Kevin Bresnahan

"Criticsim" of Norah Jones? How about a refresher course in why Blue Note died shortly after Norah Jones' CD was released? Notice our own Jim Sangrey adding fuel to the fire. I never appreciated his attitude on this one. I stand by my statement: WE killed Blue Note... no one else but us. BTW, you can't even begin to imagine how close we came to getting the old BN board shut down over this thread!! Blue Note didn't have the manpower to watch that board and relied on us to police it ourselves. We failed. Oh yeah, for the record, the poster who once posted as "Norah Jones" on the old board? It turns out it was that Norah Jones. Later, Kevin Topic: Norah Jones Half of a note Member Member # 2881 posted April 17, 2002 01:53 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom, What's the deal, she's doing well ? Going to make Blue Note some money I hope. Saw the video on MTV and VH1. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posts: 54 | From: | Registered: Mar 2002 | IP: Logged N'Awlins Member Member # 1762 posted April 17, 2002 02:11 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I know Tom was escorting her on her European tour recently so she definately has some gigs....Caught her for a couple tunes here in New Orleans at House of Blues, well worth catching. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posts: 128 | From: new orleans, la | Registered: May 2001 | IP: Logged Half of a note Member Member # 2881 posted April 17, 2002 02:12 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom, I heard she already has a boy friend ? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posts: 54 | From: | Registered: Mar 2002 | IP: Logged Tomatbluenote Member Member # 209 posted April 17, 2002 02:35 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yes, she do. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posts: 640 | From: | Registered: Mar 99 | IP: Logged bigboy Member Member # 2546 posted April 17, 2002 03:13 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Is his name be Tomatbluenote? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posts: 75 | From: | Registered: Jan 2002 | IP: Logged Tomatbluenote Member Member # 209 posted April 17, 2002 03:24 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No it's not. It's Lee Alexander, bassist in her band. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posts: 640 | From: | Registered: Mar 99 | IP: Logged ariceffron Member Member # 701 posted April 17, 2002 04:38 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yeah singers always screw the band. My grandpa told me that his big band (Lee Konitz was on alto)had this chick singer that latter married Boyd Rayburn, and after gigs the band would gangbang her. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posts: 1440 | From: From San Diego, CA; Stuck in Tacoma, WA | Registered: Feb 2000 | IP: Logged William Kenlon Member Member # 2532 posted April 17, 2002 05:41 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for that, er, lovely anecdote. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posts: 94 | From: Viriginia, USA | Registered: Jan 2002 | IP: Logged JSngry Member Member # 1611 posted April 17, 2002 05:43 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What band did your grandfather play in Aric? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posts: 5773 | From: Tx, USA | Registered: Mar 2001 | IP: Logged Paul Christie Member Member # 163 posted April 17, 2002 05:43 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gee, thanks for that Aric. If I were Nora and her boyfriend, I would be pretty offended by your stupid statement. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posts: 513 | From: Adelaide, SA, Australia | Registered: Aug 99 | IP: Logged mobtenob Junior Member Member # 2942 posted April 17, 2002 09:49 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you were Nora and her boyfriend, you'd be a biological marvel. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posts: 7 | From: | Registered: Mar 2002 | IP: Logged Half of a note Member Member # 2881 posted April 18, 2002 05:34 AM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New topic: Who the hell is ariceffron ? Is he a put on ? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posts: 54 | From: | Registered: Mar 2002 | IP: Logged MilesDavis Member Member # 575 posted April 18, 2002 07:09 AM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Originally posted by Half of a note: New topic: Who the hell is ariceffron ? Is he a put on ? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No, he's a certified idiot. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posts: 773 | From: Toronto, Ontario | Registered: Dec 1999 | IP: Logged Half of a note Member Member # 2881 posted April 18, 2002 08:38 AM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wow, I can't believe a guy that dumb could possible like Jazz ? I figured he would be in to Metal. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posts: 54 | From: | Registered: Mar 2002 | IP: Logged ariceffron Member Member # 701 posted April 18, 2002 04:27 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- whats so dumb about it. I know it makes you and I uncomfortable but a lot of people in this world are totally down w/ group sex. