Peter Johnson

Did you check with Soulstation's friend?

I lost my wallet in El Segundo... B-)

Classy.

Now if someone would just find my wife's wallet...

Tonight: clams with sausage & tomatoes! Clams, shallot, white wine, jalapeno, 1/2 lb of clams, 1/2 lb mussels, chopped tomatoes and some fresh linguica. Yum!

Catesta, It sounds like a little squirt of lemon might go very nicely on the finished product. Hell yeah it would!

Well done, Dan-- Congrats in the new career and I _will_ get back to you on the question you asked!

Hey Bill-- One possibility is to put your student loan on a temporary forebearance. Don't do it for a long time, because the interest accrues, but it can take a little temporary pressure off. Hang in there, keep your head up, I've DEFINITELY been there, and it WILL get better.

Vodka & Vermouth!!!

Moi aussi! (Jazzwise, that is). Have to think about the _overall_ most-listened-to thing, though.

Ron, where is that? On/south of Pine somewhere around 4th-6th?

Home sweet home!

Sadly, Seattle is a bit of a theme park. I miss the grit in a big way. Not one person has told me to shut the fuck up since I've moved out here!

Bertrand-- Of course, only you can make the call here (sorry, bad pun, not intended), but some thoughts from my perspective, worth as much as you'll pay for them! I would return the call. I'm a shoot from the hip kind of person and I love catching up with people from my past; the internet has made this terrifically easy and I've made some great (re)connections with people this way. I understand your concerns about "hanging out with the old crowd"--when I'm back in my hometown, there's not ONE single person from high school with whom I've kept in touch, or with whom I have any interest in keeping in touch. Putting your job down is abject bullshit, but based on what you talk about here, you have so many cool things to talk about wrt the LOC, I think you could wow some folks (not like you'd have to or would even want to, but if such a topic rudely came up, you should be able to put the offending talker in his or her place fairly quickly). As far as getting dragged back into the old social situation, well, you have the ability to turn it on or off at the drop of a hat. I guess what I'm saying is, jobs are jobs, people are people. If you're interested in connecting with the person on the latter level, why not? Go for it. You might find you have a lot more in common now, mutual interests, mutual contacts, etc.; best of all, you could emerge from the situation with a great friend, company with whom to attend shows, etc. There's a possibly unspoken undercurrent here which I'll mention (and if I'm stepping over any lines or assuming shit, tell me to shut the hell up and I'll delete away)...my wife and I may be a bit unconventional in that each of us has a number of friends of the opposite sex. Friends with whom we go out individually, one on one. My parents and her mom think it's nuts; and many of our married friends think it's nuts. But we wouldn't have it any other way. There are simply interests we each have that the other doesn't share, and we have friends, who happen to be of the opposite sex, who do (I _hate_ talking about medicine over dinner; she _hates_ talking about jazz and politics over dinner). I guess what I'm saying _here_ is, if concern about this is part of what's going on, I would say that, yes, your primary relationship is worth saving, but friends don't come in one category, and if a new friend happens to be someone of the opposite sex, BFD! Whew. Now that I've run off my big ol' mouth, feel free to tell me to shut it. Good luck either way, Bertrand.

Word.

Folks, Clark Terry is coming to Seattle next month; from the Jazz Alley website, "Band members include Sylvia Cuenca (drums), David Glasser (sax), Marcus McLaurine (bass), and Don Friedman (piano)." Has anyone seen him recently? Worth going? Comments, questions, concerns? Thanks in advance! PJ

Gotta get back in after missing the last two... I can help with distribution, just can't burn. PM Sent!!! PJ

Jazzshrink, the description of a living will you provided is correct. But everybody, please please PLEASE do not put a decision respecting how you want end of life healthcare dealt with in the hands of a $6.99 form. CAVEAT: I'm a trust and estates lawyer, and preparing living wills is a component of what I do for a living, although the following shouldn't be considered legal advice (sorry, I have to say that) SECOND CAVEAT: I also do trust and estates dispute work, and I've been on the "other side" of this, seeing what can go wrong when people "thought they used the right form," etc. I took a look at the forms for WA and PA, the two states in which I'm licensed, and from what I could tell (the samples have watermarks that render portions of the forms unreadable), the forms will _probably_ work; the problem is, with any "one size fits all" form, you run the risk of using a form that hasn't been updated to match your state's current statute, choosing incorrect options if the form allows you to do so, etc. Clearly the readership of this board is sophisticated enough to understand forms that are available on the internet, but sometimes those forms, if signed, and the legal application of those forms, can have unintended legal impart and negative consequences. I urge any of you who may be thinking about signing a living will to do so with the assistance of a capable attorney who can ensure the applicable statute is followed and that you understand the impact of what you're signing. I'd be happy to discuss this further offline; just drop me a pm. Again, jazzshrink, i'm not trying to shit on your idea, and no offense meant, but I just wanted folks to know that I've seen what can happen when this kind of thing goes wrong. PJ

And that f@#cker better get his Prevailing Winds back to Seattle post haste so I can hear them live!!! Just kidding, Phil--you told me it's not easy to put the group together. Still keepin' my fingers crossed!!!

No question (wrt jazz) for me: Elvin Jones (with the Jazz Machine) in Seattle, 1999. My wife and I sat in the first row, just to Elvin's right. He made eye contact with us almost the entire evening. I'm not being melodramatic when I say that the amount of unbridled joy that emanated from him and his drum kit brought me to tears a number of times...it was gripping and a completely emotional, life changing experience. I haven't seen anything quite like it since. As you can imagine, I was quite shaken by his recent passing.

Not to hijack, but...is this true? I've been running my Fender P-bass through a Fender Sidekick amp for quite a while with (I thought) no problems. Something I should be concerned about?

I was wondering how Scott had that inside scoop before it showed up on a thread!!!

Wow, Jim, that is TERRIFIC news. If I weren't going to be in Philly for my anniversary ( ) I'd try to get out there to see you guys. Congrats on the gig!

Thanks everyone! Found the book and bookmarked the links! I appreciate it!

Hello all-- I've been trying to find a book for some time with little luck at Amazon (zshops), half, Powells... Seems to me I've seen a site listed here that consolidates a number of used book sellers; can anyone give me any tips as to what the site is? Thanks in advance. PJ