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I know what you mean. . . I'm waiting on my Lateef and my Jelly Roll Morton cds shipped from cduninverse on Monday!

I've worked through the last hanful of my birthdays too. It's alright. . . unless the work crew finds out it's your b-day! Have many happy returns!

She has made some great contributions to various Bill Laswell productions.

Wow. Interesting that it may be young Wilen's. Still doesn't make this "the master" necessarily. . . .

Still haven't gotten my Lateef from cduniverse! Maybe tonight. . . should arrive with the Gato. I got my Sanders "Elevation" from them last night. Beautiful DIGIPAK packaging. Beautiful sound. This has been a favorite lp, so happy to have it on cd.

That Eddie Condon is EXCELLENT, and extra tracks. . . . I may have to preorder that one.

I had a message that the Copenhagen Concert was going to be going soon, and so I ordered it and threw in Domino as well.

There was no bleeping in Austin f'ing Texas either, and the language disclaimer at the front.

Cute is a very personal thing I guess. . . . I think Mimi was cuter!

No really it's. . . Wavy Gravy. "Wavy Gravy (real name: Hugh Romney), of the Hog Farm commune in California, is remembered for his announcements from the Woodstock stage. He's still involved in numerous charitable causes, and has a Ben & Jerry's ice cream flavor named after him."

Dick Cheney. . . .

It's the Roy that played in Mingus' band. . . . Yeah, you can hear the saw played on those Mingus dates. It's nice to have a remote in your hand with fast forward though. . . .

I was hoping to see footage of her late sister, Mimi. . . cuz I think she was cute!

So. . . for those who have the DVD already. . . . What's in the DVD set that was not broadcast?

I've listened for the first time to the Collectables version of this one. Wow. I diggeth it!

Yes.

I haven't heard this one in a while. I'm sort of in a mode where Nelson's stuff doesn't really float my boat the last few years. This is better than some others of his though!

I agree. I guess I'm lucky in that so far I have the items that are in Real. You get a really nice looking cover image with this, which you can print up with the playlist/tracklist. And the info on the Verve page could be incorporated. . .but that's all the art you have. In most cases I was replacing worn lps with the downloads, so I had back cover art, etc.

Good point Patricia, it really was interesting to me to see how Dylan kept putting questions back as to "who says I'm this or that? why does my stuff have this or that message?" I saw him fighting to qualify his work and standing, unsuccessfully for the most part. The lyrics to "Masters of War" and so many others are just outstanding. I think there really is something to Ginsburg's statement of him focusing the breath and the column of air etc. Extraordinary stuff! I mean those words to say "It's Alright Ma" . . . wow. . . the beat, the flow, the sound, the words themselves. . . who else did that? I think I remember Dylan saying that he certainly can't do that now and for some time and marvels at it.

I'd say it's slightly . . . whackier. . . but very much of the same quality level.

Hope all of you had a great birthday! I've been listening to Dick's Picks Vol. 14 a few times over the weekend and this week. Man, I like these two shows! There are instances on both shows where the vocal mikes aren't balanced well, but otherwise I think the sound is very vivid and dimensional. And there are great performances here. . . . Jerry's (then very new) Alembic guitar really sounds great and he seems to be really having fun playing and is quite inventive. Godchaux too (Keith that is, Donna Jean is not present, she's having the baby) seems to be really thinking and making great contributions.

My copy of the Gato was shipped to me by cduniverse Saturday, so I think they're out. I've downloaded about a dozen of the VerveVault items. I haven't downloaded any of the Real Player one, just iTunes. . . . I love them. I think this is a great service. They sound great!

I guess we see it differently.

I can see where you formulate that opinion. . . I don't know. I think that he was trying for a Kerouacian sort of stream of conciousness and seeming lack of editing, and I think that muse didn't fail him, I think he succeded. And I think that the Swiftian nature of his mean-spirited lyrics lifts them somehow, they're poignant rather than being arrogant. Just me I guess. Also, from what I have heard and seen of other interviews and these in the documentary. . . .Seemed more liking tilting at windmills and being very clever and quickwitted than narcissistic and repulsive to me. And I love how he refuses to buy into the methodology and intent of the press and jousts with them instead. High entertainment!

I've never heard this, definitely never bought it because I have all the material elsewhere, and I sortof never really fully utilize "retrospectives" and similar compilations. . . . Glad to hear that it is a successful one, especially sonics-wise!