AfricaBrass

I laughed so hard I choked.

Now that we've got advice on movers... Anyone got any on "shakers"? Sorry... I was dropped on my head a lot as a child. Actually, having survived two out-of-state moves last year ; we drove our own truck, but got help loading it and packing. I felt like the guys packing were also packing on extra time, but I was under the gun and I'd had good experiences with these movers before... Good luck with your move! I liked Kevin's advice about the realtors. I did as he did and moved my own valuable items.

That dude posts so many posts..... It's cool with me. Enthusiasm is good in my book. I guess I'm guilty of the same thing. I better find a job soon.

Nice work 7/4! Or should I call you Mr. 300k.

No offense here. We've got our own crisis with our cattle, but our government is more adept at hiding the truth from us... I'd avoid those 6lb. burgers myself like the lurgy (don't know what it means, but it has to be nasty). So... you're not dancing in the streets now that Charles is marrying his true love Camilla. At least they don't look like monkeys. Oh... I guess they do... What's it about the elites looking like unhuman...

YIKES! Reminds me of the CHiPs episode where the mirrors on the hill caused one of those nasty, cars flying through the air like acrobats, accidents... You have to be careful with your reflective surfaces...

It always make me cringe when you hear British folk saying things like, "I don't really think we need them, but they're great for tourism". Now, I'm sorry fellas but, and don't take this the wrong way, during the foot and mouth outbreak of 2001, Americans were avoiding the place like we had the lurgy. That's how much of a deal-clincher the Royals are . They're a complete waste of space and a big "Fuck you" to anything that pretends to be a democracy. The stunts they pull to 'evade' tax... well, that's just a whole other thread Thanks! I just wanted to know if not thinking too highly of them was insulting to you. We have our own royalty here and they're even worse... It just makes you wish for your own French Revolution. If it was good enough for Marie Antoinette, then...

That's great Soul Stream. You should buy her a pony or something good.

God help us, period.

It sure does. They are amazing! and... you're welcome!

If we use the LaRoca sensitivity test, we find: Baby Face Willette = Baby - All terrorists were once babies. Yes, it's true. Face - Once again, those enemies of all that is good have faces. Those thugs may cover them up sometimes, but they still have them. Will - That's what terrorists want us to have to write because they are going to get us. We need to live in fear. e - There are two "e"s in his last name. "E" stands for enemy. It's just as plain as day. tt - The two "t"s in his last name are symbols of the graves these enemies of all that is good and holy want to put us in. There's no way we'll ever get a Baby Face Willette reissue in the good ol' apple pie eatin' US of A.

Ah.... little girls The heart that she made needs to be lovingly stored in a scrapbook of some kind for years to come. March 1 used to be one of those sad 'anniversary' days (my father's passing); now I think I will probably always remember the story of little Soul Streamette's hearts (the one that she made and the six-year-old one filled with innocence and love...) That's a wonderful post. I'm sorry for your loss, Rachel. This reminds me about the concept that the flapping of a butterfly's wing effects something on the other side of the world. I like that one, and this thread is an illustration about how Soul Stream's daughter's kindness has had an effect.

*pling* another post closer to armageddon They talked about this in one of those Left Behind books. We're in trouble...

I wonder if they get newbies on the Kenny G board who make their first post about how much they love Ornette Coleman... I bet they run those newbies out of town.

did you guys notice that the upcoming handshake in this pic is bound to be one of the whimpy kind? You know, all fingers no palm. Luvly yes, thank you ... touch, go ... thank you...

I like seeing jazz grow and develop. I'm very open to musicians stretching the boundaries. I think the "young lions" movement did so much damage to jazz because it seemed to target a certain period and claim "that" was jazz. If we had someone come along with a leap on the level of Bebop, I'm sure it might be hard to embrace at first. This is a thread on smooth jazz, a medium which is not a leap in any way, but a real leap forward in jazz would be very interesting to me. My litmus test for music is: If an artist is skilled and passionate about what they're doing, I'll give them a chance. This goes for almost any style of music. If they're just going through the motions, I'm not going to waste my time.

I'm an American, but you guys are killing me! It seems like the royals are more popular with Americans than they are at home. Is that true? They don't do anything for me, but I live in a blue state...

Maybe but is this the future of jazz? Keep this up Che and we're going to wash your mouth out with soap. ...or your keyboard or you hands or something. The future??? I sure hope not! I hope this isn't the future of jazz. I wish they would have called it sax-pop or something instead of smooth jazz. I still wouldn't like it much, but I wouldn't have to worry about someone telling me they like jazz and proceeding to mention Dave Koz. Have you ever noticed the names of smooth jazz guys; Kenny G, Dave Koz, Boney James. Those are pretty bad names. If I called myself Boney, I would be alone-y.

I hear what you are saying, but jazz is a broad church and there is stuff I do not like. I am not a great fan of Dave Brubeck, but many many peole like his kind of music. My interest in trying to see what other people see, I do not want to live in the Kingdom of the blind Che. I'm just teasing around. I realize there are many flavors of jazz, and I guess smooth jazz is one of them. It just doesn't do much for me because it's more like rock or pop music played on instruments normally associated with jazz. It would be like a jazz album where the group stated the melody, but unlike jazz, where they go off from there, smooth jazzers just stick to that melody. I know some good players play the stuff, but there just isn't room to go into the territories I love in jazz.

Amir. What resonates for me in this post is the phrase "authentic jazz", could you tell me a little more about what you mean by this? Che. Maybe that's jazz that doesn't just stick to the melody... or have robotic backing tracks or makes your brain hurt from the shear repetitiveness of its drabness or doesn't make you want to hit your head against the wall over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again. Nah... I don't mind smooth jazz at all.

I don't think I'm elitist. I just don't enjoy smooth jazz because most of it is BORING. I don't see any reason to listen to music that IMO sucks.

Amir. Do you think there is a possibility that some jazz fans can appear elitist when they talk about 'smooth jazz'? I work with people that like me have a broad interest in music, but have a particular one they like. Now I have made countless CD's for them, with various jazz tracks. But what they seem to like is the Washington/Kenny G stuff. What am I to make of this? Che. You work with some really boring people? I think WE'RE the anomaly. I have worked in SO MANY places where the bosses had CRAP taste in music. It's like they didn't get the music lover gene, which also allows them to be successful while music lovers (like myself with that gene) work for them and have to hear their crappy Boney James cds blaring out of their office.

I definitely think emusic is more reasonable than i-tunes. If I can get any album in digital format for under $3, then I can support that as a new model. All I'm saying is that there is no way I'm going to pay the same as I would for a cd. I just don't see an mp3 as being worth that much.