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I took no offense; don't worry about it.

December 18: Fletcher Henderson, piano, composer, arranger, 1897 Harold Land, tenor sax, 1928

Yeah. Hilarious.

The other shoe finally dropped. I'd been wondering about this for awhile. I actually thought there was a good chance he died years ago and his friends never told. Healthwise, something definitely happened between 1974 and say 1980. Compare photos of him, or look at his appearance on the Letterman show (available on YouTube). I think you could even see it in his paintings. I went to a show at a Manhattan gallery around 2000 that displayed paintings from the '80's & '90's, and it seemed there was far less control in his brushstrokes. So who knows. Very sad. I hero-worshipped him for many years, and still after all these years still love the music. RIP, Don. From when I saw him at Ungano's in December 1970.

December 17: Sy Oliver, trumpet, arranger, 1910 Joe Kennedy, violin, 1923

A sad tale about the limits of power, from this week's Financial Times: Financial Times

The first version I heard was Joe Cocker's. Still think he sang the hell out of that song.

The expression is gaining renewed currency at a time when the song that inspired its use is having a remarkable resurgence. "Cry Me a River" was first released in 1955, and in the last two months of that year the jazz-pop singer Julie London began climbing up the music charts with her soft yet forceful crooning of these opening lyrics: "Now you say you're lonely / You cried the whole night through / Well, you can cry me a river / Cry me a river / I cried a river over you." Interesting article, including a chat with the songwriter: Wall St Journal

I just clicked on the link and it couldn't find the article!

A good demonstration of colorblindness - Vischeck

Another one just dropped: Ramblin' eMusic

December 15: Barry Harris, piano, 1929 Dannie Richmond, drums, 1935

Happy birthday!

December 14: Clark Terry, trumpet, flugelhorn, 1920 Cecil Payne, baritone sax, 1922

When was Beefheart honored by Dylan? And if someone here attends, please ask Lucas if Beefheart's still alive.

I didn't see it the first time you mentioned it, but I see it now. Thanks!

December 13: Sonny Greer, drums, 1891 Bill Hood, tenor & baritone sax, 1924

I miss WordPerfect...never got ported to the Mac.

Some people on their message boards have noted that OJCs seem to be disappearing. Hard to tell what's NOT there. Caveat emptor.

December 12: Joe Williams, singer, 1918 Toshiko Akiyoshi, piano, composer, arranger, 1929 Tony Williams, drums, 1945

Prescription or subscription?

The Dick's Picks series and other live packages have dropped at eMusic, with good pricing.

Still trying to make sense of what's going on there. Some people are complaining about the encoding (Frauhofer instead of LAME), others say there's no audible difference. If you have a balance of over 49 cents at the end of the month, they just take your money - how can they rationalize that? On the other hand, some prices are really good, and they just dropped a bunch of desirable WEA and Grateful Dead titles (Dick's Picks, anyone?). So I still don't know what my approach will be.

December 11: Alan Levitt, drums, 1932 McCoy Tyner, piano, 1938

I have Word 2003 for the Mac, but this should work with Windows as well: Go to Preferences/View... Under the section "Nonprinting characters," "Paragraph marks" is probably checked. Those are the "P" but with two lines instead of one things you described. Uncheck this, and they should go away.