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I agree with Claypone. I think this set is a little more accessible to the Miles newbie. Give them something to look forward to. It looks classy too, especially when you polish the fingerprints off the silver spine. And while it is more accessible than the next box, it will introduce the listener to Wayne on the last disc to give hints of what was to come. Plus you get to sneak some Sam Rivers into her collection.

What's a sales tax? If the Portland he's from is Oregon, there's no sales tax.

For the most part they do. However, with the ever increasing need to bring in revenues, some bureaucrat figured that if someone is commuting 60 miles each way 5 days a week in a hybrid instead of a Taurus or a SUV, the hybrid is costing the state about 4 gallons of tax revenue each day. Or 20 gallons a week. How dare that driver put fewer pollutants in the air and escape extra gas taxes! What irks me to no end is that studded tires are legal in Oregon. So you'll have people in the valley who go skiing a few times in the winter who put studded tires on the car. So every day in the valley, where it hardly ever snows (a couple of times a year at most, if at all), you hear these cars eating away at the roadway. It's absolutely crazy. Hmm, maybe we should tax skis to pay for road repair.

One problem, which perhaps the technology can handle, is would drivers in Oregon be charged for miles driven outside of Oregon? Would Washington drivers who communte to Portland no longer pay for their use of the roads, assuming we rid ourselves of traditional gas taxes in favor of a GPS system outfitted in each car. Or maybe that's on top of the traditional tax. In the end, it just seems like an overkill in technology spending to accomplish something that would likely be easier to fix by simply raising the gas tax. Or instead of offering a tax break to hybrid cars, level an extra fee. Yup, a terrible thing to do after all of the talk of promoting clean air & fuel efficency, but like gambling revenue, the state is addicted to fuel hogs. Also Oregon also has a terrible record in getting value out of its technology spending, so I'm highly skeptical that they would bring in more money than they'd spend for this project. I'm waiting for them to think up some scheme to charge me for the miles I ride on my bike.

Agreed. That performance, along with the Aviator, in my opinion are the only two times he really stepped it up. Catch Me if you Can was close, but not quite there. Also a former Leo skeptic, but agree with the above. I too have seen him in a few interviews and was surprised at how he comes across more thoughtful than his old "pussy posse" reputation suggests. Still not sure about that Tom Cruise kid though...

Having spent a few days in a small town in Idaho with similar scenery as in the movie, it added an extra twist to it. I think if I was much younger I would immediately watch Napolean Dynamite 2 or 3 more times to memorize the great lines like I did with Animal House way back when. I'm still tempted to do it anyway. I like how it wasn't afraid to be stupid or sweet, and there's a great deal of cringe-inducing humor. I'm so glad I'm not teenager anymore! Gotta go feed the llama now.

Another piling on and recommending the Gerald Wilson. I too waited a long time to buy it, as my only post '40s big band experience was Basie and Ellington and I was too busy adding to the Ellington. I was for some silly reason suspicious of more modern West Coast big band music. Why I don't know. I also looked at "Yesterday" and "Aquarius" and "Light My Fire" and turned up my nose for awhile. But luckily I decided that at worst if one disc was unplayable, then I was paying $20 a disc. I'd just pretend that I was buying Japanese discs, and given the Malcom Addey mastering why not pay extra? There is so much to like about the set, but Harold Land & Teddy Edwards are just 2 great reasons to pick it up. I ended up getting the Carmell Jones Select not long after getting this, just to get more of him and Harold Land. And Gerald Wilson. It's great music. It's fun music too. And it's beautifully mastered. Maybe you'll even end up liking some of the pop songs, but that doesn't matter. The rest makes up for it (and then some.)

Now that takes some doing! I noticed that as show started about 15 minutes late that many couldn't make it all the way through without a run to the bathroom. Oh the danger of having brew pubs near the venue! Nope, I have a 3 year old. She's terrific. She can leap high in the air and bat down flies, scoop 'em up and eat 'em. We're such proud parents. She also likes cheese. And tuna. No kids, and doggone it, they don't allow four legged cats at The Hult. I was in row Q, center left. I really wish it could have been at The Shedd, but I realize they would have had to charge more than double the price to make up for the loss of seats. The old church has spoiled me as a place to see shows.

