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Yep. It's my favorite show of all the stuff my son watches. The best part is that they do take some interesting chances. A recent one about the penguin and the moose in a submarine with the girls as mermaids has Bollywood music as the theme holding it together. Pretty wild. We have all the DVDs -- 8 I think -- and I'm looking forward to a 3-parter based on spy movies which comes out at the end of Sept.

I like Iyer a lot, though I have these on CD and not dl. One new offering on emusic is David Murray's Sacred Ground. I haven't listened yet, but it has gotten rave reviews from Downbeat.

Today (Friday), BBC3 had two shows as a tribute to Andrew Hill. Here is a good starting point to locate them: BBC Jazz They will be available through Listen Again for 1 week. Jazz Library is kind of strange, since this time around they mostly play snippets of 12 of Andrew's compositions. Normally, they play the entire track. So that's a little annoying, but the commentator's analysis of the tracks is pretty decent. He does a close reading of Black Fire and Spectrum, and I learned a few things. There is also a 2 minute interview with Andrew about his early Blue Note days. And UK-based trumpeter Byron Wallen offers up some thoughts on working with Andrew as well. The show lasts 1 hour. I think the real find, however, is the Jazz on 3 show which is 90 minutes of Andrew playing live for the BBC, as well as at the Bath International Music Festival. I'm about to listen to it now.

I wish they weren't directly competing with Chicago. It didn't used to be this way in the past. When did this switch over? Well, I wouldn't be able to go to Detroit this year anyway, but maybe in the near future ...

So I think you are playing on Friday at Joey's Brickhouse on Belmont? Are you actually starting at 9:30 or is 10 more likely? And is there a cover? I'll probably drop in for a little while, since I will be in the neighborhood.

I agree. I think they use the inside venue for classical and the outside is either classical or world music, rarely jazz. I think my schedule is shaping up. I'm going to try to see most of the evening sets on Sat. and hopefully the afterfest at Velvet. Then Sunday I may drop in to see something called the Matt Geraghty Project, but I will probably need to be home before the Mingus Big Band take the stage.

I just saw this on the Now-is.org website: Friday, August 31st 2007 10:00AM-2:00PMat Claudia Cassidy Theater, 78 E Washington, 312.744.6630 (Free) Rob Mazurek's Exploding Star Orchestra performs the music of Bill Dixon — open rehearsal led by Bill Dixon This is at the Cultural Center I was just mentioning above. I might be able to take a long lunch and drop in for a bit, though it is kind of across the Loop from where I work. Eric

impossible, To be honest with you, I can't think of a better thing to be doing this weekend then just walking around downtown and enjoying the sights. The weather is supposed to be close to picture perfect this weekend, and its hard to beat a gorgeous summer day in Chicago. I'd recommend starting near the center of the city (State and Madison) and just go wherever your instinct leads you. You should definitely head north and see Michigan Ave., but don't limit your trek to the Mile, as there's lots of cool sights and architecture to see in the general area. The River North/Gold Coast area is very nice for walking and there are lots of good restaurants along the way. When you're in the Festival area, be sure to take some time to see Millennium Park. The Art Institute is nearby and, if you have time, is definitely worth a visit. I think this Friday is the last Friday evening where the Art Institute is open late. Both Thurs and Fri, the Art Institute is free from 5-9. I agree that you should definitely check out Millenium Park. Also, perhaps the Chicago Cultural Centerwhich is free and has small art exhibits on several floors. It's a gorgeous building that was nearly torn down, but was saved through the intervention of the Mayor's mother. If you do go there, I believe you can still get tickets for the El loop tour on Sat. where you get on an el and go round and round the loop hearing about the history of downtown. There's also an Architectural Foundation that does good architectural walking tours of the downtown. In terms of the neighborhoods, Chinatown is always interesting, as is Andersonville (a mostly Swedish and now Middle Eastern neighborhood). Dusty Groove is only a few stops away from the downtown on the Blue Line (better to do this during the week than weekend though, due to construction work on the Blue Line). As far as avoiding, I try to avoid River North, but that is also where Jazz Record Mart is, so I do go from time to time.

The Pallisers is a pretty amazing series. For some reason, I read this first and have not (yet) gotten to Barchester Towers and the rest of that series.

Agree that Cronenberg is usually worth listening to. I went to some lengths to get the Canadian version of eXistenZ, since it had commentary and some additional bonus features.

I suspect that the Andorreans have gotten (bad?) legal advice on the artwork question, since a large number of CD releases now have the same cover art (with minor differences in title and so on). Clark Terry and Ruby Braff are particularly notable.

Thanks. That's most helpful. I can probably live without those two unrelated tracks (for the time being). I just ordered Mosiac 1010 and am looking forward to it.

