clifford_thornton

The Ringer is a favorite.

That's one I boneheadedly skipped on when I saw a copy for $9.99 several years ago. I'm guessing it was one of those instances where my arms were already full of wax, else it would have made it home. Will have to remember to look for this one again.

Oof. I'm sorry that there are problems with this and I'll see what I can do.

It seems so... pointless.

Yeah, that was my intent. Bill, you might have a few of these. I had to go CD-only because of some wiring problems with my tonearm that developed recently.

I get the feeling that a lot of those P-Vine Japanese CDs are bootlegs.

Parallel works fine. I am not a premium user myself.

Can't say anything more than the beautiful sentiments echoed here. RIP.

For those of you who are downloading, get it here. I'll throw up the discussion thread mid-week just to ensure that the two members whose BFTs are in the mail have received them.

Apologies for being off schedule (two trips at the beginning of August). It's all done and will be hosted starting tomorrow. Physical copies are en route. Enjoy!

Forgive me if this has already been discussed, but Jazz Track is here and rather egregious.

Ptah is probably right but if one is immediately turned off / severely underwhelmed, it's hard to get the gumption to try and try again. But maybe I'll give it another shot. And I know Beefheart was far from a "naif," albeit definitely, genuinely odd.

From the Zappa I've listened to - which isn't a lot, but some - I get the impression that he was trying too hard to be "weird," "difficult," or "quirky." It's the difference between your average CRI LP (not counting the Feldman, Partch, etc. titles) and, say, Xenakis. Xenakis didn't have to try! Of course, I can't fade FZ completely because he was good for foisting more Beefheart on the world, but... as a composer, he's totally uninteresting to me. Alan Silva is sometimes quite interesting (not always). I'm not comparing the two, really, but you get my drift. I was merely stating that I was curious to hear Zappa the guitarist (who's decent) in the historical context of the Actuel festival.

Huh. I know they played together at Amougies in 1969 as well, and the review I have of that show was that it wasn't all that... yet curious I remain.

I still don't get him either, though I am morbidly curious to hear what he sounded like with Archie Shepp and Philly Joe Jones.

More to the point, does it include a pair of gym socks?

Lask - Lask 1 - (ECM) with Maggie Nichols!

Oh man, hit me when I'm broke!

Good one.

You've got a point, sure, but it all seems like a witch hunt to me. Aren't there more pressing issues in the world today? Is anybody investigating Contador?

Now I am curious...

Guitarist Amanda Monaco.

All: I actually ended up having a hell of a few days - home for one day, computer garbled, and had another out of town sortie over the weekend. Please bear with me. Hard copies will be sent to those who asked and DL will be up shortly. Many thanks!

Don't know but will inquire once I get mine.