I was at the same show as Late and had pretty much the same enjoyable experience as he did. The minor quibbles I had were that a couple of times it seemed as if Herbie's piano playing was interrupted by laptop fiddling, but I imagine he'll get his computer playing down as the tour progresses. (No idea if it was a Mac or Windows btw.) There were a few times where I thought the flow was broken by some of the computer additions, but I'm not knocking the use of them as sometimes the effects added a lot. Some of the "surprise" meter changes bothered me a little. Some of the extra long pauses during "Pinnochio," along with a little funk addition here and there in that song seemed a bit gimmicky to me. Several of the songs had false endings which fooled the audience into clapping early several times, so much so that it seemed that by the end of the show the applause didn't come until people were sure the song was over. But that's it for my whining. There were times when they were traveling "out there," which really surprised given the marketing for the show. Make that ever changing way it was marketed. When I bought the tickets it was "the music of Miles & Coltrane." The day before the show Shorter's name was added (though of course he is part of the music of Miles), and in subsequent reading I've seen Corea & Ray Charles mentioned. And so when the band walked on, there was Hargrove without his dreads wearing a suit & tie. His hair was too short to be a dead ringer for the Miles '64 look, but seeing him look like that I half expected them to sound like a cover band. So it was quite the surprise when instead in many places there were the Headhunter elements instead of "suit & tie" era Miles. No complaints, just talking about how appearances can be deceiving. Regarding Hargrove I particularly liked it when he played the flugelhorn as opposed to the high note attack moments on trumpet. I thought it sounded better in the "music of Miles" mode without sounding like someone doing an imitation. (No mute was spotted either.) I'm with Late about Brecker's EWI solo feature. It just seems to be more a comedic break (which wasn't needed) than a worthwhile part of the show. But oh well, plenty of folks in the crowd seemed to like it. It was a very good show for opening night, and I'd expect after a few more they'll get on a roll. Just cross your fingers that Herbie's computer doesn't crash during the show.

I'm expecting a 2-disc "Legacy Edition" with the original album on disc 1 and some of the extra material on disc 2, in 5-10 years Sounds about right. And let's not forget all of the opportunities with the ever happening format changes! Personally I think they've blown it by not issuing music that came after the age of 78s onto that format. Just think of how cool the packaging would be for an all 78 Miles Smiles, etc.! (Interrupting the songs with a flip would just add to the hipness factor.)

Ah yes, I discovered the name of that creature after reading your review. I may add a little over at the thread, I just have feelings of inadequacy as a reviewer. This Woody thread has been terrific as I have "aged" a good number of his classic movies. By aged I mean like wine, I haven't seen many of them in 7 to 10 years, so as I've been watching them anew they have been wonderful, as there are some great scenes that I've forgotten. I hadn't seen Broadway Danny Rose since Seinfeld had come into being. So seeing Sandy Baron as the storyteller (who on Seinfeld played Jack down in FL - the friend & rival of Jerry's father in the retirement condo) was an added bonus. Some of the movies I still have scences memorized, but there have been so many good/great ones that seem like almost new next time I see them again.

It's not the easiest of positions for Sony either. You could make a case that My Funny Valentine and Four & More should not have been reissued at all, and instead release a 2 disc complete (this time) show with the songs in order (as on the box.) But that would have angered people who grew up with the single albums. They could release all of the above I suppose, but then they would catch people who don't pay enough attention to dates who'd and end up buying the same show twice (not that that doesn't happen with reissue programs anyway. ) Regarding Jack Johnson and In A Silent Way, I think it's the right thing not to include bonus tracks. Yeah, usually I prefer to give the listener an option to decide whether or not to listen to bonus material, but this isn't like adding a 5 minute alternate "Two Bass Hit" at the end. When issued each album was one long side (discounting the "/" in the titles of the In A Silent Way titles.) To add bonus tracks to these to albums just musses 'em up in my opinion.

Yes! Did you go? I really enjoyed the show. (Had to stay up late afterward to grade ENG 105 papers, though.) I'll try to post some thoughts tomorrow. Yes indeed! Good to see that it sold out too. I have no idea what that strange (almost) whiskey flask shaped instrument was that Brecker played alone on stage, but that sure was a surprising part of the show.

Whoa — what's the title? How long has it been out? Melinda and Melinda link to IMDB. Not a very promising write up on the site. Late, are you back from seeing Herbie?

Up for the stragglers. Excellent disc! I think the best thing to say about this is if I didn't know y'all from the board I would still love this disc. (Which hasn't always been the case when an indie friend or 2 make a record, and I'm forced to make stuff up. I'm also happy there isn't some sort of lo-fi jazz craze, as this is beautifully recorded - the better to hear the fine musicianship. I can hear your influences but you make it your own thing. I've only had 2 spins with it, but there will be many more as it smokes. Well, not just smokes though, as there are some gorgeous guitar lines by Joe G. But you all sound so good together - it's obvious you listen to each other. Sorry I'm a blatherin' idiot at reviewing discs, but I guarantee you I will be buying the next one much more quickly. Thanks for a terrific disc!

I first saw mine across a smokey room in...oh wait, that wasn't a Mosaic. A latecomer, at least in terms of buying, as the 1st was the Hodges for X-Mas 2003.

