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PM being sent on: Lawrence Marable Quartet Featuring James Clay, Tenorman (BN) $10 Warne Marsh, All Music (Nessa) $7 Charles McPherson, The Quintet/Live (OJC) $6

It's apparently been downgraded from 5.8 to 5.4. More impressive stat that I just heard was that it expended only 1% of the energy of the 1994 Northridge quake.

I read an interview with Douglas a couple of years ago in which he mentioned (with a more bemused air than I would've mustered) a fan handing him a cd-r of one of his releases and asking him to sign it. Digital revolution or otherwise, cluelessness will never go out of style.

Pretty good jolt here on the 8th floor - biggest I've felt since Northridge. But as Bond would say: "shaken not stirred." Haven't heard of any serious damage, but those of you who have never experienced an earthquakes before woulda been callin' for momma.

Exactly. This is the sort of relatively obscure and/or uncommercial stuff (in that it won't ever sell in large numbers) that falls into that gap between being "profitable enough" to legally re-release and "good enough" not to lose to history. Chuck's very legitimate concerns aside, I often wonder what's best for an artist's legacy: a few extra bucks in his (or his heirs) wallet or people actually being able to hear the music he's left behind.

Nice "bling," Chris!

I once raised this hypothetical here but got no clear answer: it's perfectly okay to buy a new CD for $15 and then resell it to someone else for, say, $5 as a "used" disc. The artist and record label are getting their money. So what's wrong with buying a download of the same material - let's even say for the same $15 as your lossless example - and burning it to a disc and selling the "used" CD-R for $5? Everyone's still making the same money, there's still the same number of copies out there (provided you delete your lossless files of course) - the only difference is in which entity is actually making the physical disc.

Just getting caught up on this thread, but for the record I don't think I've ever agreed more with Jim S. than I have with his comments in this thread. The issue is, indeed, one big heaping pile of gray, with plusses and minuses to both sides and even the unfortunate "collatoral damage."

slightly off topic, anyone out there who really believes, that, say, almost the complete riverside output will ever be sold as downloads... (say, who believes that at some point in the next 30 years both the paul serrano and the lenny mcbrowne album on riverside will be made available for download by the owners?) i definitely can't see them getting this stuff out of iron mountain and up for download at this point... Well, much of the Riverside (OJC) material that has been issued is now available as digital downloads on emusic at least. As for the "all" that Marcello suggests, I don't think it will be that easy or that all-encompasing. It might be, yes, if no legal royalties need to be paid, but is Concord (or whomever) really gonna go through the expense of digitizing an otherwise LP-only session by one of their more obscure artists just so that it might sell a few hundred (let alone a few dozen) to those who really want it? It costs money just to set up the system of paying out even minimal royalties or covering old production expenses that might still be on the books. Then there's the case of the genuinely crappy albums that no one really wants except as curiosities (I'm thinking of a lot of 70's-era disco-jazz releases that are fairly embarrassing now but nevertheless cultural artifacts and/or signposts in an artist's development). Jim mentioned above the fact that some albums are only worth "free" - and these are the ones that would otherwise be lost if not for the gray-area bloggers.

Wow. Glad to hear that you're okay and that it wasn't any worse than it was. Best wishes to your mom. I think we've all been in "close calls" before - really makes you think how tenuous life can be.

Yeah, I know the feeling. The Goodwill stores near us actually have signs to the effect that they only want furnishings in good condition. Old LPs I can tuck away in a box, toss in the garage and forget about; not so with old couches.

I probably have 2000+ LPs, still buy the occassional new one and still enjoy searching through the dollar bins for old stuff. I've tried to cull the herd on occassion, but have found that it's more trouble and time-consuming than its worth. Can't get much money for anything but the rare stuff - and that's usually the the stuff I'm more inclined to keep. The "junk" I often keep around just to look at the covers and wallow in nostalgia even if, sometimes, the music isn't so hot or the vinyl is pretty scuffed. But it takes so much time just to audition each album to see if it's worth keeping or not that I end up just saying "forget it" - which is probably how it'll be until I move or am forced to make some room. If I have duplicates or have replaced something with a CD I'll often just give the used vinyl to a pal here at work.

Damn, this just keeps getting better and better. Haven't listed to much Eldridge in a while and forgot how much I really dig his tone. This is soon on its way to becoming one of my favorite Mosaic sets!

Just received my set a few minutes ago and am now spinning disc 1. Very good so far!

Um - I don't think so.

Saw TDK. Liked it a lot, didn't love it. Thought the casting was terrific overall, but the film a bit too long - not so much in the third act (as others above have commented) but more in the middle. Actually thought the ending was very compelling, especially when the story's themes really started coming together. Thought Heath was great as the Joker (best Joker yet and all that!), but credit also needs to go to the writers (well, the Nolans), who gave him all the best lines. Just shows to go you that the villains make or break these kinds of films.

That's coming out next year. If 300 is any indication of the director's talents I'll definitely be skipping that one. Agree re: 300, but Zack's quite talented and did the terrific (imo) remake of Dawn of the Dead. The Watchmen script is pretty darn good too. I think the teaser looks very promising.

I'd save the money and someday buy a car.

All positive from what I've heard so far. Already made $60M on Friday; expect a record-setting weekend overall. Hoping to catch a Sunday matinee at my favorite theater down the street. Have to see this before heading down to San Diego for Comic-Con!

Forget about musicians. Look what happens when board members get pissy!

Those Ace comps are generally fantastic. Nice to have the single versions of Sidewinder and Watermelon Man available.

No, you're thinking of the Johnny Hodges set. (sorry!)

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I'm not sure if I'd call it "theft," but it is an unfortunate aspect of the capitalist system. At least, unlike many labels, they're making the music available through places like emusic. We can't have it both ways. We can't chastize a label for trimming catalog titles that don't make them any money while at the same time bitching about bloggers who make that same unprofitable/unreleased music available for free.

I may have posted this before, but Djavan Gasparyan's " I Will Not Be Sad In this World" is one of the most beautiful albums I've ever heard. All of his work on the duduk is incredibly moving.