JSngry

Connections, they're what connect us.

Fuck 'em they haven't won a game yet this year, so let them rot. There was MY Astros.

also Luther Thomas in excellent form. followed by

Yeah, you know, if you really got right on your side, let it do its job. If it needs your help, it will ask you for it.

SS1, your removal of the video would be appreciated. However, once removed, it will still be visible to anybody who wants to see it:: https://www.google.com/search?ei=0bL8XtSlCO-s0PEPuvaWkA0&q=sacramento+karen+got+knocked+out&oq=sacramento+karen+&gs_lcp=CgZwc3ktYWIQARgEMgQIABBDMgIIADICCAAyAggAMgIIADICCAAyAggAMgIIADICCAAyAggAOgYIABAWEB5QyYIBWLSHAWCrogFoAHAAeACAAZoBiAHIBZIBAzAuNZgBAKABAaoBB2d3cy13aXo&sclient=psy-ab#spf=1593619174886 And I'll take this opportunity to plead, implore, neigh, BESEECH everybody in the world to talk to the Karen(s) in your life and show her/them that although getting punched in the face just for being an asshole is never legal, that doesn't mean it won't happen, especially if you double down on it. so, please Karen(s), yeah, you think the world is yours, and a lot of it still is, but, you know, expect pushback(!!!!!!), and then decide what your tolerance level is about that. Because "legal" is only a real thing after something happens, and to the extent that you have control over THAT, hey. Control, Karen, it's what you thrive on, so don't squander an opportunity to control yourself. and then, please, Karen(s) get the fuck outta here with all that. Oh yeah, one more thing, for the record - let me state in no uncertain terms, unequivocally and unambiguous - it's not just Black Folk that are sick and tired of your bullshit, Karen. Don't even think that it is.

I think they were both unmasked.

As played by Frank Lowe!

Having blood and guts for breakfast today, a notch up from eggs and sausage, and well appreciated as such.

Reiner sat in that section for years, when it came to play lead, he knew every part.

We all do...

In there!

Oh, those first two were anything but clueless. Chick's years with Getz served him very well, and his sudden impulse towards "tunefulness" resulted in an inspired output. It's when he decided to go with the guitar and get all "fusion" about it that got worse and worse with every effort, it seemed to me. Prog-rock with no idea of what the "rock" part of it was, although to be fair, a LOT of people who got into that stuff didn't see it that way.

I do hope they get/got some online/streaming platform presence going, either in lieu of or as a supplement to any festival perfomances that may or may not happen. Bang On A Can got that shit going on already, so there' at least the outline of a model.

Your humble correspondent is well-pleased.

Oh, if there's any ambiguity, this is not at all about "audio" or "sound quality", it's ultimately about a metaphysical sensory experience. I mean, sure you can "measure" it, but that's already removing yourself from the realm. This will not be science!

You Tube Adio is never going to be a real thing. It's just a sample of a sample. LPs will usually be "cleaner" than 45s, but that's annoying sometimes c/f my last BFT where I included the 45 of "Wednesday Niht Pray Meeting", a record I had for years before getting a copy of Blues and Roots. The LP was a letdown the first few times through because it did not have that pop. When I say "pop", I mean pop as in POP!, a verb rather than a noun. Also, as with 78s, higher speed then LP. I'm sure you could digitize the "effect", but the thing to remember is that 45s were mixed to jump out at you from AM radios and jukeboxes. You'll be able to note a difference between the mixes (or maybe it's masterings, yeah, I think that's it, mastering) really, there's no sensory similarity. It's as much a spatial thing as it is anything, a big boomy juke box in a club with carpeting and tables and bodies (few or many)...that's not something digitally or otherwise reproduced without actually having it physically. I have heard Art Blakey SCREAMING out of a jukebox in a neighborhood jazz club and I have never heard Art Blakey the same way since, either literally or metaphysically. It was this one:

If by the 1st two RTF albums, you mean the ones with Flora, then yeah.

Deeply satisfying.

You know what the deal is, they mixed those 45s to pop and scream as needed, when in doubt make it pop and scream more. People won't respond to that if it's not right to begin with, but if it IS right, they respond to it more. If you're old enough to have been in a real club with a real jukebox that has plenty of jazz 45s, you know what I mean. And Jack Mc Duff 45s...geez, there was one room that had the OF "Rock candy" in there and it must have been played the proverbial 50 bajillions time, and the more wore it got, the louder it screamed and popped. With not any real imagination, you could smell the sweat and see the asses and feet that all that wore on that 45 induced over decades. I don't care if "we" don't really do "that" anymore, but dammit, a species that doesn't even know that it can do that is doomed to Borg-dom. Listen to this, listen to where that bass is in the mix, not pumped up artificially, just put all the way in there, because you want people to get that groove, you but it in the bass. And mix it to pop, if there's pop to be had, you pop it up all the more, them percsussions, Eddie's sound, don't blame people for responding to this! I've got this on 45, LP, and CD, and I swear to god, nothing pops like the OG 45.

You need to hear THAT shit coming out loud and proud and nasty and BIG, none of this clean soul-neutral digital shit, I mean that's good for when it's made that way, but THIS kind of thing was NOT made for THAT, ok?!?!?!?!? Don't let them erase the reality of that sound, and the people it was made to, and WHY. We don't need to forget any of that, and what we don't know is sure gonna hurt somebody. POWER TO THE MOTHERFUCKING 45 MIX!

Well, that's , like 0.01% of the debt owned you, but happy to get it down even that much! Who do you recall being on the session? Sounds like the Cadet A-Team, tight, crips, everybody doing what they came there to do. That's not a bad record, imo, a "presentation" to be sure, but that Gin record sounds not really into it as a record, and why the hell did they rip of King Curtis for composer's credit to this one? otoh - how many freaking records did McDuff make? I'll never NOT buy one, but lord how many were there? He was beaucoupious!

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