Uncle Skid

Who cares?? I watched the first two episodes of this new season, and I can't take it anymore. Horrible writing, annoying characters, and ridiculous plot lines. Whatever magic this show had initially is long gone.

Holy crap, Chuck! In your nice, quiet neighboorhood in Whitehall!?!? Glad to hear things are calming down. If there's anything I can do, let me know.

As much as I love this board, I'm always scared to read anything that has "Last Chance" or "Running Low" in the title. J.J.'s been on my want list for a long time, so that's a no brainer. Looks like I have at least a few weeks before that one gets real low.... I hope. The O'Day is one I never really considered, but after reading all of the accolades, it certainly looks like something I would enjoy. Plus, vocal jazz has the added benefit of being something that is tolerated on the car stereo on long trips, so anything that reduces the amount of Dave Matthews, Coldplay, or John Mayer that I have to listen to is definitely a GOOD THING! A quick search indicates that 8 of the 18 albums included in the Mosaic are readily available, for reasonable prices. Another 4 are available as (expensive) Japanese imports. As Clunky already asked, "who needs nine discs of O'Day??!!!". Would buying a few of the single CD releases be a good introduction to her, or are the import/OOP sessions essential as well?

My cat digs Ornette, but doesn't care for Coltrane's Ascension. That's the only CD I've played that caused her to get up and leave. Or maybe she was just hungry...

I was just looking at those yesterday, mostly out of curiousity (fully paid-off cars are a wonderful thing, it would suck to have car payments again! ). Sticker price ranged from around $28k up to about $36k. Gas mileage isn't horrible; somewhere around 26 highway, depending on the engine. Very cool!

Great Evening! Thanks for putting it all together, Chuck. Chris - it was great meeting you and Catrina! I hope everything goes well on the rest of your trip -- and that you can get all of your CDs out of storage real soon!!

Happy Birthdayissimo!

Glad to hear that Seagate is working out for you, Big Wheel. The one I bought has been working great, but now the laptop has other (non-hard drive related) problems. I've had many Western Digital drives over the years, all the way back to a 40MB (!) that I bought in 1990. None of them ever crashed, so I guess I've been lucky. My "backup" hard drive is a Maxtor 250GB, and my only complaint is that it seems much louder than the Seagate in my desktop. I ended up putting it in an external USB case, so the noise isn't an issue any more.

Clifford Brown - Clifford Clifford Brown & Max Roach Roy Haynes - We Three Roy Haynes - Out Of The Afternoon Wayne Shorter - Etcetera

Yes, that Yahoo thing does suck. They (The Gourds) used to make it much easier to download that song a few years ago. Here's a sample from EMusic.

That's almost as funny as The Gourds cover of Snoop's Gin and Juice.

Wow! I guess those of us in West Michigan are lucky as hell to have Lazaro and Blue Lake Public radio! Highlights from the June 2005 Listener Program Guide: Anthony Braxton, woodwinds/bandleader Grachan Moncur III, trombone Tal Farlow, guitar Bill Watrous, trombone Lucky Thompson, tenor/soprano saxophone Eric Dolphy, woodwinds

Anybody know where to find a reasonably priced new or used copy of Brownie: Complete Emarcy Recordings? I've been completely obsessed with Study in Brown lately, and the box set seems like the next logical step. I was hoping that Yourmusic.com might have it, but no luck. Alldirect has it for $112, with free shipping. Thanks!

Communication. This is what attracted me to jazz originally, and I'm still continually amazed by musicians who really listen to each other, and "converse" musically.

Oh yeah?? We had Japanese for dinner, and also got to see Cedar Walton! My wife, son, daughter and I all went to Chicago for the day -- checked out the Shedd Aquarium, went to the Jazz Showcase, and ate some teriffic sushi. Didn't get to the Jazz Record Mart before they closed for the day, but that's OK as that surely saved me some $$$!

I'm really glad I ordered my copy before it went OOP. I've been listening to it quite a bit in the last few weeks, and it just keeps getting better and better. Disc #4 ("The Cat Walk" and "Royal Flush") is my current favorite.

My 14-year old son and I recently rented a few of the old Beavis and Butthead videos. His mother wasn't amused, but we were laughing our asses off! A great father-son bonding experience!

Didja get the memo -- free pizza shooters and extreme fajitas, too!!

Andrew Hill 63-66, the Compulsion!!!!! session.

Thanks for posting those, Mark. I always look forward to seeing your photographs, but they always make me regret not making the road trip to Chicago! Maybe next Sunday -- Cedar Walton!

Happy Birthday, Kevin!

Slightly off-topic, but I'm fascinated by how quickly prices go up on EBay for recently OOP Mosaics. I can understand those that have been gone for a long time (Hill, Young, etc), but paying a premium for something that went OOP only months earlier? Did people suddenly become huge Morgan/Shorter or Chambers/Kelly fans, or is it just speculation that prices will rise even more in the future? People paying full-price (or more!) for still-in-print Mosaics and Selects makes me wonder if they just aren't aware that they can be purchased direct. I agree with wesbed's point that Mosaic is really under no obligation to make sure long-term customers get any special treatment, but it sure is nice that they appear to be trying!

Good question, Ron! I was wondering how they knew as well.