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Looking forward to it!

You're going to get some pushback on that, I'm pretty sure. Much of it fact-based, at least as it pertains to remastering.

Ok, if not Wilbur Ware, Richard Davis, maybe? It sounds like one of those old school high-action players. LOVE that sound, just as a sound, if nothing else.

Put me down as a tentative for November. If somebody else really wants it (now or later on), I'll be happy to let them have it.

and I think I'd be happier if they did that rather than make albums of standards!

Thank you both. sounds like the sooner the better, so I'll proceed accordingly. alos glad to see the addition of the "contemporary classical" performances. That's very much in sync with my current curiosities, probably more than the various "rock"-based things (although there's sure to be a (welcome) overlap. Between that and the more overtly jazz/improv stuff, it sounds like I want to get the most inclusive ticket possible. Freedom of choice is not going to be free!

YO! Kevin, you seem to think that I want you to "say" something. I don't! Really, I don't!

Nothing at all "magical" about it, it's quite predictable, actually. There's a reason why the notion of rehab still, for a little while, anyway, has currency beyond getting out of an immediate jam. People swallow the hook. and the line, and the sinker. That's why these kids today talk about trap and shit, they get it (even if they still do it anyway). What am I after? I'm after the fact. Ex posto facto. That and I'm kinda sick of "rock fans" in general. Not them personally, just how they like to think that "it's all music" and simplistic shit like that. Looking at blue with red eyes, not realizing that they are not seeing the reality of blue, just a red perception of it. Just sick of that, period, in all areas of life, this "assumption" that just because one "likes" something that one really "understands" it. Not unless and until your definition of "every___" is aware that on this plane, you will never know the true meaning of that. In fact, me saying that is in and of itself an act of supreme cosmic arrogance, because for all know, maybe you can know it all and I'm just too stupid to realize it.

ZZ Top was still a bit of a cult band in the 70s, actually. I knew that Aerosmith existed and that they were pretty big, I mean, how could you go into a record store or read the popular music press and NOT know that? It's just that nobody I knew gave a shit, it all seemed really stupid then, and, really, still does. Sure, it "rocks", but BFD, what ELSE does it do except reinforce basic stupidity and self-indulgency? I get that those were "the times", but, you know, here we are, and what good has THAT done us? We're all better off for overindulgent behavior, sex, drugs, and rock and roll, right. The resultant extinctions of critical thinking and impulse control is all for the greater good, right? Uh...ok. As for "definitions", uh...sure. all you know is all it is. That's science, right?

Yes, his forum strongly suggests that he's all about fostering different and new perspectives.

That's pretty cool. My granddaughter is not yet 3, and she's loving anything to do with trains. That hopefully has absolutely nothing to do with Rod Stewart except to suggest, maybe, that trains have an appeal that transcends age, gender, and musical predilections. Now, if "Sir Rod" releases a version of "Baby Shark", that will concern me.

Since we've dredged this topic up form the bowels of the archives, I guess I am compelled to add that this whole "everyone/everybody" thing is in no way accurate. I knew, overall, several hundred people during those days (including me!), and not one of them cared about Aerosmith (the people or the records) or had any of their records. Why would we? So, this perceived unanimity of digginess might have been mostly the case back in days of yore, but in no way was it actually unanimous. And it definitely isn't now. I know that for myself, Liv Tyler made a bigger impact on me than did her father. And now, neither do!

Or maybe he's comfortably wealthy and is like, if you have to ask, you can't afford it?

What would that cost?

What? Management views labor as mere interchangeable/replaceable/disposable pawns and looks for lower-level management stooges to proceed accordingly and unquestioningly? When did The Great Game Of Baseball become so out of touch with the realities of Everyday America?

Bill Belichick yawns, rolls over, and goes back to sleep.

Nice, very nice!

When is the best time to buy tickets, and also to book a hotel?

Well, it kinda is... https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Quintet-Miles-Davis/dp/B07TC5PNXS/ref=tmm_acd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1573574298&sr=8-1 Hard copies come from the UK, but nevertheless...

oops, wrong thread. VERY.

How many more Don Cherrys are there?

No, but having it in your hand (or somebody's hand that you can hold) is more likely to last longer than having it in somebody's, anybody's cloud. Call me O.K. Boomer, but I still believe that if you wnat to be as sure as possible that you will "have" something, a hard copy is the best/only way to go. Of course, storage space is a very real concedrn, so the corollary to that is that Mr. Boomer here is at some point going to have to make the difficult Decisions about what he wants to have until his last breath and what he'd be ok with maybe losting at any moment.

Ownership gonna own. Proceed accordingly if you don't like surprises