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RT was on NPR's "Weekend Edition Sunday" today. It was pretty good, plus he performed 5 tunes - including "Oops, I Did It Again" (yes, THAT Britney Spears tune) Here's the link: Weekend Edition Sunday

Anything by Mountain.

A whole week of GM meetings and only ONE trade. I guess that's the new era of baseball economics. So, A.J. Pierzynski for Joe Nathan. Interesting trade. I think the Twins were trying to save on # of letters stitched to the back of uni's, myself. Next to go: Doug Mientkiewicz.

A sampling from BMGs $1.99 Clearance section: Don Byron - "Romance With The Unseen" Ravi Coltrane - "Moving Pictures" Bob Dorough & Dave Fishberg - "Who's On First?" Tom Harrell - "The Art Of Rhythm" Joe Lovano - "Celebrating Sinatra" Eric Reed - "Manhattan Melodies"

It IS on BMG. I listened to some samples the other day. I've heard a lot about him. Pretty interesting - he does jazz tunes. "Afro Blue", "Oriental Folk Song" and a tune called "Elvin" to name a few.

I'm listening to the DMM LP. I must say that the mastering here contributes to the lack of spark. It's got a real "dull" sound. As mentioned earlier, I wouldn't put it in my top 10 Lee Morgan releases. It's not a dog, but it's not a thoroughbred, either.

It's got a "Low Price" icon attached to it, too!

I really like this album, too. It's very atmospheric - mostly not a high-energy session except for the last 2 cuts. Here's the instrumentation: 1) "Hello To The Wind" - JC-piano/LY-organ 2) "The Orge" - JC-piano, tabla, cymbals/LY-organ, synth 3) "Mind Rain" - JC-piano, cymbals/LY-organ 4) "After the Rain" - JC-piano (solo) 5) "Message from Mars" - JC-drums/LY-organ 6) "Rock Pile" - JC-drums/LY-organ If you can grab this, get it. I don't think it's that easy to find and I also don't believe it has ever been on CD.

I just found out that I don't have this on LP! I think I have a 45 of it, but my singles are packed away. I have her first 3 albums, but it's not there. Looking at AMG, I see it was included on an expanded (CD) version of "Flex". I hadn't realized that it was a Thomas Dolby tune, either.

Great tune, though ....

I'll think about it.

Definitely look into his work with Charles Tolliver. "Live at Slugs" and "The Ringer" are the best of the group. He's also Max Roach's "Members, Don't Git Weary", which features Tolliver as well as Gary Bartz, Jymie Merritt and a vocal performance by Andy Bey. This album has both "Equipoise" and "Effi" on it. A must-have. There's a album he did for Galaxy in 1979 called "Equipoise", but I don't believe it has ever been released on CD. It's a great trio session with Cecil McBee and Roy Haynes, though. Finally - if you're not sick of "Equipoise" by now - there's a Larry Coryell album on Muse (also probably not on CD) called................"Equipose". Engineered in 1985 by RVG, it is a great quartet date with Stanley, Billy Hart and Buster Williams.

I have it on an album that came out on Columbia in the 70's called "The First Great Rock Festivals of the Seventies - Isle of Wight/Atlanta Pop Festival". "Call It Anythin' " does indeed clock in at 17:30. It's a tri-fold album (3 records) and 2/3 of the inside is a "fish-eye" shot of Miles & the band from behind. You can see McLaughlin, Chick, Dave Holland, Miles, Airto (I think) and a drummer I can't make out (DeJohnette?).

Managed to find a SEALED copy of The Leaders' "Mudfoot" today at Amoeba. All I've had up until now is a cassette. The sound is so much better, it's amazing. Not only that, the tune "Blues at the Bottom" does not appear on the tape at all - another bonus! Liner notes, too. I'm very happy. B)

I have an Archos 20 Recorder and it's great. Some people have reported problems, but it works great for me. PERFECT for work. Nice NOT to have to ferry CDs back and forth. Also, at about $250 (for the 20GB version) it's about 1/2 the price of similar products.

Yup - here on the left coast, too.

Found "Natural Affinities" (1992) at Amoeba today. Amazed to discover this piece called "Bushwhacked". How contemporary! It's the old shell game You don't see what you thought you'd see The peace dividend is used to fight one more war Since the next generation is on all the front lines I wonder who the war is for and the makers of war reap the profits from peace so its business as usual for the corporate elite While sensation titilation entertains the entire nation Government by fait accompli undermines personal autonomy has official double-speak ambushed our sense of reality Where's the informed citizenry so vital to democracy?

I'm sticking with it for the time being. It's still a better deal than any of the other legal d/l services. Fortunately I got more stuff than I could possible listen to in the last year or so that I have been a member. I only downloaded a few tracks since Saturday, but it seems to be back to normal.

Just saw the "Mighty Wind" LIVE show. It was very funny. All 3 groups were there in their entirety including Parker Posey & Paul Dooley with the New Main Street Singers. They did all the 'hits' - BOTH versions of "Never Did No Wanderin'", the Folksmen doing "Start Me Up" and many others. Bob Balaban did the MC-ing between acts with some help from Jennifer Coolidge. ... and yes.....Harry Shearer DID come out in drag.

WHOA!!

I only know their "Livestock" album, but I always thought it was a pretty interesting album. Some nice "fusion-y" stuff there.

I still have Freddie's "Here To Stay" and Jackie's "Jacknife". Both are good although I've since acquired the McLean stuff in the Mosaic set.