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...who's your lady friend? Happy Birthday!

Good idea, Brad- looks like Jazz Kat was thinking the same thing!

Once again the question arises- where is Tom? His last post was May 18th. You'd think he'd be hanging around to monitor the BFT craziness.

Happy Birthday!

Regarding the original topic here- I just watched some of the video clips on the new homepage (which looks great BTW) and it looks like you guys played great and had a lot of fun. Y'all keep gettin' better and better! Congratulations on what must have been a great gig in a great club. Wish I could have been there. What do they have on tap? And nice socks, Jim. :rsmile:

Baby Ruth, anyone?

Eat, no. But I have been know to polish a few here and there. EDIT: Perhaps this belongs in THIS THREAD!

Yeah, Jim, I hear ya..... Uhhhh...you OK to drive home, man?

I don't know what the hell you're talkin' about, but I'm gettin' me a hankerin' for a big ol' slab o'TURDUCKEN!!

You sure as hell won't ever catch me editing anything.

I used to be a thick crust fan, but I agree it is a bit of overkill. Thick crust pizza/lots of cheese = imminent nappage. I'm a thin crust fan these days- less cheese too. I will occasionally take the incapacitating route though.

And what's your Chicago preference JP? I'm an UNO's man myself. Not the franchises though- only the Chicago version. There's an UNO's in KC and it ain't even close. Oh yeah, Gino's is pretty good too. How about Lou Malnati's? Is the Pompei Bakery still around? They had some good stuff there. Shit, I miss Chicago.

Eddie Albert, Robert Wagner and Sharon Gless

I thought this was interesting. Listening to your own recordings too much can lead to an unhealthy narciccism. One thing I find is that Jim and I both become much more self-conscious after listening to recordings that we've made, in particular, performances that we were very happy with. It can take a long time to get that out of my head and play something fresh and in the moment at the gig. I can get caught between wanting to play something that's as good as the recording, but trying to not play the solo from the recording. That's a good recipe for falling on one's face. ← Another similar situation is when you do multiple takes in a session- I find after about three takes pretty much any spontaneity is forced. I become very self-conscious about not repeating myself, so anything that seems redundant to me disturbs my concentration and the solo ends up being a bunch of strung-together licks. My feeling is that after two consecutive takes you should move to another tune and come back to the current one at a later time. Otherwise you're "trying to sound spontaneous" which doesn't make it at all. Definitely a Zen-type of circumstance. Have you read any of the "Inner Game" books, Joe? My personal favorite is the "Inner Game of Tennis", which is helpful even if you don't play tennis at all.

Calling Lon Armstrong.........

I'm at home tonight. I'm enjoying some hot wings and celery sticks. I'm listening to the Tucson police. ← I'm listening to the Tucson Police scanner. Again. ← I believe your next move is to purchase a metal detector. And some big ol' shorts to be worn with black socks.

Damn. Now I've got Phoenix envy.

I think the remastering of the Mosaic set was nothing short of spectacular. Remember the awful reverb on the LPs? The improvement is remarkable. SS-18003 Presenting: Thad Jones-Mel Lewis& the Jazz Orchestra SS-18016 Live at the Village Vanguard SS- 18048 Monday Night! SS- 18058 Central Park North BST-84346 Consummation BNLA-392-2 Thad Jones/Mel Lewis

Sure, just use a Red Bull instead. That might be interesting......

How soon did the items indicate they would be ready to ship? Seems like many items are not expected to be ready for 7-14 days. ← My order has shipped (ordered on the 26th, shipped on the 27th) and I purposely selected items that were marked "in stock". I'm curious to see if they restock the others, or if this is some kind of a "closeout", which I am hopeful is not the case. I admit my OJC purchases reflect a bit of apocalyptic paranoia.

How many is that supposed to feed? I could down those by myself.

I rest my case.

What Chris said, plus the comfort of familiar friends. This place has become my main source for all type of music recommendations. Amazing amounts of knowledge (musical and otherwise) and requisite silliness.