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R.I.P. Johnny Podres http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news_updat...dies_at_75.html Four decades later, he was manager Jim Fregosi's pitching coach when the 1993 Phillies won their unlikely NL pennant. His ace was Schilling, who had come to Philadelphia the year before as reliever uncertain of both his stuff and his future. Schilling, who became an ardent disciple of Mr. Podres and his low-key but hyper-positive style, loved to tell the story of how that transformation began during their first meeting. "I was coming from a bad situation in Houston," Schilling recalled in a 1995 interview. "The stadium was empty that day, and it was raining as we walked down to the bullpen. He asked to see my fastball, so I showed him a two-seamer, which is what I threw then." "What the hell was that?" Podres barked. "A fastball," Schilling said. "That ain't no [expletive] fastball. That's a [expletive] sinker," replied the pitching coach, spitting out the final word. Podres lunged for the ball, grabbed it across four seams, displayed the grip to Schilling, and handed the ball back. What followed was a fastball - and a career - that rose. "Now that," said Podres, pacing, puffing, pleased, "is a [expletive] big-league fastball." Yesterday, Schilling noted Mr. Podres' passing on his blog, 38 Pitches. "Outside of the Lord, my wife and my father, there was no person who impacted my life more than Johnny Podres," Schilling, now a staple with the world-champion Boston Red Sox, wrote. "He asked everything of me and always got everything I had. He made me realize the only limits in my life were self-imposed."

I wasn't surprised the Cowboys lost but I changed the channel immediately after seeing Jerry Jones sitting dumbfounded down on the field. What did I miss?? Was TO really crying?? Maybe I need to watch Sports Center this morning?? :bwallace2: "This wasn't about Tony. You can talk about him, you can talk about the vacation, but it's unfair. That's my teammate. That's my quarterback."

Dang. I wish I could've made it down for the hang.

More here... http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/ar...ENT01/801080375 I'll have to dig out my Bear Family box to be sure but, wasn't he the guy who also suggested that the Louvin Brothers drop the mandolin and go in a pop direction, a la the Everly Brothers??

I think they are on winter break right now. EDIT: Nope. http://www.curtis.edu/html/50110.shtml

I'm guessing Mickey Roker.

Friday, 11 January 2008 Grant Stewart/Larry McKenna Organ Quartet — Chris' Jazz Cafe, 1421 Sansom St, Philadelphia Jan 11 (Fri) — 8 & 10 pm — $12 Jonathan Barnes Quartet — Chris' Jazz Cafe, 1421 Sansom St, Philadelphia Jan 11 (Fri) — 11:30 pm - 2 am — $8 Saturday, 12 January 2008 Steve Lehman Quintet — CD release for: On Meaning (Pi Recordings hear sound samples) — Jonathan Finlayson (trumpet), Steve Lehman (alto saxophone), Chris Dingman (vibraphone), Matt Brewer (bass), Tyshawn Sorey (drums) — International House, 3701 Chestnut St, Philadelphia Jan 12 (Sat) — 8 pm — $12 The Antfarm Quartet — CD release for "Dialogues Pt. 2" — Paul Jost/Vocal and Harmonica Jim Ridl/Piano Tim Lekan/Bass Bob Shomo/Drums, — Chris' Jazz Cafe, 1421 Sansom St, Philadelphia Jan 12 (Sat) — 8 & 10 pm — $15 Three Way Street — Chris' Jazz Cafe, 1421 Sansom St, Philadelphia Jan 12 (Sat) — 11:30 pm - 2 am — $8 Richie Havens Saturday 1/12/2008 7:30 pm EST World Cafe Live Philadelphia, PA Floor/Loge: $28 + $5 processing fee Philadelphia Orchestra: Bernstein Festival: West Side Story http://www.kimmelcenter.org/cgi-bin/displa...2;event_id=2470

I'm gonna try to make it. Game time decision.

Word! (psst Guy - the SF Bay is in California not Carolina )

Yeah, I would like to know too. I'm thinking of going to see him in March. Love Husker Du. They were my faves for about two years in the mid 80's. I saw them perform twice in 1985 & 1986. They were incredible live. The albums, while definitely great, do not fully convey the power of their live performance. It's funny that I just found this thread because I got back into vinyl this past year and last weekend I reached for Zen Arcade. I hadn't listened to it in probably 15 years. HOLY CRAP the music on this album just shreds! Quick story. The first time I saw them in '85 a friend got me backstage. There were a bunch of hipsters hanging out in this big room waiting for the band to come in. Finally Grant Hart comes in and this guy hands him a copy of Zen Arcade and asks if he would sign it. Grant said something like,"I don't do autographs but I do like to smoke pot," and whipped out a bag of weed and started using the kid's album to clean his weed.

