Son-of-a-Weizen

Tonite, saw the Branford Marsalis Quartet at the Birchmere in Alexandria, VA. Great show.....opened with 'Jack Baker' from the new CD (that Sumabitch'smokes!!!!!) as well as 'Fate' and 'Blackzilla' -- some bizarro Watts composition linked to his love of the old Godzilla film.

Yes, definitely!! I just picked up an eBay copy a couple of minutes ago. Also liked the sound of that Ruth Price w/Shelly Manne a good bit and found a copy over at Half.Com. Ghost, that Anita O'Day ('Sings the Most') is one of the few that I actually have....love it! The Irene Krall looks interesting. Alot of nice suggestions in each of the previous posts and I'll be referring back to this thread for quite some time. A good 8-10 jumped out at me -- that Beverly Kenney 'Sings for Playboys' for sure looks like one to check out, as does the Sarah Vaughan 'Swingin' Easy.' Oddly enough, JS, I do like the sound of that Betty Carter/Bryant cd and will probably get it as well......but you're correct about the Patty Waters. Thanks for all of the input.

I see alot of names popping up on eBay these days (Keely Smith, Helen Forrest, Teddy King, Beverly Kenney, Chris Connor, Maria Cole, Helen Grayco, Esther Philips, etc...) and realized that I have less than a handful of cds w/female vocalists and know next to nothing about the vast majority of them. Some of the cds I've seen on eBay featuring the above named have them singing with an orchestra -- but I'm really not interested (for the time being) in accompanying strings or larger groups and would rather hear some mid-late 50's through 60's 'live' or studio dates w/the singer and a trio or quartet. Any suggestions?

Swell, here's mine:

Now wouldn't that be a major league steal for .99 ? http://cgi.ebay.com/JACK-WILSON-The-Two-Si...1QQcmdZViewItem

I had my swing speed checked today and average about 105 with the driver. Another 20 is all I need to get that $38 million home. NOT!

Was this God getting even with Conn for selling off all those TOCJs??? Rest up, Paul.

Same here!

....now listed in one ad (in print smaller than this) as the backup band for the Chili Peppers when they appear in the area.

I saw the K2 version of "Consecration" today, but at $230, it seemed like a rip-off. I see that HMV Japan has a Japanese "Consecration" pressing for about $140. Is this the K2 set? Are all Japanese pressings K2 remastered? I thought that the JPN 'Consecration' K2 set was packaged in the white box.....but since Hans has it, he'll be able to clue us in.

Absolutely!

I'm with you on that one, PLUS: Mastersounds 'In Concert' (Pacific Jazz) Montgomery Brothers 'Plus 5 Others' (Pacific Jazz)

Yes, most definitely! Coincidentally, we watched this one during the the last week of July! Tonite it's disc 3 of the 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy' and we get to find out who the 'mole' is -- At this point I'm guessing that it's the foppish Toby Esterhase.

Well it was nice to see Favre playing the cheap 'ain't my fault' card by sending that 'you should keep your eye on me' hand gesture to Driver, who's only a 7 year pro-bowl vet. Goober.

When we met, you seemed like more of a curling kinda guy to me. I went ahead and bought you a nice set of curling stones as an early b'day gift.

I remember hearing from some Geordies the the old story about the 'Newcastle Ward' at the regional health facility.... Now drinking some Ethiopian Sidamo (nothing but bold in this house) to help purge last nite's Bitburger and Spaten from the system.

Oh yes, just saw it... Sorry, I misunderstood your earlier post. Naaa don't want those -- I think I'll save my money for overpriced auctions and pick up some more of the Verve mini-lp titles from '02. Wonder how long it will be before they re-release those?

My wife and I have some property up in Northern Minnesota and during our recent visit were doing a bit of scouting for an additional parcel. Here's part of the note that the realtor just e-mailed: Dear ________, There are some good values on Tom Lake because of the remote access. I like the area very much, but I'm biased--we own a 20 acre outlot (no lakeshore) on the south side of the lake. Regarding the links, xxx is lake view only and should not really be listed as lakeshore. xxx and xxx are also not lakeshore. They are on the Stony River near Isabella. The two cabins on Devil Track Lake are older cabins on small lots. One of the cabins has a tree growing through it. hhmm, well that sounds like it could be just what we've been looking for!!!!!

Hey, you know, I'm not a violent person or anything, and I love animals, but it's time to either call animal control or else kill this motherfucker. I don't think he needs to kill it ---- plus he's in Manhattan so he can't exactly borrow one of our 16-gauge jobbers --- but rather pick up one of those super-soaker water guns and drill the sucker a few times over with some good 'ol H20. My guess is he'll bolt.

Just as he was about to get in, I spilled a *little* scalding coffee on him through the crack he had made between the plastic guard and the window frame - just enough to make him change his mind. Then I quickly yanked the air conditioner out of the window and slammed it shut. There was something wrong about that squirrel. Rabies? I actually was worried about that. The reason I mentioned it in my first post is that he seemed weirdly aggressive and determined for a squirrel - he kept showing his teeth and he was clawing at the plastic guard really hard. I thought it was a rat until I saw the tail. Just catching up on this thread, I'm surprised that he didn't just go ahead and chew through the plastic in the first place. If they can effortlessly tunnel through our heavy duty gutter guards, I'd think an AC accordian screen would be like a piece of spaghetti for one of 'em.

Been awhile since I checked the Mosaic site and just noticed the Farmer. That's good news for I really wasn't prepared to pick up the existing 2-fer, paired as it is with the unappetizing (imo) Baroque Sketches.

Okay, okay.....so I saw the latest Miles release list and ordered some of those new KoB & Milestones mini-lps from japan.....no need to throw elbows! So what? I'm sure other people here have 8 versions of each too!

Interesting news, Reinier. So, for example, they would do something like bundle up Una Mas, Whistle Stop and Trompetta and release it as a 2-disc Dorham jewel box set to compliment the existing 'Round About Midnight' set?

Yep.