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posts: 1440 | From: From San Diego, CA; Stuck in Tacoma, WA | Registered: Feb 2000 | IP: Logged catesta Member Member # 2372 posted April 18, 2002 04:51 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Originally posted by JSngry: What band did your grandfather play in Aric? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And the answer is ? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posts: 613 | From: Phoenix,Arizona | Registered: Nov 2001 | IP: Logged Bill S Member Member # 2808 posted April 18, 2002 04:51 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aric, I think old gramps was pulling your, uh, leg... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posts: 52 | From: Stamford, CT | Registered: Feb 2002 | IP: Logged Out2Lunch Member Member # 1071 posted April 18, 2002 04:53 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yeah, the middle one! -------------------- -Tod -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posts: 1071 | From: | Registered: Aug 2000 | IP: Logged JSngry Member Member # 1611 posted April 18, 2002 04:54 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm thinking it might have been Claude Thornhill, and the singer Fran Warren. If that's the case, and Grampa was telling the truth, it only reinforces the feeling that I often have that I was born about 25 years too late. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posts: 5773 | From: Tx, USA | Registered: Mar 2001 | IP: Logged JSngry Member Member # 1611 posted April 18, 2002 05:03 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See what I mean? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posts: 5773 | From: Tx, USA | Registered: Mar 2001 | IP: Logged catesta Member Member # 2372 posted April 18, 2002 05:07 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yes I do !!!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posts: 613 | From: Phoenix,Arizona | Registered: Nov 2001 | IP: Logged mobtenob Junior Member Member # 2942 posted April 18, 2002 05:14 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yes, point(s) well taken. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posts: 7 | From: | Registered: Mar 2002 | IP: Logged Paul Christie Member Member # 163 posted April 18, 2002 05:58 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Good point Mobtenob (LOL) - at least I can fix my grammar. Aric is beyond repair. Anyway, I doubt that a "gangbang" qualifies as group sex. The very implication of it in relation to Ms jones is really off, and in fact ought to be removed from this board. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posts: 513 | From: Adelaide, SA, Australia | Registered: Aug 99 | IP: Logged bigboy Member Member # 2546 posted April 18, 2002 06:25 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This has really fallen into really, really bad taste with Aric's comment. If I was Blue Note, I would be really, really embarassed on the off-chance Norah Jones might see this kind of talk about her on her own label's website. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posts: 75 | From: | Registered: Jan 2002 | IP: Logged bertrand Member Member # 230 posted April 18, 2002 06:40 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I wasn't even really sure it was in good taste to post the name of her main squeeze. -------------------- Bertrand. uberall@wizard.net -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posts: 1307 | From: Bethesda, MD | Registered: Mar 99 | IP: Logged Big Wheel Member Member # 510 posted April 18, 2002 07:18 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aric, you are one lucky guy. My grandfather won't regale me with any stories once the action gets past a four-way. I tried to get him to go into detail once and all I got was a "Son, that's between me, your grandmother, and the bowling team..." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posts: 558 | From: Cambridge, MA, USA | Registered: Nov 1999 | IP: Logged Alexander Member Member # 449 posted April 18, 2002 11:26 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Originally posted by bigboy: If I was Blue Note... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you were Blue Note, you'd be a... Never mind. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posts: 935 | From: Albany, NY USA | Registered: Oct 1999 | IP: Logged ariceffron Member Member # 701 posted April 19, 2002 01:22 AM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- First off, I heard Norah Jones sing on and I remember Charlie Hunter was on guitar (it might of been his cd) and it was beautiful. It was absoutely splendid. It was my Grandpa's band. His own band. It was in Chicago in the '40s. