Indestructible!

Yep! I checked their site first to see if I could place an order there, but the link seems to be down... Good site, though! Love the rants! Cheers, Shane

Yep! Me three! Jim, ya gots ta clear out your PM box once in a while... it's perpetually full! I'd like to get both CD's as well, so let us all know how we can score the goods. Cheers, Shane

Hi MG, I've seen you relate this story here a couple of different times, but would you be willing to let us specifically know who that quote should be attributed to? Cheers, Shane

Hi All, For those of us here who downloaded some of the great stuff off the Blood & Fire label on eMusic, I would like to point out that you can download PDF copies of the liner notes to most of the albums on Blood & Fire's website. Just go to the individual albums, and you'll see a link to "Download Liner Notes". I also noticed a massive sale at the Blood & Fire website, with many CD's being sold for ₤4.25... that's a hell of a deal! Once again, if you dig reggae and/or dub music, I strongly suggest you pick up most anything on this label! Cheers, Shane

Leo as a label is still there, yes, but almost every album I was interested in is now gone. This includes albums by Anthony Braxton, Evan Parker, Marilyn Crispell, the Ganelin Trio, etc... Hi John, I just noticed that eMusic has added the 4 CD set Anthony Braxton - 23 Standards (Quartet) 2003 on Leo Records this week. My guess is that the other Leo titles were removed because they were actually costing them more than they were taking in... For example, it was possible to snag some Braxton titles for 22 or 44 cents (1 or 2 tracks on the whole CD)! Not bad for a 75 minute album by a musical genius! And, like you, I had kept a bunch on my "list to download later", and now I'm kicking myself for not doing so earlier. But, they might come back eventually... That's one thing I love about eMusic... you pay by the track, and if the album only has 3 songs on it, then you pay 75 cents or so. It's much better than the bullshit iTunes tries to pull, where an album of 3 songs either costs $9.99, or they only charge 99 cents per song BUT don't put the whole album up for download! Cheers, Shane

← Hi J, Thanks for that! I listened to the 30 sec sound samples of this CD last night, and they pretty much confirm what AMG talks about. And, although the clips were short, the sound quality is pretty good! Cheers, Shane

Hi All, Hey, I also noticed the "new" addition to eMusic this week: John Coltrane - Live At The Half Note on the Audio Fidelity label. This thing has 6 songs (75:34 total), but they don't seem to correspond to the new Impulse! Coltrane - One Down One Up release. The songs are: 1. Chim Chim Cheree (18:30) 2. I Want To Talk About You (10:11) 3. Impressions (14:52) 4. One Up One Down (7:08) 5. Song Of Praise (18:33) 6. Untitled Original (6:20) I've checked Wild's Discography about this release, but I don't see any Half Note release with these songs/times... Anyone know what this is??? Cheers, Shane

Hi All, Some new stuff on eMusic this week that is pretty interesting. I've notice 3 new titles on the Unique Jazz label, which appear to be live boots... there is one from Ornette Coleman (5 songs, 36:23), one from Eric Dolphy (4 songs, 36:17), and one from Bill Evans (8 songs, 39:45). What the hell are these things??? I note that there have been two previous titles on the Unique Jazz label, John Coltrane - Live in 1962! (3 songs, 40:13), and Charles Mingus - Live in Stuttgart 1964! (4 songs, 41:25). Anyone have these and can shed insight as to exactly what they are? Cheers, Shane

Thanks Chuck! I gotta get that Hit Men book and see what the deal was... I've heard Levy was a piece of work, and stories like these only further that notion. Cheers, Shane

Hi Chuck, Are you referring to LD's comments, or to TMG's post above yours (my guess is the latter)? Also, can you shed some more light on what LD was getting at with the "bootlegging records" comment, or was Jim's reply spot on (like he usually is!)? Cheers, Shane

Hi Jim, Thanks for that information... I'll look for Hit Men when I get the chance! Cheers, Shane

Hi Dan, Thanks for posting that! Does anyone know what Lou is referring to when he mentions "it was back in that time they had that big investigation and they caught 'em bootlegging records"? Who was "'em", and what was this all about? Sounds interesting... Cheers, Shane

