trane_fanatic

Say goodbye to the IASW vinyl box too! Next up... Roach set to Last Chance and sayonara?

The only two Miles vinyl sets I'll probably spring for on my budget are the w/Coltrane and the 2nd Quintet Columbia boxes when they get on "Last Chance" status.

The Miles '63'-64 vinyl set is a goner. SS1, do the honors please!

At least she won't get special treatment... http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070517/ap_on_en_tv/paris_hilton

The version of Diz's "Be-Bop" on the "Bags & Trane" album here absolutely smokes.

So I'm getting my first turntable (a USB-pluggable type) next month since the Fisher Price I owned when I was 6 ( I'm in my early 30s now). I am most definitely getting the Roach box. Should I spring for the two Miles LP sets too? I have the IASW CD box already and have very few of the '63-'64 material in any form. There is little to no vinyl in my collection right now. Noticed the Plugged Nickel and Gil Evans sessions LP sets are long gone. So tempting....... Somebody, push me over the edge.

Took the receipt of my cancelled online order from Bestbuy.com to my local BB recently and asked for a price adjustment from $49.99 to $9.99 on two sets (w/ the DVD) I bought (one for me, one as a gift) at a physical BB. After initially refusing, they eventually refunded $80 + tax back to my credit card after I grumbled a little.

Been listening to the Conn of Hub's "Goin' Up" recorded around the same time.

We need another blowout sale this year. Listening to Teo Macero w/ the Prestige Jazz Quartet from my Concord haul of last year right about now at my cubicle.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070423/music_nm/usa_hiphop_dc By Daniel Trotta Mon Apr 23, 2:27 PM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - Prominent U.S. hip-hop executive Russell Simmons on Monday recommended eliminating the words "bitch," "ho" and "nigger" from the recording industry, considering them "extreme curse words." The call comes less than two weeks after radio personality Don Imus' nationally syndicated and televised radio show was canceled amid public outcry over Imus calling a women's basketball team "nappy-headed hos." Simmons, co-founder of the Def Jam label and a driving force behind hip-hop's huge commercial success, called for voluntary restrictions on the words and setting up an industry watchdog to recommend guidelines for lyrical and visual standards. "We recommend that the recording and broadcast industries voluntarily remove/bleep/delete the misogynistic words 'bitch' and 'ho' and the racially offensive word 'nigger'," Simmons and Benjamin Chavis, co-chairmen of the advocacy group Hip-Hop Summit Action Network, said in a statement. "These three words should be considered with the same objections to obscenity as 'extreme curse words'," it said. Ho is slang for whore and commonly used in hip-hop music while nigger, a derogatory term for blacks, is among the most highly charged insults in American culture. The slur "nappy," used by Imus, describes the tightly curled hair of many African Americans. CHANGING STANCE Monday's statement changed course from another one by Simmons and Chavis dated April 13, a day after Imus' show was canceled, in which they said offensive references in hip-hop "may be uncomfortable for some to hear, but our job is not to silence or censor that expression." The Imus controversy stoked a debate in the United States about how to deal with inflammatory words that are widely considered highly offensive but at the same time commonly and casually used in youth culture. U.S. black leaders such as Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson have led the charge to suppress offensive words while many artists have argued for freedom of expression. New York City declared a symbolic moratorium on the so-called N-word in February. "Our internal discussions with industry leaders are not about censorship. Our discussions are about the corporate social responsibility of the industry to voluntarily show respect to African Americans and other people of color, African American women and to all women in lyrics and images," the statement from Simmons and Chavis said on Monday. The network recommended the formation of a Coalition on Broadcast Standards that would consist of leading executives from music, radio and television.

yeah, but at least the Energizer bunny knows what he's talking about. , I think it's the monotone drone that seals the deal.

