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Every time you get a word right, a child is forced to measure 10 grains of rice into a thimble.

And are there tunes we would pay the band NOT to play?

Previous thread here. Apparently this is also a reliable test of whether you're a boob man or leg man.

Sonny Red's LP on Mainstream. Sonny mainly sticks to tenor, on which he makes like Joe Henderson. Only one alto track, and it sounds out of place. Good to hear Cedar Walton and Billy Higgins together again. All in all, intriguing.

I'll be very careful when I start threads here to promote my new band, Prescription Meds from Canada.

A tape a (former) friend made to teach his parrot to talk. Forty-five minutes of an adult male saying things like "I'm a pretty bird" over and over.

Is that the City of Glass score or the score sheet from Bob's bowling night?

I don't know if it's a "genuine jazz standard" yet, but McCartney's "Blackbird" is already one of those overplayed songs that creep me out.

i agree, if the cd isn't damaged, that is. Is there a problem with IAI, the label? It's only $15 there.

One of these days I intend to order some things from the IAI Web site. Anybody have experience, good or bad, with the site? IAI

Then Maynard came to town and hired the whole section away.

From the AP: —Marc Edwards, 43, Charles P. Lunsford professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va. Edwards' research focuses on ensuring safe drinking water and in exposing the deteriorating water-delivery infrastructure in the country's largest urban areas.

We can still grouse about the blues musician who got one.

Keebo!

Peabo is one of my favorites too! I named my dog Peabo! I named my cat Peabo! I named my gerbil Peabo! I named all my fish Peabo! I called my dad Peabo until he stopped making trust fund payments! I used to travel around to Peabo's shows! I would try to hang out backstage until security came for me! I called the security guards Peabo too! Can I call you Peabo?

The Missouri Department of Revenue once allowed somebody in Kansas City to get a plate that said GANJA.

Its so calming Id like it even if I wasnt paid to like it I cant get it out of my head cant get it out of my head no matter how hard I try cant get it out of my head must make bossa nova stop cant get out of my head NO GOD MAKE IT STOP NOW MAKE IT STOP NOW

Remain calm. Remain calm. There is nothing to see here. Remain calm. Remain calm. For cryin' out loud, remain calm already. If I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times. Remain calm, remain calm. I am trying to get it into your thick skull. You got some serious f---ing calming to do. Remain calm, dammit.

There's another reason the "If Winter Comes" LP is a keeper. It's a rare recorded example of the Kansas City pianist George Salisbury at work.

What, no UMG shills to tell us what the titles are?

He DID record, but the tapes were lost after his brother Dennis took them over to Charlie Manson's house.

Max and Klook. Higgins and Blackwell.

Brotzmann and Bennink. Mengelberg and Van Hove.

I've already used Dexter and Cecil as cat names, so you can't have them. Wardell, however, is still available.

Mel's in Kansas City next Saturday. Can't wait.