So long, Roy. May your sprit continue to soar! And, thanks for making this world a better place to be with your music! Shane

Hi Jim and Joe, I'm in full agreement with your wife, Jim... I think most of Gehry's designs are brilliant (he's thrown in a few clunkers, it's true), and I was glad to see Los Angeles go with his design for the Disney Concert Hall. It was a shame to see them grind away at some of the exterior a little while back to prevent the building from overheating the neighbors... but then again I don't live near the building, so the average temperature in my loft didn't rise by 15 degrees! In regards to whether the Caltrans Headquarters (or the Disney Concert Hall) will be considered good ideas in 40-50 years, well... that's a tough one to call. Perhaps these new designs will actually have become the norm by then, and the "traditional" styles will be viewed as the eyesores! Not likely, I know, but there once was a world without jazz, and now look how popular it is! As Jim mentioned, the real key lies in the quality of the design... those innovative buildings designed with quality in mind will likely withstand the scrutiny of future generations. I'm sure Gehry's work (in Bilbao, the Disney Concert Hall, etc.) will be appreciated forever, while my IKEA furniture will surely be laughed at in about 5 years time. Cheers, Shane

You might "enjoy" this parade of bad architecture: Eyesore of the Month There's a couple of years worth of depressing stuff we all see every day (with often hilarious commentary). ← Hi Joe, Well, most of the stuff listed on this site is spot on, but I have to say Kunstler misses the boat with the "Eyesore of the Month" for May 2005... the Caltrans District 7 Headquarters in Los Angeles is damn impressive! Of course, I'm sure Kunstler doesn't like Geary's Disney Concert Hall either, so whaddayagonnado? IMHO, it's nice to see a city take some chances and add more modern designs to its core! Cheers, Shane

Hi LWayne, It's probably true... Sam lives in Orlando! When I was going to the University of Florida in Gainesville, he used to come up and play fairly regularly at a place called the Covered Dish... cover was usually around $5 or so. And trust me when I tell you he didn't skimp on the playing... he'd often play two sets of about an hour-and-a-half each. Not bad for $5!!! Have fun! Cheers, Shane

Hi Jeff, I downloaded all 11 CDs of the Dexter Gordon Prestige set, and am damn glad I did. I've had a bit of it on CD before, but decided to snag the whole thing off of eMusic. Basically, those 11 CDs (88 tracks in total) cost me about $17! I can't argue with that... and I can find a lot of the information about each album online if need be. Again, if anyone digs reggae at all, especially the roots and dub stuff of the late '60s and the '70s, I encourage y'all to d/l stuff from the Blood and Fire label... they now have about 50 albums available on eMusic. Great stuff! Cheers, Shane

Happy Birthday Chris! And thanks for all the great work you've done over the years. My life has been enriched by your contributions to the world of jazz (and to this board)! Cheers, Shane

Hi Claude, Whoa! My suggestion would be to take this offline, and soon! I know Jim is not too keen on open discussions of this nature on his board (and I agree with him on his policy)... Besides, $200 for a 3 CD-R set??? Cheers, Shane