Boy, Phil Schapp resembles an aural Energizer Bunny......goes on & on & on & on & on & on & on & on & on & on & on & on & on & on & on & on & on & on & on & on & on & on & on & on & on & on & on & on & on & on & on

Apparently, at least one lucky guy in my area got the $10 price by just showing his cancelled order price. Just go to the middle of the page http://stevehoffman.tv/forums/showthread.p...059&page=17

http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/03/best-bu...t-site-exposed/

I highly recommend anyone who wants the Best Buy ltd. ed. to get on over there as soon as possible. When I went in at 10 AM today at the one nearest my house, they, as the ad said, only had 2 sets in the whole store.

Or maybe they should take a hint from United Airlines (whose error was far worse) and honor that particular price for whoever placed an order and got a confirmation. Stop giving bogus reasons. These guys had advertised this prominently. As I understand it, some folks are getting theirs and some aren't. That's the problem I have here.

Boy is that dumb. Why wouldn't they put them as bonus cuts on 'Stand'? Guess I'll need to keep my 'Essential' set. I know, they're only three of their biggest hits.

what soul/funk message board are you talkin' 'bout? thnks okayplayer.com

These songs will not be on there... "Hot Fun In The Summertime", "Everybody Is A Star", & "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" as they were part of the Greatest Hits, which will come out separately later this year.

Price is now at $40 (Best Buy exclusive)... still sold out. Somebody in Minnesota fucked up. Hope they're not gonna be thrown in the waters of Lake Minnetonka tomorrow.

The party is over. Sold out now. May have contributed to it by posting about this at a soul/funk music message board.

They're going absolutely apefuckingshit over at the S. Hoffman forums about this right now. Just placed my order for 3 (one to keep, and two to give to deserving friends). No eBay for me, thanks! Wonder if this includes the BB exclusive bonus DVD too? The price is insane, right next to the Concord sale and the final day "$1 on everything" in the store at Tower last year.

Amazon Marketplace & Half.com prices are a joke. I feel sorry for the poor bloke who buys at those exceedingly exorbitant prices and later finds the same item for, sometimes, $80 less. There is the occasional good deal on those sites, though.

Obituary R&B singer Luther Ingram dies at 69 By Cheryl Wittenauer The Associated Press ST. LOUIS — Luther Ingram, the R&B singer and songwriter best known for the hit "If Loving You Is Wrong (I Don't Want to Be Right)," has died. He was 69. Ingram died Monday at a Belleville, Ill., hospital of heart failure, friend and journalist Bernie Hayes said Tuesday. He had suffered for years from diabetes, kidney disease and partial blindness, his wife, Jacqui Ingram, said. Ingram performed with Ike Turner at clubs in East St. Louis, roomed with Jimi Hendrix in New York and was the opening act for Isaac Hayes. He recorded through the 1980s and performed in concert until the mid-1990s, when his health began declining. "His instrument was his voice; his heart and head were his inspiration," said Hayes, a St. Louis journalist, disc jockey and author of "The Death of Black Radio." Ingram was born Nov. 30, 1937, in Jackson, Tenn. He started writing music and singing as a boy in a group with his siblings after his family moved to Alton, Ill., in 1947. He had a five-year association with Memphis, Tenn.-based Stax Records during the height of its success. In 1971, Ingram and songwriter-performer Sir Mack Rice co-wrote "Respect Yourself" for the Staple Singers, which turned into Stax's biggest hit. Ingram recorded "If Loving You Is Wrong (I Don't Want to Be Right)," in 1972 on Koko Records, which Stax distributed. The song was No. 1 on Billboard magazine's R&B chart and was later a hit for Barbara Mandrell. His other popular songs include "Ain't That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One)," "I'll Be Your Shelter" and "You Never Miss Your Water." "He was a soft-spoken, quiet person that I think relished peace," said Deanie Parker, who spent her career at Stax and Soulsville. "He was a very intense singer; he took it very seriously. When he was rehearsing, he'd go over it and over it and seek perfection." A "musical visitation" will be held Sunday at St. Augustine Catholic Church in East St. Louis. He is to be buried Monday at Mount Carmel Catholic Cemetery in Belleville.

Yep, a good ol' special-FX laden gorefest... just like Sin City.