2007 - quick round up. 01/12 - David S. Ware Unit – (David S. Ware, tenor saxophone, Mat Maneri, violin/viola, Keith Witty, double-bass, Whit Dickey, drums)- I had a hard time getting into the music at this show. Possibly because I arrived about 10 minutes after it started. Ware looked to be uninterested in what was happening on stage most of the night. 01/19 - Organissimo - At the great staircase in The Philadelphia Museum of Art. Awesome place to see a show and the boys were great. Got to hang w/ Ron S. and Felser. 02/10 - Rova Orchestra (Bruce Ackley, soprano saxophone, Steve Adams, alto saxophone, Larry Ochs, tenor saxophone, Jon Raskin, baritone saxophone and Nels Cline, el. Guitar, Jenny Scheinman, violin, Carla Kihlstedt, violin/efx, Andrea Parkins, el. accordion/laptop electronics, Marina Rosenfeld, turntables + dub plates, Trevor Dunn, el. Bass, Andrew Cyrille, drums) - This was crazy! They did an electric version of Ascension in its entirety. 02/14 - Espers / Daniel Higgs - Great double bill. Up and coming Philly folk band(think early Fairport) and the lead singer of Lungfish who played electric banjo. The show was at the ICA in Philly in the main gallery. 03/01 - Bobby Zankel and the Wonderful Warriors of Sound - Local big band lead by Bobby Z. - long time Cecil Taylor sideman 03/26 - Instant Composers Pool (Misha Mengelberg, piano,Michael Moore, saxophone/clarinet, Ab Baars, saxophone/clarinet, Tobias Delius, tenor saxophone, Wolter Wierbos, trombone, Thomas Heberer, trumpet, Mary Oliver, violin/viola, Tristan Honsinger, cello, Ernst Glerum, bass Han Bennink, drums) - This was fun. A little loose but I think it was the first or 2nd show of their tour. Free show. 04/14 - VOLTAGE SPOOKS (keith rowe / rick reed / michael haleta) - I wanted to stand up and shout,"THE EMPEROR HAS NO CLOTHES!" and walk out. Pissed that I blew off Peter Brontzmann to see this. Keith Rowe I liked but the other two guys, especially the kid w/ the lap top, were unbearable. 04/19 - Kronos Quartet - Great show. They performed an all Terry Riley program of music that he had wrote for a NASA project. 04/20 - Horns of Hathor Horns of Hathor: Pauline Oliveros, electronics/accordian Ione, voice and Roscoe Mitchell, reeds Samir Chatterjee, tabla - I had very high hopes for this show. Unfortunately, PA malfunctions and Ione wailing incessantly made it impossible to enjoy the music. 05/19 - David Torn's Prezens with David Torn, el. guitar/live sampling Tim Berne, alto saxophone Michael Formanek, bass Craig Taborn, Fender Rhodes Tom Rainey, drums - I saw Edgar Bateman at the show and got my friend who was working the door to let him in for free. I see him all over town. Never leaves the house w/out a suit and tie. Old School. 06/01 - Rudresh Mahanthappa Quartet performs "Codebook" Rudresh Mahanthappa, alto saxophone Vijay Iyer, piano François Moutin, double-bass Dan Weiss, drums + F.A.B. Trio with Billy Bang, violin Joe Fonda, double-bass Barry Altschul, drums - Rudresh was great. I can't believe he doesn't have a higher profile. Billy Bang was a no show so Joe Fonda did a 15 minute solo set followed by Barry who did a short solo set. Afterwards they did a duo improv for about 20 minutes. Amazing. 