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Not the same. From Miles Ahead. We Want Miles Record 1 Jean Pierre (M. Davis) Oct 4, 1981 10:41 Back Seat Betty (M. Davis) Jul 5, 1981 8:15 Fast Track (M. Davis) Jun 27, 1981 15:17 Jean Pierre (M. Davis) [edited] Oct 4, 1981 3:58 Record 2 My Man's Gone Now (D. Heyward-G. Gershwin) Jun 27, 1981 20:13 Kix (M. Davis) Jun 27, 1981 18:42 Miles! Miles! Miles! October 4, 1981 Disc 1 Back Seat Betty (M. Davis) 20:18 Ursula (M. Davis) 2:00 My Man's Gone Now (D. Heyward-G. Gershwin) 15:44 Aida (M. Davis) 12:12 Disc 2 Fat Time (M. Davis) 12:59 Jean Pierre (M. Davis) 11:30

So the good news is that there is a lot left out there (accidental pun) to love. This may be bad news to your pocketbook, but it's not like his catalog is as big as Ellington's or Zorn's. Really, every title mentioned so far are ones that I play often & enjoy greatly. At some point be sure to check out a '64 Mingus live date with Dolphy (the one Jim mentioned is a great & budget-minded choice.) These can be highly addictive, and if you find yourself hooked there are other titles such as Revenge! & Mingus In Europe from this tour available too.

Me too, as I grew up 100 or so miles north of there on the other side of the river. As soon as I was old enough to drive (late '70s) we'd make a couple of record buying trips a year to Streetside & Vintage Vinyl on Delmar. Sometimes we'd combine the record shopping with concerts. It was always a huge thrill, as our town had lost its lone independent store and the corporate one certainly didn't have a big blues selection, much less much selection of anything. Though I was mainly buying rock at the time, Vintage Vinyl appreciated for finding boots (shhhhhhh) like Tales From The Who, Who's Zoo, and The Clash's "Guns of Brixton" to name a few. Ah memories! Sad to hear about Streetside.

Huh......? My vinyl copy of that is in such wonderful condition.

Is that a letter to you from jazzshrink? here is the "late" maryalice: I don't watch Desperate Housewives but this actress has also played the deceased wife of the Treat Williams character in the WB series Everwood. Quite the career she has for herslf. It's Sue-Ellen Miskie, the Oh Henry bar heiress! After watching the first episode it was driving me nuts trying to figure out where I had seen her. Then I remembered the Seinfeld episode where Ellaine's friend (or enemy) wears the bra as a top. I watched the 1st 2 eps of Desperate Housewives and then kinda forgot to watch. Same thing happened with Lost. I might try again, if I can remember.

I wonder if the Moro Islamic Liberation Front knows this? A news headline today: Govt, MILF exchange blame after clashes

Steal Your Face was proof that despite reels & reels of tremendous music, it is possible to find the few less exciting moments and put them on a record instead. It does have a great cover though. The CD package they're putting together this time around has some wonderful stuff. I'm passing for now (I already have the shows) but as so many of the October '74 Winterland shows circulate as less than stellar soundboards it's a good service they're doing. That run seems to have 2 or 3 different versions of boards that circulate for each night, so trading for the good one was a trial & error chore. Maybe the downloading age has made that easier. The dvd is on it's way. I'm really looking forward to the extra disc with the Spanish!

It is terrific stuff. I've barely gotten started but I can tell there is a lot to enjoy, especially as there are so many commentaries and lot of cool extras. Speaking of extras, on Disc 4 I saw something called "Orange Blossoms For Violet" and clicked that on. Oh...my...gawd! I had forgotten all about the use of live dressed up monkeys with other other animals in short features. The early shots of monkeys mixing with dogs & goats nearly busted my gut. It um, got a little disturbing after awhile, but it was a big surprise to see on the DVD set. Man, I never saw these cartoons looking so nice!

I love it! "Safe European Home" live was one of their best. "Tommy Gun" was also fantastic live. As was "English Civil War." And "Stay Free." I'll stop. I still need to upgrade my VHS of Rude Boy to the DVD so I'll be better able to skip the plot and see the live footage from the time. The studio sessions for Rope are also interesting to see, namely Joe & Mick singing while the viewer can't hear the music. Some don't consider this to be a good thing. About 16 years ago I (under orders of the groom to be) included "Julie's In The Drug Squad" on a tape to be played during the reception. So it's not just a punk powerhouse, but an album for romance too! I think the reason why it gets overlooked is because it's sandwiched between the two critically acclaimed albums as you noted. And Combat Rock has the 2 big hits and often it is the only album other than London Calling that the casual fan owns. Sandinista! just begs for attention, being a triple album with 8 to 15 very good to great songs depending on one's taste. Plus the heavily bootlegged Bonds run features many of the songs from it. I'm still on vinyl with Rope as well, but I agree, it is a ferocious little gem!

The rule of hiring & firing is that a team that loses with an easy going manager next picks a hardass (and vice versa.) The hardass manager lasts 4 days, and now they're back to the easy going manager.

As it tends to filed as a dramady rather than as a pure comedy, I'll nominate Peter Sellers in Being There. It holds up very nicely too. Not a big step over to something very heavy, but a bit of a switch from the Pink Panther movies. Shucks I miss the guy.

I think he pretty much had to move over to keyboards last year, either due to carpal tunnel or the effects of an old hand injury (perhaps as noted in the "Oh Mercy" section of his book.) If someone knows for sure please speak up. Wow, throw a beer bottle in the garbage can. This guy either lives high on the hog, lives in a state where this isn't a bottle bill or is a non-recycling pig! I guess his beer bottle tossing song beats "Also Sprach Zarathustra" though.

