Kevin Bresnahan

My current desktop picture. Auggie, the old guy on the left, died last week so while this still brings a smile to my face, it's not a completely happy smile. That little guy in the middle is now 2 and is one crazy dog.

But that's what is wrong here. "People" - and I'm including politicians here - are making decisions based on bogus information while the doctors and scientists stand off to the side scratching their heads at the insanity of someone getting their medical advice from Tucker Carlson instead of reading the multitude of studies filled with data saying that this is the best way to go. If Louis Pasteur invented pasteurization today, we'd still have dummies listening to some talking head telling them that pasteurization is bad and that no one should force it on them. And we'd have people dying from diseases caused by consuming unpasteurized products.

Sold. Thanks for looking. I am running out of room on the shelves, so I am beginning to sell off a few box sets that I just don't get to play much these days. Next up is: Woody Shaw - The Complete Muse Sessions (Mosaic MD7-255) 7 CDs - all played once or twice and in NM condition. The box/booklet (#1989) is also NM. $180 including USPS Media Mail shipping to a US address. Shipping outside of the US would be at actual cost via USPS. PayPal required although I do have Venmo now so we can talk if that's the way you want to go. Thanks for looking, Kevin

Dan - you have hit the nail on the head! You are correct that the masks are mainly to prevent me from infecting others which is exactly why EVERYONE should wear one! If I wear one and I am infected, my chance of infecting someone else goes down. Ditto the guy walking toward me in the store. Ditto the lady picking up a loaf of bread next to me. Ditto the guy.... well, you get the point. If everyone was vaccinated and everyone continued to mask up for just a little while, we'd probably be out of this thing by now. But no. Instead, we either get a bunch of people being told, "I'm vaccinated so I don't need a mask." or the anti-vax/anti-mask crew with their "I ain't getting vaccinated and I ain't wearing a mask." Strangely enough, the result is more cases. Who would've thought that? Oh, I don't know - maybe every scientist studying these things?

Which brings up the most important aspect of the anti-vax movement - they almost always combine this denial of the benefits of being vaccinated with a belief that no one should wear masks. It's as if they WANT everyone to get sick. It's truly bizarre. I am vaccinated and boosted and I still wear a mask when I'm in a store. I know that being vaccinated reduces my chances of catching COVID and that if I do, I'll likely not end up in the hospital or dead (as long as I don't lose that lottery). It doesn't matter. I don't want to play that lottery game at all. So I mask up and lather up with hand sanitizer in the car every time I go shopping.

You're right - I'm not remotely contradicting Steve - I shared data that directly contradicts his assertion that children are "not that susceptible in any significant way to serious illness". We can argue back and forth over "significant" but again, if it is your child, it is VERY significant. Kids can & do get COVID and they can and do get very sick. Yes, it is at a lower level than adults but it is not something any parent should ignore. I play the lottery. I play even though my chances of winning are minuscule. The same goes for COVID only it's a lottery you don't want to win.

From https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7036e2.htm?s_cid=mm7036e2_w " Among 3,116 hospitalized children and adolescents with COVID-19 during March 1, 2020–June 19, 2021, for whom complete clinical data were available,827 (26.5%) were admitted to an ICU, 190 (6.1%) required IMV (a respirator was needed), and 21 (0.7%) died. Among 164 hospitalized children and adolescents with COVID-19 during June 20–July 31, 2021, for whom complete clinical data were available,38 (23.2%) were admitted to an ICU, 16 (9.8%) required IMV, and three (1.8%) died. I would say that if you were the parent of one of those 24 children that died of Covid, you would not say this.

Audio equipment has advanced dramatically since the days of mono. Just because something was released to be able to be played back on a Close & Play, it doesn't mean it sounds better that way.

The company I work for (based in Massachusetts) sent out a note asking those of us who can do their job from home to do so until "the middle of January at the earliest". I am still unsure what that means to me as there are things I can do from home but supervising 5 people who go in every day is hard to do remote 100% of the time. I am a bit lucky in that they don't need a lot of hand holding but I still like to be there for them when they need me. I am so sick of this shit.

