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Maybe WINGY(I STAY BOMBED) would like to weigh in on this subject...

Congratulations!

Yes, plus "Make Way for Ducklings" and "Angus McFergus McTavish Dundee" -- and those gloved hands making the pingpong balls disappear, reappear, multiply...

I certainly hope something good comes of Marcus Dixon's appeal: Having recently served on a grand jury, I don't understand why the jurors in this case weren't informed of the "felony level" of this child molestation charge. Here in New York, for example, you're told whether it's a Class A (worst) through E (lightest) felony, or a misdemeanor. The New York state penal code is VERY precise in differentiating levels of "penile" (and other sexual) violations, depending on whether the victim is under 17, under 14, under 13, under 11 -- and what the age differential is between the defendant and victim. In New York, if the perpetrator is less than 21 years of age and the victim is under 17 years (but 14 or older) and the contact was consensual, this is a sexual misconduct offense, a Class A Misdemeanor, which carries a maximum sentence of 1 year (Class B and 3 months if there is less than 5 years age difference between the kids).

"Clear your throat for the second verse"

Belated happy birthday, Vajerzy! Hope it was a good one.

Same here.

Not a thing, Chris. It's certainly there on my shelves. Filed in the jazz section, apparently to the horror of a few... I remember watching one of the earliest Jay-Leno-hosted Tonight Shows: Wynton Marsalis was the musical guest, with a 5-or-6-tet and they played -- Vince Guaraldi's Peanuts theme! So I guess even Hardbop would have to concede that VG is jazz...

Was this when you got to watch Wayne Thiebaud paint, Noj?

That's Velazquez's portrait of Juan de Pareja: This is a Portrait of the Architect José Ratés Dalmau painted BY Juan de Pareja:

Yeah, Goldsworthy...

Velazquez

Elizabeth Murray

Giorgio de Chirico

Yves Tanguy

I heard her play at the Vision Festival in NYC a few years ago in a quartet led by David "Fathead" Newman, with Winard Harper (and I don't remember the fourth -- oops!) -- but it was a beautiful set. She's also on Kevin Mahogany's 2002 CD "Pride & Joy".

At Tonic (107 Norfolk Street) on Friday Jan 23: "Paul Haines - jazz poet/writer/dj/video artist/friend - will be honored on the first anniversary of his untimely death by a partial roster of those who loved him and were always encouraged by him, including: Roswell Rudd, Evan Parker, Syd Straw, Karen Mantler, METRIC (Haines' daughter's band), George Cartwright" And at Anthology Film Archives (32 Second Ave at 2d St) on Saturday Jan 24 at 2 PM: "From the last chapter of Paul Haines' life (1932-2002) come four of his video works. Perhaps best known as the librettist of Carla Bley's magnum opus ESCALATOR OVER THE HILL, Haines has a more obscure past as soothsayer, documentarian and follower of improvised musics–a man on the scenes (New Orleans, New York, New Mexico, India and eventually Toronto) when so few were. The off-center wit and linguistic trap-doors that have endeared his poems (sung and printed) to a small circle of insiders suffuse his still rarer video essays, all produced originally on VHS. Most are having their New York premieres with this event. Musical input to the films from Derek Bailey, Tony Oxley, Evan Parker, Roswell Rudd, Jack Teagarden, Robert Wyatt." Videos included: JUBILEE (1992, 21 minutes) LEARNING TO COPE WITH HOPE (1992, 3 minutes) OUR RUDD'S GOLDEN CURTAIN (1992, 19 minutes) RICE SCENTED IN OUR ABSENCE (1983, 33 minutes) [Also at Anthology Film Archives from Wed Jan 21 through Sun Jan 25: A John Cage Film and Video Festival]

Ditta. Er, ditto. Also seltzer. NYC tap water tastes great. But where I grew up in northern Wisconsin, the water has a STRONG iron taste (just like the smell of rust) and leaves rust stains on the sink, washing machine, etc. Brita can't get ridda that -- need something out of a bottle.

Happy Birthday, Patricia! (The word-artist formerly known as Still-Life?)

Sadaharu Oh: A Zen Way of Baseball by Oh and David Falkner (1984). Out of print, but cheap used copies are floating around. Really unusual for an "as told to" book -- the details of improving skills, practicing, getting through and over a slump were fascinating, I thought -- plus there's what amounts to a little "flip-book" animating Oh's swing -- little pictures printed in the upper righthand corner of about 30 consecutive pages -- really cool.

Congratulations!!!

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