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posts: 1440 | From: From San Diego, CA; Stuck in Tacoma, WA | Registered: Feb 2000 | IP: Logged JSngry Member Member # 1611 posted April 19, 2002 02:41 AM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOUND!!! (I think...) Ginny Powell (aka Mrs. Boyd Raeburn) Say no more...... [ April 19, 2002: Message edited by: JSngry ] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posts: 5773 | From: Tx, USA | Registered: Mar 2001 | IP: Logged Kevin Bresnahan Member Member # 132 posted April 19, 2002 06:16 AM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aric, are you learning anything at that school?? Why on earth would you think a post about gang-banging female Jazz singers would be a good thing to bring up on a thread about Norah Jones... especially in the "Questions for Tomatbluenote" forum?!? You really aren't the brightest bulb in the lamp, are you? Tom doesn't come here very often so they'll probably be a lot more posts in this thread by the time he gets here, but I would be very surprised if he allows your nutty post to stay in this thread. Aric, have you forgotten that someone claiming to be Norah Jones came here and posted?? It probably was her. I doubt she'd come back ever if she saw this stuff. Women have enough problems on the Jazz world without implying that the only way they can make it is to gang-bang the band... oh, wait a minute... you probably don't realize that you were implying that. Later, Kevin -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posts: 1882 | From: New Hampshire | Registered: Mar 99 | IP: Logged soulstation1 Member Member # 1047 posted April 19, 2002 09:16 AM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "i thought it meant funkin' A" -------------------- ザ・ジゴロ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posts: 1504 | From: tucson,az | Registered: Aug 2000 | IP: Logged Half of a note Member Member # 2881 posted April 19, 2002 10:08 AM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Somebody should start a new post: Aric's an idiot !!!!! Of course he would be the first one to respond. Aric isn't there a sex line you could go on instead ? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posts: 54 | From: | Registered: Mar 2002 | IP: Logged MilesDavis Member Member # 575 posted April 19, 2002 10:46 AM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Originally posted by ariceffron: whats so dumb about it. I know it makes you and I uncomfortable but a lot of people in this world are totally down w/ group sex. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Very true, maybe you should start a "DEVIANT SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR CORNER" where you can talk about group sex, incest, molestation, festishes, and other things. But seriously, have you heard of thinking before you speak? Very simple and here's the great part: it stop you from getting into trouble like this. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posts: 773 | From: Toronto, Ontario | Registered: Dec 1999 | IP: Logged chris olivarez Member Member # 2299 posted April 19, 2002 12:00 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Something not XXX.Norah Jones makes an apperance on the Dirty Dozen Brass Band cd. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posts: 150 | From: pagosa springs | Registered: Nov 2001 | IP: Logged ariceffron Member Member # 701 posted April 19, 2002 12:29 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- hmmm is that the chick?? It was his wife i remember... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posts: 1440 | From: From San Diego, CA; Stuck in Tacoma, WA | Registered: Feb 2000 | IP: Logged JSngry Member Member # 1611 posted April 19, 2002 02:52 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ginny Powell was married to Boyd Raeburn and sang with the band during the years of it's highest profile. The photo on the CD cover certainly looks like a leader & a female vocalist, so that very well could be Mrs. Raeburn. I'm not sure though. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posts: 5773 | From: Tx, USA | Registered: Mar 2001 | IP: Logged Chuck Nessa Member Member # 422 posted April 19, 2002 04:45 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aric, are you claiming Gay Claridge as a relative? I he's not the guy, who? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posts: 1302 | From: Whitehall, MI | Registered: Oct 1999 | IP: Logged Dmitry Member Member # 66 posted April 19, 2002 05:09 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jim, I hope Aric apppreciates the time and effort you put in to track down the woman his grandpa possibly gang banged 60 years ago. I wonder if she had any kids. With stories like this one you are a shoe-in to secure a yearly Thanksgiving Dinner spot at the Raeburns. [ April 19, 2002: Message edited by: Dmitry ] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posts: 1599 | From: New York | Registered: Jul 99 | IP: Logged ariceffron Member Member # 701 posted April 19, 2002 07:50 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- and was the video really on MTV?? Since when do they play JAZZ videos on MTV (minus the one time I saw Wayne Shorter play w/ Santana) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posts: 1440 | From: From San Diego, CA; Stuck in Tacoma, WA | Registered: Feb 2000 | IP: Logged Out2Lunch Member Member # 1071 posted April 19, 2002 08:03 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I Think she did a cameo on "The Osbournes" -------------------- -Tod -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posts: 1071 | From: | Registered: Aug 2000 | IP: Logged Alexander Member Member # 449 posted April 20, 2002 10:29 AM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Originally posted by ariceffron: and was the video really on MTV?? Since when do they play JAZZ videos on MTV (minus the one time I saw Wayne Shorter play w/ Santana) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You're not likely to see any JAZZ videos on MTV. Norah's very talented, but she isn't jazz. