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If you want to live long, read what other doctors found out http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/news/20...?src=RSS_PUBLIC Half glass a day is not drinking, it's like taking a cough-syrup. I think I have to wait my next blood's analysys.

ZAPPA/MOTHERS - ROXY AND ELSEWHERE - Discreet original US pressing, bought directly from Frank Zappa's estate.

Herbie Hancock - MY POINT OF VIEW - Libert pressing mono.

Nothing. My doctor banned alcoholic in my diet.

You should call a doctor.

Not recently. Seriously. Have you considered Lao or Burma? I have been there few years ago, beautiful countries and friendly people. About Vietnam all the friends who has been there were enthusiast.

Yeah, you do scientific research on it Yes, it's happend that it's true. I spent three years shooting a documentary about whales in Mediterranean Sea with WWF. No joking.

I got you! Tailgater! but she was faster to pull gun out

Actually I am a vinyl guy, but I buy vinyl, and when I buy a cd I appreciate accurate new liner notes and bonus tracks. And I don't eat whales' meat.

Wasn't this motivated by the japanese "LP reproduction" ideology (including reproduction of previous errors)? That's such a weird practice - I really don't understand why these vinyl fetishists don't just buy vinyl if they want the *original* album anyway. Right, and possibly stop hunting whales

That's a good reason to ban firearms. As motorbiker I have frequent blasts of blind hate against car's drivers that simply ignoring you put my life in danger. If I'd allowed to carry a gun, I'd probably be sentenced to life once a day.

Thanks. Maybe I'll try this way though I don't think it really worths the hassle for 20 £, including shipping.

THE INDIVIDUALISM OF GIL EVANS Speaker Corner reissue. Great Music and great sounding record.

Sonny Criss - GO MAN! - Classic Reissue.

Sonny Criss - JAZZ - U.S.A. - Classic Reissue.

Might be. There is the locker room thing to do with the "gorgeous babes" posts which certainly is threatened by women's presence. But then, on the other hand, there is a kind of civilised thing - to do with a fair degree of restraint with which people go at each other. Women are generally reckoned to have a "civilising" influence in social situations. There is no doubt that Jazz is a kind of "male" lake - and historically that has been built on a fair degree of sexism. I know when I've brought up the subject people have got uneasy, but one can hardly deny that Jazz is one of the most "male" of all the arts. Certainly compared to classical music or pop - with their numerous female stars - the difference is most striking. You know, Jim maintains this place is like a bar - and it's his forum. But then, when a woman walks into a bar that's kind of different from when a woman goes into a coffee shop. I think Jazz needs to change to survive. I'd say that change would involve women (substantially). Or not. Simon Weil I disagree with you. Tough jazz players were traditionally males, but we had great female singers, now things are changed. Like everythings as well. I think this is true, but probably not in the way you mean it. In society at large you now get a "glass ceiling" to prevent women, in anything other than smallish numbers, reaching the very top in their professions. Now you can argue that no such ceiling exists in Jazz, but still there are very few women at the absolute top. So what? Jazz is not coming from Alpha Centaury, brought by an alien culture of Amazons, and males didn't steal it. I am ready to admit that your statement is true, tough is very much more true in some countries ten others. Latin countries, Italy included (as well US), has a small number of women at the top, that is quite different in Northern Europe countries. Well, if you want, to take an offshoot of Jazz - Euro-free improv. My observation is that it is a substantially more women-friendly zone than Jazz itself. I'm thinking about a festival in London in 2001 in particular - maybe 1/4+ of the performers were women, likewise the audience. How do you explain that in terms of the youth of the form? I don't think you can - it's younger than Jazz (evidently). I think it's a vibe thing. Women (e.g. Joelle Leandre) pick up that this is a relatively friendly cultural place and go there. Again so what? Are we arguing about the past? Please define what is jazz for you today. I mean that if we are referring to the Blue Note golden era, this is useless, they lived in a more sexist time, society was what it was. In Italy, and in Rome I attend at gigs where women is more or less the percentage you mention, and is it called "Jazz", maybe is not Dexter Gordon or Miles Davis, but it's played in well renowed jazz venues, and attended by "jazz" listener. Right, so I guess your argument would be that when society became more open for women there was already a backlog of competence amongst women - and thus plenty of females available to take the new opportunities in classical. But the fact is more than half the members of (American) school Jazz bands are female(I've mentioned this before). So you currently have just this vast backlog of competence amongst American females in Jazz and zippo (or nearly so) result in Jazz as a career.

Did you send payment with PayPal? Yes, and the seller is a nice guy, he promptly offered me the scanning proof of shipping. I am pretty sure it's a Postal Service fault. Since I lost some records during the years, and I am fed up about it, I am asking myself if Paypal or Ebay will refund me, considering the fees they get from sellers and the outrageus correncies conversion they apply to any transaction. jazzshrink, I read carefully their refund policy, but I couldn't find a clear answer to my problem. It's a waste of time and a hassle for the buyer and the seller starting a claim if you don't know exactly how they deal with this particular, and I think, pretty common case.

