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I got 2 Guitars quite recently and have enjoyed it. There were still a number on Amazon marketplace at a reasonable price. It is pretty interesting watching which OJCs skyrocket in price (over $20) and which stay stable (around $8-10). If the price goes too high, then I download it from eMusic, since most of the material is (still) there. Eric

Odd story from Chicago: Woman killed boyfriend over porn: prosecutors October 3, 2007 A Chicago woman killed her live-in boyfriend after finding his porn stash, prosecutors alleged Tuesday. Jeanette Strowder, 58, faces first-degree murder charges in the shooting death of Jesse Martin, 54. The shooting occurred after Strowder found CDs in their apartment that contained nude photographs of women, prosecutors said. Strowder confronted Martin about the photos, said assistant state's attorney Tracy Stanker. "The defendant then got a gun and shot the victim multiple times," Stanker said. When police arrived at the couple's home in the 5300 block of South Shields, Strowder pointed a gun at her head and then at officers, Stanker said. Strowder later gave a statement admitting to shooting Martin. Eric Herman

I think you'll want the 2 Guitars album, so that means either this new Lone Hill issue or ideally the three OJCs. They aren't particularly rare (or they weren't).

I think I probably could live with the 4 disc version, but I wonder what the odds are that Netflix would someday get the 5 DVD version so I could rent just the Workprint version.

I'm a little chuffed that the 5 disk Blu-ray set costs half what the 5 DVD set will cost. I guess they are really trying to get people to buy Blu-ray. But the studio knows what will really sell -- the DVDs so that comes with some fairly cool extras like a unicorn and a toy car. I could probably live with the 4 DVD set (again half what the 5 DVD set costs), but I'll decide in another month or so. In the same vein, Dark City is supposedly coming out again with a longer version (almost 15 minutes longer) and that would probably be worth getting as well.

Dammit not again... Of course I'll buy it. (I even have a good transfer from laserdisc of the original with voice-over.) But there had better not be a 50th Anniversary re-re-release.

If I'm interpreting your request correctly, then you ought to try the Andre Hodeir discs: No. 70, Le Jazz Groupe de Paris joue Andre Hodeir, and No. 97, Jazz & Jazz. No. 39, Kenny Clarke's Sextet plays Andre Hodeir is worth a try, too, though less angular and certainly less longhair. I think Modern Jazz At Saint Germain Des Pres by Bernard Peiffer/Bernard Zacharias might be considered longhair, but probably not terribly angular. I like it a lot anyway.

Jimmy Smith - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? So what's the verdict on this? It looks like one of the more interesting re-issues. I don't think this has been out before. 3 of the tracks are on the Nelson Mosiac, but that's it, AFAIK.

I've picked up several more Paris recordings. Some from the Vogue "In Paris" series (Eldridge and Raney v.1) and the Dizzy Digs Paris 2-CD set. This one is pretty nice. It covers the entire In Paris v. 1 with one additional track from the Salle Pleyel concert and almost all of the In Paris v. 2. Then several more of the "Americans Swinging in Paris" series. Then Jimmy Raney w/ Bob Brookmeyer, which I am listening to right now. Finally, I ordered the Dave Bailey Two Feet in the Gutter sessions and the last copy of Wilen from CD Universe. So enough to work through for a couple of weeks, I think. I totally forgot my Yourmusic order of Andrew Hill's Change and Turrentine's A Bluish Bag. I'm just a bit disappointed they added the Frank Foster as well, since I paid too much for a used copy the month before. Anyway, I was really digging the Raney/Brookmeyer, esp. the last track "Too Late Now" which has just a bit of a Midnight Blue vibe going on. I'm certainly glad this was reissued. In general, I think this Decca Originals series has a pretty low profile.

Let's not forget the crazy low pre-order price for Miles' Cellar Door set (around $40) before they corrected it. I forgot what the final resolution of that was, but it was still pretty low. Yeah, I got in on that deal too, thanks to this board. I mean you've got to spend money to save money, right?

I got a used set back in the day for $50 I believe, so this would have been an incredible deal. They might get a few more in, but I won't sweat it either way. (I was one of the few people to get the crazy low deal on the Sly and the Family Stone set, so I've had my share karmically-speaking.)

