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Well, CD Universe treated me right. I had the Monk/Coltrane in the same order with the Cellar Door set (at the low price). I decided not to cancel the Monk/Coltrane, but they went ahead and shipped the it last night anyway. Still, annoying that the Cellar Door has been delayed. Hopefully it will be coming out at end of Oct.

Hmm -- too bad. Any idea of the resolution of the images? Better than the cartoon book, where people were griping?

Knock em dead, guys. Really sorry I can't make it, but let us know when you make your swing across the Atlantic.

That's very true. In fact, I recently cancelled my subscription to the New Yorker, since I really can't keep up with more than one weekly magazine at a time (and the Economist is the one I chose). In fact, I hadn't planned to keep it up at all after I moved away from NYC, but they gave me such a great "professional rate" that I really couldn't refuse. But with the second move, the shipping to England thing became the deciding factor. That said, I did pick up the National Geographic on DVD, figuring that my son could use it for school projects and such when he is older. Still, I am certainly tempted to get the New Yorker on DVD -- maybe I'll wait for some reviews here about the quality of the covers and the cartoons.

Re: the cartoons, that's actually quite interesting, since they are essentially undercutting their other product, which was a thick book of cartoons from the New Yorker with a CD (or DVD) containing all the cartoons. I was close to buying that, but this would be the better product. Too bad searching is limited. Maybe there will be a way to import the data into another program with full search abilities.

Wow -- glad you're ok. My very strangest driving experience was coming back from a concert in Detroit with friends. Started seeing stuff in the highway, which I was able to drive over, then a cushion or something. Then a loveseat in the middle of the lane, I kid you not. It must have all fallen off the back of a pickup. I have no idea what hitting that at 60 mph would have done, but it wouldn't have been pretty. I cheated into the other lane and fortunately didn't sideswipe anyone. I suspect someone hit it right after me though.

Someone loaned this to me -- in fact pushed it on me as I tried to demure. I feel it is every bit as bad as I expected. A total mishmash, with more than a little sounding new Agey. And on a few tracks, particularly the Santana and Johnny Lang, Herbie is completely buried under the guitar for long stretches. Not a good disc at all. Oh well, maybe next time.

Thanks - very helpful. Apparently then the Fresh Sounds CD has both albums in their entirety. I always wonder about this, since the release dates are not quite early enough for PD (in Europe). Did Fresh Sounds actually license this or not -- and would that make any difference to the people who can't stand Fresh Sounds, Definitive, etc? As I mentioned, there may be a US issue fairly soon, but it is hard to say. Dusty Groove link I'm more interested in a three cornered cat than a hat, myself.

Apparently, Something Else (Bethlehem) was left off (which is actually the same album as Something Else Again, apparently). Can someone let me know the tracks on that album? Dustygroove is offering a Definitive CD that pairs Something Else with Walk Softly Run Wild, though there is no indication if any tracks were left off. Conversely, there is some rumor that Something Else will be reissued by Shout! So that would be the more legit way to go -- if it happens of course. Thanks. I'm waiting for a bit longer but plan on getting the Richards Select. It sounds like something I would enjoy.

I see on Duets there is a track with Richard Marx -- twins separated at birth?

Maybe the only positive thing out of this horror is that the media have decided to stop playing nice with and/or be buffaloed by this administration. I don't know about the US version of CNN, but the international CNN ran some of those quotes and then had many statements, generally from others within the government showing that Chertoff was woefully misinformed at best and more likely simply lying about not being forewarned. They then showed half a dozen reports and disaster training exercises that foresaw this exact scenario of the levees breaking down. At the very least, FEMA has to be taken out of Homeland Security and restaffed with professionals, since most of the top people left in disgust after the reorganization.

Unbelievable -- only in the sense that you don't have a Sony behind you to promote the album -- and great, great news guys. It's always heartening to see the independents on top from time to time. I think you really will be cracking into a lot of markets now, particularly Chicago. I only wish I was still there to catch you at a gig.