Ok, I'm getting more and more confused here. So apparently 3 of the tracks on the Mosaic release were successful enough to be released previously. That's 5-7 below. 1. On The Trail 10:00 (Ferde Grofe) 2. Band announcement 0:46 3. Far Away Lands 6:36 (Jimmy Heath) 4. The Shadow Of Your Smile 14:15 (J. Mandel-P. F. Webster) 5. Dailey Bread 11:41 (Albert Dailey) 6. Blue Bossa 7:40 (Kenny Dorham) 7. Is That So? 8:40 (Duke Pearson) 8. The Time And The Place 10:24 (Jimmy Heath) Then there is a Collectibles 2-fer that includes 7 tracks from Time and Place as listed below. 12 The Time And The Place - 13. The Shadow Of Your Smile - 14. One For Juan - 15. Nino's Scene - 16. Short Cake - 17. Make Someone Happy - 18. On The Trail - Then I go onto allmusic to see if these 7 tracks are the entire album as originally released, and they talk about a 2-LP issue (CL-2649) expanding the original release from 7 to 12 tracks. So was any of the Mosaic material released on this 2-fer (aside from the 3 tracks they mention)? If you have the Collectibles and the Mosaic, are you still missing something (a couple studio cuts perhaps)? And are they worth tracking down? Thanks in advance. Eric

I think the Futurama ones are still the best, but that is because I like the shows so much. Actually, I liked the Men in Black commentary, esp. when you turned on the graphics -- it was like John Madden at the movies. Venture Brothers is a real mixed bag. I liked some (the early ones) a lot, but then there were some towards the end of season 2 that were awful -- just laughing at each other and nothing at all about the episode. For "serious" movies, Criterion usually has the best.

I wouldn't mind moving into a senior advisor role when I hit 65, but the idea that I wouldn't work is essentially inconceivable to me. But I am someone with a mental, not physical job. On the other hand, my wife seems to be ready already for retirement.

This is an interesting question/dilemma. If it weren't Wynton/LJCO would it be somebody else? Specifically, if Wynton and his crew weren't penciled in every bleeping year at the Ravinia Music Fest would it be some other artist barely above smooth jazz level? Most likely it would be. Ravinia for example has four dates per season for jazz, one goes to Ramsey Lewis and Nancy Wilson, one goes to Latin Jazz, one goes to Wynton and that leaves one open for a more serious artist. One year it was Sonny Rollins. That's slim pickings, but it reflect the reality that people aren't looking for serious jazz at Ravinia. I think where LCJO going away might help is that the fees they charge are high, and if the next best thing to them cost half as much, then there would be enough money to put on other concerts. The way that LCJO sucks up so much in the way of corporate sponsorships and high concert fees is a problem, leaving less on the table for others, since we have seen already that they don't grow the pie.

Correct - see post #6 above and your reply, post #7, and follow-up post #10. Yep, ran off with our money. Not cool at all.

I love 80s music, esp. New Wave. And also Canadian artists (though here they are mostly from the 90s). New Wave has been pretty well covered, though I don't know that I saw any Psychedelic Furs yet. Actually the only 80s Canadian songs I really like are from Bruce Cockburn. Here are some great ones: The Coldest Night of the Year Lovers in a Dangerous Time If a Had a Rocket Launcher Call It Democracy Waiting for a Miracle

It is mysterious. If they can't find the tapes, and it is going to be a needle-drop like a lot of the reissued Stan Tracey, surely it could have come out by now. Anyway, I think there are two more days to listen to the show on-line. I finally got a chance this morning.

For that matter, Amazon.com carries pretty much the entire Lonehill/Definitive/Gambit range. And I see Proper Boxes, everywhere, including J & R and Chicago's Jazz Record Mart. I'm not going to get bent out of shape about it, since I strongly feel extending copyright retroactively was an illegitimate act of Congress, but if I was a record company exec, I might be asking myself what was the point, since it hasn't changed a damn thing. Of course, if I was a record company executive, I would probably be asking myself if I needed a career change.

This concert looks like it would be worth listening to (see below). It should be available on-line for approx. a week here: Proms Click Listen on-line and search for Proms 35 Prom 35: John Dankworth and Cleo Laine Time: 7.30pm - c10.00pm Venue ROYAL ALBERT HALL -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Broadcasts Live on BBC Radio 3 From Bards to Blues John Dankworth Shakespeare and All That Jazz – excerpts Ellington Such Sweet Thunder Interval John Dankworth The Million Dollar Collection The Blues Ain't (lyrics by Duncan Lamont; world premiere) Strayhorn Take the A Train (new arrangement by John Dankworth) Cleo Laine singer Soweto Kinch saxophone Tommy Smith saxophone Guy Barker trumpet John Dankworth Quintet BBC Big Band BBC Concert Orchestra John Dankworth musical director

I was at Dusty Groove and picked up Aquele Som Dos Gatos by Os Gatos and Alice in Jazzland by Stan Tracey. They carry a few other ReSteamed releases, so I will ask them if they plan on carrying Tracey's The Return of Captain Adventure.

What's up with this story that the NFL is going to try to make photojournalists wear ads if they are on the sidelines? Sports Shooter This sounds crazy, and frankly I hope all the magazines/newspapers boycott the NFL if they carry through on this plan. The Chicago Tribune claims they will no longer run photos, but we'll see how long they stick to that if the Sun-Times runs them.

State politics are almost irrelevant in cases of paying for interstate highways and major bridges. 90% of the funding comes from federal government. In many states, there are also dedicated funds from gas taxes to pay for state highways, and this cannot be easily undone by the politicians. The problem is even with all this money (well beyond the imagination of planners in other fields), the need is still two to three times as great as the available funds. If, however, we start seeing catastrophic failures every month, then the priorities will change and we will either (hopefully) raise gas taxes or pull the funds from somewhere else, since we don't seem to be willing to raise income taxes.

This does exist, but it is rare and quite expensive. Gustav Klimt: With a Catalogue Raisonne of His Paintings by Fritz Novotny and Johannes Dobai. Powells seems to be cheapest, starting at $600. I'm actually about 75% going to get the upcoming Catalogue Raisonne of Stuart Davis' work. If you pre-order through Amazon they knock over $100 off the price ($300). I think I would look at it enough to justify the purchase. But I could never tell my wife how much I paid...