Crazy. I suppose this means the set is being deleted if DG can get a number of them at this price. I also have the set, but will probably order one for a friend.

I like how eBay helpfully notes a couple of Japanese CDs of the same session for about $20. That will probably be the route I go. Or just wait 4 more years for Lonehill to get its mitts on it...

PM sent on Bill Carrothers

Nope -- nothing would. I guess it means I am boycotting Borders (and really all brick n mortars) in all but name.

On the whole, my experiences with Caiman have been good, but I agree that it is not worth going to them for a super-rare item. There are a small number of items of interest to me that you can get through Caiman-amerique on the amazon.fr site (or the amazon.uk site) which are not available on amazon.com. I do wish these were available on all their outlets. I suppose if I want it badly enough, I can find a way to get it.

I've already got one. This was available a long time ago. I picked one up through Amazon.fr

I saw him 2 years ago and he was good. He got decent reviews for a recent show in London. He doesn't do as much uptempo material as he used to, but he was still great on ballads. If I was in NYC, I would probably go just to see a legend. (He is a lot shorter than I imagined.)

I think it depends a lot on your bank and its fees for small accounts. Chicago is dominated by big banks that generally discourage keeping low-balance accounts, even savings accounts, though I am sure it could be done if you really wanted to.

Great story. All the best to the two of you. That is a good story. The last serious girlfriend I had before I met my wife, we met on a train. She told me later that she sort of pushed someone else aside to sit next to me as the train was filling up (apparently I had the tortured romantic look she liked). I was trying to grade papers, and she kept making conversation, so I decided at the end of the trip to get her phone number. For better or worse, she decided she wasn't ready for a really serious relationship and called it off after a few months. I suspect if we had continued dating, we would have gotten married. That would have been a pretty cool "How I Met Your Mother."

So I printed this out and walked over to the store. They insisted that I needed a Border card to use it and then tried to look me up by my email address. So I walked out empty handed. That's it for me. I never had that happen before and am through with Borders once I use up a couple of gift cards. Too many companies already have my email address and I get too much spam as it is. Plus, their prices suck. I ran into the Borders coupon police for the first time too. They asked for my card and I said I didn't have it on me. They asked for a phone # and I said I didn't provide it on the application (which was technically true, since I didn't apply.) They then asked for an email address. I gave them my spam address, knowing full well as I didn't have a card it wouldn't turn up. "Hmm, not there, is there another email address?" So I gave them a made up Yahoo one. "No...hmm..." I continued to act befuddled. Finally the checker issued my a rewards card tied to the original spam address without me providing any other info. Get yourself a spam address (I use Excite) for rebates, warranties, relatives who forward jokes (actually I have a separate one for those) etc. etc. I agree their prices suck, but they don't on those rare days when the coupons are > 35% off. I'm guessing they've started tying the coupons to the cards to prevent people from using the coupons multiple times. You certainly have more patience than I do. Actually, walking off in a huff every now and then is not such a bad thing, especially as I didn't really need the DVDs (nowhere near the top of my to get list). Even with the coupons, they are only approaching Amazon prices, and I don't pay sales tax with Amazon. The sales tax in Chicago is pretty high. So one less reason for me to step through their doors. Well, it won't be much longer and we won't be dealing with physical stores anymore whether we like it or not.

So I printed this out and walked over to the store. They insisted that I needed a Border card to use it and then tried to look me up by my email address. So I walked out empty handed. That's it for me. I never had that happen before and am through with Borders once I use up a couple of gift cards. Too many companies already have my email address and I get too much spam as it is. Plus, their prices suck.

Hmm -- interesting. I guess under those circumstances I might pick it up, though I am not in a hurry. I wonder if YourMusic is going to get these eventually.

I am waiting on the Tyner, which I never owned. I have the rest in one form or another, though I am having trouble finding out much about the two bonus tracks on Ezz-thetics, specifically the personnel. As already noted if this is left-over from Stratus Seekers it isn't quite as interesting as a version with Dolphy, which would be worth seeking out. Ah well, I guess all will be revealed soon.

Ok, if we are going to get technical. However, making false statements to the police, impeding the course of an investigation and a host of other related activities are crimes. Now we don't know if he is saying the same things to the police as he is in the media, but I guess we will find out shortly.