Shawn

I like the frisbee idea. I've done that with records that really suck too.

Three Hours - Nick Drake Sure, I've heard it countless times, but it always feels like a new experience. One of those tracks that I have to play a few times in a row. This comes as close to perfection as I think music can possibly come. Starting it over for the 3rd time...

I always liked that tune.

Can you post the link to the file?

I haven't had insurance for awhile now, the only saving factor for me is that my medication is available in generic form, so it costs me about $45 a month.

Yeah, I love that artist. I think he does the best psychedelic style artwork this side of the old Yes albums. Here's his website: http://www.arikroper.com/

List updated. All items that have already been paid for will ship out tomorrow morning. more cool stuff left.... Thanks, Shawn

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTzfXYF6BPg

Thanks for all the kind words and advice, it is much appreciated. This board has always felt like an extended online family and it's nice to know that there are people out there who care. I am planning on doing some volunteer work, there are plenty of opportunities for that in Austin.

up with some more additions in each section

All prices include U.S. shipping. All discs in excellent condition unless noted otherwise. *Purchase 3 discs, take $2 off the total amount* Cheap stuff: Lee Morgan - Taru (Connoisseur) - $7 (ON HOLD) Mose Allison - V-8 Ford Blues (Legacy) - $7 Sonny Clark - Sonny's Crib - $7 Johnny Griffin - Chicago, New York, Paris - $7 Junior Mance - Happy Time - $7 Dr. Lonnie Smith - Too Damn Hot - $7 Eddie Lockjaw Davis - Goin' To The Meetin' - $7 Eddie Lockjaw Davis - Cookbook Vol. 3 - $7 Eddie Lockjaw Davis - Smokin' - $7 Donald Byrd - Electric Byrd - $7 (ON HOLD) Donald Byrd/Kenny Burrell - All Night Long - $7 Duke Ellington - Happy Go Lucky Local (Musicraft) - $7 Percy Mayfield - Poet of The Blues - $7 (ON HOLD) Roy Eldridge & Dizzy Gillespie - Roy & Diz - $7 Mid Price Louis Jordan - Rock N Roll (Mercury - French Import) - $8 Ben Webster - Music For Loving (2 CDs) - $10 Chet Baker/Art Pepper - Playboys (original cover) - $10 Rarieites Billy Harper - In Europe (Soul Note) - $15 $14 Leo Wright - Suddenly The Blues (Koch) - $15 $14 Mal Waldron & Jackie McLean - Left Alone '86 (Evidence) - (very small piece missing from corner of booklet - cat - doesn't effect artwork or liner notes) Disc in excellent condition - $15 $12 PayPal instant payment only please. Thanks, Shawn Sold items: Johnny Griffin & Eddie Lockjaw Davis - Pisces - $7 (ON HOLD) Martial Solal & Johnny Griffin - In & Out - $7 (ON HOLD) Johnny Griffin - The Cat - $7 (ON HOLD) Wynton Kelly - Piano - $7 (ON HOLD) Yusef Lateef - Into Something - $7 (ON HOLD) Andy Bey & The Bey Sisters (twofer) - $7 (ON HOLD) Freddie Roach - Brown Sugar (saw cut in spine) - $9 (ON HOLD) Johnny Griffin - Catharsis (Storyville) - $9 (ON HOLD) Budd Johnson & The Four Brass Giants - $7 (ON HOLD) Miles Davis - Ascenseur Pour L'Echafaud (fontana version) - $7 (ON HOLD) Blue Mitchell - Big Six - $7 (ON HOLD) Lonnie Smith - Drives - $10 ON HOLD Duke Pearson - Introducing Duke Pearson's Big Band - $10 Lou Donaldson - Say It Loud (Water) - $10 Grant Green - Carryin' On - $10 (ON HOLD) Grant Green - Sunday Mornin' (Connoisseur edition) - $7 (ON HOLD) Grant Green - First Session (Connoisseur edition) - $7 (ON HOLD) Grant Green - Green Is Beautiful - $7 (ON HOLD) Gran Green - His Majesty King Funk/Up With Donald Byrd - $7 (ON HOLD) Woody Shaw - Cassandranite (Muse) - $14 (ON HOLD)

Getting ready to watch "The China Syndrome" on TCM, always liked that movie.

The depressing part for me is that I've been looking for another full-time job since July, I managed to snag a few interviews but in the end didn't get the positions. I continue to apply (both temporary work and full-time), but the phone has stopped ringing. With my precarious mental state (recurrent major depression), I end up subconsciously putting all the blame on myself, which just feeds the fire of the depression. Then getting screamed at by bill collectors on top of all that equals a really big shit sandwich. Add to that the fact that I'm single makes it even harder. If I couldn't find a job this past summer, prior to the economy tanking completely...then I'm not overly hopeful at this point. Times like these (and I've gone through alot in the past 5 years) makes you wonder why all the pain, anxiety and fear is even worth dealing with. But I continue to get up each morning, breath in and out, and go through the motions of being alive. But basically I'm numb.

I feel for you man, I really do. I'm as good as laid off myself right now, getting almost no hours at work thanks to the slowdown in the economy. As I sit here I've been trying to figure out exactly how short I'm going to be on the rent this month...and it's looking ugly. Not sure what the future holds for me right now. All I can do is hope and try not to let the never ending anxiety attacks get the better of me. ...maybe we should start an "unemployed jazz fan commune".

Earth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull Fans of Frisell should pick this one up, one of my "best of 2008" list. Available on emusic for the budget conscious.

American Lit-Rah-Cha. Gotcha. A term used to make one feel more important than a novelist.

That sounds like what I remember. Around the time of the boxing (which was an indication of some serious weirdness going on) he seemed to spurn Hollywood, which promptly returned the favor for quite a few years until he rather startlingly turned up in Sin City. Rodriguez is a fan of Rourke's, if I remember correctly he has a small role in Once Upon A Time In Mexico.

Pardon me for asking a moronic question, but what are "American Letters"?

Oh good grief, now I'm craving a damn hot dog....

Jim never sleeps, ever.

I lost track, but there was alot of emotional problems...that led to drug problems...then he decided to become a professional boxer, which is why his face looks like it was run over by a truck.

I find it really hard to believe that she can't get her records released over her somehow. Sure, she doesn't fit into the neatly little stylistic "pockets" that U.S. record labels like to shoehorn artists into...but you'd think somebody could figure out a way to promote her music.

I thought Rourke was the best part of Sin City as well, to me that was his first "comeback role".

I really haven't been able to watch anything this week. My emotional state has eroded to the point where I can't sit still for more than 10 minutes anyway.