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Yep...........George Duke was really good, once.

Nice Jeep, Wes!

I picked up a copy from a Tower online remainder sale a couple of years ago. They must have a ton of them stashed somewhere.

"Late" depends on what time zone you're in. SS1 is in his own zone, though ...

Is it just me, or are the "Jubilee Shout" and "Wahoo" audio clips disabled on the website?

I prefer to use the steam-powered TT these days and usually have the water already heated up. So.....no prob!

For those music venues, check out the listings in the SF Bay Guardian and the SF Weekly. Used CDs - Aquarius on Valencia St and Streetlight (2 locations: Market St & 24th St)

Shuddup, Conn!

Easy for YOU to say ... It's HARD WORK for this group to select an album to listen to. Tough crowd

I was at that show, too. Nice to know that they recorded something.

The "Children of Israel" album is pretty smokin'.

REALLY irritating. One cut each from "Stories" and "Grand Unification" are unavailable on eMusic because of Tzadik's stupid policy of not making available any tune over 15 minutes. sheeeeeeesh.

These docs are all part of Comcast's digital "On Demand" service. You select Channel 1 and it takes you to a menu that lets you select whatever you want to watch (from what's available).

Kevin Whitehead reviews the box on NPR's Fresh Air today.

I'll be watching it. That same "channel" had a nice little documentary recently about photographer William Eggleston

Now it's Chinese stuff that's crap.............but that'll change.

I guess you like the "new" cover, too.

I don't mean to be nasty but........ Javon Jackson I could do without. Not that familiar with Jackson, actually, but I would go just to see that rhythm section.

I ordered the Ike Quebec, too. Also Gerald Wilson "In My Time" and Elmo Hope "Trio & Quintet".

Yeah.......that looks good. How about the Charles Tolliver BB coming up next week? Or the George Coleman Quartet in Feb? Or the Javon Jackson Quartet doing the "Dexter Gordon Songbook", w/Jimmy Cobb, Rufus Reid & George Cables? Lotsa good stuff coming to Birdland. Wish I wasn't 3,000 miles away.

Anyone know the state of his health these days?

I was going to add Cecil, but you beat me to it.

It bugged me a little that NPR referred to him this morning as "excentric musician, Capt. Beefheart".

FWIW, I just noticed that they seem to have added a lot of the Xanadu original cover artwork that they didn't have before. They've also added the "emusic only" tag to all the tunes.

