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Duran Duran Roberto Duran Jimmy Durante

Princess Lela Turanga Leela Layla

Dick Tracy Fearless Fosdick Prudence Pimpleton

The Loneliest Runner The Long Distance Runner Alan Sillitoe

You're totally a more charming conversationalist than I am . Besides I couldn't find a number (I know you found one once so I looked about didn't come up with it). I'll keep it in mind though.

Inez and Charlie Foxx Inez and Vinoodh Ina Gadda Da Vida

Foxygen, AND STAR POWER http://www.jagjaguwar.com/onesheet.php?cat=JAG252

Now shipping: http://www.aerophonicrecords.com Also to me. I listened to the long clip on the web site. It sounds much more like a Nate Wooley album than a Dave Rempis album. That might have been a good thing in any event, except that Wooley nowadays often seems to fall into mannerism. And am I playing solo here when I state that, both live and on record, Corsano's drumming has fallen way off. Yay, verily, even to being called boring. At the Parker Residency he was as exciting as a metronome. Daisy would have been a decided plus. Well, I hope the other tracks contain more Rempis than Nate W.

Yep, now I see the 12:00PM deadline in the fine print. That's still at variance with their own statement "Now Through 12/08 2014." The common meaning of which is to the end of that day. Of course, I never heard from them either. In a way I'm rather glad as I'm no longer sure I wanted the item .

Looks like the sort of stuff that clogs the 25 cents record bin at the local Goodwill.

Is it worth trying to order something form CD Japan when it says "Ships in 3-5 days"? My take on it is if it doesn't say "In stock," it's probably not worth ordering. Or have others had different experience in this regard?

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My first thought with the split CDs is that this will produce more revenue, because consumers will have to buy both. Figure $19.99 x 2=$39.98, versus something like $24.95 or even $29.95 for a double. If this is the price one has to pay to get Willisau or Santa Cruz, it's worth it, and still cheaper than current market. I can't see any other reason for it.

Oblomov Lazy Boy Rip Van WInkle

Mr. Bill Mr. Bean Mr. Brightside

Townes Van Zandt Franz Von Suppe Vin Diesel

Here's a situation that strikes me as fairly typical of Import CD. I've been receiving 10% off coupons from them via email for the last couple of weeks. I decided to order a fairly pricey box set (typically, they already had a good price on it); the 10% off would therefore be significant. The coupon I had, received Sunday, stated it would be good THROUGH December 8th. I go to checkout, and up pops a notice that the coupon is no longer valid! "Error, Not Applied: "SAVE10" - SAVE10 is no longer active." "Through" December 8th should at least take me to midnight EDT. Nope. Tried various things but I wasn't going to get that 10%. I sent them an email; no response of course. So no discount and no order and no box set. This all seems so Import CD, from the good prices, to the ordering snafu, to the lack of help, to giving up in frustration.

I "borrowed" this from the Steeplechase new releases thread.

This one could be interesting.

Saks Sachi Sackler

It sometimes can work. Matt Mitchell in Snakeoil turned it to good effect in the same venue. Lucian is a different of player than Matt and the group has a different sound than Snakeoil (of course). When Lucian was just filling in, it wasn't bad, but any type of extended solo didn't really work for me. The cheesiness of the Fender starts to intrude. I thought Ballou was more harmful to the group than the Fender. Nevertheless, i wouldn't call it a bummer, there were plenty of good moments, and I always want to hear great players working in new or different circumstances. It eventually but always pays dividends.

In no particular order: Roscoe Mitchell - Conversations - with Craig Taborn and Kikanju Baku. Mary Halvorson - Reverse Blue and Thumbscrew Ideal Bread - Beating the Teens Ingrid Laubrock - And Other Desert Towns Vinny Golia & Urs Leimgruber - Empiricism in the West Mats Gustafsson- Torturing the Saxophone Decoy with Joe McPhee - Spontaneous Combustion (2 CD) Fire! Orchestra - Enter Brotzmann, Adasiewicz, Edwards, Noble - Mental Shake Dave Rempis - Balladeer Dave Rempis - Naancore with Lasse Marhaug The Whammies - Play Steve Lacy, Vol. 3 Steve Lehman - Mise en Abime Jorrit Djikstra - Music for Reeds and Electronics Brandon Evans - downloads at his website/Bandcamp- wonderful music.

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MAT MANERI & LUCIAN BAN NEW QUINTET with special guest BILLY HART, Baltimore, windup Space, December 7, 2014 Mat Maneri (viola); Tony Malaby (ten & sop saxes); Lucian Ban (Fender Rhodes); Bob Stewart (tuba); Billy Hart (drums) This is a group that promises a lot, but last night's performance turned out to be a mixed bag. First the negatives. I have a limited appreciation for the Fender Rhodes. When used for splashes of color or a touch of weirdness, it can be enjoyable. When Ban, who plays the piano so beautifully, tried to solo on it, it was downright ugly. What a huge stepdown from a proper piano. Billy Hart is a great drummer, but was a clear mismatch here. On the positive side, he kept the energy level up. On the negative, he tended to drive the group into conventional grooves and limited thematic development. Worst of all, the group invited Dave Ballou, who has a resume in new music, a resident of Baltimore, and a teacher at Towson University, to sit in for three numbers. How can I put this nicely? I am decidedly NOT a fan of Ballou's playing. He screeched and overplayed his way through the pieces, and managed to upset the careful balance of Malaby's reeds and Maneri's viola. BTW, I got to the venue early and found that Ballou was holding a workshop or seminar for a group of his students, using the quintet for performance purposes. I have to think this took some of the edge off their actual performance. Positives? Bob Stewart killed on tuba; he played it like it was just a tenor. Some great solos from him. Malaby was in fine form, forceful, focused, great tone. Hit some awesome low notes. Maneri was excellent on his solos, but they were not often or long enough. Much of the time, he sort of blended into the rhythm section. Too bad, he sounded great, the venue seemed to play to his sound. The performances without Ballou were so much better. The first number was superb. Maneri mentioned they would play a number of new compositions; no titles given. Only one, that sounded like a polka (!) left me underwhelmed, although the performance itself and individual playing was strong. I can only imagine what this group would be like with a good piano, a less mainstream drummer, and without distractions. Like I said, a mixed bag but still some goodies in it.