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Interesting Steely Dan dates coming up. Entire shows of Aja, Gaucho and also Royal Scam including appearances by Larry Carlton on the Royal Scam shows. Steely Dan's Rent Party '09 Check it out if you're in the NY, Chicago or LA area (they just played in Boston).

One of the early things I downloaded from eMusic. Haven't listened to it in a while, though.

Sounds cool. I'll have to look into those.

FWIW, I saw "J." wandering around the SXSW guitar show in March. But I digress ...

Jazzmasters seem to be making a comeback lately.

Clapton & Winwood did a GREAT version of Voodoo Chile on their recent tour. Seeing them do this on PBS convinced me to spend the BIG bucks to see them live in Oakland. Eric "channelling" Jimi was worth the price of admission alone. It didn't hurt that Steve played on the original, too.

I've gone the past 2 years and had a great time, too. What I meant to say was that if it was in MY town, I would probably stay away, too. There's something about being out of your daily element that adds to the fun. We have the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass mega-fest every year in GG Park (for FREE) and I've only been a couple of times.

Actually, I don't think the guitar show is techically part of SXSW. They just moved the date to coincide. Anyway, I can understand your aversion to all things SXSW. If it was in my town, I would avoid it like the plague.

Lon, did you go to the Guitar show at SXSW? There were a LOT of vendors selling collectable stuff. Someone might have had some info on getting one. B, I avoid all SXSW events like the plague. It's just me but I don't enjoy any of them I've attended in the past and don't feel the need. I don't blame you. If I lived there, I would do the same thing. The guitar show was still on Sunday and it was very quiet around the convention center. You might want to check it out next year.

Lon, did you go to the Guitar show at SXSW? There were a LOT of vendors selling collectable stuff. Someone might have had some info on getting one.

"Just Like Me" and "Kicks" were a couple of the first songs that got me into listening to music.

You don't want to play MP3s on a good stereo. Strictly for iPods or computer speakers. I have a wireless transmitter by Creative that sends MP3s from my computer to my stereo and boosts the fidelity a bit. Still not CD quality, but listenable, anyway.

Sorry I'm late. HAPPY B-DAY, Barak!

I can't say I'm happy about the new pricing structure. On the other hand I'm not surprised. Just like when they got rid of the "unlimited" DL policy, the way the pricing has been here, it just didn't seem sustainable. If for no other reason than the labels were going to want more money per album (as opposed to "per track"). As someone mentioned, labels like Black Saint/Soul Note could not possibly be making any money from this business model. They would have left eMusic sooner or later, anyway. Like many others, my sub is still good until January, so I've got some time to contemplate continuing. I'm inclined to go with Bev's reasoning: "... it will be a case of seeing what is cost effective. If it's cheaper off e-music, I'll go there. If it can be had cheaper elsewhere (as the 'Classics' albums can be had from Amazon_mp3), then I'll go there."

Well, my g/f bought tickets for the show for us, and I've got my plane tickets already, so this is a go! Looking forward to the show! And looking forward to King's X, actually. Never seen them live.

Good obit and pix in today's NY Times

This doesn't exactly answer your question, but there are a few Mainstream titles on eMusic.

EXCELLENT news, Alisa! Thanks for the update. That's exciting about the performance space, too.

Have a great one with M. Weiss! I'll be thinking of all of you.

Forget MJ and Farah..........SKY SAXON!

Billy Harper - Capra Black

Going to see Clapton/Winwood next Monday night. I'm expecting a good show (even thought I hate arena concerts).

If by "pressings" you mean technically, I won't dispute that (although I never had a problem). But if you're referring to the quality of the music, I would disagree. There were a lot of really fine performances either made available through licensing or original pressings. Some really nice albums by the likes of Nat Adderley, Dexter, Great Jazz Trio and many others.

BTW.....I wish we could change this thread title. I think "demise" is very misleading.

KCSM publishes an ongoing playlist online, if anyone's interested in seeing what they play.