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Investors have "skin in the game" in their chosen area of focus. Can't be accused of hypocrisy in that sense, unlike many. Skin in the game is one of my main criteria for pundits/prognosticators in the financial arena: if you ain't got it, I ain't listenin' to you.

If you want to bring politico-economics into it: The U.S. College Admissions Scandal Is So Post-Soviet Moderators feel free to delete...

I read a few of the charges when the story first broke, and there seem to be prosecutable offenses involved in some cases. For instance, certain payoffs to "Mr. Fixit" (Singer - I had to look up the name) were falsely "structured" as charitable donations. I'm content to let the justice system decide, but (surely?) we all know that money is a big advantage in defending against legal charges.

The flute+tape thing could be interesting, but it will sound very much "of its time", and the tape parts will feature an abundance of "bleeps and bloops" . Davidovsky is big in that genre.

No One Asks the Top CEOs Where They Went to College ...When I see something like the college admissions scandal that broke on Tuesday — with dozens of parents arrested for resorting to bribery to get their kids into a prestigious school like Yale or Georgetown — I shake my head in dismay. Not because of the criminality; I mean, bribing a women’s soccer coach to pretend your kid is an athlete is more comedy than tragedy. And not because of the sheer stupidity, either. Didn’t anybody tell these rich parents that with their wealth all they had to do was make a sizable donation to get their kid into a “good school,” no matter how poor their grades?...[don't want to paste any more]

Looking for Ted Daniel recordings. Have had good experience with NoBusiness, specifically their NYC loft releases, so this should work.

Waldron 2 just arrived. Want to put in a word for the Lester Bowie box. Just 3 discs, only one (5th Power) of which was released under Lester's name (other two by "The Leaders"), seems almost like an afterthought in the series, but damn, the music's excellent.

Not surprised by this. When/where ever big money is involved, scummy behavior will follow. I have to laugh at the colleges distancing themselves from this by throwing non-revenue sports coaches and the like under the bus. Can't believe that the institutions admitted students on recommendation of the coaches and never even bothered to check whether the kids tried out for the teams!

According to Yahoo Sports (in typical Internet reporting w/o direct source): ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports that the Browns are sending their first (17th overall) and a third-round pick (95th overall) in this year’s draft along with safety Jabril Peppers in return for Beckham.

Juventus 3-0 Atletico (agg. 3-2): C. Ronaldo 27', 49', 86' (pen). Just to rub it in for Real.

True. Didn't mean to dis Jackson, who I like, just amazed at the cover resemblance. I knew little about jazz when Body and Soul came out, so never noticed.

Damn. That's freaky.

[Hill Compulsion and Change] Agreed. Kinda surprising how "out" these are, certainly by Blue Note standards and even among the Hill Blue Notes.

Thanks! I noticed Innerconnection (just a short while ago!) on the NB website, thought it looked very interesting, but promptly forgot . I like NoBusiness and own several of their releases, so that looks like the way to go.

Thanks, nice article. Park Ave. Armory was not a music venue back in my NYC concertgoing days. I once heard the "past group with the baritone Thomas Buckner" perform a Roscoe composition at Merkin Concert Hall (Lincoln Center area).

Weird. I still get the 410 error, even using IE (I usually use Chrome). There's a Facebook page last updated in 2012.

Yeah, I'm a dinosaur and dumb-ass, but does MySpace even exist any more? Every link I try returns This myspace.com page can’t be found It may have been moved or deleted. HTTP ERROR 410

Haven't listened to this in ages (for no good reason). Have been revisiting various BS/SN boxes of late.

John Gilmore...Bobby Hutcherson...Richard Davis...yowzah!

RIP. Gielen was also a significant advocate of contemporary music.

Bump. Really enjoying Ted Daniel's playing on the Andrew Cyrille Black Saint box (Metamusicians' Stomp, Special People, The Navigator). Only other thing I've heard him on is Henry Threadgill's excellent Song out of my Trees. Further suggestions welcome.

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[BBC Radio 3] Currently listening to Ligeti, Atmospheres + violin cto + piano cto. Freely listenable for 1 month from initial broadcast.

[Andrew Hill Smokestack] Yeah, this one is a real stunner! Hill's playing is tremendous and the unusual ensemble (piano trio + 1 extra bassist) really works well.