Dan Gould

I'm off of bagels since May 31. I think I'd need a better photo to judge their offerings, but Kettleman's is the right name ... don't some "bagel" places skip the boil in water part?

Basic defensive principle: You can't let someone get beyond the defense on a hail mary. If someone stays with the guy who positioned himself there, almost certainly nothing happens. Nothing bad at least. And don't tell me that wasn't holding on #55 during the scramble.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/27/arts/music/chopin-waltz-discovery.html?unlocked_article_code=1.VU4.HSFr.5HEaxdkw2eQv&smid=url-share

It is written with enthusiasm - a surprising number of exclamation points coming from an 'academic' on a university press imprint. The writing is fine IMO. My quibbles: Page 7: "Mandel, in noting the innovations of saxophonists Albert Ayler, Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane, Miles Davis and others ..." That's just a big old whoopsie. Page 17: ".... Herbie Hancock's smash hit song from his first solo album, Takin' Off." IMO "solo" album has a specific meaning in jazz. We can say that Paul McCartney's first Wings album was his first "solo" recording post-Beatles. But for jazz, the correct descriptor is "leader date". Page 165: "... it sounded like the riot at the Stonewall Inn in 1969 for LGBTQ rights." To me this is projection into the past of current concerns/alliances. Stonewall was about gay rights specifically.

I should also mention that Miles, especially Bitches Brew, is recognized as important in the popular definition of "important jazz of the 60s"/

I think the point that should be made is that which is popular cannot be important or worthy of discussion and this book is meant as an argument against that. His point is that the history of jazz in the 60s is presented as Ornette - Coltrane - Ayler. That has never changed IMO and really doesn't have to do with the Young Lions thing which was marketing of a return to pre-60s styles. The fact that Brown or Bradford don't figure in it doesn't mean that Ornette - Trane - Ayler isn't the focus of "important" 60s jazz, and this book is meant to establish that there was a whole nother thing that was popular and important in its own way among jazz consumers. Young Lions was marketing and liner notes - mostly by Crouch. I have several quibbles I will post about this book later but overall I highly recommend it.

Had no idea she lived so long ... RIP. The one LP I acquired:

Feel free Steve, I am sure Tad will have a reply to whatever you've seen that you think is wrong. Personally I thought it was excellent and had few or no quibbles about what he wrote.

Not only that, but you gotta love Mel Brooks' shout out:

Yes, very nice piece, thank you for posting this.

I think everyone promises "regular" maintenance? I do my own cleaning of mine but I know I could stop in at Sam's and have them cleaned up and you continue to get free testing and adjustments. The one thing I make sure to get is extended warranty on purchase. I basically have two sets now with the same settings so if the newest ones that I use regularly break down I have backups and don't have to suffer in unenhanced silence.

Or maybe one of those blogs.

Totally agree but wondering if it would be allowed on youtube for long.

Can't say how the music mode will work over time (or over the next 29 days) but believe me, my hearing was so far gone on my first hearing aids 15 years ago, I was amazed at how loud everything sounded. You'll get used to the treble end boost soon enough. For those in a similar position, you also find yourself speaking differently, again because of how you are hearing with the help of the aids. Could not live without them that I know.

My thoughts are without a doubt have a third generator to dedicate to the well pump; Be absolutely certain that generators are serviced/ready to roll ahead of time - we thought both were good to go but older one with known issues was a real comedy of errors and trouble. Maximize gas supply well ahead of storm; Only wild card is possible investment in much larger generator for max power vs getting similar size generator to what we have for that third one that we need.

Mostly nonsense. I certainly hope that the 10 inch LP of three tracks with Lee, Nicky Hill, Ira Sullivan, Bobby Timmons, Spanky Debrest and Philly Joe shows up somewhere, somehow. Cause I am not paying $200 just for that.

