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Article about reason/excuses for pat downs. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-petn-20101124,0,3675872.story It begins: New airport security procedures that have stirred the emotions of air travelers — full-body scans and aggressive pat-downs — were largely designed to detect an explosive powder called PETN, which has been a staple of Al Qaeda bomb makers for nearly a decade.

I thought they were just doing it locally here because they're closing the store. And also their store in Thousand Oaks. Just as they killed locally owned bookstores they're being killed by Amazon and e-books.

This could be why Sheridan gave her the name.

I give him credit for pointing out that My Funny Valentine was hardly a standard and rarely recorded before the Mulligan Quartet version. Apparently the bass player (Carson Smith?) knew it and taught it to the rest of the band.

Sorry for your loss. The last few years must have been tough for you.

You ain't kidding. A teacher played this to the class when my son was in elementary school. (He's now graduated from college.) I could only find it on a weird grey market French release which of course gave no discographical info. (Not to be confused with Dexter Gordon's equally great song titled "Cheesecake".)

I have that for travel between US and Canada. But it's just for customs and immigration, not security.

I saw this group with Hubbard. Reggie Workman was amazing.

I'm at an airport right now. I prefer not fly with people who have avoided screening. The guy who didn't want to go through the screener or be patted down must have been worried someone would notice how small his dick was.

I saw the original (panned by critics) production of Pacific Overtures and was knocked out. But then saw A Little Night Music and was bored shitless. Who wrote lyrics for One Touch of Venus? Ogden Nash? SJ Pearlman? Saw a concert production. Sondheim's never written anything that clever. Or as good as "there is a crack in everything -- that's where the light gets in". Though this is not original with Leonard Cohen. Where do he and Warren Zevon fit in here?

I seem to be the only one who prefers the group with Golson. Maybe because it was the first one I heard.

Just heard a story about sound recording restoration that ends with more information about the Savory collection and brings up the Voice of America collection. I bet that contains some great stuff. http://www.hereandnow.org/#2

I find that one so rarely hears unamplified music anymore that what I hear live is not necessarily what I want.

There was a 1998 cd release produced by Bob Beldon for which I presume they found the original tapes because it has 3 alternate takes. Also the "PACIFC JAZZ" cd Deep in a Dream, has two a cappella vocals that were done at these sessions which makes me presume they've found the original tapes. The Columbia release is CK65562.

I met him when I was working on Merlin. (I was "associate producer" but didn't do much work once the show moved from workshops in LA to the theater in NY.) He was an amazing guy. IIRC he did a lot of work on operas.

Maybe this should have been in politics but DA let guy off partially because he earns a lot of money. http://abcnews.go.com/Business/martin-erzinger-hit-run/story?id=12088074

BTW Supposedly this restored version has a new recording of the score by Gottfried Huppertz which was composed for the original release of the film. It's pretty good.

I know there's a word for this but I forget it (like many things). Anyway what's a good cd to use when testing audio equipment? Something on Contemporary maybe?

Given whenit was made wouldn't 18 frames a second be too slow? Kevin Brownlow suggests that by 1925 most American films were being filmed at closer to 24 frames a second.

Just watched it. Really does change the film for the better I think. Interesting doc about the restoration too.

And it was wonderful!

Ornette!! Tonight!!

Bemsha Swing-- The Thelonious Monk Trio. I'm driving in my car and hear on the radio what I presume is a live Monk version of Bemsha Swing: the piano is out of tune and tinny, the sound is terrible and I think I hear people in the audience talking. But the music is terrific-- there's extraordinary interaction between Monk and the drummer. So when I get to my office I check out the playlist on KJAZZ's website and discover that it's not a live recording it's from the Prestige release called just "Thelonious Monk Trio" and the drummer is Max Roach. The piano is out of tune and badly recorded but what I thought was noise from the audience is Monk doing his vocalizing. This is a record that gets no love from critics but I bought it anyway and it's my favorite Monk trio date. (Actually it's 3 dates, 2 with Blakey and one with Roach.

I've recently been listening to Great Ideas of Western Mann on which he plays only bass clarinet. The title is a double pun because he's backed by a West Coast rhythm section and Jack Sheldon.

The Mosaic Mingus Debut box has two takes each of Wrap Your Troubles and Body and Soul, the latter not seeming to appear on this cd at all.