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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.

So the Chicago free paper had this interview with Keanu Reeves, and I came across his musings on music, many of which have been expressed right here. So come on in, Keanu, you'd be right at home... There's something about Keanu I kind of dig. It may be that blank slate thing -- you end up filling in the gaps (in his acting) with whatever you want to see. He's shallow and complex, but mostly he seems pretty mellow and doesn't let things get to him too much. Whoa -- don't want to go too deep.

Of course, gold is also a haven during uncertain times. I've decided to combine the two and build the extension of my house out of some of these gold "bricks" laying around: Nice, my suggestion is to double check foundations, otherwise the precious house would sink in the ground like Titanic. No problem -- I'll just convert it to a pool then.

Of course, gold is also a haven during uncertain times. I've decided to combine the two and build the extension of my house out of some of these gold "bricks" laying around:

If enough people think the same way as you, these things will change - eventually; perhaps not soon enough, though. MG Actually I just read that the EC is about to allow cell phones on airplanes, while the FAA is so far holding the line in the States. So I think things get worse before they get better. Right now we are in a period of elevating personal rights above any notion of a common good or responsibilities, but the pendulum may swing back. Hopefully we don't get too many vigilantes in the meantime.

PM sent on Alice Coltrane Translinear Light

There are two, related, answers to that, as far as I'm concerned. The first is that everyone should, and does, as far as I know, decide what risks, personal and third party, they're prepared to put up with in their life. There is no such thing as risk free living. I am moderately unhappy contributing to people's passive smoking - though they also have options they can exercise, such as get the fuck out. MG And yet before smoking bans came into force, there were large numbers of employees who really didn't have the same rights to remove themselves from the premises, and it is debatable how many reasonable alternatives there are for workers who wish to avoid smoke. Smoke free coffee shops started doing pretty well in the 1990s but smoke free bars usually failed if their competitors allowed smoking. Even further back, if the boss wanted to smoke, well there was smoking in the office, and on the train, even in airplanes at one point (talk about inflicting your choices/freedoms on others). Personally I find it tragic that adults smoke in homes with children (again those with almost no rights) and the logical conclusion is that one day it will be considered child endangerment to smoke around children. (Probably about the same time that the RealID finally gets switched on.)

I don't know when this happened, but Amazon has added the entire Rounder set as part of its digital sales division. So you can order the Library of Congress recordings as MP3s (and they are DRM-free or so they claim). Anyway, there is a best of, but if you specify the entire collection, it is available at the sale price of $19.95 for all 128 tracks (256 bit rate). Obviously, this is too much for those completely focused on quality, but I thought it was a pretty good deal given that I am migrating almost all of my box sets to MP3 anyway. (I guess the best price I've seen for the set was $55 without the Lomax book.) I was a little hesitant (thinking I would only get the first CD) but I got the whole enchillada. It sounds pretty good on my system. On the whole, I still prefer eMusic, but Amazon MP3s are a better deal than iTunes and they do have the ECM label, so it is starting to be worth a look.

This reminded me of this story: Infant with 4 arms and 4 legs Also born in India. Coincidence? In this case, the parents decided surgery was necessary for the baby to lead any kind of normal life, though many villagers wanted the baby left alone.

Yeah, I'm holding out for 576 (24 meets 24) or 0 (where 24 meets anti-24 and they annihilate each other in a burst of creativity which turns out to be a bad migrane headache in a Daily Show writer)

You know I tried, but I just wasn't willing to install the applet or widget or whatever to get the higher quality stream. Just too cynical (and lazy) for my own good sometimes.