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I was excited to see The Jungle Line on there. Cohen doesn't do it for me. Thomas Dolby's version is better.

Looking forward to hearing how Candy sounds. Been one of my favorite trumpet quartet sessions for a long time. It will also be nice to hear AT's stool squeaks in full RVG glory!

Rush has gone from cool to uncool to very uncool and then back to somewhat coolish again. I'm not sure where they stand now, but their new album is actually quite good.

Thanks for posting that interview! Would you explain your smiley editorial in the line below? "If Rush invited me I would be very happy to work with them. "

Matthew, thanks for the report. Glad you had a good time. I'd love to get to the NYC show, but I won't be able to. Some surprises in that set list, eh? Nice to see Half-Light and Sever in there, and Lighbulb Sun! Seems as if they dropped Wedding Nails and A Smart Kid from earlier in the tour (I have a bootleg from an April show in the UK and these songs were in the set). I gave Deadwing another couple of spins while cleaning the garage yesterday and it's growing on me. Up until now, I really only liked a track or two. I bring this up because of Aggie's comment about listening to Signify and how much the band has changed since then. I really don't mind the harder edged approach, but mind numbing riffs without purpose gets kind of stale. I'm glad SW usually keeps the arrangements somewhat interesting when PT goes heavy.

Happy Birthday, Joe! Plug in - crank up - let loose!

Oops. It's the beginning of Anesthetize that sounds like Sever, not My Ashes.

Picked up a copy of Fear of a Blank Planet last night. I haven't had time to digest it properly, but so far, so good. At this point, I like it better than Deadwing. The feel of the title track recalls Signify, and My Ashes recalls parts of Sever, which delights me greatly. I've listened through the 1st half of Anesthetize. I was kind of disappointed with Alex Lifeson's guest solo spot on that tune. I love Alex's playing in general, but the blues cliches seemed out of place----maybe not esoteric enough for where SW is bringing PT right now. I wish I could catch 'em on the US tour starting in May, but I don't think I'll be able. A prog friend of mine passed along an (ahem) RoIO of a show from last week. The new material has balls a-plenty.

"Dedication" on Point of Departure is one of the most poignant compositions in his catalog, and for me, it takes on a whole new meaning now. Thanks to Andrew for touching my life in the way that he did.

You and me both. I was PISSED! Two months back I spent $27.99 on the TOCJ BN Works edition of Leo Parker's Rollin' with Leo.

perhaps a timely FYI FWIW-- I suspected the Concord buy-out would cause a lot of disappointment, but I've found Concord to have FANTASTIC service. I placed an order with them not too long ago, and they shipped a wrong disc by mistake. I sent an e-mail to them about it, and the correct disc was in the FedEx truck that day, free of charge. They even told me not to bother sending the incorrect title back to them.

That word, a priori. I do not think it means what you think it means. um, yes it does. Wikipedia is your friend, but you're taking its philosophical definition out of context from how it's used in other applications. As in: yeah, okay, nobody is going to legally prohibit me from saying something, but if I say it I'm going to get in so much trouble that I'd better not say it after all. The result is the same: one is prevented from saying something out of fear of repercusion and reprisal. Except that there's nothing that can be deduced as a "necessarily related" effect in this case. "Necessarily" means that B must logically follow as a result of A, but there's nothing nearly so deducible in this case. For example, I think there's a loose consensus that Howard Stern could probably get away with saying the exact same words and not get fired (because it's much more clear that it's part of his shtick, and not the "real" Howard Stern talking), so there's no good reason to deduce that Don Imus's firing can only produce the outcome of a chilling effect on everyone else's speech. I still think "de facto" would have been a much better choice. (Sorry, the misuse of a priori along with people who screw up "e.g." and "i.e." is a pet peeve.) I bet the members of the Rutgers women's basketball team misuse a priori and screw up e.g. and i.e. all the time! Oh, the horrors! But you can't "peeve-out" on them now, can you?

it was only just a matter of time anyway.

Guy, you bring up a valid point. Same thing goes for all the people who burned Beatles records after John Lennon's misinterpreted comment in the mid-60s, and those who decided they hated the Dixie Chicks a few years ago. People can say whatever they want, but shouldn't be surprised if the consequences aren't to their liking. Free speech doesn't mean everyone has to agree with you. Imus' comments are his responsibility, and though I'll miss listening to his show, I guess MSNBC and CBS feel they need to act on his errors--and it's a shame it has come to this.

RIP, Kurt. I loved Breakfast of Champions. Maybe some day I'll get around to reading more KV works.

and another thing...anyone ever check out his Riverside album where he sings also? I really don't like his singing voice, but for some reason I can't part with that disc. There's something very poignant about KD's vocals.

Yes! Was just diggin' "KD's Cab Ride" yesterday, as it came up thru the shuffle on my iPod. His tone is just gorgeous.

It only took this track and Trompeta to make me wild about the guy. (edit for sloppy spelling )

This is such important music (I'm thinking of 1953 Paris recordings) — it should really be honored by at least a Mosaic Select. Strange that these recordings were originally released by Vogue, then licensed by Blue Note, then licensed by Prestige, and now are under the BMG umbrella ... and still don't have a permanent home in the U.S. market! Late brings up a good point. It seems to me that fairly rare Clifford Brown sessions released by Blue Note in their 10" 5000 series would be PRIMO reissue fodder. I'm glad to at least have these recordings on the Proper Box Clifford Brown overview called Joy Spring.

Surely many of you remember emusic's $10/mo. for unlimited downloads policy from a few years back. I recall my wife asking me when I'd find time to listen to all of this music. Well, I'm still finding time 5 years later! This past weekend's saunter through my old 80GB slave hard drive (I know some of you bought extra hard drives also ) revealed many Fantasy/OJC files never even opened since I downloaded them from emusic. One such artifact was Steve Lacy's Evidence album, with Don Cherry. I REALLY like this! It's not quite as cerebral as the music both artists would produce later. I was surprised at how this date swings. Any of you out there just getting around to some emusic winnings from way back?

Disappointment IS harsh, I guess! For Ss and Gs I spun the disc again this morning. Though the lead off title track is nice, the rest seems very predictable from there. I guess expecting another Pilgrim and the Stars is a lot for ER to live up to, huh?

Shut up bitch! The BNBB was instrumental in stripping me of my first communion money. Then again, so is this place...

Yeah, I hope I warm to it someday, Clem, but right now it's not very engaging.