06/07 - Bobby Zankel 06/15 - Lotte Anker Trio with Lotte Anker, saxophones Craig Taborn, keyboards Gerald Cleaver, drums + Burrell/Howard Duo with Dave Burrell, piano Noah Howard, alto saxophone - First time Noah had ever played Philly. And one of the only times he seen Dave since the 60's. Not as great as it could have been - Burrell sounded a little tentative - most unlike him. 06/16 - In The Country with Morten Qvenild, piano Roger Arntzen, double-bass Pål Hausken, drums + Howard/Ali Duo with Noah Howard, alto saxophone Muhammad Ali, drums - This was pretty good. Muhammad was a little rusty at first. After the show I spoke with him and told how much I enjoyed his playing. He gave me a hug. Noah was on fire both nights though both of his shows were short - maybe 30 minutes long. 06/29 - Valentine Trio with Fred Lonberg-Holm, cello Jason Roebke, double-bass Frank Rosaly, drums + Louis Tebugo Moholo-Moholo and Marshall Allen, saxophone - Marshall and Louis Moholo. They did a great set and brought the opening act(Valentine Trio) out for an extended encore improv. 08/02 - Bobby Zankel - Saw 85 year young Butch Ballard sitting at the bar. Bought him a drink. He told me that he played w/ Fats Waller right down the street from the bar we were in. That was in 1940. 08/22 - Man Man - Local Philly indie rockers. Soon to be huge. Just signed to ANTI records. The label of Tom Waits and the new Radiohead album. Free show. 09/06 - Matthew Shipp Trio - Matthew Shipp, piano Joe Morris, double-bass Whit Dickey, drums - Eh. 09/29 - Animal Collective - The kids love these guys. 09/30 - Thurston Moore - One of the highlights of the year for me. Think Sonic Youth Unplugged. 10/02 - Boris(with Michio Kurihara) / Damon and Naomi with Michio Kurihara / Fursaxa - Michio Kurihara is an amazing guitar player. Fursaxa is another one of the stars of the local Philly "Weird Folk" scene. Great. 10/06 - Crispell / Helias / Cyrille Trio with Marilyn Crispell, piano Mark Helias, double-bass Andrew Cyrille, drums + Lytton / Wooley Duo with Paul Lytton, percussion Nate Wooley, trumpet - Loved Paul Lytton. I saw this show w/ a friend of mine, a drummer. He loved Crispell and thought Cyrille was too "over the top". I had the opposite reaction. Crispell's music/playing is just too pretty for me. Cyrille's playing/songs saved the show from being a snooze fest. 10/14 - Kidd Jordan Trio with Kidd Jordan, saxophones Joel Futterman, piano/saxophone/Indian flute Alvin Fielder, drums/percussion - Jordan definitely treads the fine line between out/in. I would like to to see him again w/ a different band. 10/22 - Burton Greene Trio with Burton Greene, piano Ed Schuller, double-bass George Schuller, drums - Burton Greene was great. I got to talk w/ him afterwards for about 20 minutes. Lovely guy. Free show. 10/25 - Damo Suzuki backed by Bardo Pond - The ex-Can lead singer backed by Philly psychedelic improvers. Apparently the first time Suzuki/Bardo Pond met was on stage. Thank God I remembered my ear plugs! 11/05 - TEST - DANIEL CARTER, alto + tenor sax/trumpet/flute/clarinet, SABIR MATEEN, alto + tenor sax/flute/clarinet, MATTHEW HEYNER, double-bass, TOM BRUNO, drums - This was insanely great. Free Show. 11/12 - Frode Haltli Quartet with Frode Haltli, accordion Darryl Harper, clarinet Nils Oekland, viola/Hardanger fiddle Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje, voice - I went to this show based solely on a cover story I read on Maja Ratkje in Wire magazine. The Quartet was great. Maja brought her 2 month old baby to the show. She would dash out between songs to check on her. Beautiful voice - I can see why the Wire people devoted a cover to her. Free.

