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Hope it was a great one.

"West Memphis" from "Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone"--the latest from Lucinda Williams. Just the right swamp for me to wade in this week.

Watched last night's "Fast 'n Loud" and "Misfits Garage." My little fix of Texas.

Castle.

I'd say Band of Gypsys is the one that most rocked my world and "changed my way of thinking." Then there's Jobim's "Stone Flower." Just keeps opening up its beauty to me. Finally there's Sade's "Promise."

"The Affair" is pretty good, mainly for Ms. Wilson, who is so sexy. Watched "Homeland" from last night. Poor Carrie. Starting to watch last night's "Good Wife."

I actually was reading this blog last week. I find her pretty creepy actually, but she does look nice in brown boots. But this obsession of putting herself into the covers so to speak. . . creepy.

I love my Rubinstein box. It's on a shelf in my bedroom. That much Rubinstein suits me fine.

I'm a few weeks away from starting mine. . . running through the Julian Bream and the big Horowitz boxes at my parents' at the moment.

MANY happy returns!

Perhaps this will help? http://www.discogs.com/Bill-Evans-The-Complete-Riverside-Recordings/release/3278871

Many more happy happy ones Paul!

Glad you had a great one!

Hannibal, Season 2, season finale.

Ray, those are very good points and thanks for stating them.

I lucked out and got the Complete set from amazon.ca for 91 dollars including shipping. Was only at that price briefly and I slipped in and got a deal.I'd have still gone for it because these tapes have fascinated me for decades and I guessed rightly that the sound quality here blows all the bootlegs out of the water.

We've been discussing this a bit in the Bob Dylan Corner thread. I received the two cd set Tuesday and listened to it before giving it to my brother for a birthday present. Then yesterday I received the six cd set and have begun listening to that. Pretty much the same notes are in both. They could have given us more liner notes imo. But no quibble at all with the sound, these tracks have NEVER sounded like this before. And the two cd set is a great distillation of the complete set, and will probably be all that anyone would need unless they are a huge Dylan and the Band nut like me.

Got the 2 cd set in yesterday (gave it to one of my brothers for his birthday) and the complete set today from amazon.ca. Wow. This stuff sounds frikkin' fantastic. And you have nothing to fear from the book mj.

Same size as the Symphonies box, and I lucked out and got the same price for that too when it was released a few years ago. Lots of Leonard!

Got the Bernstein set in today (huge drop off of packages today, including the Basement Tapes complete, the new Relayer remix and the Bernstein). The Bernstein looks to be another fascinating listen like the Symphonies set.

Many many happy returns!

Joe, it's really an impressive book. Like Mike I feel this warrants and needs concentration. I started it and got some momentum, and then as I was late (for very pleasant reasons) leaving my girlfriend's Sunday morning to return to my duties at my parents' I left the book on her table. Won't be getting it back for a few days when I get my next evening off. Miss it! Congrats, and I know you're proud.

Moms/Brian, Rather than scroll through more of your disdain and insults for Perahia (who cares really) I put you on ignore.

John, please note I was quoting another who has the book. I haven't seen it. Not sure I'll get it. . . but I might. I might ask for it as an Xmas gift. . . or not.

Now that's a great set, even if not every recording (esp. in Mozart, Bach) is tip-top... Damn near worth it for the Nielsen and American recordings alone... But there are near endless discoveries to be made in this set, Bernstein's own music included... Which only heightens the Perahia Conundrum... cf. he will likely die, 40+ years a star, not having recorded anything more recent than that one Bartok recital?! What a waste of talent, resources, opportunity. If someone wants to counter with say Artur Rubinstein they're wrong because tho' he didn't do tons of contemporary works, here's a list of LIVING COMPOSERS he did record-- * Szymanowksi * Stravinsky * Prokofiev * Poulenc * Villa-Lobos * Rachmaninov * Falla * Ravel * Faure If we add the list of composers living while Artur was also alive but not yet recording, we can add * Albeniz, Granados, Scriabin, Debussy # of living composers Murray Perahia has recorded: ZERO # of composers once alive at same time as Murray that he's recorded: ZERO Uh... Murray? Yada yada yada. Doesn't make a difference to me, I like Perahia and you don't, so we two dudes on the internet have differing opinions. Big whoop.