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Last night was Caesar salad, with a dressing from a newspaper recipe(excellent!!!) and some marinated chicken cutlets on the grill(marinade of parsley, lemon juice, garlic, olive oil, salt, cayenne pepper & black pepper). Tonight was burgers and a tomato salad.

I put my five star review on CD Baby- this disc deserves it! Excellent effort, guys- you hit a good one here.

GREAT PIX! Thanks a lot for posting them- they're excellent.

I haven't been online in about a week, so i just saw this. My condolences to you and your family. My mother went through an 18 month battle with cancer before she passed, and I thought the same thing as you did- she's not suffering anymore. Take good care of your dad.

I caught the Rebirth Brass Band on 7/19 at their regular gig, the Maple Leaf in N'awlins. The set started around 11:00 P.M. and the place was packed(had to be about 250 people there) wall to wall and front to back. Rebirth blew the roof off that sucker! They wre funky but also displayed some serious chops and some great solos by the various horns(2 saxes, 2 trumpets, 2 bones, 1 sousaphone). As complex as they got with the horn interplay, they still had some ass-shakin' groove going also. The crowd was mostly people in their twenties, one of the most encouraging signs I've seen in quite awhile. Maybe they won't all turn out to be jazz fans, but they packed the place and dug the groove and were at least exposed to some great music. If in N'awlins, check these guys out on Tuesdays at the Maple Leaf- great gig!!!

Jerk chicken cutlets on the grill(FIERY!!!) and some frozen spinach nuked.

With the obesity epidemic is that a big band?

The only one I can take anymore is 'Shut Up & Play Your Guitar'- no goofing around or attempts at juvenille humor. What i find so frustrating about Zappa is that he'd have this great tune going and then ruin it with the comedy stuff. To my ears it sucked the life out of his music and diminished it greatly. That's my $0.02

My thoughts go out to all the people in London- it was a barbaric act of cowardice. I work for a large international bank and I talk many times a day with the folks in London. I was relieved to find out that they were all OK- their office is right near one of the affected tube stations.

Clandy44, Please don't be upset by the reaction and discussion that followed. When you post an article you never know what way the discussion will go. I posted an article once and the discussion went in a completely different direction that what I thought would happen. That's just the way it goes sometimes. I appreciate you posting the article because I wouldn't have seen it otherwise.

I used to be a member of WBGO, and then they stopped being a full jazz station and then became another arm of the Grouch/Marsalis school of jazz as a museum piece. They also lost me as a member, and now the only time I listen is when they have R'n'B oldies on Saturday morning. At least WKCR(bless their souls) is still around to play the full spectrum of jazz.

That's exactly it, ScottB. Antibalas was smokin', and between sets I wondered if Soulive could come up to that level of groove, but they did hit 11! It was a great scene, thousands of people in a park dancing and groovin' to the music, including many that were new to the music.

I was at that concert- it was recorded at City Center in NYC. Great concert.

Best wishes, Chris

On June 24 I saw Antibalas & Soulive at Prospect Park in Brooklyn for a $3 donation. Antibalas laid down some serious grooves and a lot of left-wing commentary and the park jumpin'. Soulive followed and somehow got the groove up a level! Fantastic concert, thousands dancing, deep groove, music of substance, Great time had by yours truly.

A friend of mine is a Met fan and always calls him Kenny F-----in' Rogers after he walked in the winning run against the Braves one year and knocked the Mets out of the playoffs.

I picked up a McCoy Tyner disc('Solar') at a closeout/discount joint called Oddjob that mostly sold cheap tools and discontinued merchandise, cheap napkins, etc. I paid $2!

Maybe the place you saw was on 8Th St. & 6th Ave. Great dogs!

Yesterday was sausage & peppers, today was marinated chicken cutlets(Stubb's- highly recommended for marinades and bbq sauce) & grilled zucchini & red pepper.

Thank you so much for the bithday wishes- and to everyone else, when the time comes, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!!!! You're all a great gang of folks to hang out in cyberspace(or even in real life!)

Principle vs. principal- the principal principal understood the principle- why don't magazines, newspapers, etc. get that right.

Maybe you're thinking of Volleyball?(net, much larger ball)

SS1, You're in for hours and hours of good tunes- I have the box, and as Jim S. said, the music on there is golden. You got a great deal for that price. Enjoy it!

Saturday was one of my favorites, Thai Beef Salad. Tonight was chicken cutlets on the grill with some Stubbs basting sauce and some spinach sauteed in olive oil with a heapin' helpin' of garlic.

They are the nerd scientists.