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this just seems like fluff. like, screams it, actually. So in that sense very little has changed or will change.

Fascinating point. I don't know that aspect but if true, this is all part of a con.

Ah, dang. Well, they can understand you, and even if he can't hear he can recognize facial expressions and know where you're coming from, especially if you've had him a long time. Slow blinks also work if he can see okay.

HA! too late for an 8-track I guess.

I mostly talk to my cat.

All right, so as an LP or a CD it is probably fake.

I mean, I've questioned whether I should be writing about certain aspects of the music as a white person from a white perspective (avatar being what it is -- an homage to a mysterious musician & political figure). Questioning and being self-critical is important. I suppose that is part of what "wokeness" is about in the ideal sense and very few people get that along with criticizing the status quo, you have to hold yourself to account and be prepared to be wrong. The Status Quo did write some good songs -- Pictures of Matchstick Men is a favorite. Couldn't get into their later hard rock stuff though.

Makes a hell of a lot of sense to me. I do feel that true, systemic racism out-and-out requires power which people of color in this country do not have. But what the JT editor/purchaser exhibits is completely fucking out to lunch, regardless of how you spin it.

To an earlier point, I hardly think the jazz crowd is as monolithic as it was even five years ago in NYC. Smaller markets, suburban markets, yeah those tend to not be very diverse. Lots of reasons for this. also, I saw somewhere that JT was not going to do reviews anymore and really trim any "in depth" coverage that they used to have. The below is hardly promising:

luckily, being an ass or an idiot knows no racial, gender, religious, or other bounds. I'm not butthurt, butt... that Wayne Shorter obit was crap of the highest level. If the magazine just reprints tweets and wastes ink on calling people out rather than developing any interesting or valuable writing about music, they will continue to fail and that will be that.

Dang, that's quite a major loss. RIP.

The goose got diverted:

yeah, there's no way he would've called pieces by those titles. I suspect it is a boot of some sort.

yeah, good catch on the date. My buddy knows Fonda and is asking him.

I am inclined to say I have heard of it before but never seen a copy. Does it actually exist? https://www.discogs.com/release/15827956-Charlie-Mariano-Meets-Anthony-Braxton-Elegy-For-A-Goose

correct. Glad this album will circulate a bit more widely. It's great, but if I had to plunk down 2023 money for an original, I would not do so.

Sometimes I can't get to it at all. Then I get worried.

doubtful -- that probably just means it hasn't landed yet. I have not seen any in stores and surely they'd be kicking around already if it had been released.

Cool. That is a superb album.

Yes and yes.

Sound of Joy (1956) Angels & Demons at Play (1956/60) The Futuristic Sounds of Sun Ra (1961) Secrets of the Sun (1962) Cosmic Tones for Mental Therapy (1963) The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra 1 & 2 (1965) 2 has grown on me over the years. 1 is heavy! When Angels Speak of Love (1966) Strange Strings (1966) God Is More Than Love Can Ever Be (1979) A Fireside Chat With Lucifer (1983) Haven't dug those Horo quartets out in a while but they are good too.

wow. I had to wait until a Vision Festival reunion. Bet that SoHo concert was sick.

Much love for The Psyche. I think it's the RE's best record. That Curson is pretty burnin' too.

Ah, interesting -- will have to scoop this as I was unaware.

yeah, that's what I was fearing too. MBefore rips indeed!