AfricaBrass

Thanks for the suggestion, Jim! I'll look for it.

Well its almost 12 here so i can exorcise that evil spirit that has possesed my avatar! It probably feels like you need to take a shower.

i thinbk the Navajo have a god that is a giant vagina with teeth. How do they (the Navajo) sleep at night? Arrrrghh!! I'd be afraid of that think getting me.

Now Gary's avatar is SCARY if you like post bop!!!

Lon, She's only scary if my wife catches me looking at her.

This reminds me of the $200 bill with the likeness of Dubya that was used at supermarket in North Carolina. Here's the story from thesmokinggun.com SEPTEMBER 12--North Carolina cops are searching for a guy who successfully passed a $200 bill bearing George W. Bush's portrait and a drawing of the White House complete with lawn signs reading "We like ice cream" and "USA deserves a tax cut." The phony Bush bill--a copy of which you'll find below--was presented to a cashier at a Food Lion in Roanoke Rapids on September 6 by an unidentified male who was seeking to pay for $150 in groceries. Remarkably, the cashier accepted the counterfeit note and gave the man $50 change. In a separate incident involving a different perp, Roanoke Rapids cops Tuesday arrested Michael Harris, 24, for attempting last month to pass an identical $200 Bush bill at a convenience store.

Lon Chaney is much better than Kenny G. But I have to say that Kenny is still scarier!!!!

Thanks Moose!

Everyone, Your Halloween avatars are GREAT!!! Anyone else coming to the party?

Cool! Jazzheads do DIG Elvis! B)

You guys are killin' me!

Have any of you picked up the new reissue of LATIN ALA LEE that was remixed by Steve Hoffman? I'm a big fan of his remastering and I like checking out the message board on his website. Here's a link to a thread about the cd on the stevehoffman.tv/forums: LATIN ALA LEE thread on stevehoffman.tv I know this probably isn't a jazz session, but is it worth getting? BTW - I'm still waiting for my Peggy Lee - Singles Collection from BMG. It should come anytime

I was really surprised/disappointed by these new effects. They did look really dated, but not dated in a good way. I preferred the original titles to the new style ones. I always thought the original version had a great vibe. Did the movie (upon it's initial release) have the Dark Side studio footage in it originally, or was it added to subsequent versions? I know my VHS copy and Laserdisc versions have it. I'm still thrilled to have this on DVD.

It's great to read your stories! I got bit when I was 18. I was a huge fan of sixties rock music. I was really into the Byrds and I when I read in David Crosby's biography that the song "Eight Miles High" was influenced by John Coltrane, I went out and bought the cd of Africa Brass that day. I started off with Coltrane, Mingus, and Miles Davis and then I branched off from there.

No, the original movie is NOT included. The DVD contains the new version of the movie ("director's cut") and the "original concert", which are only the music scenes in the Pompeij auditorium. Oops! The concert was the part I really wanted anyway. But the scenes from Abbey Road are in the director's cut. They seemed very similar to the previous versions. Have you noticed any difference, Claude?

vajerzy, I actually paid for my UBB software, so I don't think it's free. Truthfully, I don't really like it that much. The Invision board is much better. I wonder what you miss out on if you go for the non-support Invision board. I've never used the support for my UBB board. As for installing the board software, it can be a little tricky, but there should be adequate instructions for doing it. I had no idea what I was doing, but somehow it all worked. The biggest trick for setting up the PHP style board was making sure I was uploading the files in the right format (ASCII or binary), but the instructions made it clear what I had to do. I had no experience in doing this. The other difficult part was setting permissions for your directories. But neither of these things were that hard to do, they just seemed difficult before I actually did it. I think you'll be fine doing it yourself.

THINGS TO PONDER Can you cry under water? How important does a person have to be before they are considered assassinated instead of just murdered? If money doesn't grow on trees then why do banks have branches? Since bread is square, then why is sandwich meat round? Why do you have to "put your two cents in"...but it's only a "penny for your thoughts"? Where's that extra penny going to? Why does a round pizza come in a square box? What did cured ham actually have? How is it that we put man on the moon before we figured out it would be a good idea to put wheels on luggage? Why is it that people say they "slept like a baby" when babies wake up like every two hours? If a deaf person has to go to court, is it still called a hearing? If you drink Pepsi at work in the Coke factory, will they fire you? Why are you IN a movie, but you are ON TV? Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in binoculars to look at things on the ground? How come we choose from just two people for President and fifty for Miss America? Why do doctors leave the room while you change? They're going to see you naked anyway. If a 911 operator has a heart attack, whom does he/she call? Wouldn't it be nice if whenever we messed up our life we could simply press 'Ctrl Alt Delete' and start all over? Stress is when you wake up screaming and then you realize you haven't fallen asleep yet. My husband says I never listen to him. At least I think that's what he said. Just remember...if the world didn't suck, we'd all fall off. Brain cells come and brain cells go, but fat cells live forever.

Late one dark and rainy night a man was walking home alone when he hears a....... BUMP... BUMP... BUMP... behind him. Walking faster he looks back, and makes out the image of an upright coffin banging its way down the middle of the street towards him BUMP... BUMP... BUMP... Terrified, the man begins to run towards his home, the coffin bouncing quickly behind him ... faster... faster... BUMP... BUMP.... BUMP. He runs up to his door, fumbles with his keys, opens the door, rushes in, slams and locks the door behind him. However, the coffin crashes through his door, with the lid of the coffin clapping ... clappity-BUMP... clappity-BUMP... clappity-BUMP... clappity-BUMP... on the heels of the terrified man.... Rushing upstairs to the bathroom, the man locks himself in. His heart is pounding; his head is reeling; his breath is coming in sobbing gasps. With a loud CRASH the coffin starts breaking down the door. Bumping and clapping towards him. The man screams and reaches for something heavy, anything ... his hand comes to rest on a large bottle of ROBITUSSIN. Desperate, he throws the Robitussin as hard as he can at the apparition, and... the coffin stops.

Jazzdog, I'd still check out the director's cut. There is some cool footage and it's worth a viewing, but I just think the original is better. I've seen the original so many times that the director's changes really bug me. I still haven't checked out all the features yet. I watched it with my 2 year old son, but he made me take off the DVD because he wanted to watch Dora the Explorer. He did like Echoes, though!

I really like your site. It looks like a real labor of love! I dig the Thigpen profile and the timeline idea is a great one!

Thanks John! I'd love to join in on the fun!

I use godaddy.com for my domain names, but I've been using www.barronhosting.com for my websites. They have a the Mite 100 package that gives you 100MB of space for only $20 a YEAR. I've been running the UBB Bulletin Board on it for my family's website and it's been great. As for BB software, I'd use the software the this site uses. I believe it's free. Good luck!

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That's really cool, Conn! You do have good friends!

Great score! That Mosaic is a good 'un! Reminds me of the day I picked up my Nat King Cole Mosaic set for $200 Oh happy day!