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I had a children's storybook that came with a 16 rpm disc. The disc was the same size as a standard 45, though since the speed was slower it played longer. At the bottom of this page are a few comments about 16 rpm discs. The condensed version: First developed in Germany they were used for spoken word records including the Talking Books For The Blind program in the US. The advantage of the longer playing time disappeared upon the appearance of cassette tapes. A player that could play 16s was also useful in making the Chipmunks sound more like Tennessee Ernie Ford.

They're going faster folks. Another order placed! Only 3 weeks ago I picked up my 1st Mosaic (the Hodges ) and now here I am ordering again! Now I see how the addiction takes off, especially as I thought the Django, no J.J. Johnson, no I mean..would be next. I think I first heard Blue Mitchell through the few Horace Silver discs I have (that needs to be rectified.) As I recall I bought Song For My Father for Joe Henderson's appearance and when Mitchell & Cook's first number came on my ears perked up and I thought, "hmm, who are these guys? Huh, such cool sounding names too." I guess (as often happens) I got sidetracked in the pursuit of more Silver with Mitchell & Cook. I put on Blowin' The Blues Away last night and aside from wondering why I don't play Silver more often I knew I wanted to hear more Mitchell. This set ought to be perfect, and it'll be all new music for me.

Anything by Roger Angell. My favorite is Five Seasons as I'm partial to tales from the '70s, when men had beards and afros and played on plastic. Speaking of the '70s, Talkin' Baseball: An Oral History of Baseball In The 1970s by Phil Pepe is full of stories and pictures (including Oscar Gamble of course) and makes for a fun fast read. An overlooked favorite is Nine Innings by Daniel Okrant (probably have to find it used.) "The anatomy of baseball as seen though the playing of a single game." The game takes place in the summer of '82 between the Orioles and the Brewers. A great coffee table book is The Ultimate Baseball Book by Daniel Okrent & Harris Lewine. Probably another you'd have to look for used and it may only go through the 1980s. Some favorite books by players (& their ghostwriters): The Wrong Stuff - Bill Lee. Learn Don Zimmer's real nickname (Buffalohead) and read examples of Eckspeak from the latest inductee to the HOF. Ball Four - Jim Bouton The Bronx Zoo - Sparky Lyle As far as newer issues, Rob Neyer's latest Big Book of Baseball Lineups is a good bathroom read. Not new, but old Bill James Abstracts are still good after all of these years. Oh, and his Historical Abstracts are engrossing too. And finally The Brothers K, by David James Duncan. A funny (& sad) novel that touches upon baseball, religion, Vietnam and family. Highly recommended.

Woo-hoo! The Hodges! My 1st Mosaic. Thought for sure the Tristano/Konitz/Marsh would get the honor, and then I was leaning towards the Django, but I've been on such the Hodges jag of late it seems like the one to lead off with. From what it looks like once you buy one the addiction begins, so I reckon the other 2 likely will be picked up in 2004. Or perhaps something(s) completely different!

I follow the JazzMoose method for CDs. I still make attempts at chronological, though depending on how you do that (release date or session date?) one can spend too much time wondering where the hell to file Directions. LPs are a mess determined by space and furniture. A few (uh...12?) years ago I filed all of my albums by mood or genre - it made sense while under the influence at the time. So part of about 5 1/2 feet of vinyl wedged into an Arts & Craft cubbyhole follows that method, as punk-alternative heads into country-reggae; and then abruptly Dylan,Young and The Who/related are tacked on as this is prime real estate. A LP cabinet bought at an antique store holds the (non-Who) British Invasion, and then a 6 foot crate in another room holds the lesser loved albums.

The first time I watched it I was a tad disappointed, namely because talking heads kept cutting off the music. The next time around I enjoyed it a great deal more as I knew the music would be interrupted and the uh, "talking heads" (aka known as some of my favorite jazz musicians!) have some wonderful and funny tales to tell. I especially love the segments with the guys from Ascenseur pour l'echfaud and the bits with the DeJohnettes & Dave Holland. As it covers so much ground I'm sure something new will grab me the third time around. I actually had a dream soon after I got it that I found an Easter egg on the disc that revealed the entire '69 concert. 'fraid it 'twas just a dream.

