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It's not music, it's product! Let's see Janet Jackson, Madonna, & Britney Spears onstage with nothing but a piano...

Out of the three hot guitarslingers to come out of the Yardbirds(Clapton, Beck & Page), IMHO Beck has done the most musically. While Page is counting his money and digging out old Led Zep tapes, and Clapton is still trying to do something of substance(IMHO, the last one was 'Layla', and even that had a lot to do with Duane Allman), Beck is still smokin'. His latest live disc ROCKS extra hard, with Beck showing that he hasn't lost his fastball or his way with a riff.

I remember them described as 'One guy with talent and three without'...

I had my first jazz & rock at the same concert! August 1970, Fillmore East to see Santana- the opening act was Rahsaan Roland Kirk. I was completely clueless as to what Kirk was doing, but within three years I loved what he did and went to see him at the Village Vanguard and enjoyed it immensely.

Especially if they can show it swirling down(Clockwise in Australia)!

I will actually have to stop buying discs soon- I'm due to get laid off, and whatever I wind up in will mean a large pay cut. The cd budget will be the first to go, unfortunately. I was thinking, though, what if I give up eating? Wouldn't that save me enough money to STILL buy cds... Spoken like a true addict, right?

All Jazz Corner needs now is people who post about jazz!

I was looking around at JC today, and look what I discovered! http://www.jazzcorner.com/speakeasyframe.html It's our man Sangrey quoted on another board. It's time to publish millions of copies of 'Quotations of Chairman Sangrey' and insist that everyone memorize it!(Boring jacket optional)

I ordered three discs- each disc was 1500 yen, and the total was $48.93. The shipping was about $8, which is very reasonable for Japan to Brooklyn, NY. I sent him an email with a list of what I was interested in and asked for a quote for the total. He replied quickly and gave me the option of paying in yen or dollars. He must have put it in the mail about 10 minutes after I paid him.

Count me as one impressed by Hiroshi's service. I ordered some discs from his place on 3/24, and they were in my mailbox TODAY! That's amazing. He takes Paypal and let me pay in US$(No getting shafted on the exchange rate.). I praise him and his operation highly- they deserve it.

I don't think we've seen the last of Feech- something tells me he will figure a way to harass Tony from the can, or figure a way out to really wreak havoc. Figure to see a lot of whacking resulting from the Johnny Sack/Carmine Jr dispute.

GOOD LUCK CONN!

Peter, What are you on trial for?

So the 'Passion' scorecard is now 2 dead, one convicted?

Saturday- Wake up late(for me), like 7:30, make breakfast(bacon & eggs), figure out what dinner is and get what's needed for that, pick up my son's friend and bring him over for the day, make lunch for them, squeeze in a little listening(Mosaic sets-New Orleans & Mulligan), take the grill out of the shed(It's spring!) and maybe make a BBQ dinner(possibly by flashlight!), catch some B-ball on the tube, listen some more Sunday- make breakfast, get the Sunday papers, listen to tunes,play handball all afternoon with the guys, make dinner, watch the Sopranos, ... My exciting life!

It looks to be available here: http://www.jandr.com/JRProductPage.process...duct_Id=3899638

Yanni is my nomination. I saw him one night on PBS in between interminable 'begging breaks', aka pledge drives, and his music is a morass of pretentious noodling that masquerades as something profound. yes, he looks serious when he plays it, but so do many others lacking in talent.

Is this the ultimate in 'reality television'? "Hey honey, come quick, let's look up Al Roker's butt!"

UA, I work in lower Manhattan and pass by Ground Zero frequently. If you want to see an enormous hole in the ground, it's great, but it really is just another construction site right now. If you want to go there and contemplate the utter senselesness of the attack or mourn for the lost ones, maybe that's worthwhile. If you go to J&R, it's two blocks away. If your girlfriend likes shopping, you can go to J&R and she can go to Century 21, which draws discount fiends from all over the world. Last week, I was walkinh around at lunchtime and I saw some Italian folks hunched over a map, so I asked if there was something they were looking for. In broken English, "Century 21"! They thanked me profusely when I walked them over there. (Contrary to reputation, many New Yorkers are helpful!) I went to the Empire State building last year, and it's quite a blast on a nice day. The view from the observation deck is fantastic, and there's a ride on the second(?) floor that is very nice. You might also want to take a Circle Line cruise around Manhattan- it takes three hours and you get to see many landmarks and get a neat history lesson from the narrator. On a mild, sunny day it's very relaxing. Their pier is located about three or four blocks from the Broadway theaters, and is right by the Intrepid Air/Space Museum. I also went to that and it was quite a lot of fun, you can climb into planes, etc. Here's links: http://www.circleline.com/ http://www.intrepidmuseum.org/

UA, If you want museums, you can go to 'Museum Mile', on 5th avenue from about 73rd Street to about 90th Street. You can visit the Metropolitan, the Whitney, Guggenheim, etc, all on the same side of 5th Avenue, with Central Park across the street.

UA, Check out this link for theatre tix on the cheap(Keep in mind that these folks don't have every show, but if you're not fixated onone show it's a great deal): http://www.tdf.org/index_default.html I would rcommend going to the downtown location if possible- the lines are much smaller, so you'll spend less time waiting.The downtown location is about 7 or 8 blocks away from J&R, so you can combine the two and make both of you happy! Near Times Square is Virgil's BBQ, a very good BBQ restaurant that is not very expensive. If you like pizza, John's on Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village is fantastic, but they sell only pies and they open around 4:30 P.M.I've eaten there and the pizza is top-notch, thin crust perfection. Lombardi's in Soho is also highly regarded. There are restaurants for almost every cuisine you can think of- can you post what your favorites are, or what you're interested in trying? Make sure you and your girlfriend are wearing comfortable shoes- while heels may look good, after walking awhile they're probably pretty painful. You will walk quite a bit. Get a hold of a subway map, and when you get to NYC buy one-day unlimited Metrocards(available at the vending machines only in the subway stations) for the cheapest way(&usually fastest) to get around. If there's any info I can help provide, feel free to ask. I'm a native.

Here's agreat 'Sangreyism': If you were blindfolded and otherwise cut off from your senses, would you be able to tell who was sucking your dick? If you could be certain that you would never, EVER find out, would you even care? If it takes you less than one second to answer that last question negatively, you're probably not a Miles fan, and if you can ever answer it 1000% definitively one way ior the other without actually knowing from experience, you're DEFINITELY not a Miles fan. But if you have to admit to yourself that you just don't know... This ain't all about anonymous dick sucking. It's not even a little about anonymous dick sucking. It's not AT ALL about anonymous dick sucking. But it made you think, didn't it. Think about that. You all think about that.

And your avatar is eminently watchable!

On AAJ, someone mentioned a series of Buddy Guy live gigs from January. I went to the webiste and ordered one, they're each $20 for two discs + shipping. I have now seen three different sets go on Ebay for over $40! New for $20 or used for $40+. Ah, the stupidity...