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I'm only interested in A2.7 through A3.2, and the rest of it can go to hell.

He was hugely popular in Kansas City. You see copies of his first two albums at Goodwill here all the time. I remember he even did some radio promos for the local Scientology group. No kidding.

John L. named mine back in post #4. I'd throw in the subsequent "Parker's Mood" session too.

But the small label and eccentric groove on this record place it a lot later than 1908. Mid '20s at the very earliest.

Found this photo on the Topeka Capital Journal's Web site. That's Chris Charles in the background. It was good to see you there, HP.

Big round of layoffs ahead. Smaller round of layoffs earlier this year didn't do it.

From the AP: PETALUMA, California (AP) _ Alton Kelley, an artist who helped created the psychedelic style of posters and other art associated with the 1960s San Francisco rock scene, has died. He was 67. Kelley died Sunday of complications from osteoporosis in his Petaluma home, according to his publicist, Jennifer Gross. Kelley and his lifelong collaborator, Stanley "Mouse" Miller, churned out iconic work from their studio, a converted firehouse where Janis Joplin first rehearsed with Big Brother and the Holding Company. The pair created dozens of classic rock posters, including the famous Grateful Dead "skull and roses" poster designed for a show at the Avalon Ballroom, as well as posters and album covers for Journey, Steve Miller, Jimi Hendrix and The Beatles. Kelley and Miller's work influenced other well-known names in the genre such as Rick Griffin, who moved to San Francisco in 1966 after seeing their psychedelic posters and soon started producing his own. For inspiration, the pair scrutinized old etchings and photos, took in the youth culture of the time and dug through public libraries, often breaking out into laughter until they were asked to leave by the librarian, Miller recalled. "We were just having fun making posters," Miller told the San Francisco Chronicle. "There was no time to think about what we were doing. It was a furious time, but I think most great art is created in a furious moment." Born on June 17, 1940, Kelley met Miller in 1965, at the epicenter of the hippie movement — San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district — and soon recognized their ability to work together, in their words "riffing off each other's giggle." In recent years, Kelley's artwork focused on paintings of hot rods and custom cars, which were sold as fine art and printed on T-shirts. He is survived by his wife Marguerite Trousdale Kelley; their children Patty, Yosarian and China; his mother, his sister and two grandchildren.

I wasn't a fan of "Get It On," but I found an immaculate copy of the third album at a thrift store recently and bought it, in part for the picture of my friend Jay Sollenberger on the back. Parts of the record are pretty good.

I may fool around with others, but I always come back to the old Leon Fleisher/George Szell/Cleveland recordings, available cheaply on Sony. If you can stand mono and 78 rpm sizzle, Schnabel with Sargent.

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He's not running the jam session on a Monday, is he?? That could be trouble. It's the 26th, a Saturday.

Another practical goal: Can we make sure that nobody asks to sing "My Funny Valentine" with the band?

I remember the day my ex found out about my B-side activity.

There are about a dozen swastikas in the architectural details of my parents' house in Kansas City. Built about 1920.

I go nuts on cheap classical vinyl wherever I can find it. Especially the thrift stores and the discount shelves at Half Price Books. The classical vinyl rivals the size of my jazz collection. We won't even talk about the 78s here.

I thought the same for a minute. Maybe. But Ken didn't seem to have that much hair in the '70s.

79% Dixie, y'all. Anybody who tries to tell you that Kansas City is the Gateway to the West is trying to whitewash that it's really a neglected orifice of the South.

In the interest of clarity: "In the Mix" was on Landmark, not DIW. It's decent, not great, but easily worth a buck

Schoenberg emancipated consonance too, but people don't know it yet. Who'll emancipate music from people who only talk about its vertical dimension?

Sorry I missed you there. I couldn't get there until the last set. I wondered the same. I'm sure his history of alcoholism has taken quite a toll on his body -- but he appeared quite sober in the last set, was playing strongly, and seemed to be drinking nothing but water. The death of his wife in 2006 probably didn't help anything. His Marlboro Gold habit isn't helping either. But his playing was fairly impressive, better than I expected. What did you think of Brad Leali?

He pioneered 3.14159265 styles, at 4:17 p.m. on Oct. 25, 1948.

"This road is the most accurate representation to date of my work with the chicken."

Y'all stay away from one of my secret sources of great records! Nice, reliable folks. Phone orders seem to be the fastest.

No option for the Mizells?

First, get a cow. Then, get a hammer...