Peter Johnson

Weird, isn't it? You should see the books it recommends--nothin' but "chick lit!"

Cheers, Tony--hope the weather will allow you to take that TVR out for a topless spin!

Of course, density 21.5 is quite a contemplative piece...

Man, you such a jive turkey!

Awww, hellyeah...that is definitely some GREAZZZZZZZZZZY sHiT! Summertime. Need I say more?

Nice new avatar, Jeff!

I couldn't have said it better myself! "I can't stand it" inDEED!

Damn, Maceo's playing tonight in Philly, but I have another engagement. Agree, his stuff is greazzzzzzzy as all hell!

Yes!!! I'll be there!

I just got this, and am still warming up to it: I think you'll like it, if you don't have it already. I'm also a huge fan of the Bartok concerti, which you probably already have, and although close, but not from, the 20th century, the Saint Saens concerti; current favorite recording of the Saint Saens is the complete concerti on Hyperion with Stephen Hough and the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.

As predicted, I got a (late) Christmas present of Phil's Convergence Zone CD last night. Wowwwwweeee! This is a killer record. The arrangements are tight and the playing is very very good. It's very spontaneous and energetic. Any of you who are fans of large band recordings must pick it up. Good luck with the grammy nomination, Phil--you deserve it! Get it here. It's twelve bucks--what are you waiting for?!!!

Oh, this is too sad. Exchanged some correspondence with Ken over the years, and he really was a great guy. My condolences.

Same trombonist as on Mingus Ah Um, right? LOVE his work on that side...I wasn't certain he'd done anything else! I'll keep my eyes open for this. Huh--after looking at Allmusic, I see he died last year. Bummer.

When did they put in the stoplight?

Thanks so much, Dan, KH and Jim. I definitely do vinyl, and as I think back, poor Charles' sections in all the places I frequent are sadly full of records waiting for someone to come along. It's gonna be a Charles Earland New Years, baby! Impressions to follow!

Yes, Alan, I took it from the recently constructed trail that starts at Locust and the Schuykill (just north of Schuykill River Park) and runs along the river up toward the art museum, then underneath the West River Drive bridge to connect to the Waterworks and Boathouse Row. It's a neat trail, and is going a long way towards overcoming the, uhm, "reputation" that area had for some time, as I understand it! The picture was taken at 28th & Race, looking east.

Every once in awhile, I check my Amazon "recommendations", which can be quite humorous (I think Amazon thinks I'm a woman, but that's another story). Anyway, recently Amazon recommended two of Earland's Prestige sides, Black Talk and Funk Fantastique. Never having heard Earland, or really seen his music discussed on this board, I thought I'd throw this out there--what do you all think of him? Looks like Mogie is on Funk Fantastique, which, in my book, is reason enough to get that! I welcome your thoughts--thanks!

Kevin, I haven't ordered any wax from them in a while (nine months or so) but can't imagine things have changed. Their packing of LP's should be a model for all who ship them--they come in a new, appropriately-sized (given the number of records) box which is taped all around; each record is shipped with the record in the jacket, in the original inner sleeve (if available) or a new paper sleeve (not ricepaper) if not available, placed in an individual poly bag. The stack of records is then surrounded on the verticial with bubble wrap, and then on the horizontal with bubble wrap. Bulletproof! I Euclidrecords and could not have built my collection without them.

Wild-ass guess: Lou Donaldson -or- John Coltrane?

How did I go 1.5 years _completely_ missing this thread? Thanks for your work on this, Chuck--I can't WAIT to get a copy of it!

Kenneth Gorelick!

Happy birthday, Mark!

Whoa...I have good friends who landed on Bali Friday for vacation. I hope they're okay...

And the rear of the building:

And two details of the cornice of the Philadelphia Art Museum (check out the light--these were taken at about 4:50 p.m.):