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3 of them are currently just under $10 at Amazon - the Gillespie, Turrentine and Louis Smith. I was hoping Head On would drop as well, but no such luck. Still an amazing deal.

I'd always preferred Jaspar Johns (particularly a late series based on the seasons), but 3 or 4 years ago the Met had a major retrospective of Rauschenberg's assemblages. Seen together they really are quite powerful and show just what a major artist he was.

Was a little out of control the last couple of days. I ordered all the May 13 Conns except for the Art Farmer one. Then yesterday made a quick stop at Dusty Groove and picked up Nigeria Rock Special (so I have the whole set), Afrodite by Dino Piana and Oscar Valdambrini, a 2 CD set which collects 4 of Baden Powell's MPS albums, and just for fun Absolute Funk v. 5.

Very sorry to hear this, but do celebrate the bond you had with him and the time you spent together. My dad told me last week he was going in for surgery. It went well, but I am still going to book a flight next month to go see him.

I believe this was a Chicago gig. I was there and I took my father-in-law!

Johnny Griffin Griff n' Bags (at Dusty Groove for the ridiculous price of $7 -- I think they had two left). They claim they will also be carrying Lady Heavy Bottom's Waltz soon, though Griff n' Bags appears to cover nearly all of that release. I also got a 1 CD sampler from the What It Is box set and Chet Baker-Art Pepper The Route.

dancer2.bmp Is that for real? I didn't think there was any difference in what she really looked like - or her feet. I thought it was all happening in my mind MG I think there are two options. Either it is pure optical illusion, or in fact they are intercutting two different images and the brain sees one or the other depending on which eye is dominant. If someone did a video capture and slowed it down that would probably resolve matters. Either way it is pretty cool. I've changed my mind. It is an optical illusion and you can see the bent foot as either left or right. And depending on how much depth you give to this leg, it makes it spin either direction. This is a bit too small, but it shows this in principle.

Is that for real? I didn't think there was any difference in what she really looked like - or her feet. I thought it was all happening in my mind MG I think there are two options. Either it is pure optical illusion, or in fact they are intercutting two different images and the brain sees one or the other depending on which eye is dominant. If someone did a video capture and slowed it down that would probably resolve matters. Either way it is pretty cool.

T. Monk is the subject of BBC Radio 3 Jazz Library, available for 6 more days (or as a podcast but only for UK residents): Monk That would probably be interesting enough, but the person helping with the selection is Jason Moran, and he offers his insights and thoughts on Monk. Worth a listen anyway.

I'll get to this one day. Have you read The Night Watch, also by Waters? I enjoyed it, though I admit it left me wanting more (perhaps an epilogue that returned to "the present" after WWII and explained a few more details). But on the whole very interesting.

I read that Castro is kind of bored and ready to go home. Of all of them he's the one that wants it the least -- and will probably be the most balanced after the show win lose or draw. Paula's meltdowns aside, this has seemed to be a very boring season. Of course I've never been a fan (my wife is unfortunately -- I liked the INXS one much better) partly because I find the ever-changing rules so contrived, I hate Seacrest, and I can't bear most of the song styles (this season esp. -- Neil Diamond, Mariah Carey, country, blah!).

Saw her going clockwise. I'm left-handed which is supposed to mean right-brained, though I believe in lefties some brain functions migrate. Couldn't imagine anything else and got kind of frustrated. But yes focusing only on the feet and I finally saw counter-clockwise. It's not easy but I saw her go both directions about thre times. The best part is the bent foot is different (left or right) depending on which way she is spinning.

I can hear them through the speakers if I put my ear near, but my computer is set up with crappy speakers, so it isn't how I normally listen to anything. I'm going to see if my wife can hear all frequencies tomorrow. I'm just a little surprised I didn't have problems, since I know my mom had lost a fairly wide range of frequencies by the time she was in her 50s. The more general point is that these devices (the ones that broadcast from stores and such) are nowhere near as targeted as they claim, and there's a fairly good chance they will be outlawed by municipal noise/nuisance codes, esp. if 10-25% of old codgers like myself are affected. I read that they are soon to be outlawed in Scotland and perhaps the UK will quickly follow.

