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...Packaged in a mini-LP sleeve ...with OBI...

So, NoJo is really RaSha's daughter. But, seriously, I just realized that the use JLo-style nicknames is a thousand years old. See, for example, Rashi, Rambam, etc...

I live in Philly, maybe I should posting on one of the alternate reality sites 12 hours away from my time-space continuum.

Evidence Records has reissued several batches of Sun Ra's Saturn titles over the last decade or so. I think that Strata-East is still around. They have a web site. (And I have a few of extras of some of their titles, by the way {see my web site}.) ...

Palo Alto is now owned by (or has been licensed to) Quicksilver. The reissued a bunch of titles in 2003. Artists House was revived as a new label in 2003, but they're not reissuing any titles from their previous incarnation. I believe that the rights to the older titles may have reverted to the artists.

It's a nice one, IIRC. (I can't give it a spin right now because my turntable isn't currently hooked up. {Speaking of vinyl, if you see a copy of "Film Noir" and don't already have it, grab it!})

Bill Bryson - A Short History of Nearly Everything

You should leave from Philly. That way you could see Wayne at the Kimmel Center on the 16th!

Now we're down to six copies...

2nd edition of Cuscuna & Ruppli lists Hancock on celeste on "True Colors," Hosea Taylor on alto sax on "The Melting Pot" and bassoon on "True Colors."

...and I get the pager...

Bet it's late... Nah, it was delivered on time, but they left it under a snow drift. The box got soggy from yesterday's rain and burst open. The coal was stolen.

And then there's the slide trumpet!!

My older daughter likes the show a lot. I watched the last two episodes and thought it was fairly good.

Does anyone know what this is all about? Although the full title is not given, it appears to be the Complete Verve Studio Sessions. Does this overlap the Mosaic set? The number of media is listed as "1", obviously an error in view of the set price. My guess is this is an import of the European version of the set, which is being sold by Verve there. Is there any difference in the set itself? If not, CD Universe's price of $91.11 is a nice saving from Mosaic's price of $119...

Santa's sending me a lump of coal in an airborne express box.

The Lankin Collection

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

The Rodin Museum

The Barnes Foundation

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Congrats, Peter!

At least some of these will be issued in the U.S. by Rhino. The first batch is due in February and includes: Pete Christlieb/Warne Marsh - Apogee (Rhino/Warner Bros) Feb 10 Bill Evans - You Must Believe in Spring (Rhino/Warner Bros) Feb 10 Ornette Coleman Quartet - Ornette! (Rhino/Atlantic) Feb 10 Erroll Garner Trio - The Greatest Garner (Rhino/Atlantic) Feb 10 ? all with bonus tracks

One from this year: Don Friedman - My Foolish Heart Here's a short review.

I have a friend who had to use Airborne Express to deliver work to her employer. They screwed up so consistently that she called them "Airborne Distress."