Kevin Bresnahan

That's great news. Some good looking shows in that list. I'm a bit bummed that they still don't have the ability to choose your seats. Unless they changed the room layout, I'm not a huge fan of the audio outside of the aisle. I just grabbed two tickets to Danilo Perez next March. I'll be curious to see where they sit me.

I'd go with fucking weird.

Spooky Tooth's Luther Grosvenor is still kicking around. I don't know if he's still playing though.

Gary Wright died today at the age of 80. He'd been suffering from Lewy Body Dementia for the past 5 years. Although Wright was know for "Dream Weaver", he was actually a two-hit wonder with "Love Is Alive". I am somewhat surprised to read that both of these charted in early 1976. I thought it was several years earlier.

I've never heard an Applause LP but the CDs sounded absolutely terrible. I think they made them from an old cassette tape.

My buddy Frank was pretty proud of the stuff they did. He was really bummed when they couldn't cut it. I think he'd still be there if it didn't fall apart.

Depending on my mood, I sometimes like this second batch of tunes more. The released "Blue Hour" is excellent late night blues to wind down with. It can be a bit sleepy if the mood doesn't fit.

Not many engineers were recording in all analog in 2001, especially live. I would not be surprised to hear that this is a digital recording.

The story I was told was that these licenses were issued in error. Someone got in big trouble for it too. They were never supposed to be released like that. The CD releases (and probably this Spotify playlist too) are totally illegal and the story I was told by my friend who worked at One Way Records (also long out of business) is that someone found the original Applause licensing agreement and saw that there was no expiration date on the contract. They thought that gave them carte blanche to reissue these titles. My buddy saw the contract and told them they were idiots if they believed that. They kept shopping it around until they found someone stupid enough to believe them.

I always liked his music and thought about seeing one of his shows, but the "Parrothead" stuff got crazy a long while ago and his concerts felt like an "in" thing that I didn't really get. Maybe if I liked margaritas more? I once met a guy with a parrothead hat on who went on rant at me that went something like, "If you don't think Jimmy Buffett is the best, you're a moron". I just can't get that into his music.

Ask Dusty Groove if they are going to carry it.

If it was a legit issue, I'd pick it up. Until then, I'll keep listening to my beat up LP.

But again, it's innuendo. Hey, I was just a skinny lad Never knew no good from bad But I knew life before I left my nursery, huh Left alone with big fat Fanny She was such a naughty nanny Hey, big woman You made a bad boy out of me It's more likely that children will miss that innuendo as opposed to these lines from Bohemian Rhapsody: Mama, just killed a man Put a gun against his head, pulled my trigger, now he's dead No innuendo there. And have they read the lyrics to "Don't Stop Me Now" and realized that it was basically Freddie Mercury singing about being out of control on drugs or understood that "Killer Queen" was Freddie's tribute to a high-end prostitute? And FWIW, I agree with you that Queen's "Greatest Hits" might not be the best album to play for a child's enjoyment.

But you know what's really fucked up here? First., "Fat Bottom Girls" is not any sort of fat-shaming song. In fact, it's singing the praises of said fat-bottomed girls. Second is the fact that they will include "Another One Bites The Dust" in that songlist for children. So, to be clear, a mere hint of sex = bad for children but this is perfectly fine: Steve walks warily down the street With the brim pulled way down low Ain't no sound but the sound of his feet Machine guns ready to go Are you ready? Hey Are you ready for this? Are you hanging on the edge of your seat? Out of the doorway the bullets rip To the sound of the beat, yeah Another one bites the dust Another one bites the dust That's America for you. We love our guns and hate the mere whiff of sexual innuendo.

A lot (all?) of today's Toyotas have the audio system fully integrated into the car's operating system so aftermarket is almost impossible. Even if you could do it, it would have to be hidden somewhere, because their factory audio displays do not typically leave room for anything else. I suppose you could hide one in the glovebox or under a seat, but you'd have to hack into the wiring harness to get at the speaker wires and +12V Power/Ground. You would also have to have a remote to control the volume and you'd have no visible display.

Back when I was in that position, I found several sellers (read: on-line junkyards) on eBay that offered the part. This was a while ago, but I seem to remember that most of the units had some sort of return policy if it didn't work. The one I bought worked perfectly until the car was totaled a few years later.

I almost said that but saw the $7.50 shipping charge, so I thought I'd give the real cost.

Very nice date for sure. I bought the limited edition tri-colored vinyl version from bandcamp when it came out. The vinyl is sold out but the CD is still available for $10.50 (including shipping to Maine): https://waltersmithiii-whirlwind.bandcamp.com/album/twio

This is one of the better obits I've read about a jazz musician: https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/620396/swing-beat-the-late-great-tom-williams/ It's clear the author knew the man. It sounds like the DC area lost a great guy as well as a great trumpeter. This obit references a duel Williams had with Jon Faddis in Lyons, France in 1996. Video sucks, but the music lives on:

I've read on Facebook that trumpeter Tom Williams died unexpectedly a few weeks back. I am lucky to have seen Tom play several times as a sideman and he could blow that horn. I am pretty sure one of those times was with Jimmy Heath. I can only assume that the main reason we didn't hear from him much is because he chose to stay in his native area of Baltimore. He only had two releases as a leader, "Introducing" (1992) & "Straight Street" (1994), both on Criss Cross. He plays on a couple of Jimmy Heath's CDs too. I didn't find this thread earlier today during my initial search but worth linking to:

Although I know a lot of people are going to jump on this, I'm going to pass. I have the CD box set and that's enough for me.

I still play this often: "Mother" is a dud, but other than that. great rock & roll. I still crack up when someone plays "Every Breath You Take" at a wedding. Everyone I knew called that "The Stalker Song" from day one.

If losing "its organizing principal" meant signing great bands/musicians like Cat Stevens, Joe Cocker, Procol Harum, Humble Pie, Fairport Convention, Free, Carole King, Nazareth, the Tubes, Styx, Supertramp, Squeeze, Peter Frampton, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Joe Jackson, R.E.M., The Go-Gos & the Police, I'm very glad they lost their way. At Christmastime, I play the Carpenters' & Amy Grant's A&M Christmas CDs all the time. I'm a pretty big fan of the Police and still play their CDs pretty often. To be perfectly honest, I don't own a single record A&M made early on, even their early pop bands but especially Herb Alpert's stuff, which was never my kind of music. I suppose I have heard some Sergio Mendes on occasion, but I don't own any of it.

I can't find much on-line, but from what I remember, Alpert was the music guy in the beginning and his hits funded the label. But according to one article I did find, after attending the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, Moss started signing rock artists. As that article suggests, he was the one who wanted Peter Frampton to do a live record, which resulted in one of their biggest selling records, so i would guess he had some input into A&R, at least in the rock side of things.

Joanne Brackeen - Ancient Dynasty (Columbia/Tappan Zee). I bought this one when I saw Joe Henderson listed on the back. Henderson, Brackeen, Eddie Gomez & Jack DeJohnette - what could go wrong? What a great record this is! (so far) Really digging this. This is my first purchase of Brackeen as a leader. I probably would have skipped it if I hadn't had the chance to see/hear her perform as a sub for George Cables at a Javon Jackson show at Scullers back in 2017. Why hasn't this made it to CD? Is it caught in limbo because of the Tappan Zee label?