ghost of miles

I just read the story:

Back to the future, folks. They ain't kiddin'. Just curious--was the father-to-be in the same class? If so, was he banned from walking?

Saw the Decemberists Wednesday night here in Bloomington... amazing! That's the most joyous concert I've been to in years. Unfortunately Petra Haden's been really sick and missed the show. Bummer (I've been listening to her CD with Frisell quite a lot, along with the Decemberists' PICARESQUE), but damn, the show was so great that her absence was just a minor disappointment. Hope she recovers.

Kalo, Hoping the movie version of THE GLASS KEY eventually comes out on DVD. I think I still have a copy taped off AMC somewhere around the house... and all of the THIN MAN movies are coming out in one set this August. Right now: James Atlas' biography of the writer Delmore Schwartz. Up next: Michael Chabon's THE FINAL SOLUTION. And just heard about Marilynne Robinson's (HOUSEKEEPING) new novel! Can't wait to read that one...

Heh... you did that too? Er, uh, I mean, really, Weizen, how nosy of you! Of course it was rarely possible to see all of the names... I was always wondering who the lucky one was in front of the comma at the very far left of the screen.

I've got a Night Lights program scheduled for late June based around these comps... for any who are curious to hear. Our station has yet to receive our copies, so I haven't heard them myself... but have several of the CDs from which they're drawn. It's a period that's grown on me quite a bit in the past couple of years. (Hands down, though, my favorite GG is still the 2-CD with Sonny Clark.)

Doesn't sound good...

Oui, Monsieur! The W isn't pronounced as a V? That's what a friend just told me.. Don't trust that friend! Wilen is wee-len in French. Same for Winnipeg that starts with a wee... Or Wichita... But Wagon starts with a vaa I was wondering if said friend wasn't confusing French w/German... quel horror, eh? B-)

Oui, Monsieur! The W isn't pronounced as a V? That's what a friend just told me..

Is Barney Wilen pronounced "Wee-len"?

Long they may play.

Mike, Yes! My wife & I were just talking about the two-headed sportscaster scene from PHANTOM the other day, for the very reasons that you mention. If you ever catch JEDI on the new DVD re-issue, the music from the early Jabba scene has been amped up to the point of absurdity. A fair number of reviews for SITH now over at Rotten Tomatoes.

No, of course not... it's just that it was SO bad in the first two prequels that I had a hard time enjoying the "spectacle" aspects. Is the Anakin-Obi duel really 12 minutes long?

I'll check out the new one, although it doesn't sound as if Tom Stoppard cleansed all of Lucas' bad dialogue... the worst I've heard so far is Yoda's response to Sidius' claim that he's finished off the Jedi: "Not if anything I have to say about it!" Shudder...

Yes, I believe so.

This is indeed a fine CD. I've been listening to it b/c I'm prepping a Clarke-Boland big-band show... will definitely tap this concert for a couple of tracks.

I noticed JamesJazz is on the board today... any update on when this will be released?

Whoo-fuckin'-hoo!!! Now I can finally do my Woody "Live in the Late Seventies" program.... have the high notes, but I've been holding out for STEPPING STONES. Whoo-fuckin'-hoo!!! What's with the Dex title? I've heard mixed things... I'll get it nonetheless. Re: Jamal, is that the same material that's in the Mosaic PIANO MOODS box? Hell, I'll probably buy 'em all. Edit: after reading your guys' comments, I'm thinking that it must be another Dex from the Columbia period that I've heard mixed things about.

Thanks much--reply sent!

Up... I would buy it, but it appears to be OOP.

The Andrew Hill "Fragments" program is now archived.

Hello... hello... it's good to be back, it's good to be back, hello...

Been alternating among the Basie Verve, the Columbia Swing, and Piano Moods.

Still pretty slow, although it's been better in the past five minutes... at first I couldn't post or launch a search--kept getting the "Cannot find server" message (and at one point the "Too many connections SQL" oldie-but-goodie).

What happened to Helen? Hope there's a good Lee bio some day... I'd especially like to read more about his last several years. Brad: I was thinkin' Peter Gunn. The one where the spotlight opens on the piano player, who then falls off the bench with a knife in his back.