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posts: 935 | From: Albany, NY USA | Registered: Oct 1999 | IP: Logged Joe M Member Member # 1703 posted April 20, 2002 10:11 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Originally posted by Alexander: You're not likely to see any JAZZ videos on MTV. Norah's very talented, but she isn't jazz. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Well if Norah "is" jazz ... Thanks for weighing in with the verdict Alexander. Granted, it would be pretty hard to argue that some of Norah's material is jazz. However, just because some (or even most) of it isn't jazz, doesn't mean it all isn't jazz. For example have you heard Norah's recording of "Peace"? I'd like someone to tell me why it isn't jazz. Just making a point that with a genre bending artist, such statements can be troublesome. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posts: 140 | From: Fresno, CA | Registered: Apr 2001 | IP: Logged bigboy Member Member # 2546 posted April 20, 2002 10:27 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Half of a Note, Anytime you're ready to hit "delete," we're ready. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posts: 75 | From: | Registered: Jan 2002 | IP: Logged Jimmy Mahler Member Member # 1914 posted April 20, 2002 11:16 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Half of a Note, I usually try to stay neutral on the ignorant and arrogant stuff but it is time to delete this thread. It's emabarrassing. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posts: 209 | From: Chicago, Illinois | Registered: Jul 2001 | IP: Logged ariceffron Member Member # 701 posted April 21, 2002 01:36 AM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- duh shes on blue note of course its jazz -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posts: 1440 | From: From San Diego, CA; Stuck in Tacoma, WA | Registered: Feb 2000 | IP: Logged Alexander Member Member # 449 posted April 21, 2002 12:18 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Norah is very "jazzy". She's just not a "jazz musician". Neither is Cassandra Wilson, for that matter (although she has a greater claim to the term). I like her CD, people, so stop jumping on me. I knows jazz when I hears it, though. This is "jazzy pop", much like Van Morrison and Joni Mitchell (both of whom I love). Elvis Costello gets "jazzy" at times too ("Almost Blue", "Shipbuilding", "The Poisoned Rose"), but that doesn't make him jazz. Bobby Darin was a pretty hip cat? Is "Beyond the Sea" jazz? I didn't think so. I'm one of the world's biggest Frank Sinatra fans, but I don't consider him jazz (however influenced he may have been *by* jazz). I don't get hung up over the distinction. I enjoy non-jazz AND jazz equally. I'm just saying that from an objective stand-point, Norah Jones' music isn't "jazz" per se (like Rosemary Clooney, who I also like). I'm not putting her down, I'm just stating a fact. Norah Jones doesn't play jazz. Miles Davis didn't play rock. George Clinton played funk. It's all good! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posts: 935 | From: Albany, NY USA | Registered: Oct 1999 | IP: Logged Paul Christie Member Member # 163 posted April 22, 2002 06:01 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hey Tom, Don't you reckon it's time this particular thread was nuked? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posts: 513 | From: Adelaide, SA, Australia | Registered: Aug 99 | IP: Logged Alexander Member Member # 449 posted April 22, 2002 09:32 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ok, this is driving me nuts. Is everyone advocating that this thread be deleated because Aric is an insensitive boob, or because I had the temerity to suggest that Norah Jones' music isn't jazz? Just tell me that, and I'll give up. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posts: 935 | From: Albany, NY USA | Registered: Oct 1999 | IP: Logged Paul Christie Member Member # 163 posted April 23, 2002 05:47 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cool it Alexander... it doesn't seem like everyone is advocating removing this thread, by any means, and anyway it has nothing to do with your comments on the style of her music (which are perfectly valid comments). I suggested removal of the thread because of the inappropraite comments made by Affron - it seems incredible to me that Blue Note would permit one of their current big ticket artists, Ms Jones, to have her reputation even slightly tarnished by having it linked with adolescent statements re female artists getting it off with their band members, gang-banging and so on. At the very least, the unsavoury posts should be removed. I also feel a bit uncomforatble about naming her boyfriend, unless that was her wish. OK, so she dates her bass player - that's nice for her, and I wish her happiness - but I don't see why Blue Note should tolerate low-grade smutty speculation about her private life on this board. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posts: 513 | From: Adelaide, SA, Australia | Registered: Aug 99 | IP: Logged chris olivarez Member Member # 2299 posted April 23, 2002 09:02 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul-I'll second that this whole thread is pretty much a load of rubbish.I know -"why am I posting here?". If this gets deleted along with everything else on this thread that's alright with me. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posts: 150 | From: pagosa springs | Registered: Nov 2001 | IP: Logged