So it's not a case of where the office would have spent the savings on Mosaic sets then, eh?

That's the first thing I thought of too. If you can clue into his strange little riff he does at the beginning of say a '74 China Cat (maybe '72 & '73 too), sometimes you (maybe I should be saying "I") can continue to follow it throughout the song. It's hard to concentrate on what Bob does once Jerry comes in, but Bob certainly adds something special (though not necessarily lead, other than the beginning.) It's an important reminder to take him seriously, as it's so easy to make fun of the cheese he added in later years. Though I've always loved him all the same, despite his awful slide work and "ha's!" and all. Oh yeah, if you have (or download) shows from May to June of '74, often the levels on the instruments are going up & down on the 1st few songs. So you'll hear "Promised Land" and so forth with just Jerry on vocals* and Billy's drums, then no vocals and just Bob's guitar, then Phil with some Bobby, etc. Although somewhat aggravating if you just want to hear the music, it can be fun to take a tour of what each guy (and gal Donna) is doing in the songs. Louisville 6/18/74 is one example where the 1st few songs have fluctuating levels. Plus the rest of the show is "pretty good." *Edited to note that Jerry doesn't actually sing lead on "Promised Land." A sloppy example of an example.

Cheers! And thanks for all of your musical expertise!

Something to watch for in Game 1 - Edmonds is 17 for 37 against Wakefield (just 1 homer though.) The rest haven't really faced him more than once or twice. Won't be long now until the 1st pitch!

They've become my favorite reissues as well, and in a sense I'm saddened that they do sound so good, as I know I'll have to replace my Miles to K2s sometime. But this is a good problem to have. As far as prices, here are 2 options. CD Universe pre-order prices for the last time around were $11.19 (not including shipping.) If you place an order above $99, K2s at alldirect will run $10.68 a piece including shipping (no charge on shipping over $99.)

And then they pumped Phil Collins' stomach and found... The lifeguard story isn't true, see for yourself at the Urban Legends site.

I get a kick out hearing the riff from the Stones' "Monkey Man" for a Victoria Secret ad, which is just before the line (well, close to it) "I could use a lemon squeezer." Snicker. DTMX beat to it on the "Lust For Life" for Carnival Cruise. Heroin for bras & panties, heroin for cruises. It sells baby! As far as The Clash & Jaguar, here's Joe's answer from a Salon interview from back in January 2003. "Q: 'London Calling' has been recently used to advertise Jaguar cars in the U.S. "Strummer: Yeah, I agreed to that. We get hundreds of requests for that and turn 'em all down. But I just thought Jaguar ... yeah. If you're in a group and you make it together, then everyone deserves something. Especially 20-odd years after the fact. It just seems churlish for a writer to refuse to have their music used on an advert and so I figured out, only advertise the things you think are cool. That's why we dissed Coors and Miller. We've turned down loads of money. Millions over the years. But sometimes you have to earn a bit, so everybody gets some. "Q: There's no feeling of compromise, doing this? " Strummer: Well, putting your music to an advert is a compromise. But a good advert with cool music can turn on a lot of people. I know that when I'm watching TV and you get a good ad, it's an up. "Q: We were getting e-mails saying it was a dubious thing to be doing. "Strummer: Yeah, well you'll always get that. They should realize that we didn't sell loads of records back then."

Have a swinging day!

While I am not in favor of confining those afflicted with Alzheimer's or dementia to small rooms without stimuli, you do realize there comes a time when spouses & children are unable to care for the afflicted. It's a hellish disease for the whole family. If he is in the early stages of the disease perhaps money raised could be used to hire a live-in nurse or assistant and so he could return to his home (although trying to convince his children to do that after they got him out of his house will be difficult.) And it's likely at some point (if he isn't there already) he will need round-the-clock care. Thus I would think the best you could do is to approach the children and offer funds to upgrade his care facilities to something nicer, and as you say, more dignified.

The Greek Begin the Begin Animal So Fast So Numb Boy in the Well World Leader Pretend Leaving New York The One I Love Electrolite Aftermath Cuyahoga Final Straw Bad Day Around the Sun She Just Wants to Be Imitation of Life Losing My Religion Walk Unafraid Life and How to Live It Encore: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? Country Feedback Welcome to the Occupation Permanent Vacation I'm Gonna DJ Man on the Moon "Permanent Vacation" was written before Murmur. I thought the big surprise was they didn't end the show with "It's the End of the World as We Know It" as they've been in a rut with that for quite some time. I believe they started doing "Life And How To Live It" on a regular basis toward the end of their last tour so that may stay in the end of set spot. Otherwise the few other I.R.S. era songs seem to be switched out with other old songs, depending on mood.

Nice! I'm within a few days of this one:

Heh, same here, though I do have some of the US versions too, starting w/ Hard Day's Night. I just realized that I don't think I've ever heard "I'll Get You." I picked up a few of the EPs (like "Long Tall Sally") so I was able to cover the songs that weren't included on U.K. albums (except apparently the one above.) But good grief, are you telling me that they're going to let Meet The Beatles occupy its own CD? They could probably cram all 4 albums on 2 discs and (cough cough) charge $24. Oh, OK, the $52 preorder includes a book. But does it include a dried flower? Vinyl will continue to serve me Beatle needs just fine! Edit -- Ah, after re- reading the 1st post I see they're going to include both mono & stereo. Never mind (I guess ) my cranky remark about pricing.

Farty-one. So that gets me lumped in with up to 50. You trying to make me feel old(er)? It's not going to work!