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Or maybe not: http://timeandquantummechanics.com/2009/11/29/five-popular-talks/

Any reports?

The Times articles you get to from their news alerts and newsletters don't count against their monthly total. I signed up for a couple of their daily newsletters and tested this out. I also got an email with a 50% off deal for online subscriptions.

Today -- New 7.4 Earthquake Rattles Japan; Tsunami Warning Issued There's been a 7.4-magnitude earthquake off the North Central coast of Japan, near the same location of the 9.0-magnitude temblor on March 11 that set off a tsunami that pummeled cities along the coast, leaving thousands dead or missing. That's the greatest magnitude of any quake in the area since that March 11 disaster. The Japan Meteorological Agency has a issued tsunami warning — and says the wave's height could be about 2 meters — for part of the coast. A tsunami advisory has been issued for parts of the coast further from the epicenter. They should expect a wave about half a meter in height.

It's snowing on opening day in Philly.

They're offering the first four weeks for a total of $0.99 as a promo. http://www.nytimes.com/subscriptions/Multiproduct/lp5558.html

My only consolation is that the Yankees are in the upper right.

"Foyle's Ware" episode 1.4

Hakan Nesser - Borkmann's Point: An Inspector Van Veeteren Mystery I enjoyed this one. Has anyone read any of the others in this series?

I've penciled in the Philly gig.

alankin is in the house! Welcome back, Alan! Hello, Alan. I can't even begin to tell you how much I miss Jazzmatazz. That was de rigueur at least one a week back in the day. It sustained me in my hour of need. Thanks guys. [After some personal travails over the last six years (parental illness, separation, job change, parental death, a chronic fatigue illness, job at risk, kid trouble, divorce, another job change, dating and meeting someone, health problem issue with girlfriend) things took a turn for the better (move to a nicer house, remarriage, improvement in my kids' situation, good health) and I'm finding more time to listen to music. (Although I do need to find another job.) (This was probably TMI, wasn't it?)] I miss Jazzmatazz too.

Ran Blake - Film Noir

The Complete Hank Mobley Blue Note Fifties Sessions: Discs 1-2 (HM Quartet, HM Sextet, HM and his All Stars) The Complete Blue Note Recordings Of Don Cherry - disc 2 - "Elephantasy" // Where is Brooklyn?

Speaking of the Hawkins' 6-CD Affinity set -- does anyone have discographical information for the set?

