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I would like to see box sets by - Lennie Niehaus (as done by Definitive ) - Mal Waldron - Shelly Manne 50's studio sessions - Teddy Charles

It was a photo with a giant poster "Homo sex is sin" (like in the photo below) hanging from a lamp post. A relaxed, smiling guy wearing a pink shirt stands below it and masks the word "sin" with a piece of cardboard with the word "great". Next to him stands an astonished grumpy old protester with a "Jesus saves you" (or something similar) sign.

Picture quality does not seem to be the most important factor for many buyers. Most people just want a large and flat screen. For that reason, companies usually offer screens in different price ranges. For example, Sony has 5 different 40" LCDs, from $1500-4000. The difference is in the picture quality, the technical features and the design. The cheap models usually have the technology from the previous generation.

Some small corrections: The title of Chesky SACD 314 is "New York Time", and 322 is "Traffic" http://www.chesky.com/core/details.cfm?pro...uctcategoryid=3 http://www.chesky.com/core/details.cfm?pro...uctcategoryid=3 I haven't see confirmation of the John Hicks disc. It's not on the Chesky homepage or on CD Universe

They are all hybrids, and are among the best sounding SACDs I own (more than 300). The Hazeltine anf Hank Jones are very good trio sessions, though nothing speectacular. The Coryell is very rockish. The Abercrombie is slow and meditative, too much for my taste. I haven't heard "Mysterious Shorter" yet.

Lohan offers words of condolence to Altman's family: 'Be adequite' (The Independent)

The problem is to stay within the recommended dosis

Have you seen the Jazz Icons DVDs? You will be surprised. Some contain european TV recordings from 1958, and the sound and video quality is amazing, far superior to the all other DVDs with vintage TV recordings released before.

That looks interesting. BTW, Henry Kaiser and Wadada Leo Smith also did a partial remake of "Bitches Brew" on their Upriver album.

Discography of the Dragon set: http://www.kind-of-blue.de/seiten/boxen/mi...omplete_box.htm (it does not indicate that Miles and Stitt don't play on a few of the October tracks)

Thanks David for that link. The subject was also discussed in this thread: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=31151 The BBC article reads like it's the UK governement or legislator who would decide on this extension of copyright. But in fact, copyright duration is regulated within EU law, so only the EU Commission can propose a change. That report by the UK treasury can only have some political influence. So far, it was mainly the lobby in favor of extension that could be heard. The BBC also has some interesing FAQs on the issue: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4918214.stm

An opportunity for ArkivCD to take over the SonyBMG Classical catalogue? http://www.playbillarts.com/news/article/5627.html

Silly concept, but interesting information. I'm surprised that Princess Di was only 36 when she died. I thought she was over 40. I hope it's not a bad sign that the next 4 in my list have been murdered (Martin Luther King, Che Guevara, Malcolm X, John Lennon)

The ArkivCD series is offering the classic Karajan recording http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album....p;album_group=8 It's surprising that DG would let this go OOP. I'll get the regular CD as long as it's still available.

It's a good idea, although I doubt that the many inclusions of frequently recorded mainstream works will be successful at that price. It would be more interesting for rare repertoire. Who needs a $15 CD-R of Semyon Bychkov's interpretation of Shostakovich's 11th symphony when so many other good recordings of this work are available on mid-priced CD? But given that it's an on-demand system, maybe it's already profitable if only a few dozen copies of every title are sold.

Seinfeld - The Complete Seventh Season DVD on CD Universe That is actually funny, since Kramer is the least prejudiced among the Seinfeld characters.

My post wasn't directed against Hucknall, whose music I like. But in 30 years the Beatles will still be big sellers, but Simply Red won't. So it's very dishonest when the music industry sends second rate artists (only in terms of economic success, not in erms of artistic merit) to defend the coyright extension, because it's mainly the Elvis Presley and John Lennon estate that will benefit from it. And of course the record companies who sell these recordings. The industry is not lobbying for copyright extension to help the poor old guy who had a single hit in the 60's to continue to receive royalties so he can pay his medical bills.

Sorry, but that article is entirely predictable. There is a lot of lobbying going on as the EU Commission is preparing a study on copyright term extension. It would not benefit Nick Hucknall. Nobody will listen to Simply Red records in 30 years. It's for the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.

Just to complete my evaluation posted above, when I did not have the 2003 CD: I like the additional clarity of the "First Edition" CD, which has been remixed from the 3-track tapes and sounds different for that reason. I prefer it over the Classic Records gold disc.

It's actually a faux-pas to use that line... I am puzzled why you feel that way. I like the song for what it is.... a song. I am not making a political statement. I do not condone the aggression that Germany displayed over two world wars. I am talking about music and music only. No problem with that. It's one of the few national anthems composed by a musician who is famous for many other compositions. I was only talking about the words in the 1st stanza ("Deutschland über alles"), which is not used anymore, because of it's historic context (explained in my quote above). If you sing that line in Germany today, you're making an political extremist statement. It's sad that the german anthem is still know internationally for this line, which is not part of the official anthem anymore. There have been discussions after the german reunification to adopt a new anthem, but it never went very far.

It's actually a faux-pas to use that line. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Lied_der_Deutschen

I haven't heard any version of this album except for the MP3s from Emusic, but this new remix and remaster seems to be rather controversial, according to the extreme opinions expressed in this thread on the Steve Hoffman forum: http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/showthread.php?t=93596

Unfortzuiently, my facorite broswer Opera hsa no sepllchwclet

I mainly use Opera. On the laptop it has the advantage that the touchpad buttons can be used as a "Back" button (hold right button, click left button). On the desktop PC, with it's configurable 4 or 5 button mouse, this isn't a necessary feature, but on the laptop it's essential, to avoid having to point to and click on the Back button. Firefox doesn't seem to support this, at least not in the standard configuration.

You mean the non-Microsoft version? You can get Mozilla Firefox 2.0 here: http://www.mozilla.com