They just added albums on the Stiff and SST labels. In fact, they're calling the SST stuff "advance" releases - before any other online music service. See Press Release below: Press Release Source: The Orchard The Orchard Announces Landmark Distribution Deal With SST Records, The Classic Independent Label at The Vanguard of Hardcore Punk and Alternative Rock - and One of The Greatest American Labels Yet to Make Its Music Available Digitally Wednesday January 11, 9:23 am ET The Orchard Will Make SST Available Exclusively on eMusic, the World's Leading Digital Retailer of Independent Music, Through January 17th, Then Will Release the Catalogue to Other Music Services and Mobile Companies - Leading Independent Artists Like Black Flag, Minutemen, Soundgarden, fIREHOSE, All, Saccharine Trust and Bad Brains Bring One of the Remaining "Crown Jewels" of U.S. Independent Music to the Digital Age - NEW YORK, Jan. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- The Orchard, the world's leading distributor and marketer of independent music, today announced a landmark distribution deal with legendary SST Records. SST, which was founded by Black Flag guitarist, Greg Ginn, has been at the forefront of independent hardcore punk and alternative rock for more than two decades. Until now, its catalogue has never been available legally for sale digitally. For two weeks -- beginning today -- tracks from 94 of SST's top albums will be made available exclusively on eMusic, the world's leading digital retailer of independent music. eMusic will feature two weeks of special and extensive promotions, highlighting the SST catalogue over the course of this program. Beginning January 24th, The Orchard will then release the highly anticipated catalogue to other major music services globally, including iTunes, Napster, MSN, MusicMatch, Real/Rhapsody, and Yahoo! In addition, The Orchard will supply the catalogue through its distribution partnerships with the leading mobile companies around the world, the largest mobile network of any distributor, spanning over 200 global services Sprint, Vodafone, Zingy, 9 Squared, Securycast, Arvato Mobile and Hudson Soft. By assembling an impressive catalogue of independent artists from early hardcore punk acts like Black Flag, the Minutemen, Descendents and Saccharine Trust, to alternative rock luminaries like Soundgarden, SST brings a wealth of well-regarded artists to The Orchard. Other notable bands on the SST roster include: All, Bad Brains, Bias, Confront James, El Bad, fIREHOSE, Get Me High, Gone, HOR, H. R., The Killer Tweeker Bees, Mojack, Saint Vitus and Screw Radio. By entrusting its pioneering catalogue to The Orchard, SST joins the best independent labels in the world who rely on The Orchard as their valued distribution and marketing partner. Securing prime positioning in a digital music store leads to exponentially increased sales of a product -- just as with bricks-and-mortar retail. The Orchard has firmly established itself as the pioneering expert in digital music marketing, merchandising and promotion, and is rivaled only by the marketing departments at major labels. The Orchard leverages its marketing expertise on behalf of the thousands of independent labels and artists and labels -- spanning 73 countries and all music genres -- that it represents to more than 125 digital music stores and to over 200 mobile phone carriers globally. With more people working on marketing and promotion than any company outside of the major labels, and the most sophisticated merchandising systems in the industry, The Orchard has invested in a clear leadership position with respect to digital marketing. "SST entrusting The Orchard with arguably the most important and influential independent label that has yet to make a digital move -- and one of the most pioneering labels in American music -- affirms the strength of our platform and the depth our marketing capabilities," said Greg Scholl, chief executive of The Orchard and managing director of Dimensional Associates, the company that owns The Orchard, eMusic and Dimensional Music Publishing. Scholl added, "eMusic is the perfect place to introduce this legendary catalogue digitally, because eMusic subscribers are rabid music fans and appreciate what SST means to independent music." "More than any other company in music, The Orchard understands its markets and where aficionados buy their digital music," said David Pakman, CEO of eMusic and a managing director of Dimensional Associates. "We're delighted to have SST first. It adds immeasurably to the diversity of our catalogue, which is the richest catalogue of music outside the mainstream that's ever been assembled." About The Orchard The Orchard (www.theorchard.com) is the leading distributor and marketer of independent music in the world, representing thousands of labels spanning 73 countries and every music genre. The Orchard supplies its catalogue of more than 700,000 tracks to all of the leading legal digital music retailers and mobile operators throughout the world. The company is headquartered in New York and London, with operations in Tokyo, Buenos Aires, Tel Aviv, Hong Kong, Toronto, Kolkata, Johannesburg, Moscow and Melbourne, and local representatives in Paris, Milan, Berlin, Barcelona, Lausanne, Ramallah and Nairobi. About eMusic eMusic (http://www.emusic.com) stands alone as the only digital music service that is 100% focused on serving the needs of independent music fans and independent labels. Delivering more than 4.5 million downloads each month; eMusic is among the top digital music services, offering a diverse catalogue of 1,000,000 tracks from established and emerging artists in every genre from the world's top independent labels. eMusic was not only the first service to sell songs and albums in the popular MP3 format, it was the first company to launch a digital music subscription service. Unlike other services that severely restrict portability, eMusic allows members complete flexibility to burn CDs, transfer to MP3 devices and make multiple copies for personal use. eMusic also offers access to exclusive recordings from eMusicLive's network of premier music venues across the country. Based in New York, eMusic is wholly owned by Dimensional Associates, Inc., the private equity arm of JDS Capital Management, Inc. NOTE: eMusic is a registered trademark and eMusic.com is a trademark of eMusic.com Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. About Dimensional Associates, Inc. Dimensional Associates, Inc. is the New York-based private equity arm of JDS Capital Management, Inc. Its portfolio companies include eMusic, The Orchard and Dimensional Music Publishing (formerly DreamWorks Music Publishing).