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Patti Smith at the Fillmore. It's also her 69th birthday. Should be a party!

Whitney Museum of American Art ARCHIBALD MOTLEY: JAZZ AGE MODERNIST OCT 2, 2015–JAN 17, 2016 I saw this last month. Good show!

So much good stuff in this set!

Thanks - good to know. I was concerned about the 'hype' about Kamasi overshadowing the 'reality.'

He's playing here in Feb. One show already sold out, and they just added a late show. Worth seeing?

I could use one of those. My fingernail isn't sharp enough.

Both the Mosaic 'Complete Blue Note 1964-66 Jackie McLean Sessions' box and Grachan Moncur III Mosaic Select are must-haves for Jackie fans. Unfortunately, both are OOP, too. Don't know what they're going for on the 2nd hand market these days.

Threadgill - disk 8

If they're worried about the disk falling out, just put it in a slipcase like an album. Which is what they should have done from the beginning - why change the packaging at all?

Agreed - that "one size too small" thing is an issue, too. You'd think that after about 30 years of CD production they'd have it figured out by now.

Interesting, but he DID only have one bid.

Just adding that to my other gripes about jewel cases. Glad you like them, Dolan!

That may be, but you shouldn't even have to do that. Just one more annoying aspect of the dreaded jewel case.

Dolan, do you sharped your fingernails in the morning?

My other beef with jewel cases is removing the shrink wrap - our should I say, ATTEMPTING to remove the shrink wrap.

I watched that video you put up. That guitarist from Beardfish is definitely a nice add.

Jewel cases were one of the worst packaging designs ever! All that plastic nonsense for a product that was originally hyped as indestructible and scratch-proof. I'm happy that many newer releases come in cardboard covers - much like vinyl. Should have been packaged that way from the beginning.

Downloaded Big Big Train's "Wassail" today. Good stuff and reminds me a LOT of Syd Arthur ... if they recruited Phil Collins to sing (but I won't hold that against them).

Sounds interesting. Will check them out.

I don't think he's not going to get much auction action at that starting price. If he wants $2,200, then he should list them as "Buy It Now".

I asked someone who should know, and he's pretty sure the video would be in the correct order.

Picked up a ticket today for tonight's "Zappa Plays Zappa" show. It's been on my calendar for a while, but I kept putting off getting tickets. There was a good deal on StubHub for a floor seat, so I jumped on it. Should be great - they're doing "One Size Fits All", one of my favorite FZ albums! [Later] Great show! Besides the album, they did quite a few other tunes that I never thought I would see live including: Zombie Woof Cosmik Debris Apostrophe Grand Wazoo Montana Baby Snakes Dancin' Fool Muffin Man ... and a number of others.

Ohhhh, I thought it was London. I'll put it on the calendar and maybe we can schedule an East Coast trip then.

That would be nice to see. Any other scheduled exhibitions besides NYC and London? It would be nice if it makes a West Coast stop.

I never got that European Tours box and forgot all about it. I need to put it on my "to get" list.