing that makes George so pleasing to me is that he combines some pretty "sophiticated" harmonic concepts with a warmth and "bluesyness" that stereotypically gets attributed to his being from Memphis, but I think is just a result of him being a beautiful cat. I mean, sure, there's a lot of soul in Memphis to this day, but it's not like it's in the water or some such. Just being from Memphis ain't gonna make you hip!

I swear, the art of pranksterism is almost defunct. Fox certainly had a beef, but their response shows all the subtlty, cleverness, and intellegence of Mike Tyson on a crack binge. From: http://apnews.excite.com/article/20030929/.../D7TS4F400.html CNN's Tucker Carlson Angry Over Phone Flap Sep 29, 10:54 AM (ET) WASHINGTON (AP) - Conservative CNN commentator Tucker Carlson's snide humor backfired on him - and his wife. While defending telemarketers during a segment on "Crossfire" last week, the bow-tied co-host was asked for his home phone number. Carlson gave out a number, but it was for the Washington bureau of Fox News, CNN's bitter rival. The bureau was deluged with calls. To get back at him, Fox posted Carlson's unlisted home number on its Web site. After his wife was inundated with obscene calls, Carlson went to the Fox News bureau to complain. He was told the number would be taken off the Web site if he apologized on the air. He did, but that didn't end the anger. In an interview with The Washington Post, Carlson called Fox News "a mean, sick group of people." Fox spokeswoman Irena Briganti said Carlson got what he deserved. "CNN threw the first punch here. Correcting this mistake was good journalism."