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Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra (3-CD set)

Thanks for posting, but WSJ online seems to have a paywall.

Don't know what to call this long microtonal piano piece. Could be classical, ambient, new age or minimalist. I have a much older CD release (2002 vs 2007) put out by the composer/performer rather than a record label.

Let's throw an atonality fest on the changer:

How about some -ooh- atonality?

From the "excellent albums with Jaki Byard as sideman" file...The Richard Davis / Alan Dawson pairing (Freedom Book) is a theme for another day.

No, my copy isn't autographed. That's an image lifted from discogs.

The "ignore" function doesn't appear to be fully implemented. Posts from ignored users still show in the "Posts" section of the right margin in the forum home window. The posts only get ignored within threads.

Trying to decide whether to order the Detroit '73 reissue (doesn't seem compelling apart from Pullen's playing).

Thank goodness. Some wits on Usenet used to say that "killfiles are for p***ies", but I disagree.

If you follow professional sports and get hung up on who uses/doesn't use PED, I think you're in for many letdowns. [Spoken as a former follower of track/field and cycling . I strongly believe that PED use is widespread, especially in NFL and MLB, though the Olympic Games take sport chemistry to its highest level. I chuckle when anyone from the NFL or MLB gets nailed for doping - they must be real dumbasses given the "nod, wink" testing regimens.]

Ditto to all sentiments, particularly Cowell.

Broke down and bought 2 recent reissues that have been much discussed here: Sun Ra Monorails and Satellites vol. 1-3 and Eric Dolphy Musical Prophet.

I read the whole Raj Quartet some years ago. Pretty good, but it (close to 2,000 pages in 1-book edition) became a labor to finish and more or less permanently put me off super-long novels.

If I were to watch sports on TV (I gave up TV at home years ago), it would be big-time int'l soccer. No commercial interruptions, the entire game is generally over in 2 hours. Only problem I have with the sport is that the importance of penalties leads to excessive embellishment/diving in the penalty area, especially at the highest levels (e.g. World Cup). After some time away from TV, I find it impossible to watch football/baseball due to game length and commercials. Still consider NHL and NBA watchable to a degree. Hoops borders on unwatchability due to the absurd amount of elapsed time required to play the last 2 minutes of a game.

Always looking for good Irish detective stories. Previously read Kerrigan's Midnight Choir; interesting plot but oddly flat writing style. He keeps getting good reviews, so trying this one.

Oh, BTW, price of a first-class stamp just went up 10%, from 50 cents to 55. But... "Each additional ounce for a First Class Mail letter will cost an extra $0.15 (a decrease from $0.21 in 2018)." So you can "make it up on volume" by sending fatter envelopes.

Fairly recent acquisition, one I slept on and purchased late. Have been listening a lot.

Hank Mobley, discs 4-6

At least 15 below zero (Fahrenheit) Wed. night, close to that cold last night. (Upstate NY, not as bad as the recent Upper Midwest freeze.)

Thanks, nice video. Will have to buy this release (has been on the wish list)...

Back in the early '90s, I occasionally listened to a NYC smooth jazz radio station "CD 101.9". (At that time I didn't know much about jazz, only had a few Miles recordings and a few by his ex-sidemen, e.g. Jarrett, Corea.) Bob James got a lot of play there, seemed to be one of the most talented performers in that genre.