Ars Nova Workshop presents: March 11-13, 8pm COMPOSER PORTRAIT: FIELDWORK Three days of performances celebrating the work of Vijay Iyer, Steve Lehman and Tyshawn Sorey Christ Church Neighborhood House Theatre, 20 North American Street $12 General Admission / $30 Fieldwork 3-Concert Pass +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Friday, March 11, 8pm TYSHAWN SOREY'S FOR KATHY CHANGE Ben Gerstein, trombone; Kris Davis, piano; Okkyung Lee, cello; Terrence McManus, guitar; and Tyshawn Sorey, drums Join ANW for the opening night of Composer Portrait: Fieldwork for which composer and drummer Tyshawn Sorey will lead his quintet in a performance of his work "For Kathy Change,” inspired by the American performance artist and political activist who killed herself in an act of self-immolation on the University of Pennsylvania campus in 1996. One of the newest stars of New York's creative music scene, multi-instrumentalist Sorey (b. Newark, N.J., 1980) is an active composer, performer, educator and scholar who works across an extensive range of musical idioms. As a percussionist, trombonist and pianist, Sorey has worked nationally and internationally with his own ensembles and with those led by Muhal Richard Abrams, Steve Coleman, Wadada Leo Smith, and Dave Douglas, among many others. Sorey‘s work has been favorably reviewed in The Village Voice, The Wire, The New York Times, Modern Drummer, and Downbeat Magazine. Both of Sorey's releases - That/Not (2007) and Koan (2009) - received critical acclaim in recent years, landing on several year-end lists. http://www.arsnovaworkshop.com/events/tyshawn-soreys-kathy-change-03-11-2011 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Saturday, March 12, 8pm FIELDWORK Steve Lehman, saxophones; Vijay Iyer, piano; and Tyshawn Sorey, drums "A jazz power trio for the new century!" -NPR Fieldwork is a collective of three widely celebrated young composer-performers: pianist Vijay Iyer, saxophonist Steve Lehman, and drummer Tyshawn Sorey. Fieldwork's music reflects each member's ties to the American jazz tradition, modern composition, African and South Asian musics, underground hip-hop and electronica, and the influential music of Chicago's AACM. Fieldwork's intensely collaborative process resembles that of a rock band: they use group improvisation to develop and expand their intricate compositions into something larger than the sum of its parts. The result is a dense yet visceral musical world - tightly unified ensemble playing, extroverted and high-impact, but with a mysterious inner logic. Fieldwork's third album, Door, was released in 2008 on Pi Recordings to critical acclaim. http://www.arsnovaworkshop.com/events/fieldwork-03-12-2011 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Sunday, March 13, 8pm AN EVENING OF CHAMBER WORKS BY VIJAY IYER AND STEVE LEHMAN Vijay Iyer, composer/piano + electronics; and Steve Lehman, composer FEATURING THE JACK QUARTET Christopher Otto, violin; Ari Streisfeld, violin; John Pickford Richards, viola; and Kevin McFarland, cello *[6PM] PRE-CONCERT PUBLIC DISCUSSION WITH THE MEMBERS OF FIELDWORK AND NEW YORK TIMES' NATE CHINEN Join us for the finale of Composer Portrait: Fieldwork for which Steve Lehman and Vijay Iyer will present their rarely-heard chamber works. For this very special evening, Lehman's "Nos Revi Nella" and Iyer's "Mutations" (which also features Iyer) will be performed by the world renowned JACK Quartet, who is breaking new ground with "viscerally exciting performances" (New York Times) of "explosive virtuosity" (Boston Globe). Described in the The Village Voice as “the most commanding pianist and composer to emerge in recent years,” Vijay Iyer was named #1 Rising Star Jazz Artist and #1 Rising Star Composer by the Downbeat International Critics Poll for both 2006 and 2007. His twelve acclaimed recordings include the trio record Historicity (2009), which was selected as the #1 Jazz Album of the Year by the NY Times, the Village Voice Jazz Critics Poll, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Pop Matters, and National Public Radio, and appeared on countless best-of-year lists. Vijay performs constantly around the world, and has collaborated with artists such as Steve Coleman, Roscoe Mitchell, Wadada Leo Smith, Amiri Baraka, Ethel, dead prez, DJ Spooky, John Zorn, and the American Composers Orchestra. Steve Lehman is a composer, performer, educator, and scholar who works across a broad spectrum of experimental musical idioms. Lehman’s pieces for large orchestra and chamber ensembles have been performed by the Janacek Philharmonic, the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), So Percussion, members of the Argento and Wet Ink Ensembles, and by the pianist Marilyn Nonken. An alto and sopranino saxophonist, Lehman has performed and recorded nationally and internationally with his own ensembles and with those led by Anthony Braxton, Dave Burrell, Mark Dresser, Oliver Lake, Meshell Ndegeocello, and High Priest of Anti-Pop Consortium. Lehman’s work has been favorably reviewed in The Wire, The New York Times, and Downbeat Magazine, among others, and on National Public Radio and the BBC. [6PM] PRE-CONCERT PUBLIC DISCUSSION WITH NATE CHINEN + FIELDWORK Join Ars Nova Workshop for an important pre-concert public discussion with the members of Fieldwork - Vijay Iyer, Steve Lehman and Tyshawn Sorey - and New York Times critic Nate Chinen as he investigates their histories, influences, composing and improvising practices, and much more. Free admission. http://www.arsnovaworkshop.com/events/evening-chamber-works-steve-lehman-and -vijay-iyer-03-13-2011 ----- Will I get of the house this weekend? We shall see...

And now there's a dedicated 24x7 Charlie Sheen station on Sirius XM Radio. I'm not getting it.

I'm currently reading "Time out of Joint" from 1959. (I have a beat-up, ex-library 1st edition.) I think it's interesting that it's not until 40 or 50 pages that the science fiction themes start to emerge. Was this when he was writing his non-SF novels?

Ars Nova Workshop presents: Saturday, March 5, 8pm NATE WOOLEY / C. SPENCER YEH / OKKYUNG LEE / PAUL LYTTON Nate Wooley, trumpet + amplifier; C. Spencer Yeh, violin + electronics; Okkyung Lee, cello; and Paul Lytton, percussion Vox Populi, 319 N. 11th Street, #3 $10 General Admission

I've been dipping into this one over the last month or so. It's a very good selection; the stories hold up well. I'm about 3/4 through.

Considering the Herman or Nelson sets. Shovel is safely locked away in the garage.

The WSJ article isn't available publicly, but here's a link to a sortable list of all the stores being closed: http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/documents/st_borders0216_20110216.html Thankfully the two Borders in my area are spared for now. (Although they closed the Borders in my old neighborhood last year.)

The music I'll never hear? I just don't listen to it.

Morton N. Cohen - Lewis Carroll: A Biography

Happy Birthday! Hope you have a good one.

The Verve / Phillips Dizzy Gillespie Small Group Sessions - disc 6 - "Something Old, Something New"