So this story broke pretty recently about a company that manufactures a device that sends "ultrasonic" noise out to discourage teenagers but supposedly cannot be heard by adults. Of course, the kids now buy this as a ring tone, since most teachers can't hear it (I guess they've never learned silent mode). Anyway, here is a site where you can listen to different frequencies and determine which ones you can hear: Mosquito ring tones. (Sorry if any duplication but I didn't see this posted elsewhere.) I think this may well be an overblown story or a lot of hooey to put it in technical terms. I can hear all of them (granted I am listening on headphones) and I am nearing 40. I suspect the age factor is more about all the boomers and Gen Xers who ruined their ears after going to too many rock concerts. I guess I could start a poll to see who has good ears, but I'm just too beat tonight.

Anyone have any info on this show? It looks like something to put on my calendar. August 7 Amir El Saffar's Two Rivers Ensemble (incl. Rudresh Mahanthappa) Millennium Park Chicago, IL From Rudresh's website, this same group will be in Philly on Oct. 24. He's also going to be doing the Miles from India tour (as discussed elsewhere) in New York and San Francisco, but apparently not Chicago (I don't believe there are any Miles from India concerts in Chicago, but in any event Rudresh will not be performing). Grr. I imagine he would be a bit more prominent in a live concert than on the album. Anyway, if I was in town for one of those concerts, I would try to make it.

I like the first disc better. Mostly the second disc doesn't move me. One of the main draws for me was Rudresh Mahanthappa, but he plays on relatively few tracks, which of course I didn't know ahead of time. On balance, I would have preferred to download it from eMusic. I'll spin it a few more times to decide if it is a keeper.

Congrats!! Glad all are doing well.

Could be, though I would give the edge to Boston in the East. I think they want it more. We'll see soon enough.

Johnny Griffin's "Lady Heavy Bottom's Waltz" also features the Clarke/Boland/Woode rhythm section, and Åke Persson as well)... According to Dusty Groove, Lady Heavy Bottom's Waltz is also about to be released, so something to look forward to.

I felt it since I was up -- the whole apartment went back and forth 2 or 3 times. At first, I thought it was the upstairs neighbor somehow shaking everything (not thinking so clearly at 4 am) then realized it was an earthquake. My wife slept through it and didn't notice anything.

Decided to get the Ben Webster Dig Ben box set discussed a bit on the Storyville thread. Also ordered something called Nigeria Disco. Thought seriously about getting the May Conns at CD Universe (all of them look pretty great)* but decided to wait until they straighten out the price. * I was looking through my Hutcherson LPs. I was sure I had Head On, but I think I must only have Cirrus which has sort of a similar cover. So that makes me even more excited about Head On (of course with the bonus tracks I would have gotten it anyway).

I have probably 5 or 6 from this series and 4 or 5 from the Royal version before that (they had Prince Charles's water colour on the cover). There's one with Latin American composers that pretty good.

I must admit I'm a little ticked off. This doesn't seem like a label that is prominent on emusic, so I had no idea it would be released on emusic, which is the way I would have preferred to go. It better have fabulous liner notes ...

A great batch. It is unfortunate that the Brass Shout/Aztec Suite didn't come out earlier. This looks almost exactly like a Gambit release (out for about a year), with the same cover even, so it will confuse some people. I have Head On, but with the bonus tracks, I'll almost certainly get the new release. Looks like May will be an expensive month.

Holy crap! 1 week's worth of Sun Ra at the Detroit Jazz Center Residency on 28 CDs!! From our friends at Dusty Groove of course: http://www.dustygroove.com/item.php?id=s6j...p;ref=index.php I'm not even that into Ra, and I'm curious. I will probably refrain, but I'd love to hear about it if anyone does take the plunge.