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You never see any British Jazz LPs of that ilk in charity shops! Looks like something I'd like to hear - sidewinder, did you win? Crazy high price for Good Move here.

Prince Lasha has played it; Rozanne Levine also regularly performs on the instrument.

Indeed, that was something to see... must have just come out at the time.

What a find - hipped to this 1967 film via Inconstant Sol.

Derek Bailey - Guitar Solos - (Incus)

I've already got my own blog outside of the o-board, but this is still a nice idea.

This is fucked up.

I saw them last year and thought it was good - better than I expected. The sound in the hall was horrible, however - this being UT's recital hall for classical music (mostly). Their cover of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" - which I never gave a shit about before - is totally Waldron-ized. Dug it.

Whoa. Curious to hear this.

I liked the book but I'm easy.

Not a stroke - severe migraine, she's okay.

Sort of, though steroids and EPO are very, very different drugs. One builds muscle/power, the other is a blood thinner that allows greater oxygen intake, etc, about as much as if you were training at altitude.

Huh? I will always maintain that doping does NOT make one go from mediocre shlub to star athlete. It may give an "edge" but the training, strategy, and physiology that make a star athlete are still there in spades. Most people do not understand that, and think that the drugs "make one better." In most cases, they artificially ease recovery or perhaps sharpen one's reflexes for a short amount of time. That's the extent of systematic performance enhancement. As a former amateur cat 3 roadie, using drugs wasn't going to make me a Tour winner. Dig?

Exactamundo.

I'm sure even a VG+ copy of Byrd in Paris would bring you a few hundred Euro at auction. Nice score. The only LPs I would pay a "lot" for are the Moloudji Tusques records, the Michael Cosmic, and the Hum Dono. I've always been outbid.

Well, it was clear after the 2010 Tour that this would be the only logical next step. I'm sure he'll continue to race mountain bikes, marathons, and single-day events. Can't imagine the competitive bug being completely quashed. And I sincerely believe that yes, he is indeed one of the greatest athletes of our time. Asshole, yes; doper, probably; but that doesn't negate his awesome achievements in sport.

2K for a hammered copy of Trombone By Three?

I was talking to Alvin Fielder once and mentioned "the young drummer Mike Reed." Alvin's response was something like "he's in his thirties at least, so he's an old guy now!" and proceeded to ask whether there were any real young (under 23) drummers making a splash, and I actually couldn't think of any. Yes, Mike is in his mid-30s, but of very worthwhile drummers I know and get to hear a good deal, Marc Riordan (also an excellent pianist) is 29, and Dylan Ryan is 27. Other notable youngish players I'm aware of are altoist Nick Mazzarella (27), trumpeter Jaimie Branch (27) and Brooklyn-based trumpeter Jacob Wick (26). Indeed on some of these names. I always think of 20s-30s as "young" but to some I guess it isn't.

Yes indeed. And thankfully for us, he didn't go through with castration - Denardo is an enjoyable percussionist and I'm glad he's around!

I was talking to Alvin Fielder once and mentioned "the young drummer Mike Reed." Alvin's response was something like "he's in his thirties at least, so he's an old guy now!" and proceeded to ask whether there were any real young (under 23) drummers making a splash, and I actually couldn't think of any.

Yeah, I remember seeing that video many years ago. Interesting stuff for a forming appreciation of different music. Ornette also talked about his sexual "problems" in other interviews in the 60s - definitely in the Notes & Tones interview, for example - though I never really understood what he was trying to get at. Oblique references to "forced homosexuality," etc., very strange.

Wow. I'd be curious to hear this.

If I didn't already have the BAG record and the Ware CD I'd jump on these. Hopefully they'll issue some material I can justify shelling out for. I'll be curious to hear the reports.

Whoa. I didn't really follow his career, but still this is a serious loss. RIP.

Man, I would love to see this - too bad I'm halfway across the country.