Get the One Night With Blue Note DVD. Joe's on there for the 1st 2 songs: Cantaloupe Island (10:53) Freddie Hubbard - trumpet Joe Henderson - tenor sax Herbie Hancock - piano Ron Carter - bass Tony Williams - drums Recorda-Me (11:25) as above, plus Bobby Hutcherson - vibes ------------------------------ One thing that may be holding back DVD collections of musical guests on the Tonight Show is that a lot of that stuff was taped over or just not preserved. Probably not a problem towards the end, but it certainly is for earlier years. Johnny was one of the few who when he retired stayed retired. Or at least from the public eye. It sure was strange timing, as the news of him sending jokes to Letterman brought him back to life. On Thursday or Friday Letterman had a joke that bombed and he said "that was not a joke that Johnny sent."

My favorite version is the one that leads off the "Foot Fooler" side of In Concert: Live At The Philharmonic Hall. If the liner notes are to be believed (a bold thing to say in this forum ) Miles stays away from the keyboards. Once Miles comes in to stay (after 3 or so minutes) the whole of disc 1 gets its groove on. I think I've read some reviews that trash this album. I seem to remember one reviewer was especially upset that it featured an electric sitar. Maybe it's the faces an electric sitar player has to make that upset the reviewer so. Having put this side on as I'm typing, maybe what I really like about the "Rated X" is how it sets up the "Honky Tonk."

This is what really gets at me. I find this very annoying, especially since AMG assigns your password. So it's a random series of numbers and letters rather than something you'd bother to memorize. As a result, I have to dig into my old email archive to retrieve my password every time I want to log into AMG. You can change your password. I've made mine a stupid nonsecure kind that I can remember since Safari & their site don't work together in a way that I am automatically logged in.

I didn't know what CCCD meant. I did a Google search and discovered CCCD = Copy Control CD. I thought he was suggesting that they've gone commie. Oh wait, that's a "D" not a "P." Google is a wonderful thing.

Ew, thanks for the tip. One bottle is clear as can be, the other looks like there are small flakes of tea leaves in it.

The Wages of Fear is so compelling that I've even stuck around to watch the original or remake on those rare times I've come across it on TV. If you don't bite your fingernails you might start. There's really not a bad movie in the lot. I loved Slacker when it came out, but I know the uh, flow of the story bothers some people. Stray Dog has Toshiro Mifune in it therefore it is well worth seeing. You'll recognize a few other faces from the 7 Samurai as well. It also has a great baseball sequence in it. It seems as if they intentionally released a batch of films that are either suspenseful or somewhat creepy! A great batch! It's going to take effort not to talk like Peter Lorre at some point today.

Having been a Dead collector (and other bands) I have a large collection of CD-Rs along with about 1000 "legit" CDs. Still a small fry 'round here. Some of my CD-Rs I've put in cases, and many are in Tyvek sleeves in shoe boxes. The shows in shoeboxes are less likely to get played. Part of the reason is that if a show is a good one I'll put it in a case. The less loved children live in the shoebox. Regarding the CD-Rs, I never put a one disc show in a regular sized jewel case. I use the slim ones (1/2 the size) and use an adjustable flow liquid paper pen to write on the spine. It must be an adjustable flow - without the adjustable part it won't work. Although writing an "8" or "R" can be tricky, being able to read the spine makes these super slim cases much more useful. 2 or 3 disc shows (if worthy) are put in a normal sized jewel box with a double tray added. I put the 3rd disc in-between a flap that I make for the front cover. I only use quad sized cases for 4 discs, and in a few cases I stick a double tray in so 5 discs fit. The only altering of commercial releases I've considered is when 2 or 3 disc sets are put in quad cases, such as the 2 disc Monk In Tokyo or Live at the Jazz Workshop, or many 3 disc Dick's Picks. If shelf space reaches a critical point, I'll put them in slimline doubles (which would free up room for another dozen or so. Hmm...) The cover will fit on top of the back so storage or harming it won't be an issue, and I'll still have a spine to read along with the tracklisting on the back. In the meantime I've started wondering if I really need all of these Dead shows (or at least in cases), and started culling unloved "regular" CDs for sale (and shelf space!)

Sorry, I need mine for protection in case of a home intruder. "OK, I'll leave. Please, just don't shock me!"

I'll make this at work tommorow-although I think all you really need is ethylene glycol and water. Sodium azide in high concentrations can be rather nasty though, producing a toxic gas. I think it's used in airbags in cars After reading the CDC site concerning fun facts about sodium azide it makes me wonder if it was taken out for the new & improved D4. Though I know a wee bit of toxic stuff sometimes doesn't kill ya. Dig up that British issue of Science from '52 (or earlier) before you play Mr. Wizard!