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With the way that prices have spiked and continue to fluctuate, it would be economic suicide for a company to offer anything like a long-term contract at a fixed price. I have oil heat, and my oil company barely avoided bankruptcy because they sold fixed rate contracts to customers and then oil prices increased dramatically. In this economic climate there's really nothing you can do but put another sweater on!

I'm not a musician nor have I ever studied music, but Cecil Taylor is squarely in the tradition to my ears. Yes, he goes 'out', but he's definitley extendeing the tradition to my ears. It's also worth noting that Jimmy Lyons has been considered as an update of Bird, Bird for the avant-garde. It's a shame that an ignorant fool like Grouch is all over the place trying to sell his homogenized version of the music- he does this great music a massive disservice and his activities lead more and more to museum music that is frozen in amber like an ancient insect.

Happy Birthday, Noj

Congrats, FFA- proof that sometimes good things actually happen to good people! Best of luck.

HELLO ALL, NO, THIS IS NOT CHEWY/ARIC BUT I'M USING CAPS TO SCREAM THE MESSAGE THAT OUR DEAR BOARD MASTER NEEDS SOME COIN TO KEEP THIS PLACE RUNNING. MANY OF US BUY PLENTY OF CDS, VINYL, DOWNLOADS, ETC. SKIP A DISC, ALBUM, ETC FOR ONCE AND INSTEAD DONATE TO OUR BOARD AND KEEP IT RUNNING- WE ALL ENJOY OUR TIME HERE, SO LET'S DO THE RIGHT THING. THANKS IN ADVANCE TO ALL KIND SOULS.

Glad to hear you are doing well Danielle- good news is always good to hear. For Rachel, Lonson, Shawn, I wish you the very best and hope that things work out for all of you and your loved ones.

I just sent something- if a bunch of us forego one cd, that's a nice piece of change! GIVE!!!!

Great idea! Can already hear James Brown singing 'I Feel Good!' ...and 'Sex Machine'

Hello Donald, Is 'Metamusicians Stomp' & 'The Navigator' by Andrew Cyrille still available? If so, please let me know- I'll take them. Thank you.

That was HILARIOUS!!! Thanks for posting that. I work in an office so I can really relate to this.

WOW! Great album cover!

This Stern guy has been the last person to see both her and her son alive, and he stands to inherit whatever she has. Depending on litigation that could be a big bundle.

IIRC, his actual name is Jean-Baptiste Jacquet.

There's also another one they did called "The Hated Music"

Watch out for that gay Indian music- how does Ravi Shankar get on the list? Too many gay notes? What about Norah Jones?!!!

If you like Hank Jones, try some of his work with the Great Jazz Trio(Ron Carter, Tony Williams mostly).

I'm not a big Neil Young fan, but I bought this disc after hearing many good things about it. It is excellent, strong playing and a tight band. One of the guys in the band died a few months after the gig and this disc show how much he contributed to the band. Highly recommended

Happy Birthday Patricia, anyplace improves when you arrive. All the best!

Happy Birthday to a cool fraction/time signature! Play something very weird, very funky, or both!

Happy Birthday AB, you're a cool cat!

hello Danielle, Welcome to the weird world here. Do you like My Chemical Romance, Plus44, Hawthorne Heights? My son is 14 and he likes those groups.

Lester Bowie and Brass Fantasy did a cool cover of 'I Got You"- the disc is on DIW.

Then I'm gonna get me some. -_- And a bottle of Kansas City wine?

I've listened to three discs of this set, and picking 10 cuts is close to impossible! It's a great set.

Good score! Enjoy the goodies