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A: Death, Taxes, and the Atlanta Braves choking in the first round of the playoffs. Q: Name 3 sure bets

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n.../w114013D36.DTL (09-21) 11:40 PDT WASHINGTON (AP) -- Men are dirtier than women. So scientists confirmed by spying in public restrooms, watching as one-quarter of men left without washing their hands. The worst offenders were at an Atlanta Braves game. ..... _The worst hygiene was at Atlanta's Turner Field baseball stadium, where 37 percent of men left the bathroom without washing, and 16 percent of the women did.

Lon have you heard it? Amazing Dark Star>Mornng Dew. I mean EPIC. The Birdsong might be my favorite version - a very jazzy feel to it. Fall of '72 just smokes.

9.21.72 = DP36!!!! MONSTER SHOW!!

A friend of mine calls him FranCOMA.

I don't know where you were, but as recently as last weekend I was in Center City Philly on a Sunday afternoon, walking all around the area between Broad Street and Rittenhouse Square. The streets were full of people enjoying the beautiful weather, the many open shops, galleries, restaurants, and sidewalk cafes, and bucolic Rittenhouse Square itself. And other areas of Philly's central core I've visited on recent weekends (e.g., Old City, Society Hill, Market Street East) have been equally as bustling. Not to mention other restaurant and shopping districts in other parts of the city (e.g., Manayunk, Chestnut Hill). So wherever you were is not representative of much of Philly. Ironically, the most aggresive "street person" I've ever encountered was in Chicago, right outside the Drake Hotel of all places. And having lived in NYC, DC, Miami, and Texas (Austin and Houston), I can assure you that the panhandlers in Philly's central core are no more aggressive or plentiful than in the central cores of those other cities. ← You also have to add in the Jersey Shore factor. It's only 90 minutes away and most of the Center City residents that can get away for the weekend in the summer, do so and leave the city to the tourists. Especially in August.

JRo hitting streak now at 35 games. Go Phils!!! (and Cubs!)

GO PHILS!!!!

I use TY's too but I prefer the white ones.... http://www.american-digital.com/prodsite/product.asp?p=640 I use TDK's only if I run out of TY's(or like Don for the "less than critical" stuff). Never had a problem w/ them. I use to be one of those "Japanes only" snobs but it's getting harder and harder to find discs that say "made in Japan" in the local shops, so I've lowered my standards a little Seriously, the only discs I've ever had trouble w/ are Maxell's and Memorex. I can't get them to play on anything. If someone sends me one I just extract the music and reburn onto something else. Oh just remembered - I've had some Imations that had the silver peel off of after 4 or 5 years.

He's also Jac Holzman(the founder of Elektra records)'s son.

It was available on STG (and other sites) last year for downloading.

Bought my 5 show pass today. For $70 I get to see the five following shows: Roscoe Mitchell Quartet 10/08/05 8:00 PM Anthony Braxton Sextet 11/04/05 8:00 PM Wadada Leo Smith’s Golden Quartet 12/03/05 8:00 PM Ethnic Heritage Ensemble 02/03/06 8:00 PM Henry Threadgill’s Zooid 03/17/06 8:00 PM http://www.ihousephilly.org/programs-music...IHouse.htm#aacm

I have Comcast and I lost all connectivity around 10:15 this morning. I *just* got back online about 10 minutes ago. I called 1.888.comcast about 20 times today only to get a message that said they were,"performing scheduled maintanence in your area". WTF?? Why wouldn't they schedule that for the middle of the night??

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http://citypaper.net/articles/2005-09-15/cover2.shtml

I read both "Darkness at Noon" and "The God That Failed" back in college. Both are very good. The class I read them for was called "Political Disillusionment" and was taught as a seminar(about 10 students) where the professor did no lecturing. He would start each class with a question about the readings and then let each one us lead a discussion. It was one of those classes that made me feel like I was the dumbest kid in the class, if not the entire school. I worked my ass off and still only managed a "C". Despite the low grade I still fell it was definitely the best class of my college career. Some of the other books we read for the course were "Bread and Wine" by Ignazio Silone, "Animal Farm" and "Homage to Catalonia" by Orwell, and (my favorite) "Kaputt" by Curzio Malaparte. "Kaputt" is masterpiece. It's too bad that it is not more widely known. Malaparte besides being a writer also helped design the "Casa Malaparte" which was used in the movie "Contempt" by Godard. http://www.routledge-ny.com/ref/architectu...rge/pg4i_lg.jpg

I had tickets to see Wayne Shorter perform the same night. I sold them to a friend of a friend as soon as I found out about this show.

Chuck, Von Freeman is gonna be here in October too!! http://www.kimmelcenter.org/cgi-bin/displa...9;event_id=1827

Here's the line up...... (with some other shows thrown in for good measure ) http://arsnovaworkshop.com/frame_perform.html

This is incredible!!!!! Ars Nova Workshop celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) with Ancient to the Future. Co-presented primarily with International House Philadelphia, ANW will feature concerts with Henry Threadgill, Joseph Jarman, Roscoe Mitchell, Muhal Richard Abrams, Anthony Braxton, Kahil El'Zabar, Leroy Jenkins and others. Ancient to the Future celebrates the remarkable artistic progress of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, Inc. (AACM). Formerly based in Chicago’s racially segregated, all-black South Side, this dynamic collective of black musicians and visionaries has been dedicated to nurturing, performing and recording original jazz and creative music for 40 years. Now the oldest and most venerable organization of its kind in the US, the AACM has developed a repository of original “Great Black Music” that has heightened the environmental and cultural cohesion of our world communities. AACM musicians/ensembles include the Art Ensemble of Chicago, Fred Anderson, Anthony Braxton, George E. Lewis, Amina Claudine Myers, and Tortoise’s Jeff Parker. Ancient to the Future acknowledges the AACM’s unprecedented dedication, perseverance and rigor.

Holy smokes!

I like your "visual canvas of sound" metaphor. Still think his music notation looks like something a six year old might bring home though And that's not a negative comment.

FYI.... this cd is being sold exclusively by Starbucks for 3 weeks only. After that you will be able to buy it from any music retailer.

The same thought came to me in regards to Pollock, Clifford. I agree with you and Paul that those who make this comparison just aren't hearing or seeing. Whatever you think of Taylor or Pollock, there ain't no way a kid could do what they do. I, for one, love 'em both. ← The three of you are missing my point entirely. I never compared Taylor's music AS PERFORMED or his talent as an artist to what a six year can do. Rather, I was comparing what his NOTATION looks like to what a six year old might draw. A very accurate description if you saw what he had on the piano that night.