ghost of miles

RR, I did get a tracking #, thankfully. Great sale, but when it comes to service, Mosaic they ain't...

Power emergency declared in California:

Pretty much an entire 1985 Smiths concert in madrid under this

The Smiths--How Soon Is Now In 1985, the Holy Troika of indie bands for me was made up of R.E.M., the Replacements, and the Smiths. Reading that 33 1/3 book on Meat Is Murder reminded me of how cool and unique the Smiths were in '85.

While My Guitar Gently Weeps--on ukelele

Just got my notice that my order is shipping--and it looks as if everything I ordered is coming.

I am a newcomer to both boards, having started only in the past year on both. I don't understand the big differences or issues. Both boards seem to be full of very knowledgable, cordial jazz lovers. I find both boards to be very pleasant experiences, and I have learned a lot from each board. This is all in marked contrast to negative experiences with that other board, which shall remain nameless. What am I missing--why should I feel tension and a certain degree of contentiousness as I go from Organissimo to AAJ and back again? Me too, Hot Ptah. Neither of us should feel tension as we slip from her to there and back again. And I don't. But there are some threads on AAJ in which Mike bans people from mentioning Organissimo, or putting links here. He's sensitive because he's in AAJ for the money; that's how he earns his crust. OK, I can understand that. And it doesn't make any difference to me. I go where I want, read what I want, say what I want. And I feel good about it; here and there. MG Jim Alfredson's attitude makes this the most open, free, and friendly jazz forum on the Internet. The jazz community is small enough as it is, and I feel as if jazz fans should support all three of the major sites, as they all have something valuable to offer. But I believe that this forum best embodies the spirit of jazz itself. I don't feel that there's any need to "rank" the three, but in my daily internet wanderings I consistently find that this is indeed the place to be.

I have a link to Jazzmatazz on the Night Lights website and a general link to AAJ... but if Alan discontinues Jazzmatazz, I will add a specific link to the AAJ new releases page. Jazz fans on the Net have really come to rely on that sort of information, and I think it's important that it continues... so thanks, Mike, for the AAJ service. I do hope that Alan keeps Jazzmatazz going.

Finally finished listening to the Jazz Crusaders set, which I ended up enjoying even more than I thought I would. Started in on the Dizzy this weekend, and man, THE GREATEST TRUMPET OF THEM ALL is a wonderful record (second half of CD 1). Also dug the earlier date with Mobley and Wade Legge--is there any more of that particular group on tape somewhere?

This program is finally archived--apologies, as our webmaster was on vacation last week and unable to get to it.

Isn't that Potts great? I played the old Collector's Choice CD that came out in the mid-1990s, but I think it's available again... Porgy/Birdie

Well, maybe it's because I come from the oh-so-polite-and-friendly Midwest, but I'm appalled when Yankee fans, or any fans, boo one of their own players for poor performance. I mean, if one of your guys has an attitude or flips the finger, a la Ted Williams, I can understand--but somebody trying to work through a funk (let's hope A-Rod isn't becoming Chuck Knoblauch) should not be booed. Yeah, that's really gonna help the player and your team. I'll say this for A-Rod--he's a hardworking player. He's also a fair bet to top Aaron's HR record if he stays healthy (who knows what will happen with Bonds?). Also, A-Rod isn't a natural third baseman; at shortstop I think he was a better fielder than Jeter is, but Jeter had domain, so Rodriguez went to third... and played there fairly well throughout the past two seasons. I think he'll snap out of his slump, both at the plate and on the field, but NY is a rough town for highpaid talent.

Just finished two books in the very cool 33 1/3 series, devoted to seminal rock albums--the ones for R.E.M.'s Murmur and the Smiths' Meat Is Murder (the latter actually a novella instead of analysis). Now reading Henry Miller's THE AIR-CONDITIONED NIGHTMARE and looking for my misplaced copy of THE GREAT BLACK WAY ( ).

Didn't he do one more "away" date--that 1970 album with Dizzy Reece?

Not sure how "jazzy" it really is, but Louis Armstrong recorded a version of "Give Peace a Chance" in 1970 for the LOUIS & FRIENDS album.

Another--Grant Green's "Cease the Bombing" (composed by Earl Neal Creque, off Green's album CARRYIN' ON, and also included on that MELLOW anthology that Blue Note put out last year).

Oh man, I should've caught that! Direct link to State Dpt. program: Jazz Goes to the Cold War

I placed my order last Wednesday evening and got a confirmation e-mail, but still no shipping notice--anybody else still waiting?

I"m not sure it's really an "anti-war" jazz album--more of an "anti-fascism or capitalist wars" theme, maybe--but this is one of the first things that came to mind: I haven't heard Haden's contemporary revival of this collective, but my understanding is that he invoked political themes on it. I also think that Dave Douglas posited one of his recent CDs as a protest against the invasion of Iraq. Re: state department tours, I have to shamelessly plug the Night Lights program that I did. (May do a sequel if/when I find the Benny Goodman Soviet Union album; I'd also be doing an interview with Penny von Eschen, author of Satchmo Blows Up the World).

Reran this program last night and it will air this evening at 10 p.m. on Blue Lake Public Radio; the program is already archived for online listening under the Oct. 15, 2005 date. Stevebop and I were on the same wavelength last autumn, as he too aired a P & B special (it was the 70th anniversary of the original production, which may have been the reason for our mutual inspiration). Next week: "Jazz Advance--Early Cecil Taylor."

Gjon Mili--photographer for Granz's THE JAZZ SCENE and director of JAMMIN' THE BLUES?

By way of a prize, he gets 500,000 added to his post count--right?

I'll freely admit that I had no idea Buck O'Neill was even still alive.

Happy birthday, KW!

LWayne, thanks for the marvelous report. I envy your having attended!