BFrank

Today's NY Times blurb: ORGANISSIMO (Sunday) This Michigan-based organ trio resurrects the sound of 1960's soul jazz but with a touch less grit and grease; the members appear here in support of a likeable new album, "This is the Place" (Big O). 10:45 p.m., Kenny's Castaways, 157 Bleecker Street, West Village, (212) 979-9762; call for cover. (Chinen)

Well, if that's "official" that would probably jibe with the 10/25 US release date that some retailers are posting.

I realize that these photos are old (35+ years), but something about all the B&W, grainy pictures make them seem like ANCIENT history. Kind of sad, actually.

I would think that there will be a point (if it's delayed very long), where they will cancel our orders.

That's the ONE!

GOO

I saw that you are there now. Amazing that it's still discussed. There used to be a poster (maybe there still is) that was made to look like a BofA check. Instead of a pretty photo of a sunset (or whatever) it's a photo of the burning bank.

... and I grew up in Santa Barbara, so I guess I was there. UCSB/Isla Vista had its share student protests and mini-riots. There was a branch of the Bank of America that was burned down at one point. I was still in high school at the time, but I remember classmates going out to participate in the protests. By the time I got to UCSB a couple of years later there had been a 'break in the action', but things heated up again, quickly. I can't remember what started things off the next time around, but it would have been around '72 or '73 (I seem to recall something about the mining of Haiphong harbor). I remember a march to the airport to sit on the runway and try and prevent (then) Governor Reagan from coming to the city. Then another march to sit on the freeway where we attempted to stop traffic. There were also skirmishes in Isla Vista and at the ROTC center that prompted tear gas. A crazy time, for sure.

I thought an interesting point in the show was how important music was at the time. There was much about the scene also had to do with making a political statement. There wasn't another mass media outlet available to spread 'the message' at the time (of course, there was FM radio and underground newspapers, but those were primarily local outlets). So musicians stepped forward and they were a crucial bridge between political and cultural issues. While there are musicians today who are politically motivated, there just doesn't seem to be the same intensity behind their message.

From what I understand, the DVD and the CD will have different versions of the songs. Just seems like a way to get people to spend more money. I'll be picking them up anyway, I'm sure.

I saw some of it. I'm about 5 years older than you which is enough to remember and be somewhat involved at the time. It's those parallels to Iraq that make our current situation so intensely frustrating. It's like everything is happening all over again. Like nothing at all was learned from that disaster.

I'm ready!

Eddie Kramer took lots of photos during his sessions with Jimi and others. I won't bother to post any here, but you can see them on the Kramer Archives site.

They're kinda known for that.

I thought I still had the vinyl, but I guess I got rid of it. Oh, well........I guess I'll never know the beauty of the saw solo.

Starting today at SF MoMA is: Robert Adams: Turning Back, A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration. A show based on Lewis & Clark. Sounds very interesting. Inspired by the bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark expedition, photographer Robert Adams's most recent work presents a new look at the territory these explorers covered and the results of their effort. Titled Turning Back: A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration, the project considers the explorers' historic journey as they returned to the East. Starting at the Pacific, Adams traveled along the Columbia River, recording the geography and how the land has been used. His photographs show the coastal tourist areas, the vast acreage of timber cultivation and clear-cutting further inland, and the small family farms of eastern Oregon. The pictures offer a reflection on the promise described by Lewis and Clark — a meditation on what was lost and what is retained, what we value regionally and as a people with a common history.

Byrd/Adams - disk #4

I never thought to check, but mine seem to be OK. I'm sure Mosaic will be happy to send you the missing disk.

Definitely easier. There was a discussion about it in the eMusic message board when they started it a couple of weeks ago.

I got the same email. Like everyone else, I'll just wait it out and hopefully still get the same price (although I'm sceptical, now)

Another Larry Young selling for WAY below the previous going rate - $202.50

One of my favorite BN album covers!

$50+/disk watch, cont. Jackie McLean - 4 CDs/$227.86

Just received these, but haven't watched them yet.

Sam Rivers - disk #2