Until I read this post I had totally forgot about being dragged to a Duran Duran show in 1987 by my girlfriend. Thanks for the memories.

Wow. I was just listening to this album and just realized it was produced by Joel Dorn. This album has to be one of most sampled albums ever released.

Picked up "The Legend of Ai Glatson" by Leroy Jenkins and "Rainbow Warrior" by Billy Bang for $14. Look/sound as if they were never played.

http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment...p_classics.html Old-school drummer shares laughs, post-bebop classics By David R. Adler For The Inquirer You can't accuse Mickey Roker of taking himself too seriously. At Ortlieb's Jazzhaus on Saturday night, the septuagenarian drummer shared laughs with the front-table customers and waitstaff. Bassist Mike Boone introduced the band, and when he got to Roker, the drummer began to boo himself. If Roker is the "dean" of Ortlieb's, as it is said, then Boone is the club's provost, one of the many talents Roker has groomed over the years. With Sid Simmons on piano and special guest Joe Ford on alto and soprano saxophones, they set out to explore classics of the post-bebop canon. Born in Miami in 1932, Granville "Mickey" Roker came to Philadelphia at a young age and went on to become one of the city's jazz ambassadors, a valued sideman to the best in the music. Many great recordings bear his name, including Sonny Rollins on Impulse!, Herbie Hancock's Speak Like a Child, Dizzy Gillespie's Dizzy's Big 4, and more recently, Rev.elation by Joe Locke's Milt Jackson Tribute Band. When he's not backing distinguished visitors (like Von Freeman at the Kimmel Center in 2005), Roker flies under the radar in Northern Liberties, sticking to his old-school guns. On Saturday, the quartet picked songs as they went, and the familiar menu suggested little if any preparation time with Ford. No matter; the group found its stride, and Roker pushed the music forward with sportive determination. The show opened at a moderate pace with the Johnny Burke Jimmy Van Heusen staple "It Could Happen to You," and continued with Joe Henderson's Latin-tinged "Recordame." Ford, a longtime associate of McCoy Tyner, rendered melodies with a casual flair and offered densely packed solos. His soprano on Jerome Kern's "All the Things You Are" and Freddie Hubbard's "Up Jumped Spring" was especially lucid. Frank Foster's "Simone," in a brisk 3/4 tempo, brought forth Simmons' most inspired statement, even if the out-of-tune piano did him a disservice. It was the fast-swinging blues "Tenor Madness" that stretched the music to its limit. Roker thrashed at the kit as he traded solo choruses with Simmons and Ford. "I'm too old to play that hard!" he exclaimed afterward. Evidently not.

Roswell Rudd/Steve Lacy/Han Bennink/Kent Carter - Regeneration Muhal Richard Abrams & Malachi Favors - Sightsong Both covers are NM and the vinyl looks unplayed. I got 'em for $12 total!

Have you tried running disk clean up and defrag??? Both of these tasks should be done weekly. Also, if you can increase your RAM I would get the maximum amount for your computer. RAM is very cheap right now.

Best wishes for a happier 2008.

Have you read this? http://kleene.ss.uci.edu/~rmay/Bluenote.html In a Liberty pressing I think ! My copy has the Bluenote label with Division of United Artist in the spot where Liberty is usually seen. I'd never noticed this before because I friend had given it to me years ago and I wasn't going to look a gift horse in the mouth. I don't think I have other examples of this old style Bluenote label with United Artist on it. The cover btw, has the 43 West 61st St. address on it. Maybe somebody could help out more with this, but as I understand it this switch occurred shortly after Transamerica/UA bought out Liberty. This was an interim label design between the blue/white Liberty label and the black/cerulean UA label. I've had the Cecil in this version, as well as a plain ol' blue/white Liberty, before settling on a NY Mono. (no, I didn't keep all three!) I don't think that was uncommon. I just checked my copies of Grant Green's "Visions" (84373), "Shades of Green" (84413),"Final comedown" (84415), "Live at the Lighthouse" (037) and McGriff's "Black pearl" (84374), Lou Donaldson's "Sophisticated Lou" (024) and they're all like that. Lou's "Sassy soul strut" (109) is the blue & black label and has the new Blue Note trademark on the front cover. I don't have originals of the few LPs before "Visions", so I can't tell when it started, but it looks like there was a period of about two to three years when LPs with the traditional BN label, but a div of United Artists, not Liberty, were coming out. It's interesting that this design even went into the period when BNs were getting UA numbers. MG

I've placed two or three orders w/ them. Fast, professional service.

From my Father-in-Law - a Chris Botti cd that will be auctioned on ebay as soon as I'm finished typing this post.

You might want to read about the problem that I had recently w/ my TT. It turned out to be the wiring inside the arm. Edit click on this... http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=37093

If you're speaking of the Tolliver lp, I just picked it up for $6.00! if not, nevermind. Seems about right for the Arista pressing. The last time I saw the original Polydor, it was "add a zero to the $10 price..." Does the Polydor have better sound or does it fetch that price because it's the original release??

Sharon played here last Friday night. I couldn't make it but, I found a mini review w/ photos.... http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/articles/16061 http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/photo_ga...snapshot_jones/