J Larsen

If it's on Get Back I wouldn't bet on the sound being good.

I've always had trouble getting into Brotzmann. I find it very difficult to "feel" what he is playing - I get the sense that he is almost trying to push the listener away. But then I have only a few records and haven't listened to them in a long time. I'm going to check him out at Tonic next week - maybe it will finally click.

I'm really only interested in 19th century alto players.

Thanks. Looks like I have my plans for the 17th.

Interesting - I have the same problem with pine nuts.

Pistachios are where it's at (especially the pink ones from Greece). Almonds and cashews are pretty good. Walnuts and pecans are pretty gross. Sort of indifferent to all the others.

Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas Had tix to Pere Ubu Tuesday night, but I was too sick to go...

Tim Duncan Wilt Chamberlain Milt Jackson

I find life is better when I do none of the above.

I think I'd rather stick my nuts in a vice than listen to either of these guys. Much quicker way to achieve the same result.

It is snowing in NYC. WTF?

I think the gov is trying to do that baby a favor.

Well that's a good reason. Thanks.

Me too. The name change is a little odd.

I'll have to pick this one up. An old friend of mine who I lost touch with a few years ago is the guy behind a project called Strategy (laptop electonica) and has been struggling for recognition. I hope it is the same one.

I only found out this afternoon that he was in town last week - I hate it when that happens! I'll be sure to pick up the new disc. I'm a big Flaherty fan, and a little surprised that he doesn't get more mention.

It's a quartet album w/Sam Rivers, previously released under the name Involution. Guy Anyone know for sure if the Conn will have all eight tracks from the Mosaic? I would suspect the answer is yes, just checking. If so, that means all the music from the Mosaic will have been reissued on BN. I have to say the BN reissue program has been outstanding over the last few years. There are still some albums that I'd really like to see out, but it's nothing like it was in, say, 1999.

Where's Manny?

How much is this retailing for? At the shows they were going for $100.

It's great that Verve put so many Sanders records on cds back when they still had a real reissue program, but I really wish they had gotten around to Live at the East. That's a really tough one to find on vinyl, and I have to say it is my hands-down favorite.

Something similar happened on a Six Feet Under episode - an an actress died and her cokehead buddies snorted her ashes after the service. I wonder if the episode somehow provided the inspiration for the rumor/lie/act/whatever it was .

I'm in the same boat. It is great music, but I'd be more inclined to by a two cd set than a nine cd set, especially given that the band is perfectly fine but not great.

Better than Ezra????????

I'm just all torn up over this.

I caught these guys a couple times at the soon-to-be-former Tonic. Flaherty is a real character. Once he opened for Jackie-O-Motherfucker (a combo unlikely to happen at any other club on Earth). One of the Jackie-O guitarists did a stage dive into a group of young females about halfway through his (Jackie-O's) set. Flaherty walked up to him, put his right foot on the guy's chest, and held him pinned for several minutes as he struggled to play! Good stuff. BYW, I see the interstellar space thing, but when I hear Corsano's drumming, it sounds to me like he got recruited out of a hardcore punk group. I like it, but I imagine some people might not.