I also made a CD of "Landslide" from that Blue Note box set. I even created my own artwork. I also had the original LT LP and I picked up that TOCJ CD a few years back. It is a very good LP even if it is made up of bits and pieces of sessions.

We had to put Auggie down on Friday. Liver failure brought on by liver cancer. He had a rough last couple of nights but he's not in pain any more.

My wife works in a NH middle school and she's seeing a large number of kids out with COVID. It's the Thanksgiving bump. Next up will be the Christmas bump. It seems like it might be just a matter of when she catches it from one of her kids, as NH's governor refuses to consider any measures to reduce the rate of infection. NH now ranks #1 among states for new cases per 100,000 people - 94.1 daily cases per 100K people. Maine, my state, is #2 at 76.1 per 100K.

This is one of the few Mosaics I sold and switched over to individual CDs. First off, I didn't like the alternates side by side with the released take, which happens several times in this set. On top of that, I really liked the Capitol stuff, in particular "Blue Serge" and "Boston Blow Up", so it was pretty easy to cherry pick.

Great to find out that there are technical reasons why I just don't like this date. Now if you could just do the same for Green's "Am I Blue".

RIP to a master. End of an era for sure. Not too many left who have played with so many Jazz greats. In looking through his discography, I am surprised at how many sessions I have with him at the piano. His funky piano on the title track of Lee Morgan's "The Sidewinder" would probably be my favorite recording of his. I did see Harris live at least once but I just can't remember where/when it was. It was probably during one of my trips to New York in the late 90's. Harris' "Luminescence!" is probably my favorite of his leader dates. It has a killer band - Slide Hampton, trombone; Junior Cook, tenor; Pepper Adams, bari; Bob Cranshaw, bass; & Lenny McBrowne, drums.

Sold Hopefully more to follow... I am running out of room on the shelves, so I am beginning to look at selling off a few box sets that I just don't get to play much. First up is: Charles Mingus - The Jazz Workshop Concerts 1964-65 (Mosaic). 7 CDs, all played once or twice and in NM condition. The box/booklet is also NM. $170 including USPS Media Mail shipping to a US address. Shipping outside of the US would be at actual cost via USPS. PayPal required although I do have Venmo now so we can talk if that's the way you want to go. Thanks for looking, Kevin

Stan Getz - Voyage (BlackHawk Records). Except for the whiny acoustic bass sound, this is pretty good stuff. Looking forward to seeing Kenny Barron at the new Jimmy's Jazz & Blues Club in Portsmouth, NH in February. It'll be my first time going to this new Jazz venue. Editing to add that the Kenny Barron show will be my second show there... I forgot that I bought tickets to see Ambrose Akinmusire in January.

Blue Mitchell - Step Lightly (Blue Note). I have the old LT (rainbow) LP, not the ridiculously overpriced "Blue Note Review" version that forced you to buy a scarf to hear. It sounds pretty good for one of these LT LPs. I often wondered if some of these LT sessions were held back because of sonic faults as there were a couple that were not in the best sound. This isn't one of them.

That's a pretty good CD. I buy anything with Renee's name on it. I remember where i found this CD too... it was on the "cheapie rack" right inside the door of the old Planet Records in Harvard Square. I saw "Soul Note" on the spine and pulled it out and then saw Rosnes on the piano. Sold.

I thought the copy-controlled CDs that stirred up all of the trouble were those that had a rootkit on them? All you had to do copy them was turn off Autoplay on your PC so the rootkit didn't install. There may have even been a lawsuit over that one... Edit to add: it was Sony CDs that did this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_copy_protection_rootkit_scandal

My wife snatched my shipment from the doorstep. "Too close to Christmas to be getting in CDs," she says.

Maybe this one? https://craftrecordings.com/blogs/news/craft-recordings-celebrates-70-years-of-contemporary-records

My copy is due to arrive today. I already got in the earlier recording, "Mabern Plays Mabern", and it's very good. I think this band is killer.

I have that on vinyl. I haven't spun it in years. Maybe it's time to dig it out again?

It was stated as termination and yet, they still had a lot of people refuse to get vaccinated. Add him to this list: https://www.sorryantivaxxer.com/