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Like at contemp-SF's dinner party!

Jen Hughes at Aveda - Minneapolis (Downtown) did my mop right, though my last girlfriend was a stylist too so that was cheating... I think my criteria on dating must include ability to give a good 'do, not to mention do me right...

Big, beautiful art books! Love 'em...

Ouch, this hurts. RIP, Mr. Bailey, and thanks for all the sonic peace you have given us... Man, oh man, oh man.

That duo with Hamid Drake on his new one on RogueArt is great. Saw her a few times years ago in Chicago with Boykin, and remember enjoying quite a bit. Funny Savoir Faire being brought up - I remember playing a really nice gig with him in Chi-town a few years back - two drummers, two guitarists, violin and cello - really heavy stuff!

It's not just BNs - Impulse, Prestige, even crappy late-issue FMPs have been nuts this year. I thought I'd seen it all with $40 Polvo records, but I guess it doesn't matter what it is - as long as it's vinyl!

I third the Yoshi's set. Was just listening to this stuff earlier tonight, and it's unequivocally great stuff. This, coming from somebody who spends most of his time in the "Ayler-esque."

I'm not even gonna take Clem's bait beyond the fact that I'm not anti-intellectual or cool, or anything else other than what I am. So fuck off, already.

Forced Exposure has it for $13.50, though they are kind of slow to ship.

Dammit, I missed this. I too enjoy Marian's show, when I can catch it. Wonder who the most left-field guest she's had is? I remember Paul Bley being on there a few years ago...

Yeah, I sometimes feel like replacing my UA mono blue/white 1500s with DG copies, but then I remember how much that would cost... At this point, for those early titles, King is the way to roll and still stay in two digits price-wise.

I'm wondering if they used different tape sources for the Brown sessions - the extra track, "Mephistopheles," is way more full and in-yr-face than the rest of the disc. Strange, because as I understand it, "Capricorn Moon," "27 Cooper Square," and "Mephistopheles" were recorded at one session and "Exhibition" at another.

That IS the spirit of Frank Zappa!

I'd rather get "action" in my car than go to the party...

Yeah, maybe I'm overly sensitive to some of the shit, too, but nobody likes it flung at them - so that has to stop. Innocent ribbing is one thing, but the assaults are not cool. Of course, it is worst in the politics forum (naturally), hence I keep mine to myself... but it has been getting a little tense on the board. Now, as for nichifying oneself, well, that seems okay to me, but not at the expense of other people's feelings. I don't know shit about traditional jazz or about rock music, but would not welcome mockery when posting on these subjects. For about a week (OK, a little less) I was debating whether to give the boards a real long breather, but at the end of the day, what can you do but just live your life and keep on posting? Oh wait, I could go outside, watch a movie, listen to music... FWIW, I didn't mind Deep or Aric... they were funny. Sort of.

Anybody else think Liberty blue/white pressings aren't usually that great? I have a lot of these, most in very nice shape, but they're noisy and often pretty thin...

Yes, I often have to apologize to Clem for posting anything...

... to Aric Effron, for ever doubting his sincerity.

What th'...?

I second that - or even for more money. Great fuckin' record. And, though it isn't something that I condone, most larger record labels have insurance built in, so at this point nobody's gonna up and die if you get a cheap sealed copy of this Brotz. Shit, now that he's not a part-owner of the label, his royalty check is probably even smaller!

In all honesty, the Nessas are my favorites of the "First Decade"...

I like the stuff on Vortex and a few early solo piano recs... once those possibilities were exhausted for me, I closed up and moved on, but now without keeping those few LPs. Quite a few of my compadres are very anti-Jarrett and anti-Chick, but I find a lot of value in certain of their recordings.