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  1. BFT 104 Discussion Thread

    in Blindfold Test

    Posted

    BFT #104 Compiled by Hot Ptah

    First off, thanks to Hot Ptah for putting together this most enjoyable compilation. There was lots for me to like, little to dislike, and I could scarcely venture a guess on any of them.

    1. This jazz seems “bossy” to me, like they’re pushing the music around and bullying it to obey. It’s a mean feel, and get that from Mingus a lot even though I don’t think I’d guess Mingus here.
    2. Nice bounce. Tough sax. Sounds like the sort of thing that informed 50s rock and roll. Swinging good. Jump, jive, wail.
    3. More toe-tapping fun. I’ll throw an Ellington guess out there as I thought I heard something in the piano, but it’s just desperate grasping in the dark.
    4. I take it we’ve jumped ahead a few decades here. That intro may have been sampled by a group called Minotaur Shock. Fusion rocking out here. The theme isn’t entirely appealing to me so 5:33 of it is sort of meh. It does sound like music to get stuff done by, I’ll give it that.
    5. I love this from the jump, so 10:13 of it is A-OK by me. Weird contrast here with a damn near rockabilly rhythm and those mellow horns. Sounds a bit like the song “Who Do You Love.”
    6. Nice moody start. I might have this. That’s going to drive me nuts. Reflective. I like the sparse percussive elements. Beautiful.
    7. Swingin’ again. I feel like I should recognize the soloist, like an old friend. Bah! No guess.
    8. Got me from the first tickles of the keys. No guess again.
    9. Journeying to the middle east! I dig the changes of pace. Abdullah Ibrahim?
    10. A two minute and fifteen second romp. Made me smile.
    11. Pretty. Loving the bowed strings. I did not expect it to leap into the more uptempo thing. Really enjoyed this.
    12. Now we’re getting bluesy. I’m not opposed, although this is treading dangerously close to SNL band territory, vibes notwithstanding. Somewhat generic, not really all that thrilled with this.
    13. How far we going back? Way back! Swingin’ like mad. I’m a wee, lost little neophyte.
    14. Sigh. Another one I feel I should recognize. The pianist keeps repeating that little lick and it’s like some kind of signature. It’s a standard I ought to know too.
    15. I’ve got to admit that while I “hear” this, the discordant nature of it is just sort of goofy to me. I guess if one listens to enough music or plays enough music then melodic and tuneful gets boring. But if the alternative is to be sort of…I don’t know, nerdy, then…Maybe it will grow on me. I’m a nerd.
    16. Baden Powell or Paulinho Nogueira or something?

    Thanks again Hot Ptah! Apologies for taking so long to get my responses together! Now, off to read everyone else's thoughts and then the reveal thread.

  2. iTunes - new version

    in Audio Talk

    Posted

    MG, one of the settings you want to be sure to have on your iPod is to click the "manually manage music and videos" box on the iPod's main page, above Music. This means you don't have to sync it with your iTunes library, and you'll be able to delete songs off your iPod/add songs to it without necessarily having those songs in iTunes. This works well for people with large collections, since you don't necessarily want tens of thousands of songs stored on your computer and slowing its performance.

  3. iTunes - new version

    in Audio Talk

    Posted

    It used to at least search the iPod, MG. So if I was making a playlist on it, I would use the search function to find songs to include. Now, it doesn't search the iPod at all and only pulls results from iTunes. You need a separate program such as iPod Access to get past the annoying block Apple has on pulling tracks off the iPod.

  5. iTunes - new version

    in Audio Talk

    Posted

    Downloaded the new version last night, and that new search function is the main thing that's pissing me off. Not only for the reasons you guys are discussing, but now the searches do not access the iPod. They ONLY search what's in iTunes. I have 22,136 songs on my iPod, I do not keep that much music on my laptop. Now I have to scroll through the whole damn iPod to find songs. A big step back. I think they buried the quality control staff with Jobs like servants with the pharaoh.

  10. 2012 Organissimo Football Pool

    in Miscellaneous - Non-Political

    Posted

    I realize Roethlisberger is important, but when a team turns the ball over 8 times and only loses by a TD, that's a game that team should have won. And as a fan of one of the worst teams in the NFL, I've got to admit I'm pissed when a team like San Fran can switch QBs midstream and still thump teams handily. Desperate teams even. It's really annoying that a move like that doesn't bite the Niners in the ass...

    Midway through Sunday, I thought I was having a bad week. Things changed in a hurry! Four off vajerzy's stellar pace. :rmad:

  20. Moacir Santos

    in Artists

    Posted

    Just an aside, but a man came into my father's store to rent a wheelchair who shared the same name. He was delightedly shocked when I asked if he was related to the famous musician. He's Moacir's son. ^_^

  25. Acknowledged masterpieces: single cuts

    in Recommendations

    Posted

    Wow, I somehow missed this thread the first time around. I'll be using it to dig up masterpieces I have missed!

    I consider these masterpieces, off the top of my head:

    Stanley Turrentine "Shirley"

    Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers "Dat Dere"

    Duke Pearson "Wahoo"

    Brother Jack McDuff "Moon Rappin'"

    Roy Haynes "Dorian"

    Woody Shaw "Sashianova"

    Wes Montgomery "Bumpin' On Sunset"

    Grant Green "Street Of Dreams"

    Freddie Hubbard "Povo"

    Les McCann "Doin' That Thing"

    Roy Brooks "The Free Slave"

    Lou Donaldson "One Cylinder"

    Lee Morgan "Search For The New Land"

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