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I think that Clem means that some people could get a better perspective on Dylan and his "roots" by checking out some of the overlooked guys who haven't had the constant flashlight (not even laser pointer) directed at them. Listening to something like Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Been can give some insight. Rod

I came across that LP while looking for something for another member here. Played it and copious quantities of Blaxploitation (including Y-H Unltd) last week. Asked da Bastids® about the CD then and they said that they'd order it. I guess that it's in.

... with a bound and hooded Gitmo gulag detainee in orange jump suit, placed within a ride's landscape; removed ninety minutes later by Disney security over "fears for public safety". Pictures

Are you having that shipped in to you? I'm jealous (even tho it's not all that far from here).

A close friend in Switzerland says that he's had no probs either - his only complaint, for now, is that it's more of a CPU hog. I'm awaiting news from a Japanese friend after he gets out of bed. We both subscribe to the Last.FM service and some folks on their forums are saying that because of the removal of the silent spots between tunes, the Scrobbler can't tell when one tune ends and another begins I had a reeeeal bugaboo time with an iMovie/iDVD update a while back that made me take 9 months to finish a DVD project that should've taken 9 weeks. So, I'm a bit cautious of these things. I'll decide probably sooner rather than later.

I agree with you Lon. For the casual user, it may be OK, in most cases. I've just had a few frustrating times with some of the lifestyle-like software so I check the forums now. With the new iTunes, you come across threads like this and this. It's Bertrand's call on this of course. I want to add: I would normally just download something and check it out and if it didn't work for me, then I'd just go back to the old version, but Apple doesn't offer the older versions after the new one is available - and this has always been a real annoyance. Pretty much after you download 7, you're stuck with it. Rod

I think in this case your caution about updates is warranted. I wouldn't get the iTunes update just yet - too many glitches that I've heard about. In general, I would say that you probably want the 80GB if you're getting it for the storage capacity instead of getting it for it's ability to take out the silent spots between medley songs. On your computer, if you go to the apple in the corner left and go down to "Software Update" you can get info on new updates that you might not have downloaded yet. It also provides a way to find out more about these updates, so you can decide whether to download it or not. If you decide to update iTunes to 7, your iPod will ask you if you want to update it or not when you connect it to your computer. I always recommend that anyone wait a while after an update while checking the Apple Forums: Forums Rod

Hmmm, they say the release date is November 14. I wonder if they mean this year?

Some examples from an online forum: When The Deal Goes Down" - "More frailer than the flowers, these precious hours" Henry Timrod's poem "A Rhapsody of a Southern Winter Night" - "A round of precious hours/Oh! here, where in that summer noon I basked/And strove, with logic frailer than the flowers" ------------------------------------------------- "When The Deal Goes Down" - "In the still of the night, in the world's ancient light/Where wisdom grows up in strife" Timrod's poem "Retirement" - "There is a wisdom that grows up in strife" ------------------------------------------------- "When The Deal Goes Down" - "Well, the moon gives light and it shines by night/When I scarcely feel the glow " Timrod's "Two Portraits" - "Still stealing on with pace so slow/Yourself will scarcely feel the glow" ------------------------------------------------- "When The Deal Goes Down" - "You come to my eyes like a vision from the skies " Timrod's "A Vision of Poesy - Part 01" - "A strange far look would come into his eyes/As if he saw a vision in the skies." ------------------------------------------------- "When The Deal Goes Down" - "Things I never meant nor wished to say" Timrod's "Sonnet 13" - "Things which you neither meant nor wished to say" ------------------------------------------------- "Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum" - "Well a childish dream is a deathless need" Timrod's "A Vision of Poesy - Part 01" "A childish dream is now a deathless need" ------------------------------------------------- "Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum" - "They walk among the stately trees/They know the secrets of the breeze" Timrod's "A Vision of Poesy - Part 01" - "And high and hushed arose the stately trees, Yet shut within themselves, like dungeons, where Lay fettered all the secrets of the breeze" ------------------------------------------------- "'Cross The Green Mountain" - "Along the dim Atlantic line/The ravaged land lies for miles behind" which are similar to Timrod's "Charleston" - "But still, along yon dim Atlantic line/The only hostile smoke/Creeps like a harmless mist above the brine/From some frail, floating oak."

Timrod's been all over Dylan's work for decades now. This, just from his Red Sails... ripoff on the new CD: Henry Timrod (from the poem "Our Willie"): "Which drowned the memories of the time/In a merely mortal bliss!" Bob Dylan (from "Beyond the Horizon"): "My memories are drowning/In mortal bliss" Timrod's "Katie": "And o'er the city sinks and swells The chime of old St. Mary's bells" Dylan: "Beyond the Horizon": "The bells of St. Mary, how sweetly they chime"

If you go to the Apple site and read about the new iPods, it says that they've fixed that. It's also fixed in the latest iTunes that was released just a couple of days ago. Don't know how they managed to fix it considering the way mp3s are constructed, but they supposedly have.

Well, my stuff is all in random order anyway. I guess my question really arose when I stuck in the copy of Olio in my computer and it came up in iTunes under "Teddy Charles" - someone who's further behind on the list printed on the cover and spine of the disc, so it got me thinkin', "Who is this disc really by and how do I show that in my music playing software?" So, it's less to do, as I said, with library filing - just "who leads this date anyway?" kind of question... OK, nevermind...

How does the rekkid stay put?

I've gone thru 4 60GB iPods, so you'll probably get one of mine

YEAH, BABY!

OK, that's good to know for library filing. For music player listings, the CDDB (database) shows the title under Teddy Charles, so I'm going with that in iTunes...but I come across this pretty often with no collective band names - just listings of individual players. Hmmm...

My question isn't so much an organizing question as it is just simply a naming question. There are some sides that have no clear leader of the date. If you were to add the following disc, for example, to your music player (or your library), would you use Thad Jones's name 'cause he's listed first, or would you use Teddy Charles 'cause he's the director or would you just use "Various Artists" (or some other creative variant)?

Hey, I agree with Greg on this - cool sounding project - and don't disregard a Sabbath tune. I'm tellin' ya - if you've got the chops and you can fit the sound to the style, then you'll get some attention. For me, tired old standards and "common" tunes getting a well-done makeover makes me as happy as jelly pie! There's already an Indian (Hindi) version (sitar, tabla...) of Sabbath out as well as Sex Pistols and a few other wonderful absurdities (Dead Kennedys, et al.) that leave a lasting impression. Gotta love that Nouvelle Vague for what they do too - "new wave" in English and "bossa nova" in Portuguese - taking popular 80's new wave hits and doin' a Brazilian pop workover to them. Good luck and keep us up to date.

Don't know how many of our non-British members here will know Frank Middlemass's name, but he was a real joy as a wonderful character actor for more than 50 years. Sad to hear he's gone. I remember when the last season of As Time Goes By was shown (after a hiatus) and it featured him in a wheelchair after his character had an accident. I figured then that age had caught up with him. Frank Middlemass

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Yup! Got 'em all thru the house! Don't know what I'd do without them. (probably just put stuff on the floor...)

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Yes, one month. I ordered August 6. Received notification: September 5 Will arrive: Sept 11. Will probably do a rodcast next week.

I watch very little TV, but I remember what I see. I think a lot of TV just goes right by most folks.