That is precisely what did not happen. It has been absolutely shameful that Congress has essentially thrown Homeland Security money at relatively unpopulated areas while really underfunding NYC, Chicago, LA, DC, NO, etc., etc., etc. There's a Molly Ivins column that belongs in the politics thread, but the main point is that sometimes pork barrel politics kills because it spreads the funds around the whole country rather than where they are needed (in this case urban centers), and this is a particular sad and appalling instance of it.

New Orleans was one of the few US cities I hadn't visited (of the ones I want to see). Despite the fact the French Quarter wasn't damaged that much, the city may never recover. I guess there are risks in building anywhere, but it really is an open question whether one should rebuild on heavily contaminated land in an area below sea level in a location that is probably going to be hit more frequently by tropical storms (as a consequence of global warming). I really feel for them, and as bad as it is, the loss of life could have been much higher if more people hadn't evacuated. In any case, I want to second Berigan (a first for everything, eh?) that this is a good time to make a donation to the Red Cross, but that you should check and see if you work for an employer who will match funds first. I was able to do that for tsunami relief.

Actually, very little, not more than 5 CDs worth, though at one point I owned three versions of Uptown. I'm hoping that a "definitive" version of Indigoes comes out soon, since I believe there may be more alternate takes. I have considerably more overlap in my Lester Young collection.

I'm just over 125, though I counted the RCA set as 24 CDs and not who knows how many albums. Even though I have considerably more Duke than Miles (89), I can see buying more of him in the future where I have some significant gaps, whereas I feel I'm pretty much tapped out on Miles.

The Johnny Griffin White Gardenia mentioned on another thread is available, as is a newer Holiday tribute by Nnenna Freelon - Blueprint of a Lady. And I'm sure it's old news, but Golson's Terminal One is available. I liked this a lot when it came out on CD.

Totally bizarre. I know I checked Rollins a couple of times and the only live performance was Don't Stop the Carnival. Maybe it was embargoed until the CD came out in stores. I ended up pre-ordering it with something else to get free shipping on Amazon. Well, I don't think I'll regret it.

Mine too. Well, fingers crossed. I probably wouldn't get the material at $77, and instead would wait to see if it shows up at yourmusic.

Haven't heard Hutcherson's Inner Glow (but I do think there will be a Mosaic Select to help rectify this soon). I've got one Jutta Hipp import, but I think there were two others I haven't heard. Actually, I have very little of the Three Sounds. Very little of the electric Donald Byrd Some of the early Lou Donaldson on BN. Debating on the Mosaic, since I have about half the material in the set. Horace Silver's Doin' the Thing Many others of course, but that's what springs to mind. Sometimes I look at it the other way and think that it is amazing that I have about 85% or so of BN's output from the 1950s to 1972.

Was the Rollins withdrawn? I've searched a couple of times and can't see it. Any thoughts on either Curtis Fuller's Keep it Simple or Dave Douglas's Bow River Falls? These both seem to have been added recently?

every time it occurs to me to look for this, whatever shop i'm in at the time doesn't have any. O'Brien is fantastic! ← I read The Third Policeman a couple of months ago and thought that was particularly good. I am currently reading Orwell's Down and Out in Paris and London.

HotHouse does better promotions. I've lived in Chicago for five years and never once heard about the shows at the Underground Lounge. HotHouse is a great venue, as Mark said. But if you could play both that would all be good. Green Mill would also be good venue, but they may feel they have enough organ trio music there already. Shubas is another possibility where the groove could carry the crowd. Maybe the Vic for the frat crowd (don't know how much live music they book). Cubby Bear is definitely still around, but can't remember how much live music they book either.

I've seen it. Definitely some interesting bits, particularly when Chuck is on the loose in Europe. Very hard to believe any of the spy stuff was true. More like Andy Kauffman pulling your leg and never letting on that it was a gag.

Of course I am kidding, but I would hate for the big O to run afoul of customs for making a false declaration. When I ship items like that overseas, I generally put $10 which doesn't raise suspicions but is low enough not to trigger paying customs duties (at least AFAIK).