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good to hear you're enjoying the portable dave. we get very consistently good reviews on it. as for the bass/treble levels being set, you should be able to adjust that in the 'settings' mode of your iPod. but you are right, on the portable unit itself the levels are set. that stuff has to be controlled through the source. i love that you've got Cake playing on your portable in the picture. very fun band! have you heard their studio cover of "War Pigs?" we use it in the store to demo the products all the time. killer...

i think you made a good choice as well. i've been working for bose for a coup,e years now. some of their products are pretty average, but some of their products are really, really nice - and the one you got is in the latter category. and be glad you went the extra mile for the portable. not only is the battery very reliable and long lasting (about 8 hours fully charged if you're playing it at moderate volume) it sounds considerably better than the series II model. no bass port on the back of the series II so the portable is noticably fuller sounding. a quick tip: you should just leave the unit plugged in to the wall to charge all the time when you're not using it portably or if it's just sitting idle. it won't overcharge the battery. and of course leaving a battery uncharged for a long period is bad for it's lifetime, so just leave it plugged in when available. enjoy!

bump due to big price drop as relates to shipping specifics. still lots of good music for not much money.

this has been my experience as well.

i had (am having) the same experience w/ facebook. checked in once to be able to see something/someone (so long ago i don't remember what/who) and am now forever deleting what i consider to be spam a few times a week after giving up on how to extricate myself from their web. not the biggest deal, but pretty fucking annoying and a far cry from cool.

it's been a while since the last one, so i figure it's time for a bump. still lots of very good music here for good prices...

bump w/ update to opening post.

straight dominant 7th, add b5 if you feel it, and generally natural 9 & 13 if you feel it as well. enjoy...

i'd like to preface my little response here by saying that, in the "real world" of playing musicians, none of what will come next matters much (or at all), and essentially never comes up. i've also never encountered "#4." in my experience it's always been notated as "#11." and the main technical/theoretical difference that is inherent in using/naming a chord #11 vs. b5, as i see it, would be this: if you choose #4/#11, you're basically saying there's no natural 4th in the chord/harmony. whereas if you choose b5, you're basically saying there's no natural 5th in the chord/harmony. both of these choices may, or may not, imply other scalar/harmonic aspects depending on function, form, melody, blah blah blah yada yada yada on and on and on and on. in pretty much any case where any of this stuff might actually matter, a simple spoken sentence or two from the composer to the players will be sufficient to clear up any issue. or, of course, the obvious solution is to simply write out a specific voicing and be done with it.

way to go worldb3! great suggestions. i don't have anodyne yet but really enjoy no depression. if you dig uncle tupelo and son volt you should check out a band i mentioned earlier in the thread: Richmond Fontaine. GREAT songs, similar vibe, and for my head even better lyrics. Vlautin simply writes his ass off. if interested, i'd posted my review of their latest earlier in this thread. and since you dig the jayhawks, maybe you've already got olson and louris' Ready For The Flood. i love it. when i 1st got it i couldn't stop listening to it. over and over and over for about a week. beautiful stuff.

hey bev. i'm skipping the in-depth discussion on... what is it on? and going right for the music since i've been checking out a lot of what i feel you may be wanting to hear about in this thread. the term 'americana' casts a pretty wide net these days, so i'll not fence myself in. i don't think anyone has specifically mentioned chris thile yet. someone mentioned nickel creek, and they're fine. but he is doing things that are way beyond that. his punch brothers band recording is terrific and the duo album he made w/ edgar meyer is scary. if you know meyer then just imagine someone as open-minded, burning, and virtuostic as him but on mandolin. if you're interestd in stuff that gets closer to the current 'alt-country,' Wilco sound/feel (for lack of a more well known marker), check out Richmond Fontaine's latest record. they'r pretty under the radar. i reviewed it here: We Used To Think The Freeway Sounded Like A River the vid the site chose to accompany my review wasn't the one i'd've chosen. probably the least representative song sonically but... their songwriter has written a few novels as well. i've only read one of them so far. it was quite good. god bless you Tom in RI for mentioing Duke. for my money, the greatest 'unknown' guitarist alive. his recordings don't do him justice. i used to live in boston and was able to see him play a bunch. masterful. here's a couple clips to get an idea: Mellow Duke Rockin' Duke i have duke's Lava and Country Soul Guitar recordings. they're uneven, but for me, must haves. and he's never disappointed live. every note i've seen him perform live has been worthwhile. he's a special dude. hope you get some enjoyment from some of these bev .

I'll pass.

two immediately come to mind for me personally. i always come back to them as being a couple of my very favorite performances: 1) George Adams' solo on "For Harry Carney." to me it's one of the greatest tenor solos of all-time. 2) no doubt considered an odd choice, but Don Grolnick's "Chime This" from the Brecker album. the whole tune and especially the intro. amazing writing/performance.

i love the way whenever the subject of jarrett's disgusting behavior (he deserves the 2nd congressional medal of douchebaggery) comes up on internet jazz forums, inevitably at least a couple people start bringing up his 'mental illness' as some kind of rationalization. i don't buy it. he may have some issues there, but they're not what makes him act like a jerk. there are already too many entries in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. do we really need an entry in there for acting like an ass? what will it be called - "Jarrett Syndrome?" the pharmaceutical companies would just love that! “just take three prickalax a day with meals. if that doesn't have the desired effect after three months, try a cocktail of doucheoprin and hexajerk for the next three months. side effects may include acting like an asshole.” i can see it now: well-to-do housewives of the future who have too much on their plates to spend time w/ little johnny will wave off his rebellious behavior saying, "Did you hear about Jenny's 13 year-old twins? Both have been diagnosed with Jarrett Syndrome. They simply will not stop picking on that 6th grader. It's really a shame. Sometimes I worry about my little Johnny. He's starting to act funny. Maybe I should get him an appointment with Dr. Fixajerk. They say these new drugs can work wonders."

