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Well I'm getting used to it. And i don't care, this SOB plays so well.

Yeah, you're right. Just wishful thinking on my part because although she's one heckuva cutie I think her singing is dreadful and she has the personality of . . . well, maybe she just doesn't have one.

That looks like a cool little device. Yeah, I love the looks of this guitar, always have liked Thinlines in that way. . . Many I've seen have had black or tortoise pickguards which I'd prefer, but I'm getting used to the pearloid white. . . .

She sure acted like she thoght she had a label or two waiting in line! Actually she had a contract and albums out before Idol, so I don't know what the odds are she'll be given another chance. Syesha has that child entertainer syndrome going on I think, yes, too pretty for her own good, definitely "hammy". . . but I like her singing and I hope she lasts a few more weeks.

OKAY, It's just that I don't think it's ridiculous, myself.

Yeah, he's very entertaining. Not the greatest voice, perhaps, but a good singer in a style that I tend to like. And I really love his attitude. He seems to care less - and be genuinely surprised - that he's even made it this far. Always seems a bit stoned and goofy; a breath of fresh air. Meanwhile, I'm in love with Brooke, who seems so genuine. I can't stand the guy for that mf hair. I can see not liking the guy for that hair, but I know a few young guys with hair like that are genuinely nice persons who I'd much rather be around than many others with carefully coiffed conservative hair.

I guess she's genuine, but she doesn't seem as versatile or compelling a singer to ME. She's cute, she's sort of the kind of gal I'd find very annoying to be around a lot. . . maye that is why she's not one of my favorite contestants.

Oh and I really have to say I like Juan Castro too. He's a lot like a few guys I hung around with in the summers of my college years. Way back then. I think he can make a connection with listeners.

Wow, I think you're probably RIGHT Mike, but man I dislike Christy Lee intensely. UGH. I like Syesha. Sue me. She's going to be an actress on a tv show most likely next season. And I think David Cook is good, he's playing their game well. They say "do something different, take a chance, be yourself" and he seems to actually find a way to do it. I thought his Lionel Ritchie and Michael Jackson bits were great.

Yes, I have to stop, but I'm pretty set up!

That's the one. Isn't this on the OTHER VeeJay Mosaic though, not the Morgan-Shorter?

Well, this is a sweet little amp. Clear clean tone, especially in pentode. I like the triode mode, chunkier tone and breaks up faster when you crank and bear down. I don't think any of you would take this into a gig larger than a small coffee house one but for practicing and for jamming with a few pals, nice! You can use this amp as a practice amp for a bass guitar too, and it even works okay with my bass violin though that huge thing feedbacks wildly! On top of that. . . I bought another guitar. I wanted something "ES 335"ish. I looked all around and couldn't find a Gibson I wanted to afford. Even used they were pricey and even ones with minor problems were pricey. So I was at a few places and tried a few things. The only thing I really liked about a few Epiphone Dots I played was the worn finish on one and the price on both. . . ended up at Guitar Center and really liking the '72 Telecaster Thinline Reissue. Wow. What an easy playing guitar, a neck you just glide along! And the "Wide Range" Humbuckers really do give you a lot of ES 335 sounds but with that Fender "thang" at the core. So it's very bright, but if I dial all the midrange out and the bass up at the amp then you really do get those nice warm blues and jazz sounds. It's a really fine guitar! Now I can put my Breadwinner in for some sprucing up and have the Tele to plunk on in its absence. I got the natural finish.

Right, plenty of those in Ethiopia when I was there. There was a huge Embassy staff, lots of AID, about 850 Peace Corps persons (my Dad was a minister turned Peace Corps person), and thousands of US miltary persons and dependents. We were training and equipting the Ethiopian Army on one front, and to a lesser degree developing agriculture and commerce. Then a handful of years later, the Ethiopian Army took over and reversed it all. . . .

Bob shared this with me earlier. . .GREAT stuff. I just ordered a copy from JR--good price.

Sure, all I'm saying is the concept is already tried and tested with them, and I agree your suggested course would be a good one. I'd like to see them do another blues set or two.

I've had several versions of the individual cds and the sound on the Mosaic is better, but the individual cds (especially the Blue Moon versions) are pretty darned nice sounding. Yes, there's a few more takes in the Mosaic set. But you could live with the individual cds and not look back, honest.

I found this online here http://everything2.com/e2node/You%2520may%...%2520me%2520Ray "You may call me RJ..." came from a brief late-70s craze, a character named Raymond J. Johnson, Jr. in actor/comedian Bill Saluga's repertoire. An example, from a US variety show sketch: Johnson, dressed like some time-warped 40s hipster gone slightly to seed, and talking in a voice not unlike that of Al Jolson in The Jazz Singer is introduced to someone at a party. The person calls him "Johnson", and off we go... Aw, ya doesn't have to call me "Johnson"... You can call me "RJ", you can call me "Ray", you can call me "Ray J"... One of those "you had to be there" sort of things. As Saluga was introduced to each person at the party, the whole thing repeated itself. The show itself was short-lived (I'm thinking it may have been Redd Foxx's), but RJ lived on, with a disco album, and television commercials like an early one for Anheuser-Busch's Natural Light beer. Before RJ-mania, Johnson was a character on David Steinberg's program in Canada (also short-lived); the cast included various Toronto Second City people, many of whom would go on to worldwide fame as part of SCTV. Johnson! The name's Raymond J. Johnson, Jr., but ya doesn't have to call me "Johnson" - you can call me "Johnny", you can call me "Ray", you can call me "Junior"... <b>I remember that bit well because I used to say to myself "You don't have to call me Lonson."</b>

Well, that's a good suggestion Peter, should give it a shot.

Pretty amazing Chris, I know what you mean, I never thought I'd find this year book (and the one for the next year). Those two years at that school were an amazing experience. I think I went from there to three even more exciting years at Waterford-Kamhlaba School in M'Babane, Swaziland. What an eduction in every sense of the word! http://www.waterford.sz/ Here's little Lon in Addis in 1968: And no I was not rolling a spliff.

A set of obscurities from a given label that otherwise would not see the light of day. . . . Wasn't that the concept behind the Capitol, and Columbia Swing box sets? So yes, hope they keep it up. And there's still mileage for Mosaic in my opinion in the pre-bop years of jazz.

This has been discussed on the Sun Ra Corner thread since last year! These are cdrs. There are a whole series of releases from the label Transparency that are sold via email or on ebay, this is about their sixth such release, all the previous being single or double cds, and this was followed by a nine cdr set. The sound isn't as great as you would expect. But the music is great if you're a late '70s Ra fan.

Hackett, disc 2

How bout this for a sig?

It is a really nice set. Glad you are enjoying it! (Especially since I sort of clued you in to it, and if you hadn't I would have steered you wrong!)

Coltrane, Impulse Vol. 2