Hope that never happens again TTK. It certainly sucks to be among the final few thousand to get restored, and I know someone who is also still waiting and very frustrated - her neighborhood is on but she has a downed wire in her backyard and is still waiting two days after everybody else came on. I was amazed to learn of Florida Highway Patrol and other law enforcement agencies were accompanying fuel trucks to their destinations. Could not fathom it, it until I was informed by my wife's horse helper that there had been a shooting at a gas station where she lives in Dade City. At the same time, on Sunday morning, I saw the gas station nearest us had gas, a short line had formed, and there was no fuel truck or police presence in evidence.

The link above can be confirmed as quite nice if you like that early swinging jazz style. And three hours long, too. Also was the start of "Young Swingsters" week at the West End, December 1979 and leaves me wondering if other nights got recorded and especially what other bands got recorded. Hopefully six more to come and dare I ask ... Percy France? He was appearing by then at the club if not necessarily getting booked as a leader yet. This one is also recent and very good: https://aviary.library.vanderbilt.edu/collections/2137/collection_resources/132344 Only 30 minutes of music but a rare group under the George Kelly Jazz Sultans moniker. Instead of just a trumpeter in the front line its: Virgil Jones, trumpet, Benny Powell, trombone, Norris Turney, alto saxophone, Peck Morrison, bass, Ronnie Cole, drums, Richard Wyands, piano, George Kelly, tenor saxophone.

It's come to my attention that reel-to-reel is not the only source for worthwhile Schaap recordings from way back when. Here is a link to cassette sourced MP3s: https://aviary.library.vanderbilt.edu/catalog?current_flock=false&f[collection_id_is][]=2137&f[description_source_search_facet_sms][]=Audiocassette&myresources=0&request_is_xhr=false&search_field=advanced&search_type=advance&sort=title_ss+asc&update_facets=true&user_ip=173.171.182.128 And an interesting one contained therein: https://aviary.library.vanderbilt.edu/collections/2137/collection_resources/137221/file/254432 Brooks Kerr, Artie Miller, George Kelly, Sonny Greer. This search ought to catch all of them - Type is "Live Sound Recordings": https://aviary.library.vanderbilt.edu/catalog?current_flock=false&f[collection_id_is][]=2137&f[description_type_search_facet_sms][]=Live+sound+recordings&myresources=0&request_is_xhr=false&search_field=advanced&search_type=advance&sort=title_ss+asc&update_facets=true&user_ip=173.171.182.128

Some of us have to, until we die.

I think I am lucky to be on the border with Polk county where TECO had a restoration date of yesterday which they barely met. Our outage straddled the county line and was probably more on the Polk side than the Hillsborough side. Hope it comes back soon, TTK and thanks for the well wishes Lon.

Power came on about 5:00 yesterday afternoon, and when I re-set the house and the non-paying boarders for long extension cords and fans and the rest of it, I discovered that with TECO power restored, so was Spectrum internet. So its back to work this morning, can't say I am excited about it but on the other hand, it avoids giving the boss any ideas that I wasn't really missed all that much. The best part of the power restoration was that within 30 minutes of when it happened I was going to be rolling out the generator at the house to the well pump to re-fill 100 gallon tank of water for the horses among other things. That is no fun and the longer you have to do it the more exhausting it is. And cold showers into steamy houses that don't have fans running is no bueno either. So, we will finally prioritize a third generator of some sort so that we can have a pump-dedicated one that doesn't move once its wheeled out there.

This is getting pretty ridiculous. Police escorts for fuel trucks. Line workers spotted midday very close by. No change in status. TECO says Thursday for virtually all of Hillsborough County. I think we may play chicken with them on gas for generators until then. My wife drove 4 hours to her mom's just to increase gas cans by 50%.

As Kevin reported we made it thru ok. No power and only one generator that will run, which is a problem for the relatives. Hoping to have replacement part for generator tomorrow and expect to have barn damage repaired also. Then it's waiting for power and securing gas for generators in meantime. With one generator going we can get pump turned on for water at the expense of shutting down fridge and fans in the house. Blessing is that Temps fall to mid 60s at night. Comfortable sleeping weather and house not getting brutal during day.

uncle/aunt/cat/dog are secure in our concrete block home. Horses locked in. Track is improved both for us and for my friend on the Bay, if it holds. Now we wait. Won't be long. See y'all when I see ya.