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You mean like the Pearl Jams, the Creeds, the Ian Astburys of the world? But then, I remember being 15 years old, and thinking that No One Here Gets Out Alive was as seminal a rock manifesto as there ever was. Yeah, I even scrawled the spoken interlude from “When the Music’s Over” on my Sociology book cover. Tried to grow my hair long (oh, THAT was a bad idea!). Collected all the records. About the only thing I didn’t do was harbor a resentment towards my parents. Could never do that: mine were always way cool. My friends thought so. Heck, even I told ‘em so! I laugh about that shit now, but here I am twenty years later, and I’m listening to them even as I type this. Deep music? Yeah, right. But enjoyable? Damn straight! I still crank it up for “Roadhouse Blues,” “Moonlight Drive,” and “LA Woman.” “Wishful Sinful” is just flat-out gorgeous. “Riders on the Storm” is just plain eerie. Sure the words are dated, (REEEEEEEEEEEALLY dated), but they were a tight band. Nothing more, nothing less. ← *** What Big Al said!

From BMG: Hank Mobley - "Hi Voltage" Tina Brooks - "True Blue" Wynton Kelly Trio/Wes Montgomery - "Smokin' at the Half Note" (the new Verve "complete" version) Chicago Transit Authority (first album)

Nice price! Larry Young

Added to the "Last Chance" list: The Complete Aladdin Recordings of Amos Milburn (#155) LP

I have "Anita Sings the Most". I assume this is typical of the rest of the set?

Maybe Marky Ramone can get some guys from Brooklyn together and take the Ramones out on tour.

They just added "Body of Song" to eMusic today. Listening to the clips - it sounds pretty good. Very Husker Du-ish.

I'm watching the Cubs/Giants on TV and they say it's 89 with 95% humidity. I can't imagine what that's like (the humidity, that is).

Considering I have so much more music like JJ than Anita, I'm leaning towards O'Day, but both are pretty pricey. I might not be in the running for either, right now. I'll have to do some thinking on this one. Even though AO is on Last Chance, I don't think it's going to disappear as fast as Byrd/Adams did, if only because of the price.

DAMN! No way I could afford both JJ and O'Day. Might have to pick just one.

...no, I made it to Amoeba. A friend was doing an in-store there, so we hung and I picked up a couple of things. Great store. ← Did you happen to be there on Wednesday? This from the gossip column in today's Chron: Tim Sullivan tells me that Robert Plant, formerly of Led Zeppelin, went shopping at Amoeba Music on Haight Street on Wednesday. The store's Naomi Salazar confirmed this, saying several folks from his record label who accompanied him kept their eyes on him from afar, allowing him to browse alone. When one Amoeban sang one of Plant's songs in spontaneous tribute, the rocker smiled and said he couldn't sing it himself anymore. Plant bought what was described as "a lot'' of music, told workers he liked the store, and then went hippity-hopping out to Haight Street.

So, Chuck, you see no redeeming value in this show?? Looks to me like they're putting together a blowing session in the spirit of the original concept (whether that was ultimately successful or not). You gotta admit, the original lineup was very promising ... and so is this.

Wow, didn't know there WERE that many! Which of them do you consider the standout discs? ← I had no idea there were that many, either. I've got 4 LPs and 1 CD.

So, no music, CD shopping......nuthin'??

Here's the official lineup of this show at Yoshi's: September 1 - 4 Night of the Cookers Billy Harper, James Spaulding, John Hicks, Charles Tolliver, David Weiss, Roy McCurdy

Uh, Trane........I think SS has already come and gone.

Mid-upper 70's today and very little wind. Where's the FOG??????????

SF Currently: 73° ... but no fog today - bummer.

I had thought that they used the name "The Doors of the 21st Century" to get around that problem. I guess it didn't work ...

SF has its own climate because of the fog. Usually 10-20-30 degrees cooler than the rest of the greater Bay Area.

Come on out HERE! Heat not a problem.

It can be downloaded from eMusic, if you are interested in MP3s.

"Amsterdam After Dark" is an excellent album.

Classic, mid-summer SF weather. Mid-60's........foggy. THAT'S why I live here.

I just upgraded to the eMusic Plus Annual subscription which is 65 tunes for about $12/month. Seemed like a worthwhile upgrade for not much more money. As far as searching by # of tunes, just download as much of an album you can and then finish it off when your month rolls over. At least that's what I do.