I think you're wrong there. IN Britain, in the early '60s, EMI 45s were issued in paper sleeves with adverts for record-related products on the back - EMItex record cleaing material, the Record Mail, EMI record tokens. And there were some with ads for LPs. By the late '60s, these had been replaced by ads for make-up. I think EMI knew who was buying all the pop singles. MG That's what I thought, but I wasn't able to explain. Pop singles vs Rock Album, I'll bet the most of the buyers of Pink Floyd Lps or Stones or Bowie were males. personally I had some girlfriends, I mean friends, really interested in music, and few of them turn their interest in a passion. That's would an issue worth investigating for a psychiatrists. On the other end collecting something, or shopping compulsion, is transgender. Oh, and don't forget all those ladies who used to chuck their knickers at the likes of Illinois Jacquet. Now, if jazz musicians were STILL playing music that made ladies want to chuck their panties on stage... MG The same psychiatrist of the article can you explain that females usually grown up and became adult, we, childish male, never come through the teen ager hood. Though I doubt our friends of the band would be happy if Chuck would chuck his panties on stage... BTW some of my above female friends spend the same amount of money I spend in records in clothes or shoes.

I think you're wrong there. IN Britain, in the early '60s, EMI 45s were issued in paper sleeves with adverts for record-related products on the back - EMItex record cleaing material, the Record Mail, EMI record tokens. And there were some with ads for LPs. By the late '60s, these had been replaced by ads for make-up. I think EMI knew who was buying all the pop singles. MG That's what I thought, but I wasn't able to explain. Pop singles vs Rock Album, I'll bet the most of the buyers of Pink Floyd Lps or Stones or Bowie were males. personally I had some girlfriends, I mean friends, really interested in music, and few of them turn their interest in a passion. That's would an issue worth investigating for a psychiatrists. On the other end collecting something, or shopping compulsion, is transgender.

I won a record on ebay a couple of weeks ago, I never received it, just contacted the seller, waiting for his answer. I wish to know if Ebay refund policy covers a lost item by postal service, even if the seller specify that he could not accept claim for uninsured shipping item. Any informations?

Might be. There is the locker room thing to do with the "gorgeous babes" posts which certainly is threatened by women's presence. But then, on the other hand, there is a kind of civilised thing - to do with a fair degree of restraint with which people go at each other. Women are generally reckoned to have a "civilising" influence in social situations. There is no doubt that Jazz is a kind of "male" lake - and historically that has been built on a fair degree of sexism. I know when I've brought up the subject people have got uneasy, but one can hardly deny that Jazz is one of the most "male" of all the arts. Certainly compared to classical music or pop - with their numerous female stars - the difference is most striking. You know, Jim maintains this place is like a bar - and it's his forum. But then, when a woman walks into a bar that's kind of different from when a woman goes into a coffee shop. I think Jazz needs to change to survive. I'd say that change would involve women (substantially). Or not. Simon Weil I disagree with you. Tough jazz players were traditionally males, but we had great female singers, now things are changed. Like everythings as well. Jazz is quite young compared to other forms of art, so if you think at writing or painting you should remember that women struggled for years to gain a recognition. If jazz is born as "brothel music" is not surprising that it takes, and will takes, more time to include women. In the early years of theater acting were considered a disdaining job, and actor and actress were assimilated to thieves and prostitutes. Classical music is totally different because, historically, learning an instrument was part of the "good education" of a young girl in a bourges family of XIX century. So it was socially accepted that a woman like Clara Schumann played at public concerts. Early rock music was male oriented, as well, and women were usually singers. No Erika Clapton or Johanna Lennon or Fran Zappa in the line up of classic rock bands. And, frankly, some of the today's females pop stars are often quite offensive in their exposure of sexuality, is another form of sexism IMHO, for sure Shakira or Britney got a lot of money, but the issue don't change in its term. If you are referring to the public listeng to jazz, in my experience, women usually aren't big consumers of music. They never were, a part some things like Beatles Mania and few others cases. Mostly they are more interested in Literature or Movies, though I meet women at gigs. Usually I found much more women in book shops then in records shops. BTW Jazz is a small niche in the market, and things will not change even if women will become more interested in it. IMHO obviously.

I agree, actually I keep my Billie Holiday's and Ella's box sets in a strong iron cage, they aren't allow to get out without a muzzle and a short leash.

I know it's out of topic, sorry about it Guy, but I couldn't resist to tell the story about my deep hate for the poor Pat. When he became very famous among big audience more then fifteen years ago, I was working as editor for national broadcasting, mostly I was working on cheap stuff, but every producers or directors I had to work with came in the editing room with a Pat Metheny cd. He was perfect as musical carpet for any bullshit I had to edit, from sports to the latest news. It occured me more then ten years to rediscover him...and I still have some problems to listen to him. Expecially his own works without horns.

I knew you're a sleeping soviet agent in the forum.

A suggestion: don't play at loud volume Zappa's "The Torture Never Stops" or Yoko Ono's records if you have a 39 YO neighbour who lives with his mother. Unless you want to change your old door.