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Just adding my thoughts, wishes, prayers for everyone's health and safety.

More party hats and whistles! Happy birthday!

Got it... that's definitely one for the blooper file!

I second that! Saw this lineup in NY in May (about a month after Vortex set was recorded) and really liked it: also includes Andy Milne on piano and Mark Ferber on drums.

AMG reviews are often maligned, but what this one said about the Rich-Little-of-the-tenor-Harry-Allen seems 'spot on' (as Bev might say): "In the liner notes, Allen gives thanks to the jazz fans in Japan, mavens of the carbon copy. When Harry meets his own true voice on his instrument, perhaps then the listener will be the one dancing. Until then this is for specialized tastes..." As far as the RAP Harry Allen (also 80s and 90s, not the 20s!) "hero" might be overblown, but he's not insignificant in my book. Have to at least empathize with the guy who, as a black music critic and supporter-of-rap at the Village Voice, had his freedom of opinion/expression challenged by Stanley Crouch's fist, which broke Allen's jaw and got Crouch fired. (Allen then spent some time in Public Enemy's entourage, as a publicist and occasionally onstage, cited in "Don't Believe the Hype" as "Harry Allen -- media assassin.") What does this have to do with blindfold test? Well, I guess my familiarity with 80s rap equates to not having logged enough jazz listening time to be bold enough to participate... (where's the EMBARRASSED smilie?)

And soon to be Chris Catesta's, and "Chris" a few days ago, and "Christiern/ChrisA" last weekend... looks like the Chris-es rule October!

golden raisins?

Grattis på födelsedagen! Langa de vin. Jag var i Cleveland den vecka, officer.

Thanks everybody! It was pretty good!

thanks, and you're welcome!

I'm actually surprised I got 10 out of 12 right -- maybe it's because I usually only have one -- and spend an hour-and-a-half peeling the label off...

Thanks, AB!

Ditto!

Yeah, me too -- "Miss Misery" -- rare to see such a DIRECT and intimate presence on the Oscars. Like Impossible said, for me the title of this thread just WOULDN'T register -- thought there must be a 90-year-old Elliott Smith I hadn't heard of, or I read the RIP wrong. This is awfully sad.

This sounds great, AB -- did you ever record? Anything you can burn onto a CD, or put online?

I'm looking for an image of a Cuban commemorative stamp of Beny More... But all I've found so far is Beethoven...

Not EXACTLY...

Bruce! You beat me to it! I was just about to say, my son's youth basketball league team (1990-1996), high school team (1999-2000) and college team (Division III, no athletic scholarships; 2001-present)! (And there was one particular opposing youth league team that came to mind as I viewed the "teams you hate" thread -- but it was the coaches and parents -- the players couldn't really help it)

BTW, Africa Brass -- has the formerly familiar head-of-a-cat morphed into a post-season play couch creature??? Now with 150% more catfish??? Was he a Red Sox or Cubs fan? Poor guy. Hope it doesn't take TOO many beers to drown his sorrows!

Happy birthday, Chris!

Was there anyone between her and Fred Thompson? BTW, I'm currently serving grand jury duty here in NYC (taking up a lot of time for 4 whole weeks) -- and it's all supposed to be completely secret -- but I do think I can share with you the fact that the instructional video we all have to watch is narrated (and he's on screen, not a voiceover) by -- SAM WATERSTON! Our panel all cracked up when he appeared -- and I think we were all laughing at ourselves! -- like the whole endeavor really did seem much more important and REAL when his face showed up!

That reminds me: LOOKOUT CLEVELAND (The Band) on the midwest tip: FIRST SNOW IN KOKOMO (Aretha Franklin) and for "city" in general: INNER CITY BLUES (Marvin Gaye)

Definitely WFMU in New Jersey (http://www.wfmu.org/): WFMU c/o Brian Turner (Music/Program Director) PO Box 5101 Hoboken, NJ 07030 For UPS and Fed-Ex only: WFMU Brian Turner 43 Montgomery Avenue 4th Floor Jersey City, NJ 07302

Raising the bar with this two-fer? The musicians have to be named for cities too??!!

soft spot for GALVESTON (cuz I was born there) (although if I'm just rating Glenn Campbell performances I prefer Wichita Lineman) LONDON CALLING