BFrank

How about Philly on May 28, Aggggggggggg? Now why on earth do you think I have any affiliation with Philly?? Yeah, might have to consider that one for sure! Uhhhhhhhhhhhhh, because of your love of cheese steaks???

How about Philly on May 28, Aggggggggggg?

Got my tix today. Now I just have to wait until....................JUNE 14!!

There were others in this series on Contemporary, too.

That's convenient for me, I work across the street from the Wiltern Theater. That IS convenient!

You guys know about this? Steven Wilson – Hand. Cannot. Erase. USA Tour 2015 Tix go on sale for the SF show on Friday. Very reasonably priced, too!

Nothing like the sound of a real spring reverb when you rock it back and forth!

Oh, right - I was wondering who the bass player was.

Nice stuff! I generally like to play with a little overdrive and a hint of reverb. Unfortunately, I'm also a SUCKER for pedals ... of all sorts - not that I use them that much. But it's fun to play with them every once in a while and they DO look "cool" lined up on the floor. Also, I don't spend a lot, but track sale prices on MF and Sweetwater, both of which periodically have deep discounts on select items. It helps me justify my 'addiction'.

Have we talked pedals yet? Here's my current collection. I've had the Boss Looper for a few years, at least, but it's really intimidating to use. I recently got the HardWire Delay/Looper thinking I could do some simple loops with that and get more comfortable with the process. It also has a nice variety of Delay effects. Picked it up CHEAP from Musician's Friend and sold my old DigiTech DigiDelay for about the same price. The Fat Sandwich I also just grabbed at a bargain price from MF. Sounds great..........and VERY fat! image by BFrank229, on Flickr

That IS good! One of my favorite KC tunes. Lip-synced or not, it's great to see that early edition of the band "performing".

[Edit] Interesting........and nice to see that college-age photo of Billy, one of my favorite musicians. FYI - I didn't see all the collateral when I first saw the post, so my initial comment might not have been entirely appropriate.

Make 2015 the best music year EVER!

Many iPhone camera apps have an option to turn on a grid which would help with the perspective issue. As far as the "fish-eyeing" effect, you could move away from the album cover and zoom in. Zooming reduces the image resolution, but that won't be an issue for an album cover thumbnail.

Why not just get the cover art online, like from AllMusic for example?

I'd bet on this version of the future too. Me too. Except, I read that sales of cylinder discs are up by 37% this year... Maybe people are coming to their senses. NOW you're talkin'!!

Saw "Electra" with Kristin Scott Thomas at the Old Vic on London a couple of months ago. Interesting play, and her performance was very intense. It helped that it's a small theatre, and that it was adapted to an "in-the-round" configuration. Added bonus: Ralph Feinnes was sitting a couple of rows away from us.

Last month I saw "It's Only A Play" on B'way with Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Stockard Channing, F Murray Abraham, etc. Nothing heavy, for sure - but entertaining.

I think I'll pass on these. While there might be some merit to getting some just to have the music on hand, I think I'll stick to more conventional sources. Thanks for the input, everyone.

Amazon Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman: The Complete Series $88.99 (64% off)

Great thanks! I did a search here and nothing came up.

I just saw a bunch of great looking collections on Amazon of classic albums boxed on the "Real Gone Jazz" label and the prices are very reasonable. Anyone know anything about these? Quality of remastering? They're identified as 'imports', so are they bootlegs of some sort? Here's an example of a Harold Land box that sells for $11.99.

I never got the Pullen Select because I already have most of the BN albums. I also think that the BN quartet stuff was weaker than their BS/SN and Timeless albums, anyway. I'll have to put both those boxes on my "to get" list, though.

Anyone have the Don Pullen or George Adams boxes? From what I can tell the Pullen is mostly 'solo' albums, while the Adams is mostly Adams/Pullen Quartet sets - is that right? BTW, I emphasize "mostly" in both cases.