I wouldn't count that against Greg! The moderators at Steve Hoffman's board are assholes... strike that... they're more like 12 year olds. If you don't post with the attitude that "STEVE IS GOD!!!!!", then you will definitley be kicked out eventually. I have lurked there for years, mostly to get some advance info on Hoffman's works in progress but it's hard to stomach some of the fawning over "STEVE" (just scream it like a 12 year old girl at an N'Sync concert and it will come out right). The sad thing is, Steve seems to agree that this mentality is a great thing. He's like the king of an asylum of patients who all worship his shoes. I bet if he made them all Kool Aid laced with... Later, Kevin

Claude, I don't think you'll have any problem getting what you wish for. I was told that Sony's "SACD grant" to OJC was in the form of a free loan of a DSD remastering station. They'll be able to crank out as many SACDs as they want. BTW, the person who told me this is trying to get Sony to do the same for Blue Note/Mosaic. In fact, he was supposed to be meeting with some Sony reps this month. I think he'll push for at least one Mosaic set as in SACD hyrbid. We can only hope. Later, Kevin

Blind listening test? Check out this thread: Blind SACD/CD Comparison. Note: Jazz Inmate is Greg! Kevin

None of the brick & mortar stores near me have these. It really sucks that I have to special order them to get them... I really wonder if these high rez formats are going anywhere if they can't even get them into one store around here. Of course, I've got to get the Cannonball title. Later, Kevin

Regardless of how I feel about the way Blue Note handled the closing of their US forum, Blue Note is still my favorite record label. I see no reason to stay away from the european version of the board any more than I would stay away from a US version, if they chose to resurrect it. I don't understand Jim's attitude one bit. As one of the more vocal contributor's to that old board, his emotional investment was higher than many. However, nothing was done to him that should cause such a reversal. After all, this place is pretty much the defacto "Blue Note Bulletin Board" and the people here are what made that place. Saying "Fuck Blue Note" when using it in the context of the old board, is, in essence saying "Fuck You" to all of us former members. I remember the good in that place. I would think Jim does too. One more thing, you can bitch about it all you want but the simple fact is that WE KILLED THE BLUE NOTE BOARD. Not Tom, not Blue Note, not any faceless moderator... we did it. By allowing that place to become a board that Blue Note couldn't support, we caused it's closure. Look in the mirror before slinging the mud at Blue Note. If people had cut the crap that was going on there prior to the shutdown, we'd all still be there. Later, Kevin

I'll be curious to see how the BN/Europe site handles my post. Kevin

I believe I'm reading you correctly and my take on it is that you were lucky that you were to copy those Sony discs in the first place. All audio burners use Serial Copy Management System (SCMS). Any CD-R you burn on your standalone audio deck is supposed to set a bunch of bits that will prevent future dubs off that disc. Try setting the deck for "analog record" mode and see if it works. In analog mode, SCMS is not checked. Kevin

Damn you Lon... you're costing me money! Later, Kevin

In my job, I have 4 direct reports and "manager" is nowhere in my title. VP is three levels up from me. It's not a figurehead here. It's an important staff position that I hope someday I get to. Of course, there are several VP's on the president's staff. Does that make it less important? As for Tom, When they were in their downtown offices, Tom's office was diagonal from Bruce Lundval, who had the proverbial "corner office with a view". However, if "size" means anything, Tom's office was as big as Bruce's and I tell you, it was friggin' packed with stuff. For all I know, he might have had a "fluff title" but I tell you, he had a lot of stuff going on around him and he has a large staff so he's at a minimum "Manager". It don't mean a thing to me. You mileage may vary, Kevin

He was Vice President even back then. In fact, he was VP of both the Jazz & Classical groups. Even though some people here seem to think otherwise, he really did like dropping by the board and talking with us. In my eyes, his "lofty" title just emphasized how much he liked it. I wish more VP's would go on their company's web chat boards to talk with their customers. So many here seem to judge the guy on his actions during the board going down, all the while forgetting how shitty that place was near the end. I tell you, if the crap that was going on there was going on here still, this place would suck too.

I've actually got a copy of the Getz Mosaic box (3 CDs) in my "sell" pile. I was thinking about offering it here on Organissimo for $100 (including shipping to the US and Canada, extra for other countries). Later, Kevin

It isn't the preview pane that's the problem... no one needs to shut off their preview pane in Outlook to protect themselves from viruse. It's that the viruses exploit active scripting, which is turned on by default in Outlook Express. Just follow the directions from Microsoft, listed here. With active scripting turned off, even if some scumware shows up that should launch with an active script, it won't. It's saved my ass a few times. BTW, this sounds like you got a virus that was newer than your virus definitions. No virus software could have saved you if this was the case. Someone has to get a virus first and then the anti-virus people block it.

That was a fumble, and I know football way too well to have anyone tell me differently. Rules my foot. Sure Oakland could have won anyway--only a defense without "nuts" doesn't win when you cheat them out of a turnover in the waning moments of the fourth quarter. Great playoff games so far even though I hate every team that is playing. Manning could do no wrong yesterday, I was impressed. He has finally become the QB he was expected to be. The rules say it was a tuck but even if it wasn't, it was simply payback for that shitty roughing the passer call that robbed the 1976 Patriots of their right to move on in the playoffs. The karma with Oakland is now balanced. Later, Kevin

You don't want to turn Blue Note mp3's into shoes... they'll have shitty souls. The rubber in the souls would stick to the floor in chunks. You need Blue Note WAV's for the best Blue Note shoes. Ask whoever gave you those low-quality shoe materials for the good stuff. BTW, Ecco makes better shoes than Blue Note, even of they are the fucking geekiest looking shoes on mother earth.

