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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.

<Bugs Bunny voice>"I'm lookin' over a three leaf clover that I over looked bethree.."</voice> http://game24.co.kr/flash/game.html?gamecode=clover

FYI...... Cecil Taylor Big Band Dec 14-18th http://www.iridiumjazzclub.com/bio.php?id=145 W/ Marshall Allen, Taylor Ho Bynum, Stephen Haynes, Amir El Saffar, Jeff Hoyer, Steve Swell, Bill Lowe, Bobby Zankel, Sabir Mateen, Elliot Levin, Will Connell, J.D. Parran, Dominic Duval, Jackson Krall

Fats Found! Fats Domino Found in New Orleans By Gina Serpe 44 minutes ago One of rock 'n' roll's chief architects has been rescued from the rubble of New Orleans. Fats Domino, who had been unaccounted for in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, was plucked from the flooded city by a helicopter late Thursday. He was reported to be in good condition. An APB went out for the musician and his family earlier in the day. The musician's niece, Checquoline Davis, posted a plea on Craigslist.com for information on her missing relatives, writing that Domino and his wife, Rosemary, and their children and grandchildren "didn't get out" of their New Orleans home. Her plea was one of thousands seeking information on missing friends and family on the site. The R&B legend had last been heard from on Sunday night, a day before the storm struck. During a phone call with longtime agent Al Embry, the 77-year-old performer insisted he would ride out the hurricane in his three-story home. It is not immediately known if Domino's family made it to safety. Domino's house was located in the city's 9th Ward, an area that is heavily flooded and littered with dead bodies. The singer and boogie-woogie pianist, born Antoine Domino, has sold over 110 million records in his nearly five-decade career highlighted by the jukebox staples "Blueberry Hill" and "Ain't That a Shame." The New Orleans music fixture's 1949 recording of "The Fat Man" is considered by some to be the first rock 'n' roll record, and Domino was among the inaugural group of inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986. Another Hall of Famer, singer-songwriter Allen Toussaint, was listed among the missing, although Fox News reported that Toussaint may be among the 20,000-plus refugees seeking shelter in the Super Dome. With New Orleans a hub of jazz, blues and even rap, several musicians were impacted by the storm. Rapper Juvenile's home was destroyed and he says he has lost several friends. Soul Asylum frontman Dave Pirner, who was waiting out the storm in his native Minneapolis, told the Associated Press he still hadn't heard anything about the condition of his home and recording studio in the Crescent City. Pirner moved there seven years ago. Meanwhile, several high-powered denizens are rallying support. Master P, whose home was swamped and who hasn't been able to track down his uncle, father-in-law or sister-in-law, has announced the formation of a charity, Team Rescue, and is organizing a "Save Our Hood" concert and benefit album. Wynton Marsalis will play both NBC and BET's telethons in the coming days. Louisiana natives Tim McGraw and Harry Connick Jr. will also perform at the NBC event and have made public appeals for help. "I haven't slept in days," Connick says in a statement. "Although I now finally know that my immediate family in New Orleans is safe, I have not heard from many, many friends and other family members. "New Orleans is my essence, my soul, my muse, and I can only dream that one day she will recapture her glory. I will do everything within my power to make that happen and to help in any way I can to ease the suffering of my city, my people!"

What about the Hornets?? Where are they(and the Saints for that matter) going to play their home games?? The NBA wants to relocate them for at least part of the season. http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2148442

Check out this article... 600+ Ellington albums! <edit> Update Ridley remembers his first encounter with Ellington's music—a 1951 radio broadcast of "In a Mellotone." A pre-adolescent Ridley immediately headed for Treegoobes Record Shop on Lancaster Avenue and purchased the 78. Today, he owns 611 Duke Ellington LPs plus 113 CDs never released on vinyl, and saw the band perform on about 25 occasions. http://citypaper.net/articles/042299/mus.ellington.shtml

She's adorable Jim.

Hmm... need to re-size that one. <Edit> re-sized and re-cropped

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I'm listening to a pretty cool radio interview that Moog did with, ahem, Terry Gross on Fresh Air right now.

One more thing... 8/27/72 is still available for download at gdlive.com. That goes for the shows from the forth coming Fillmore box as well..

EXCELLENT observation!!! And news too, though I know some get upset when the free stuff costs money. I hope most will be thrilled at the prospect of improved sound. I wonder if this means that the Sunshine Daydream DVD is closer to release. My understanding from friends who know Kesey & Babbs family members is that it was difficult to sync the video with audio as techinical difficulties with a generator at the time of the recording caused problems. (Maybe they just read the same interviews we've read too. ) Ken's death slowed down the project for a spell too. They have had an improved working copy which was shown in a few theaters last year (eek, maybe it was 2 years ago.) I've seen a "hush" copy of the DVD which is much cleaner than the one I've seen circulating on the net. About all that was left to do were menus and credits. As they've had the production work done for at least a year, perhaps that means they've been working with lawyers, the Dead and anyone else who needs to be worked with. I don't want to start rumors or get hopes up with this, but I think it is a good sign as the same thing happened with the Fillmore '69 run that is coming out in November. I think those shows were removed maybe as far back as last Jan. or Feb., so maybe sometime in 6 to 9 months we'll see a DVD and/or CD set. Again, maybe, I haven't heard anything otherwise. And sometimes the things I hear from people who know the people involved end up saying things that don't come true. Otherwise you all would have had the movie in your hands 4 years ago or more! It's high time they do it! Let's hope for the best. ← 8/27/72 is a multi-track recording. All of the multi-track recordings have been removed from the LMA. Multi-tracks are usually released by outside companies(Arista, Rhino, etc.) and the two tracks are released by GDM.

Have you heard the cd "Rumba Para Monk" by Jerry Gonzales & the Fort Apache Band??? Gonzales arranged a bunch of Monk tunes w/ a Latin rhythm/percussion sound. It works more often than not. "Bye-Ya" is a stand out for me.