Dan Gould

I just got this in my in-box. Order now, supplies are limited!!! Its the Nail Pendant! "The “Nail” pendants come in two sizes and feature Isaiah 53:5 inscribed on the side. The 20" cord has a Nail pendant that is 1 7/8" in length and the 24" cord has a Nail pendant that is 2 5/8" in length."

What: A Cyber Celebration of the Birth of the Organissimo Bulletin Board Where: Right here, silly When: 12 pm EST (that's GMT-5) Saturday March 6 Hope this isn't redundant, I just thought that a more specific thread title might serve as a better reminder that tomorrow's the day. Hopefully we can get a nice long list of members in one "place" at the same time, so be sure to sign in as yourself, not anonymously!! Once a group shows up, someone should do a screen shot and post the image. And don't worry, I'll bring the cake:

I disagree with this. Whether he wants to be on the road or doesn't, he's a professional musician playing for paying customers. Its not exactly professional to berate your audience, unless, that is, you are Don Rickles. Knowing what I have heard about Jimmy, I would not go see him if he came to south Florida, because I don't need to pay good money to watch someone abuse his audience and possibly walk off for 1/4 or more of the set. Being an 80 year old legend who may not want to perform anymore doesn't give you carte blanche to yell "Fuck you!" to a teenage girl who yells out "we love you."

When you consider its a European imprint, I think the price is better than the alternative. It is 25% off list, even if the list price seems high. Lets put it this way-if Borders priced Criss Cross at $14, would you pounce? There's a lot of good stuff in the Storyville catalog, if I had any excess cash flow after the house/moving expenses, I'd be all over this.

Wesbed is correct about encryption, but with DSL or cable and no firewall, I believe it is trivial to access the computer and find out the password to the bank account. I'm sure that's how the guy stole the $$-by getting into the account using a stolen password, not by intercepting encrypted data packets.

Anyone who has a "perpetually active" connection to the Internet without a firewall is inviting disaster, as your friend has now experienced. Cable or DSL=get yourself a firewall. Period.

When I saw Jazzshrink's comment I was in total agreement. In fact, you might add another qualifier, that of best American singles band over the briefest time period. Their string of hit records only stretched about 2, 2 1/2 years, and its pretty amazing when you consider how many of them there were.

The message I've gotten from the stories is that he's a drunken lout, given to berating his audience, sometimes not exactly putting out maximum effort (letting his sidemen play much more than he does) but, bottom line, he's still Jimmy Smith and you should go see him if you have the opportunity. Frankly, I'd rather listen to Back at the Chicken Shack.

Up, for another reminder. Two days and counting!

Here's the e-mail I got: THIS WEEK ONLY!! All Storyville Records CDs on sale for 25% OFF MSRP. Storyville Records was founded over 50 years ago by Karl Knudsen. Considered by many to be the Blue Note of Europe, the label has recorded some of the most influential and creative jazz and blues players in the world. Storyville's aim is to present a diverse catalog of jazz & blues from Denmark, Europe and the World. Copenhagen and its jazzclubs have lured many a U.S. jazzman, including Stan Getz, Oscar Pettiford, Kenny Drew, Dexter Gordon, Ben Webster, Horace Parlan, Duke Jordan, Ed Thigpen, Doug Raney, Bob Rockwell, Chuck Israels, Thad Jones, Ernie Wilkins and more. This week, the entire Storyville catalog--nearly 400 titles--is 25% off, making the bulk of the catalog $14.23. Browse the entire Storyville Records label listing: http://www.allegro-music.com/label_search.asp?label=STC Lots of good stuff in there!

Congratulations, Vic, and I hope you do stick around.

In my opinion, she was obviously raised poorly and Peter is justified in being annoyed at her. I'd unload on her sorry, ungrateful butt. But then again, that's just me. And as you may know, I do have a reputation in these matters.

You know, this sentence works with or without the accent. Nice story, Jim.

Happy Birthday, John.

Hans, Courtesy of Carmell Jones completist PD, I have his 1982 recording. In fact, Billie's Bounce was used on my Blindfold Test. Its a nice album, the Gainesville, FL bandmates acquit themselves very well even though they're just a "local band" in an area where country music dominates. Didn't know Strazzeri had an LP, I do like his previously unreleased session that came out in the Carmell Select.

On the subject of Lockjaw pairings, Lock & Sweets was another great combination. In addition to Jawbreakers which is available on OJC, there're a couple of nice dates on Black & Blue, which turned out to be done in a single monster session-I guess they just split up the tunes and said, OK, on these, you're the leader, Lock, and on these, its you, Sweets! Another nice one is Sonny, Sweets and Jaws on the Who's Who label, recorded in Fort Lauderdale, FL at Bubba's, Lockjaw, Sweets and Sonny Stitt, backed by Eddie Higgins.

That's a very low-key recommendation, Dan I'd say, buy with the utmost confidence. I stand corrected. Actually, I've come to admire Simon Weil's gift for pithiness and felt that a qualifier was unnecessary.

I think its obvious that the biggest chance they recently took was signing Norah. It might not be the artistic risk you are looking for, but it was risky in its own way.

Buy with confidence.

EDIT: When I checked, Brad, the Times hadn't posted the obit but I guess it has now. Anyway, the MJT+3 was a fine band (and we can mostly thank that group for a good portion of the Frank Strozier that we have to enjoy) and I also recall that Eddie Higgins told me that the "first truly world-class rhythm section he ever worked with" was Walter Perkins and Bob Cranshaw. RIP.

That's OK, Jim, you've got my work address, so its safe, and we won't be in residence til March 14 anyway.

Damn-another one to scratch off my BFT list.

I snagged a Freshsounds reissue from the Groove (The BASTARDS) recently. Pretty nice, but not a blowaway album. Nice and mellow. (Hope I got that Dusty Groove interjection correct

Dave, She's already said she will handle the yardwork. She likes it. I got over that as a child. No wonder I love her so. Vajerzy, I don't plan to start watching those shows anytime soon, though we are getting DirectTV so God only knows what she will find off the satelite. But while I may be abducted into working on the projects, heaven knows I won't start watching those shows.

Tell me about it, Mark! Yesterday was spent stripping the wallpaper out of the bathrooms, a truly horrid job. I think that's what Bob Villa will spend eternity doing if he ends up on the express elevator south when his time comes. And to top it off, I went home to take care of the dog and left my wife with the last bathroom to work on, and she called to say that the sheetrock near the toilet was black with mildew, so now we've got our first repair job to deal with and we haven't even moved in yet! B3-er, I saw your tile thread but I have stuidously avoided it and intend to continue to studiously avoid it. Seriously, thanks for the good wishes, everyone!