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NY Times: The Cloud That Rains Music

I've tried it. It seems to work fine. The only problem is the time it takes to upload your MP3s. It's not fast, even with cable. OTOH, whenever you buy MP3s from Amazon, a copy will automatically be put into your "cloud drive".

Looks interesting. I'll have to read that.

Unfortunately, I find much of Jeff Beck's recent meanderings to be quite sleepy. When he breaks out of the ethereal spaciness he can still rock with the best of them, though.

Looks like the same drummer that was with Beck, too.

I don't think she's with him anymore, though.

Nice! Looking forward to it.

I picked that up when it came out. Rock solid band there, for sure. I think that came out at a time when Tony wasn't very active, so it was a treat to hear him on any album.

In Austin until Sunday - LOTS of music.

I had no idea "Kid Charlemagne" was about him.

A small fortune then, 'back in the day' ! That's what I was thinking! Looking again, I see the album was produced in 1979, so it's after the great 1970s inflation. Ten years earlier, it would have been a king's ransom! Kind of like the Mosaic box!

I have it in the Mosaic box, which I admit I haven't spent enough time with. Will check this one out, though.

Great show tonight - great crowd, too. While they "do" Stevie Wonder tunes, they're far from covers. Each musician re-arranges their choice of tune, and in all cases do very creative interpretations. If they come anywhere near your town - go see them. It's a treat. Being a member of SF Jazz, we got to go to a listening "party" with Miguel Zenon a few weeks ago. It's was a discussion where he walked us through all the songs that the Collective were going to play and discussed the various merits of each one. Great insight in advance of seeing the show.

Tomorrow night - SF Jazz Collective. This year's theme is the music of Stevie Wonder.

Brutal! Awesome! That must've taken Agg 3-4 hours! Thanks for the birthday wishes everyone! Much appreciated! 3 or 4 hours??? More like 3 or 4 DAYS!

Brutal!

FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!! Happy 5-3 !! [do you have a birthday EVERY year?? jeeeeeez!]

Jazz

Kenny Werner Quintet w/Randy Brecker, David Sanchez, Scott Colly, Antonio Sanchez. Only one I was unfamiliar with was Antonio - what a revelation! The guy is fantastic - totally locked into the music and musicians. Extremely creative and very 'busy' without being intrusive.

I saw him at Keystone Korner the same week that they recorded "Atlantis". I wish I remembered it better, but I love the album.

I've had the Thinksounds for a while now but only used them a couple of times. I realize that I'm not used to earbuds - especially noise restricting ones - and it's a weird sensation to walk around with them. So for now I still don't use them during my daily commute. I think they'll be fine for my upcoming vacation, though.

Just re-released on YepRoc

I could never understand what "dinner jazz" was supposed to mean.

Are they good? I could probably see them in Austin. They're fun! Intense Irish-punk music. There was a banjo, fiddle, and accordion on stage, but it was still driving punkish stuff. It's like going to an Irish Pub with 2,500 other people, moshing and so forth. I didn't mosh, too old for that lol - I just kinda bop along nowadays. Check out some of their clips on youtube.. OK..........sounds good. I'll just add it to the growing list.

Are they good? I could probably see them in Austin. Will be seeing him on Saturday. Kenny Werner Quintet