AfricaBrass

I hope things pick up for you, Tom! I'm in the same boat. Work is nuts, wife is nuts, I'm nuts....

I finally got my set the other day. I like the Jack Johnson album, but I didn't know if I'd like the box set. I was worried about the multiple versions, but I was very surprised by how interesting the different versions were and I was surprised at how much I dug some of the unreleased tracks (especially Ali). I've listened to this set over and over. It just keeps getting more interesting.

If that is true, I hope they throw him in prison! He deserves what he gets.

What makes me feel like I need to wash my eyes is the fact that Michael Jackson probably was guilty of sexual offenses over ten years ago. He's had ten years of freedom to continue his sickness. The parents of the molested children allowed their kids to stay with him. Even after the settlement in '93 . I guess making jokes about it is a way of coping with the fact that we live in a sick world. Nothing surprises me anymore.

I like Dan's idea about signing-up. I agree with Couw that it would be easier if it was on a volunteer basis.

Thanks Chrome! Welcome to the board!

I heard about 2/3 of the album yesterday. Part of me doesn't like the fact that it was built in Pro Tools and really isn't the album the Beatles had originally intended. but... I dug the sound. I dug hearing new things in the music. There was a guitar track on "I Me Mine" that I had never heard before. I've heard all these songs thousands of times, but I like being able to hear them in a new way. I'm going to buy this, keep the old Let It Be CD and LPs, keep the Get Back bootlegs I have. I figure this is just another piece in the puzzle. As for the bonus CD, I'll probably listen to it once.

I hope you're right, Catesta. I don't think he'd make it in jail.

I heard Michael Jackson was spotted at JC Penney's. He had heard that boys pants were 1/2 off.

Well I like the ones with the cat. Couw's new avatars are great!

One part of me feels sorry for Jackson, since he has no clue about reality and I can't see him doing too well in prison, but the other part is pretty sickened by the idea that he's had an extra ten years to molest children since his '93 payoff. I wonder when the Michael Jackson prison jokes will begin. He may be a "Smooth Criminal" and he may be "Bad", but I have the bad feeling that he's going to end up as some inmates "Dirty Diana" or "Billie Jean". No matter what, I'm sure it will be a real "Thriller" for him. "Say Say Say" what you will, but of these charges, I'll be surprised if he'll "Beat It".

Great ideas, Al! I think about them as I fall asleep.

I consider both, undergroundagent and jazzhound, valuable members of this community, just as I consider every single person who participates in these forums. That's what keeps me coming back. I hope that no one chooses to leave. Heck, I hope everybody tells a friend about this place. The more, the merrier!

I like polls.

rockefeller center, I LOVE your new avatar!!! With all the Zappa fans around here, I'm surprised nobody's mentioned this spoof:

I feel the same way as Brad. I don't want to see anyone leave. Please stick around. B)

I wasn't playing off the title as much as I was playing off the image of the tape case on the cover. It's more in the Monty Python vein than Couw's thematic avatars. It's not an alien. It's James T. Cat (or Cat Shatner) as a kitten getting into the trouble that young 'uns do.

R.I.P. Speedy Speedy West was one of my all-time favorite musicians. His recordings with Jimmy Bryant from the fifties are often played in my home.

It still creeps me out every time I see it.

And I'm the asshole!?!?!?! You must have insulted his wife or something... I have to say that from what I've seen in these various threads, Undergroundagent has been pretty cool through this whole thing. He's apologized a number of times. I guess I don't see the point of the continued vendetta, Jazzhound. I also read his original thread. When it said $15 or trade offers, I would have been annoyed at the offer of trading 10 $1 bills too. It's pretty obvious that he meant trade offers of CDs. I really think Jazzhound is the one who is being unreasonable at this point. I just wanted to apologize here to Jazzhound. He informed me that I didn't have my facts straight. I guess I should learn to keep my big mouth shut.

And I'm the asshole!?!?!?! You must have insulted his wife or something... I have to say that from what I've seen in these various threads, Undergroundagent has been pretty cool through this whole thing. He's apologized a number of times. I guess I don't see the point of the continued vendetta, Jazzhound. I also read his original thread. When it said $15 or trade offers, I would have been annoyed at the offer of trading 10 $1 bills too. It's pretty obvious that he meant trade offers of CDs. I really think Jazzhound is the one who is being unreasonable at this point.

Here's one for fans of Mobley and Morgan's PECKIN' TIME:

Sorry to see you go, undergroundagent!

The name of the band wasn't that strange (The Holy Modal Rounders), but I love the title of this album. The Moray Eels Eat the Holy Modal Rounders