clifford_thornton

I write for PT and am still not entirely clear on the fate of the magazine. I have submitted reviews for a "Fall" issue but do not know when that will run.

I just play whatever I want for whomever I want. Most of my friends are pretty cool and appreciative of my musical taste. As I likewise am or try to be.

Paul Bley - Barrage - (ESP-Disk' orig, red label mono) cool lineup w/ Graves, Gomez, Marshall Allen, Dewey Johnson and cover art by the great Michael Snow!

Probably John, of "Fishing With John" and Lounge Lizards fame. An interesting composer.

I believe the Silvas are from the tapes. At least that's for sure on Seasons. It's good enough that I replaced my original vinyl with it!

Max Roach & Anthony Braxton - One in Two, Two in One - (Hat Hut) From the boxed set that also contains Shepp's set, entitled The Long March. Cover art by Niklas Troxler!

Sirone - Artistry - (Of the Cosmos) w/ Bernard Fennell, James Newton and Don Moye. Sick LP if y'all haven't dug into it.

I saw somebody rear-end a parked car at about 30mph last night. Dumbass.

I passed on what I believe is Jean-Luc Ponty's first recording, with the Wolfgang Dauner Trio, an MPS pressing (originally on Saba) for about $15. Wonder if I should've bought it...

on POD and DTM.

Michael Garrick Trio - Moonscape - (Trunk reissue) Really getting a lot of mileage out of this'n so far...

Did somebody just use the word "ape?" Remember there's only a 1% genetic difference between apes and people!

Kanye seems like a total douche, as does Fiddy but I'd probably trust Fiddy to come up with a few more decent tracks at the end of the day. Anybody hear the new Britney tracks yet?

Swell Maps - A Trip to Marineville - (Rough Trade orig)

Wasn't New Jazz the budget label for Prestige?

I'm avoiding this like the fucking plague.

Did he record for Elektra?

I don't know all the issues, but I've heard a few things on Sunspots and they've sounded quite good, considering the source.

Well, Kuhn looks like a chick in some of the photos on the gatefold...

Yeah, I trade CD-Rs of live material, too. I don't do Dime or other sites, but I encounter people with lists of "trade" stuff on the web. I've gotten a lot of good things that way, and I think it's a fine procedure as long as no one is profiting monetarily from such practices.

A-fuckin'-men! I don't know why, but this Lonehill release pisses me off more than any of the others. Maybe it's because I know they downloaded it from Dime, where some kind soul shared it with the world free of charge. I got this from Dime the day it was uploaded there, and I'd be glad to "share" with anyone who wants a copy... just shoot me a PM. Cheers, Shane PM sent. This looks freakin' awesome.

I heard they could be "smoothed out" by some special machine-method but that it would just replace the clicks with a continuous "whoosh."

RIP, and thank you.