from everything i've seen, heard, and read, jarrett seems to be nothing if not a totally fucking pretentious jackass who is completely full of himself. being a great artist is never a license to act like an asshole. he, and his enablers, seems to believe it is. they're wrong. and this latest article is the worst yet that i've heard of in terms of jarret's "diva-don't-dare-cough-at-my-concert-spiritual-higher-plane-genius-gifted-artist-my-world-you're-privileged-to-just-be-here" vomit. people like him make the world a worse place. he can sit on it and rotate.

count me in the latter camp. if i remember, i was the only one who enjoyed this track, and it's the only one i was really anticipating finding out about. and though i couldn't ID it, it's no surprise to me that it's mcneely. will be looking to buy this recording. thanks DrJ! p.s. - knew that other piece had herwig on it!

opening post has been modified/updated w/ lots of price drops, and items that are sold have been crossed off. hoping everyone who ordered is happy w/ what they got! still a ton of very good music available. also, i've added a section of freebies at the bottom of the OP: one w/ any two cds bought. pretty good. thanks for looking...

alright - time to post my thoughts/guesses for part 2 and then go back to read my punishment Part 2: Track 13 - Whoa. Awesome. No idea who/what but I love how the vocal doesn't enter until nearly halfway through. Nice plunger playing by the brass section. Sax section reminded of some scenes from Kubrick's The Shining somehow. Track 14 - again no idea. this is the 1st track of the whole BFT that I don't at all care for. Blech. Oh well, can't like 'em all. Track 15 - starting to realize here that I will likely not know any of the music to come! Pleasant enough groove here but not anything i'd be interested in owning and repeatedly spinning for myself or my friends. Nice piano solo though. Everything brightened up there quite a bit. Track 17 – again, the comping makes me think of jim hall (like that track on part 1 that ended up being burrell), but i'm probably wrong again. Nice enough track. Bars 9-11 from the top are the 1st four (three) of the last eight of “There Will Never Be Another You,” but I don't know what the rest of the tune is Track 18 – first thought here was oliver nelson. sounds kinda like his writing, or somebody copping that sound. Recording sounds more contemporary/recent though. to me but no idea what the tune is. Tenor definitely sounds like Henderson. Amazing bass playing/sound. Cuts off!@#$% WTF!!!!!!!!!!! definitely wanna find out what this is. Track 20 – no guess. No interest. perfectly fine music though. Nice horn entrance at 1:26... sounds like film music. Track 23 – “amazing grace” immediately making me think frisell. We'll see in a minute or so. I'm a minute in now and i'm pretty sure my first impression was wrong. Not frisell. Sounds very nice though. Will be interested in finding out who this is. Shepik? Track 24 - Tenacious D “The Greatest Song In The World” totally awesome Al. Happy b-day and thanks...

amazing that chas was so fast and on point on this stuff. i'm in awe. i'm still putting my thoughts/guesses up for part one, even though i now know many are goofy/off. but some may be happening : Disc One: Track 1 – Mormon Tabernacle Trio's classic a capella version of the little known Bobby Timmons tune “Close Enough For Jazz.” Track 2 – “Al's Birthday Hoe Down” by the Benny Hill Players Track 3 – don't know this tune but it's awesome. this is so cool it deserves to be in an Austin Powers movie. really dug it. Cool trumpet battle.No guess on the arrangement but sounds like some kind of old school combination of quincy jones, herbie hancock cantaloupe island era vibe for the solos, and someone else adding a slightly cheesy vibe. Track 4 – guessing it's the same as track 3! again, real nice trumpet playing. And that snare hit at the open reminds me of the snare hit from hancock's cantaloupe island again! Track 5 – no guess. nice. Most laidback vibes player ever. Wayyyyyyy laidback. That stacatto stuff toward the end is cool. Deep tone on that organ. Track 6 – sounds like “Oh Happy Day.” but different than how i'm used to hearing it form-wise somehow. Sounds like maybe grant green on guitar toward the end of the solo. Don't know who but very nice little arrangement. Track 7 – reminds me at times of eddie harris but I don't think it's him. And the tone reminds me of sonny at times too, but i've never heard him play like this. Groovy for sure. Track 8 – no idea. Sounds like an arrangements for the temptations w/ the organ substituting for the singers. Track 9 – no idea. But this, like the previous track, sounds to me like it could be an instrumental arrangement of a 70s pop tune, but this one more like a steely dan tune, or chicago transit authority, instead of the temps. I really the horn stuff that starts at about 3:50. cool. Track 10 – I gotta guess that that's jim hall, but I don't know the tune. Killer all 'round. Track 11 – no guess (and i'm getting sleepy, but must finish part one...) Track 12 – sounds like a chilled out danny gatton. No doubt someone gatton listened to and learned from, but I don't know who. Maybe it actually is gatton? Chet atkins? Very nice. Thanks Al! I'll be back soon for part two...

What he said.

PM sent on the Corea.

you are indeed the man Jon. i hope your surf and turf was the best ever

bump. in case people are interested...

i'd like a download please! and i'm very interested in finding out about BFT #72. some interesting observations/thoughts up there on some good music. thanks Big Al

Ha!!! someone recognized it cool Big Al. good to hear someone else sing its praises. for me, it's one of the greatest movies of all-time. just perfect. hilarious, serious, deep, of its time but never feels dated to me. a deeply compassionate, thoughtful movie. "In a moment you're ging to see a horrible thing," Murray says. "What's that?" Nick asks. "People going to work." uhhh... oh yeah - cds 4 sale