Son-of-a-Weizen

Thank goodness he didn't catch sight of the $8.25 item or the streets would be filled with blood.

The Doubletree Hotel located next to #395 S. just opposite the Pentagon...one of a dozen 'convention' hotels in Crystal City. So which one was it --- the Int'l Society of Fountain Pen Collectors Convention or the 2003 Submarine Propulsion Plant Design Team Expo?

Although the one guy over at JC is slightly off the mark (Sprey did not design anything while over at the Pentagon....had nothing to do with anti-tank rounds & there was no 'A-1 Bomber') his overall comments are not surprising....you should hear what some of the guys who worked with him back in the early 80's on various defense-related projects have to say about him. It's impossible to begin to estimate the number of long knives that are out for that duplicitous character.

I also ordered a bunch......wish I hadn't listened to the clips of the Lou Bennett one over at AmazonFr though. That "Peter's Waltz" is pure roller rink gone nutso.

That's gonna drive the birds crazy. Fly on over to a feeder & then quickly back to the tree for a spell......then back again over to the fe.... 'hey, where'd the food go??'

Wow...amazing! I saw this article recently about these guys down south who're real big on 'noodling' --- stand around in the muddy water and reach down into all sorts of holes on the bottom and wiggle their fingers hoping for a big cat to seize their hand so they can then wrestle 'em to the surface. Geez, some 40 lb catfish suddenly engulfs part of your lower forearm.....what a blast! Then every once in awhile you stick those fingers in the hole and there's a snapper in there who quickly removes a couple of 'em!! Even better!!!

Just two ('Art Pepper + 11' and the Guaraldi Trio 'Charlie Brown Christmas')...the Venus cds are a higher priority these days.

Wrong brew though......a real sin, eh?

Sidewinder, the Sextet is swinging through D.C. in late-Jan w/Terence Blanchard, John Hicks and Javon Jackson now listed as being on board......soooo? I'm sure going to make every effort to hit this one.

...and despite the fact that I said Maurice Vander (per the Dreyfus cd) above....is it not actually Vandair?

Great, that 'No Problem' disc sounds fantastic! They don't come much better than 'Our Father Who Art Blaky'! Any additional One for All sessions in the pipeline? Did you have a hand in the latest Mabern Trio ("Fantasy") release (last month?)?

The Clarke-Wilkins is a great cd and a tough find these days...but if you search around you're bound to find a copy, Marine. That, and several of the Fuller Savoys (Jazz Eyes, Jazz, It's Magic) have popped up on the Amazon site in recent months. The two that I'd like to see come out on cd are 'Klook's Clique' and the excellent 'Paris/Cologne' double LP (Disques Swing) that collects four '57 sessions recorded in Paris & Cologne featuring Clarke in a quartet, quintet, sextet, octet and tentet w/folks like Lucky Thompson, Martial Solal, Don Byas, Pierre Michelot, Fats Sadi, Maurice Vander, etc.. You ever spot this one sitting in an LP bin, dive for it!

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If you hit the local bar tonite to celebrate with a drink, steer clear of the 'Hieronymus Bosch' and other 'name' drinks and stick to J&B. Save those for when ya hit 40. http://www.whitehouseanimationinc.com/kunstbar.htm

....or Jazz Crusaders?

Damn, and here I thought Chris A's 'Bessie' book sales were enough to keep him afloat.

Yours needs a Quaalude.

I never cut-and-pasted an article about 'lying' on the X-mas thread.

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Then Christmas will never come. Jim, Stop whining about that old board game and maybe we'll chip in and get you a pair of these stylish lie detector goggles. This has some relevance to an X-mas thread 'cause soon enough we'll all have to start practicing up on our best version of 'Hey thanks cousin Ernie!! I've been dying to pick this cd up for the longest time!!

...'till I work my way through at least two Christmas Stollen. One's almost kicked........another's on deck........yum!

I decided I needed a pic that was slightly more dignified than the one with the keg.

That one ranks #2 in my book.

hiroshi@earlyrecords.com (Mr. Hiroshi Tanno)