Uncle Skid

I just downloaded that track from her ArtistShare site, I'm diggin' it as well. Very nice!

Just downloaded Warne Marsh - Music for Prancing (VSOP, 1957). Thanks for the tip, Dave!

Just got an email that said Ike Quebec: Heavy Soul is gone.

I agree with you completely -- there are grey areas, and I'm certainly not trying to imply that you (or anyone) on this board doesn't support the music. But I'm surprised that you apparently don't see any difference between borrowing a bought and paid for CD, vs. downloading or ripping the files on to your computer. Back to the original comparision -- can you do that (easily) with a book? Your response (and Rooster's to a certain extent) implies that spending X amount of dollars entitles you to Y amount of free music. Again, there are certainly grey areas, but this troubles me. For instance, unless you can say directly to Jim, Joe, and Randy: "Hey guys, I copied your CD, but that's OK because I've already spent $100 this month", then what makes it acceptable to make a copy of something else? Just curious.

Debian "Testing" (etch) -- email client is Evolution w/spam assassin.

Yes, and this is a good example of the real problem: a person in authority (you) has implicitly told your students that it is OK to do this. The students shouldn’t have to buy copies, but the school district sure as hell should. Or maybe if the school district is poor, it can just copy it now and pay for it later when they have the money? It seems to me that the problem in general has progressively become worse over the last 20 years. And it will continue to get worse unless we all stop kidding ourselves by rationalizing this type of behavior.

Of course not! Are people with money the only ones allowed to read great literature? Libraries, friends, family, used bookstores, .... Treat music like a book: lending it out is fine, copying it is not. Downloading it is not, unless the artist has been compensated. Should musicians be treated any differently than writers? Just because technology has made it possible doesn't make it right.

I fail to see how financial status has anything to do with this. Seems like a very slippery slope -- at what point is one obligated to purchase? Very weak rationalization, in my opinion. If it's wrong when you have money, it's still wrong when you don't.

Has anybody read that book? I'll fess up -- my wife enjoyed it, and I was encouraged (coerced?) into reading it when she finished. It was a good read, but very far-fetched in many places. I really don't understand how anybody could have read it as the absolute, unmodified truth, even BEFORE the Smoking Gun expose. My bullshit detector went off many times, especially the trip to the dentist for a root canal with no Novocain. Watching Frey squirm has been enjoyable, as his big claim of being "brutually honest" goes up in flames. As much as I don’t care for Oprah (or her book club), she did the right thing here, for the right reasons. I don’t think she did that show *only* to save her own ass and salvage her reputation – but I do believe she has some sense of the enormous power she wields, and how it affects people who unquestionably believe she “walks on water”. Or maybe not…

Definitely! In addition to the nice writeup, It is also extremely cool that there are a few MP3 samples from the AEC box set posted there as well. (I'm glad I already have my copy, as I wouldn't be surprised if the remaining sets go quick!)

More info on the "Limited Edition Director's Cut" here.

Yes -- I should have made that clear -- I was (happily) surprised by the number of new albums that have showed up there during the last few years; however, the downloads I mentioned are things that just weren't on my radar two years ago. The combination of all the new music available and a whole bunch of new things on my "want-list" finally pushed me in to joining again. It's nice that all of my old downloads still show up on my account -- I can download them again (without charge) if I wanted to.

Happy Birthday, Mike!

I just signed up again, after not being a member for almost two years. I couldn't believe all the new additions since then! Today's downloads: Mal Waldron - The Quest (w/Eric Dolphy and Booker Ervin) Cecil Taylor - Looking Ahead Steve Lacy - Reflections Steve Lacy - Evidence Joe Henderson - Tetragon A fellow board member was kind enough to play Evidence and The Quest for me the other day -- outstanding! Double bonus: both available for download on EMusic!

I saw her earlier this year, with Geoff Keezer, on Marcello's high recommendation. Terrific show! Has anyone heard At Sea? This includes "Tea and WaterColors", a wonderful composition they played live.

I had (factory-installed) XM free, for three months, in my Honda I purchased this summer. In the end, I also didn't want another monthly bill ($13, IIRC), so I just cancelled it. The Jazz station(s) on XM were far too conservative for my tastes, and although it was nice to have Air America, I can live without that as well. I ended up buying an iPod adapter that plugs right into the factory radio, and that has been wonderful. The iPod's even better now that I figured out how to download David's Night Lights program.

I had that same problem where the PC just stopped recognizing the iPod. I don't use iTunes normally (I have a Winamp plug-in that works well), but when the problem happened, neither program would see it. I finally had to format the entire thing (with the iPod updater), and reload all the songs. It's been fine ever since. And spinlps, those brand new 60GB video ipods look mighty nice...

Well, I dig Autumn Leaves, fucking or not! The chord changes are so cool -- from a theoretical point-of-view, anyway. I was going to add "Sweet and Lovely" to the list of overdone standards, but then I went back and played every version of that song I have in my collection: I think it was the Cecil Taylor version that made me change my mind, or maybe it was Monk, or ...

WORD!!

Is the inclusion of Cecil Taylor really considered to be a "surprise"? If so, why? I'm just curious -- I was listening to "Conquistador" recently, and it hit me like a ton of bricks. Although I've had it for quite some time, it took awhile to really "get" it. In retrospect, I'm glad that this title was included in the less expensive (and presumably more widely marketed and distributed) RVG series. My nominations for the next RVG releases: Unit Structures, and Andrew Hill - Compulsion.

Plenty of snow around here! I'm going to go out to the state park in the next day or two and see how the trails look. The lake effect snow keeps coming...

At least he still has his job as Tony Soprano's uncle!

Time to bust out the cross country skis! (...and the snowblower )

up -- great photos, great charities! Where was the photo of Grimes/Anderson taken? I'm still astounded by the great shots you get, and without a flash -- yes? The b&w images are my favorites.