Chalupa

Hey message to you east coast folks who haven't caught the boys on this tour. You missed a smokin' band. These guys were absolutely en fuego last night.

Fast 'n' Bulbous......

Play that funky music.

Ummm.. I'm not sure what that is hanging out of Randy's mouth. Something tells me I don't want to know.

Organissimo. The Band. The Myth. The Legend ! Edit: Did somebody forget to bring his shoes to the gig??

Joe is in the ZONE!!

Joey D has got nothin' on this cat......

Johnny and Jim.

See what happens when you wash your trombone in hot water??? That's right - shrinkage. Let this be a lesson to you.

OMG Weizen is right. Johnny E is the Devil. Look at those burning red eyes! Edit: Hmmm... red eyes not coming through on this attachment. I blame Clinton.

Randy....

Wake up Joe!

Reptet wows Philly!!

HOLY CRAP!!!!! That video is awesome.

WOW! I was just checking out some of those samples. Gotta pick this up pronto.

11pm?? Is that when Organissimo hits the stage or when Dr.Ketchup begins?? Edit: Just listened to those Dr.Ketchup samples - sounds like something I might like so I'll probably sneak over there around 10pm.

NEW YORK -- A small plane piloted by New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle crashed into a 50-story condominium tower Wednesday on Manhattan's Upper East Side, raining flaming debris onto the sidewalks below and rattling New Yorkers' nerves five years after the Sept. 11 attack. Lidle died in the crash. The twin-engine plane came through a hazy, cloudy sky and hit the 20th floor of The Belaire -- a red-brick tower overlooking the East River, about five miles from the World Trade Center -- with a loud bang, touching off a raging fire that cast a pillar of black smoke over the city and sent flames shooting from four windows on two adjoining floors. Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

Breaking news from CNN.... New York Yankees manager Joe Torre says the plane that crashed into a building in Manhattan is registered to team pitcher Cory Lidle.

Ditto. "Love Theme from Spartacus" is incredible.

A perfect 4 for 4!!! Move aside Nostradamus.

Isn't that the drill sergeant from Full Metal Jacket????

In Brooklyn right now. The Philly gig is indeed on, but let me tell ya', the booking dude is a real winner. He tried to cancel our show but I called and demanded he keep his commitment. Now we go on after that thing listed (which I thought was a poetry fest or something). We hit at 11PM. And now I know that he failed to list us in his strip ad. I'm a bit miffed by the whole situation. I hope all my Philly friends can still make it. We are sounding tighter than ever and spledid time is guaranteed for all...anyway this gives us time to catch Brotmann/Bennink. Man that sucks. I've heard bad things about that guy in the past. The guy who runs Ars Nova Workshop(he's putting on the Brotzmann show tonight) started out presenting shows at Tritone. I don't know the details but there was a falling out and now Ars Nova is booking its shows elsewhere. Jamaaladeen Tacuma used to have a monthly gig there for about two years. And then he announced abruptly in an email that he was ending his monthly show at Tritone. Pretty rare for a musician to end an "on going" gig voluntarily. Ron, what was your experience w/ the guy?

A bankruptcy judge Friday approved the sale of Tower's inventory to a consortium led by liquidating firm Great American Group. Going out of business sales will begin Saturday, Great American president Andy Gumaer said. He said the sale will probably take eight to 10 weeks. Great American paid about $134 million for Tower's inventory. Great American barely outbid Trans World Entertainment Corp., an Albany, N.Y., retail chain, following a lengthy closed-door auction in Wilmington, Del., that began Thursday morning, went through the night and into Friday morning. "I am deeply saddened to report to you that after a very significant 29 hour effort, Great American has outbid (Trans World) at the auction," Tower Chief Executive Joseph D'Amico said in a note to employees. "My heart goes out to each of you who have poured your hearts and souls into this great company." Tower's Web site is being sold separately, although details weren't immediately available. Trans World and lawyers for the major record companies argued that Trans World's bid should have been accepted, even though it fell slightly short, on the grounds that keeping the business alive would have been better for the creditors, who are owed a total of more than $200 million. The sale ends a sad chapter in the history of Sacramento - and the music industry - closing out a company that began 46 years ago with a single store on Watt Avenue. At its peak it was a worldwide icon with 200-plus locations. But the company struggled mightily for the seven or eight years, the victim of fierce competition from the Internet and big-box merchants. The company filed for bankruptcy Aug. 20 for the second time in two years. The company was 85 percent-owned by its bondholders, with the rest owned by the family of Tower founder Russ Solomon. The news brought shock and sadness to current and former employees. 'I think the liquidtor purchase is the saddest result," said former corporate employee Mike Farrace. http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/34965.html

I thought that Burns got the idea for the Jazz series after interviewing Buck.

So how many Yankee fans think they still got the better end of the Abreu deal???