ghost of miles

I like Cassandra quite a bit, but everything since NEW MOON DAUGHTER has been pretty uneven IMO. At least, I don't find myself returning to the later CDs, unlike her early 1990s work. Still, I look forward to anything new from her.

Allegro's running another 25% off sale on all of their Hep titles.

I'm pretty happy--been psyched to find a copy ever since starting this thread. But now I'm intrigued by these Devil's Music releases...

Just scored a mint copy of WEST OF THE MOON through the wonderful Mr. Tanno.

Recently got the Rich Mosaic and have been partaking slowly. Intrigued by the liner notes' allusion to the vocal albums that Rich made in the 1950s--any good? How was Buddy as a singer?

Thought we had a thread on Ayler films-in-the-making, but couldn't find it... anyways, some talk of this today on the Coltrane list: Ayler film link

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Thanks much for posting that, Randy. Out of NYC, I take it? I'm really interested in that particular period, so it should make for fascinating reading.

I dig Betty Carter AND Mark Murphy. Is that like being both a Yankees and Red Sox fan?

Sadly ironic that she passed away today. RIP.

Yes, well, that's balanced out by the large number of complaints we get these days from listeners on the left calling us "National Pentagon Radio." The Common Dreams writer is not entirely off the mark--like most of mainstream media, if NPR errs in anybody's favor these days, it's usually the right (check out the FAIR study on number of conservative/GOP guests vs. liberal/Democrat). I think many liberals, and a growing number of conservatives, like NPR simply because it hasn't turned into total trash. (Although listening to some of the extended & fluffier pieces they sometimes slip into the weekend edition of All Things Considered might make you think otherwise...) And, at a time when TV networks are cutting their foreign bureaus and/or closing them altogether, NPR is actually expanding its journalistic payroll in that regard.

Saw a woman reading this in a restaurant last week and have been intrigued ever since: Misquoting Jesus

"Piano Noir" is now archived.

Not everyone is thrilled at the prospect. Well, to quote the great Some Like It Hot, "Nobody's perfect." I'm not much of a Kissinger fan either... but I think Koppel is not as much of a cheerleader as the Common Dreams writer portrays him to be. Remember the furor when Nightline ran the names of all of the American dead in Iraq? Was that really "selling" American foreign policy? Koppel's pretty middle-of-the-road. So is NPR... it's old-school journalism. I was heartened by the audience's response when Koppel appeared on The Daily Show; when Jon Stewart asked Koppel if there were any good, reliable news sources left now that network news was going down the drain, Koppel said, "Well, I think NPR--" and was interrupted by a tremendous cheer from the audience.

Koppel's coming to NPR.

I was just talking about her to my cubicle-mate last week... I'm taking over a new show here, and told my colleague that I'd be playing a lot of Betty Carter. In fact, the very first program includes "Theme From Dr. Kildare (Three Stars Will Shine)" from ROUND MIDNIGHT. One thing I enjoy about Carter's records is the choice of repertoire--always interesting and somewhat eclectic.

This week on Night Lights it’s “Piano Noir: Ran Blake”. Pianist and composer Ran Blake has earned an international reputation with his recordings and with his work as a Third Stream educator at the New England Conservatory of Music. His music has been strongly influenced by the genre of film noir; in this program we’ll hear selections from his 1980 album Film Noir, as well as sides from his 1962 debut The Newest Sound Around, his 2001 release Sonic Temples, and his Horace Silver tribute Horace Is Blue: a Silver Noir. “Piano Noir” airs Saturday, January 28 on WFIU at 11:05 p.m. (8:05 p.m. California time, 10:05 Chicago time); you can listen live, or you can wait until Monday afternoon, when the program will be posted to the Night Lights archives. For those seeking an in-depth analysis of Blake's music, I highly recommend Joe Milazzo's online article Freedom to Contemplate. Next week: "Say It Loud." Black-pride soul-jazz of the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Randy, You might want to check out Scott Turow's new novel, ORDINARY HEROES.

I'm thinking about contacting XM at some point--but I need to do a little more listening/learning regarding each network's jazz programming. Thanks much for all of the info & advice, folks--and if others want to chime in, please do.

I got one along these lines just now: Whatever. I'm going to check my PayPal account to make sure that everything's OK, but gawd, this scam s&*% gets tiresome.

What a gas!

Not much, but as little as possible for a beginner. And I don't think I'll go beyond three days. Some people recommend taking certain supplements to aid the fast or lessen the uncomfortable aspects of its impact, but that's an area that seems rife for chicanery...another reason I'm wondering aloud here about the subject.

Is fasting supposed to be healthy??????? Guy According to Taoist principles of health, yes. Has to do with purging the system of toxins... a lot of what I've read so far in Taoist health tracts makes sense to me, but I thought I'd tap the vast resource of wisdom & experience that is Organissimo (no sarcasm intended!) to find out what others might have to say on the subject.

I'm thinking about fasting (for general health purposes). Has anybody here ever done it, and if so, for how long? Any advice, things to watch out for, best approaches, etc.? Having never done it before, I probably won't try to go more than three days at first.

Up for a board member who's expressing interest in Niehaus V. 5.