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Saw this yesterday.... Marshall Allen - alto, EVI Elliott Levin - reeds Raymond King - piano Warren Oree - bass Edgar Bateman - drums

Definitely. I feel blessed to have him as a local resident who plays fairly often around town.

Yeah, and the Red Sox just signed John Lackey to a five-year deal. Wow! Gonna be tough for NY to deal with Boston's starting rotation, that's for sure...and Matthew will surely be psyched about the Cliff Lee pick-up. King Felix and Lee is just a sick 1-2 combo. I wonder if the M's will step up and keep Lee from going to the Yanks? Just once I wish the Phillies would open the vaults and pull a Steinbrenner. Could you imagine Lee AND Halladay in red pinstripes??? Oh my....

HOLY CRAP!! THE PHILLES JUST TRADED CLIFF LEE TO THE M'S AND GOT HALLADAY IN RETURN. Don't like it but if Lee was determined to test the FA waters after next season I guess it had to be done.

101!!!! That's amazing.

New Study Reveals Most Children Unrepentant Sociopaths December 7, 2009 | Issue 45•50 MINNEAPOLIS—A study published Monday in The Journal Of Child Psychology And Psychiatry has concluded that an estimated 98 percent of children under the age of 10 are remorseless sociopaths with little regard for anything other than their own egocentric interests and pleasures. http://www.theonion.com/content/news/new_s...s_most_children

The Yanks got Granderson?? Oh shit.

Here are some remembrances written by people who knew him well and not so well.... http://www.terrascope.co.uk/Features/Jack_Rose_Obituary.htm and http://www.arthurmag.com/2009/12/05/rememb...age-1/#comments http://www.arthurmag.com/2009/12/05/rememb...-rose/#comments

Curious - what made you want to open it up in the first place? Was it under-performing? Leaking?

Orrin Evans http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment...k_Big_Band.html

Not all of the turntables in these stores are designed to do anything so old-school as spinning actual records. A few models are still made for that purpose, many of them with cables that connect to computers so that the music can be transferred to portable devices. But others simply allow their users to simulate the manipulation of records while the songs they are mixing are being fed from iPods. WTF?????

From an Elliott Levin email...... Lightning Strikes! 4pm Sunday Dec.13 JC Dobbs 304 South St. Marshall Allen- alto, EVI Elliott Levin- reeds Raymond King- piano Warren Oree- bass Edgar Bateman- drums Holiday Improv Party for Papais $20 [ Open bar] Invitations and info- call: 215-620-8251 Also, Sun. Dec. 20, welcomes the return of 2 Phila. innovator guitarists (from the West Coast) for a rare Phila. performance: RICK IANNACONE and TOM ROLLISON along with bassist JAMAALADEEN TACUMA and other very special guests in: NEW OLDUVAI MUSIC. Sun., Dec. 20 @ 4 PM. JC Dobbs- 304 South St. ----------------------------------- Man, Marshall Allen and Edgar Bateman!

Jack Rose mini-marathon Kensington Blues (Tequila Sunrise) S/T (Tequila Sunrise) Dr. Ragtime and Pals (Tequila Sunrise) RIP.

Last night.... Bill Dixon with Rob Mazurek’s Exploding Star Orchestra

Early word is heart attack. Not confirmed.

Arthur magazine is reporting that guitarist Jack Rose has died. No other info is available. I'm in shock. I just saw him at a bar two nights ago, sitting just a few bar stools away. He looked happy and healthy. Forgot to add this... http://www.arthurmag.com/2009/12/05/remembering-jack-rose/

Well I'm fortunate in two respects - The first is that I live in downtown Philly so I can walk or bike to all of the venues and the other is that being close to NYC everybody comes here. EDIT: Oh and my wife has me on a very long leash.

Well Big Baby might play in Boston but the little cry baby is back in Philly.... http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4711022

Wells' contract is a deal breaker. No way anyone takes it just to get Halladay. I like the BoSox pickup of Mario Scutaro. He is a very tough out.

I like it, too. Now some pitching!!! Something else to consider is that Beltre and Figgins were offered arbitration by their teams which means if we had signed either of them we would have forfeited a first round draft pick. Polanco, even though he was a Type A free agent was not offered arbitration by Detroit so the Phillies do not have to surrender a draft pick. Sweet!

Phils sign Polanco for 3rd base at 3 years, $18. http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/phillie...ater_today.html I like it. I would love it if Polanco was 3 years younger. Would have loved Chone Figgins but the Phillies were not going to pay the kind of money he wants. Now that arbitration deadline has passed the hot stove is going to heat up very quickly.....

Wagner gets a one deal from Atlanta for $7 million; BoSox get a draft pick. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4705811 Good move for the Braves but they are going to need some more bats if they are going to stop the Phils from winning their 4th NL East title in a row.

Tonight - The Espers.

Wire - 154 (EMI UK) Harry Partch - The World of Harry Partch (CBS Masterworks, brown label/orange writing)

I guess news of this 2nd affair means that Tiger ain't out of the woods yet.