ghost of miles

Me too, Brownie! I'd like to do a Jackie & Roy show, actually... Jim, thanks for stimulating my interest in the Hi-Lo's. One of our local DJs played their "April in Fairbanks" song this past spring, providing me with a much-needed laugh during some difficult times. I'll look into their Starlight work.

Hey all, I know there's a Sam Rivers discussion going on elsewhere, but this is a kind of offshoot... I'm putting together a "Night Lights" program that focuses on Rivers' time with Miles in 1964, as well as some of Rivers' recordings for Blue Note with Miles sidemen in 1964-65, and wondered what your thoughts were as to why Sam's stay with Miles did not "work out," as it were. The conventional wisdom seems to be that Rivers was not willing to accommodate himself to Miles' aesthetic vision, or that he was more avant-garde in his direction than Miles was willing to be at that time. I'm not sure I really buy that, listening to what I've heard of both Rivers w/Miles in 1964 (two live performances in Japan that exist outside of MILES IN TOKYO) and Rivers' own work for Blue Note shortly thereafter. I mean, there may be some grains of truth there, but such explanations strike me as terribly reductive.

Solid news regarding FROM A BASEMENT ON THE HILL, by way of Sweet Addy:

Thomas Merton, NEW SEEDS OF CONTEMPLATION.

Definitely "Ramblin'"--the bass line is a great hook. Also "Peace."

I loved Von's last... the man is goin' out blowin' (and hopefully goin' out blowin' for many years to come).

I drink about 7-10 cups a day as well, including one or two in the early evening... and then in the mid-early-mid evening... but never at dusk!

Yeah, Mojo (I think it was) ran an article on Lee Mavers several years ago, calling him the Syd Barrett of the 80's indie scene. He was a perfectionist to begin with (Steve Lillywhite finally had to finish the album) and got pretty deeply into heroin... none of this too conducive to producing a followup. And by now, how could he ever compete with his legend? It's still one of my favorite alltime rock albums. And yes, "There She Goes" has been played (and covered) to death. It fit in well with the mix, so I included it, but my favorite songs off that record right now are the first and last--which are also the first and last on the mix. I also like "Doledrum" and "Timeless Melody" very much.

Is their audio even better than SACD? Inquiring Greg M's want to know.

Datz some pretty ballsy segue-in' there! I live for thrills--in a small, aesthetic way, that is. Actually, I was quite happy with this mix. "God Only Knows" is a hard song to follow, but the La's "Looking Glass" is just shattering, a tour de force that nips at the heels of "A Day in the Life." IMHO, of course.

Yeah like Ha, Ha! You don't have the resources the Evil Yankees have! No, no, nothing so crude as that... rather a pleasant inquiry as to the significance of recounting any past exploits of said team, owing to... ahhh, don't want to goad the Gouldster.

It's the HIGH FIDELITY reader in me... I just made a mix CD-R for an old, ahem, "friend." Actually, I made it about a year & a half ago and never got around to sending it till two days ago, with a slight shuffling of the song order. Here it is: The La's, "Son of a Gun" The Kinks, "Where Have All the Good Times Gone?" The Yardbirds, "I Wish You Would" The Strokes, "Modern Age" Aimee Mann, "Ghost World" Oasis, "Going Nowhere" XTC, "Meeting Place" The La's, "There She Goes" Beatles, "I'm Only Sleeping" Sardina, "I'll Be Around" Go-Go's, "Turn to You" My Bloody Valentine, "Slow" Galaxie 500, "Ceremony" Mercury Rev, "I Only Have Eyes for You" Artie Shaw, "Nocturne" Psychedelic Furs, "She Is Mine" Amos Milburn, "In the Middle of the Night" Miles Davis, "Blue in Green" Norah Jones, "Don't Ask Why" Beach Boys, "God Only Knows" The La's, "Looking Glass"

Hey Berigan, Santa Claus came in the spring one year, don'tcha know...

Got 9 for the same PM from one board member.

Not so fast, buster! LawrenceWelkuncorked

(with manly effort, resists urge to take jab at BoSox) B)

Um... lemme think... oh, I remember! 1978 NY Yankees.

Yep, Bix was last year. As for box-sets, RCA already put out a complete Glenn Miller set, and I doubt they have the economic nerve to tackle Fats' considerable output... how well did the Keepnews-produced volumes sell? It seems--I say seems because it's mostly based on my anecdotal observations--that the major companies are just a bit more wary of putting out complete, large, and/or comprehensive sets these days than they were a few years ago. I do hope that the Hawk gets his due. Basie, I'm sure, will not be overlooked.

Just recorded for broadcast this Saturday night at 11 p.m. on WFIU: "The Day Lady Died," a one-hour tribute to Billie Holiday on the 45th anniversary of her death. Audio clips from Lester Young (from his 1958 interview w/Chris Albertson) & Billie herself, along with a recording of Frank O'Hara reading his celebrated poem "The Day Lady Died" not long before his own death in 1966. Plus plenty of Holiday music--"This Year's Kisses," "Long Gone Blues," "No More" (moodier-sounding alternate take), "Don't Worry 'Bout Me" and others. Next week: Miles Davis w/Sam Rivers in Japan, 1964 (unreleased material that won't be on the SEVEN STEPS box) as well as Rivers' 1964 & '65 Blue Note dates w/members of Miles' quintet.

(groan) It was destined to happen, but isn't this a bit premature? Has the 80's revival truly run its course? I guess I gotta be more hip to the new nostalgia... don't get caught nappin' on yesterday's fashions!

Wow! Any confirmation on that, Chuck? I did a two-part show on BEFORE MOTOWN a couple years back, and JamesJazz sent me some wonderful material from that time... that's another Uptown I'd buy right out of the gate!

From Edmund Morris' strange piece on Reagan in a recent New Yorker:

I hear ya, impossible. I've been that way myself lately, particularly with all of the outtakes and unreleased songs that have been posted on Sweet Adeline... his leftovers are so much better than most artists' primary offerings. Can't wait for SONGS FROM A BASEMENT ON THE HILL. BTW, some discussion of Brad Mehldau going on over at Sweet Adeline because of his cover of "Bottle Up and Explode": bottleupandexplode

Maybe it's all an insidious attempt to drive us back to buying the books.

Interview w/Creed Taylor at AAJ: CreedTaylor