Oh it's a really tough time and it will be for some time to come I'm afraid. She sounded pretty special. We had to put down our 19 1/2 a year old almost 2 years ago. When you're that old you count the 1/2s and any little cold the cat gets is traumatic! The 2 lessons I hope I learned were it's better to be a little early when putting an animal to sleep - though I don't if I've learned it or not and hopefully that's a long way off. It's so hard and as you say a strange experience. The other is after living without a pet for 9 months I don't ever want to go that long without one again. A year ago September we went to the shelter and picked out a 1 year old. Or she picked us out, as she kept following me around as we checked out all the cats. She's got the same color pattern as your Gypsy, except our Clementine has a distinct white mustache as there's more black fur around the sides of her nose. The mustache looks very nice even though she is a female.

Sabrina is a delightful romantic comedy. The 30 year age difference between Bogart & Hepburn seemed a bit much the first time I saw it, but as Eastwood, Ford and the older actors of today are always paired up with much younger actresses I guess it was ahead of its time. Plus in this case the age difference is part of the story I suppose. William Holden's is young and full of energy too. Forget the remake, see the original. (Said by someone who never saw the remake.) I'll second loving Fred MacMurray's wicked performance in The Apartment. Plus odd as it sounds, I love the way the office is shot. Watching Deano in Kiss Me Stupid is good fun too. I think I'll have to see Double Indemnity and Sunset Blvd. again fairly soon. I'm jealous of you getting to see the latter on the big screen.

I quickly checked at an OSX apps site and found 4. There are probably more out there. I just downloaded the Cocoa freeware Shiidiideetabeesu 1.0. It seems to cover the basics OK. I'm sticking with my Appleworks database as I've already invested some time with it, but if I was just starting out and didn't have any database experience (or a lot of extra time) I might consider it. Not bad for free software.

Ya got that right. Rhino records has worked out a deal where you can buy anything (er, other than a couple that are out of print) on the list from their website.

Probably not many, but some old Spin readers might. I know a 3 different people who mainly listen to indie bands, the more obscure the better. Yet each one of these folks owns "The Shape Of Jazz To Come." The other common jazz album between them is Zorn's "The Big Gundown." Though I've never asked (or accused ) I find it interesting that 2 jazz artists (and I think the only 2) featured in the Spin Alternative Record Guide (1995) are none other than Ornette Coleman and John Zorn and both albums listed above scored a 10.

Doc Severinsen (1927) is still alive. He was listed as a surviving sibbling in his sister's obituary which appeared in our local paper in couple of months ago.

I've never shopped at this site, but they claim to have California Cool for just $18.42. The link to Ca. Cool. Good luck! --Ah hell, I just noticed the words "out of stock." Sorry about that.

Probably so. I'm still on well worn vinyl for Fillmore and I found the Duane anthologies used long ago. Eat A Peach I never had on vinyl as I didn't want to have to flip (or was it stack on the spindle?) to hear "Mountain Jam" uninterupted so the CD was a real treat! Anyway, the Deluxe version adds Fillmore songs from all of the above plus a song from a box set, and I think the last time Fillmore was remastered was 10+ years ago. So I reckon when it comes time to replace my vinyl I'll go with the deluxe, though if I'm pokey I'm sure there will be a new format down the pike. I still have to pick up Atlanta! A little blurb about how the release is constructed can be found at this Allman site.

I'm in the same boat as yourself as I'm still on my original vinyl. Whenever I remember to look for a CD of it I start running into different versions, get confused and then forget about it for another year. I think it's time for me to break that habit! I've heard good things about the 30th Anniversary edition from a couple of friends though if you have a player that decodes HDCD be aware that unlike the others it is not HDCD encoded as noted in this thread in rec.audio.opinion. At Fripp's Discipline Global Mobile the only version they are currently selling is the 24 bit 30th Anniversary version (CAR1502-2). If your interest in the band (and friends) extends beyond their 1st album I'd recommend signing up for their Inner Knot newsletter as they'll keep you apprised of their current projects (or Projekcts as it were) and archival work. Also note that for the past year one no longer has to subscribe (pay $90 in advance) to receive Collector's Club offerings as you can now buy as many as you like.

Don't forget this one.

Probably A Scanner Darkly. I love how he imagined a shopping mall that wouldn't let people in who had no (or was it poor?) credit. As it happens Ubik is near the top of books to read piled up in the back room. Here's a gallery of Philip K. Dick covers from various parts of the world. The artwork on the cover below almost makes the guy look like the dad from The Brady Bunch.