Hi All, Some interesting choices here: http://lpe.ajc.com/gallery/view/living/1005/magcover/ I personally really dig the Ali cover, although I'll not deny that the Lennon cover probably deserves to be Number 1. -------------------------------------- Lennon-Ono Photo Deemed Top Magazine Cover By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press Writer NEW YORK — On what would be the last day of his life, John Lennon posed for photographs with Yoko Ono in a session with photographer Annie Liebovitz. One of the pictures, a naked Lennon curled around and kissing a clothed Ono, became the cover for Rolling Stone magazine's tribute to him. That iconic image published a month after his December 1980 death has been ranked the top magazine cover of the last 40 years by a panel of magazine editors, artists and designers. Others on the list include images from the Sept. 11 attacks, the Vietnam War and of Katiti Kironde II, the first black woman on the cover of a national women's magazine, in the August 1968 Glamour. The American Society of Magazine Editors announced the winners of the competition on Monday during the American Magazine Conference in Puerto Rico. The competition was held as a way to mark the 40th anniversary of the group's awards. "Both the choice of a cover and the execution of a cover are crucial for any magazine," said Mark Whitaker, editor of Newsweek and ASME president. "Every editor wants their cover to stand out." Coming in second was the shot of a very pregnant Demi Moore on the August 1991 cover of Vanity Fair, followed by an April 1968 image from Esquire of boxer Muhammad Ali with arrows in his body. The Saul Steinberg drawing of New York's West Side dwarfing the rest of the country, published in The New Yorker on March 29, 1976, came in fourth. Esquire's May 1969 image of Pop Art maven Andy Warhol drowning in a can of tomato soup took the fifth spot. Other covers on the list include The New Yorker from Sept. 24, 2001, silhouettes of the World Trade Center towers against a black background; National Geographic's June 1985 cover of an Afghan refugee girl with haunted eyes; People magazine's cover from Sept. 15, 1997 — a black-and-white portrait of a smiling Princess Diana; and Life magazine's image of man on the moon from 1969. There were a few ties, leading to a total of 41 images chosen. Magazine covers can reflect the society around them, by how controversial they choose to be, said Johanna Keller, professor of magazine journalism at Syracuse University's Newhouse School of Public Communications. "They're absolutely a societal barometer of what we find acceptable to look at," she said. Good covers can range from funny to poignant, she said. "The ones that work best touch us in the same way that great art touches us ... stirring our very deepest human emotions." The list was decided on by a panel of 52 magazine editors, design directors, art directors and photography editors. Esquire, Time and Life each had four covers on the list. Eleven of the covers came from the 1960s, eight from the 1970s, three from the 1980s, 10 from the 1990s and nine from this decade. Thirty-two covers were photographs, while seven were illustrations and two were text. -------------------------------------- Cheers, Shane

Hi All, I just noticed that eMusic has added about 25 more titles from the Blood And Fire label... some GREAT stuff included! My "sleeper" suggestion... try Trinity - Shanty Town Determination. I bought it on CD a couple of years ago, and it's been on heavy rotation ever since! Cheers, Shane

Alberta's climate varies, depending on where you live. I live in Calgary, which is in the southern part of the province. Although the temperature can drop to -30 C in the winter, it can rise to +90 C in the summer. Due to the chinook winds though the temps can vary as much as 40 or so degrees in a single day, no matter what the season. ← Hi Patricia, Hey, I grew up in Canmore, and went to the University of Calgary for four years, so I can vouch for what you say here... except for that +90 C temperature! I don't think much of anything would survive that, rats included! I do remember one day in Calgary (probably back in 1991 or so) where the temperature dropped from +12C to -38C in the span of about 12 hours! That was one brutal day... I went from thinking about wearing shorts to school that morning (thankfully I didn't) to hoping my car would start that evening! My parents still live in Canmore... I miss it there, especially in the summer! Cheers, Shane P.S. -- Another thread hijacked... sorry 'bout that! --

Hi Jim, Thanks for the update... I truly hope you and Alison can find out what the cause of this issue is, and that Alison recovers from this soon! It sounds like Alison is one tough cookie, and with your help I'm sure you'll all get through this. I'll send some positive vibes your way today! Cheers, Shane

Hi SS1, Yep, definitely grab that Marsh date! While you're at it, Music For Prancing is also another great Marsh album on eMusic. As an aside: The other day, I was just starting to download my 90 tracks for the month (got about 9 tracks or so), when my account was automatically refreshed back to 90! It seems it was the last day of my account month, and so I basically "lost" 81 tracks! It wasn't on the normal day (usually the 28th or 29th of a month), so I was pissed! My message to eMusic asking that my 81 "lost tracks" be restored was answered within two days... and they did restore them for me! So, a big to eMusic's customer service! Cheers, Shane

Happy Birthday Ron!!! And, as Dan mentioned, thanks for all the GREAT stuff at DaD! Cheers, Shane