I can't say enough about how much I love my 2004 Toyota Prius. I talked a little about it at Jazz Corner's Speakeasy. However, one thing I failed to mention about my impressions after I got it is how big the interior is. Plenty of room inside this car. As for price, the base comes pretty loaded (power windows, doors, A/C, auto) at around $21.5K. Check it out. Don't fret the power... the 2004 was redesigned to address this shortcoming. It gets going very quickly. However, if you do this, the engine makes a racket and your mileage goes to hell so I don't do it very often.

I was told that Concord leased these tapes from Kamuca and the estate has not extended the lease to include CD.

I was told these latest US versions will use a master generated at the same remastering session as the Japanese versions. No idea if that means "identical". Blue Note decided that since Rudy had to get the tapes out of the vault for the Japanese remasters, he might as well use it for the US remasters while he was at it. BN US cherry picked the titles from the Japanese selections.

Deep, whatever you do, don't go calling anyone's wife an "Internet whore" or you'll get kicked off without any "warning system", even if the person physically threatens you first! You heard it right, Deep, don't go quoting the rules... they morph to suit the situation. You are being treated with KID GLOVES right here. If I were you, I'd CEASE & DESIST IMMEDIATELY. Next thing you know, they'll be a poll started asking, "Should DEEP Be Banned?"

Are you going to reinstate those already thrown out? If this is the way it was back when Greg got into it with Dan, he would most likely still be here.

I got 9 right and a few of the ones I got wrong, like Miller High Life, PBR or Mexicali, might show up in my fridge after I'm dead & gone. I messed up Kirin somehow though... was that particular one a "ringer"? I could've sworn it used to be in a brown stubby back when I used to drink it. I haven't bought it it years since they started brewing it in California... maybe that's when it switched bottles? BTW, they started getting the real Lowenbrau back on the shelves here in New Hampshire, not that Panther Pilsner that Miller made with the same name. FYI, the Stooges worked at the Panther Pilsner brewery in one episode. Later, Kevin

Not custom, but very well made of solid wood (or metal, if that's your fancy): Wood Technology - Metal Technology. I bought their CM-V36 with an extra pair of shelves and glass doors (my wife hates to dust) and it came delivered for just under $400... for SOLID ASH. It's nicely made too. I can easily recommend them. If you decide to order from their web site, click the "Order Direct" button and then the "Hot Specials" link at the top of the page for the best price... free shipping in the continental US too. Later, Kevin

I have this on a Japanese CD... wicked short... like 29 minutes or something. I'd have to take it out and see. This isn't a great one in my book. Waldron wrote the tunes *for* the movie so they have "themes" to them. Not a lot of continuity as a record although they probably fit in great with the movie. I'll have to spin it again to refresh my memory. I do know it nearly made the trade pile a couple of times. Later, Kevin

I asked around about this recording a while back... I think it was Tom Evered who told me that Puccini's estate has legal documents stating that one of Puccini's family members "finished" the opera... like added three notes or something. Therefore, the 70 year clock hasn't started yet. Is that screwed up or what? The thing is, the estate gets zip this way. Why did they do it? Why not just ask for some money? BTW, it is a great disc. It is a very nice interpretation of Turandot... it's not like they rapped to it. Later, Kevin

http://www.siriusradio.com will let you sample their programing for 60 minutes. Give it a try. There is also a brief blurb on their Jazz programming. No mention of Kenny Washington's involvement but who knows? He was there in the beginning. Later, Kevin EDIT: I did find this little blurb on the web site after poking around for a while... looks like channel 60 is the one to listen to July 8, 2002 Excellence in Jazz Broadcasting Kenny Washington, "The Jazz Maniac," drummer extraordinaire, and programmer for channel 60/Pure Jazz, is this year's winner for Excellence in Jazz Broadcasting/The Willis Conover-Marian McPartland Award, given out on June 19 by the Jazz Journalist Association. Also recognized was Lifetime Achievement Award winner Ira Gitler, jazz music writer and critic whose recollections from more than 50 years in the Jazz world can be also heard on channel 60/Pure Jazz.