As far as meeting your criteria I'll repeat 7/4's recommendation and echo Robert Fripp (solo) and King Crimson. With King Crimson you have a disbanded '70s band that used a mellotron reformed that wasn't afraid to use new technology. Guitar synthesizers, Frippertronics, electronic drums, and (bass) stick were used in '80s (and some still used today.) Adrian Belew toured with the Talking Heads (he's on the later cuts on The Name Of The Band Is Talking Heads) and some people criticize his vocal style as ripping off Byne's. I don't really agree but I thought I'd put that warning out there. I'd say Discipline is the one to check out if you missed it in '81. If you're willing to risk more try the double live disc Absent Lovers as King Crimson is best heard live (and you'll hear the better material from the 1st 3 '80s albums.) Not meeting your criteria, but I can't let an '80s thread go by without mentioning The Replacements. Let It Be, Hootenanny, Pleased To Meet Me...Yeah! Gotta love a band that has songs entitled "Gary's Got A Boner" and "Tommy Gets His Tonsils Out."

Very minor and not really a mistake, but the sticker label that seals the top of an unopened CD of Bill Frisell's "Have A Little Faith" refers to him as Billy Frisell. In the album art and everywhere else he's Bill. At least they didn't call him "Lefty."

I had no studio tracks (have the 4 disc live Savoy and another live one) and I knew this was something I had to rectify. As I already had the Jack Johnson box ordered the Parker would get a free ride on the postage so I had to add it. As I added it at the last minute it's delayed the arrival of the Miles, and now I'm faced with a what do I play 1st dilemma. Hey, I'm not complaining! Although it is an amazing deal it will likely result in more Charlie spending down the line. There really should be some deal with the labels that Organissimo & the posters responsible get a shiney nickel (or appropriate coin for one's country) for every album bought because of this place. Though just 5 cents at the rate I'm going I'd make y'all rich in no time.

(connoisseur series500 Posted on Sep 29 2003, 08:39 PM) I have to be careful as very quickly I'll exceed my level of expertise (a smidgeon > nil) but there are lots of faults of various sizes all over the land. So if they said it was centered under Cincy it must have been. Here's another map , this time showing all quakes from 1800 to 1983. Though it's hard as hell to read the fine print your area is rather red.

Parts of Ohio felt the great New Madrid quake so I suppose you are in an area of potential danger. I can't compute whether it should cost you $62 a year, but if you're OK with it that's one less worry in life. The New Madrid fault is as serious as any in the U.S., and I'd imagine the closer you are to the fault the more expensive the insurance. I'm fairly certain earthquake insurance in the affected parts of California costs a great deal more, and probably isn't considered affordable without a very high deductible. Maybe a CA homeowner will chime in to share his pain. And as your CDs now have earthquake insurance too I'm sure they'll show their appreciation and sound even better!

According to Robin Eubanks it will be Nate Smith. Inside of Ask The Musicians at Jazz Corner there's a section called "Ask Robin Eubanks" that he posts to. Post 374: "Dave used a drummer named Nate Smith on several gigs that Billy couldn't make over the last couple of years. He did a very good job and Dave wants to give him a chance to do the gig for a while and see what happens. It should be cool...different, but cool. Dave cited personal reasons between he and Billy for the change." I haven't read the follow up posts since he announced this but I'm sure there are many who are shocked/saddened/etc. as Billy Kilson really wows people when they see the band. I guess I'll see the reactions when I read them! I suppose I got over his leaving the band within a couple of minutes when it occured to that maybe Billy is capable of leading his own band which might just happen play in our town sometime. Wherever he ends up I think I'll want to check it out.

Quotes from Jad: Brought from Queens via the Oregon Trail! I was going to mention that but I feared one more sentence and I'd be babbling like a schoolgirl who just saw n'Sync. We've had 2 huge drummers come to town this year as Billy Kilson (now ex-DHQ) passed through earlier in the year. I wasn't expecting Nasheet to be such a force. Great brush work too. Arrrrr! Happy Pirate Day.

You get your wish! According to http://www.bobdylan.com/index.html it's on the list. Looks like Deep Discount CD is getting beaten on price for a change, at least on the box. $209.98, and even though CD Universe charges for shipping I'm pretty sure CD Universe wins. Individual releases are hovering between $13.83 & $13.97 at Deep Discount with free shipping. They do deliver but patience always when buying from them.