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Schindler's List is coming out on Tuesday, Mar 9th, finally (at least for Region 1). DVD Features: "Voices From the List" featurette, 80 minutes "Behind the Shoah Foundation With Steven Spielberg" featurette, 12 minutes Widescreen anamorphic format This one is a first-day pickup for me!

Glad to see you like Magnification, Bev! I have been recommending that album to anyone who ever used to like 70's era Yes. I saw their last three tours in Stuttgart, and the Magnification tour (aka "YesSymphonic") was wonderful, even though technically they cheated and included a keyboard player (a guy named Tom Brislin) along with the orchestra. The 03/04 Rhino remasters are all very good, imho. They all include extra music, as well as significant sound upgrades. Even the earliest titles ("Yes" and "Time and a Word"), while not classic Yes albums, have some interesting bonus tracks. The classic sequence of albums - generally considered "The Yes Album" through "Going for the One" (or maybe through "Drama" if you're generous) all sound GREAT. Even the remaster of 90125 is a significant improvement over the original cd. Unfortunately the remasters appear to end with 90125. I wish they would have continued with Big Generator and ABWH at least, maybe Union as well. I don't have as much a proble with Union as alot of Yes fans do, but it's definitely an album with a split personality. In short, if you like Yes at all, pick up the Rhino remasters of the album(s) you're interested in. They sound great!

I like Sammy, but wonder about him as well...

Passed through Williamsburg briefly a few years back, heading from Norfolk to D.C. The obvious answer (to me anyway), Colonial Williamsburg is worth a visit. Here's a website that covers it fairly well: Colonial Williamsburg. The College of William & Mary is there also, where Thomas Jefferson went to school. Seems like they had a Busch Gardens or something like that there also, but we weren't interested.

Any chance of a live recording from from these dates? ScoJoGo?

My two cents - No matter how hard you try otherwise, there will always be people in this world that you simply don't "click" with. It doesn't matter how good of a person you are, or try to be, or how good they are. It's just the way it is. Dan and Mike seem to be people who don't click. It's ok. IMO it's really not worth spending a whole lot of time confronting each other, because it's not going to change things, just make both of your emotions boil over. Life's too short to spend it challenging and attacking each other, when there are so many other folks out there that we DO click with, and can have healthy relationships (and jazz discussions). I'm here to talk jazz, and other sundry subjects. I also post occasionally on AAJ, and once in a while at JazzCorner (not so much after I finally weaned myself from that "name three people who follow these three" thread ). I like to read posts at all three, and genuinely learn from all three. Occansionally I dip my toes in the politics section, mainly when Alexander posts something that I don't agree with. But even in that case, it's more a philosophical dispute than a personal one - I've never had any reason to dislike Alex personally, and don't expect to. If you don't agree with someone, just move on. Chat with folks you DO agree with instead.

Up for David Gitin & BFrank (and anyone else who may have been there) - How was the Yoshi's show??

It is apparently still the case, at least if you purchase BB at it's "normal" 2 disc price of $27.98. The 4 disc box has an everyday sale price of $23.99. My current offer is "Unlimited $4.99 cds", so the 2 disc BB is currently $9.98, plus s/h.

Dumb question probably, but is there any way for someone to post a complete listing of all of of the BN releases (new studio & live recordings, not reissues) from the last 5 years? I agree with alot of the favorites that people have posted, but it would be interesting to see if there are titles that have been overlooked but worthy. -Erik

My guess would be that this board was established independently of the honchos in corporate Blue Note. I'd expect it was set up by Blue Note Europe, perhaps with BN's tacit approval, or even then maybe not (?). I'd also be willing to bet that it probably won't be a moderated board, at least until the posters over there start getting out of hand (in BNE's eyes). At that point either a moderator steps in or the board does a "hasta la vista baby".

.227 ... looks like I picked the wrong week to quit amphetamines.

Jack DeJohnette - Parallel Realities Jack Wilson - Something Special Jim Hall - Live at Town Hall, Vol 2 Mark Anthony Turnage - Blood on the Floor Yes - Going for the One (Rhino)

John - When I originally fulfilled my membership obligation, it was with a 3 disc box set that was on sale. Since its sale price was greater than the regular price of a single disc, they let me use it as my "one at regular price" requirement. You might look into that and see if any of the inexpensive box sets that you may have your eyes on would fulfill your requirement. -Erik

'k, now that I'm back, can someone point me to that thread with the $2 JRVGs/TOCJs?

I agree with the people who think this was a (cheap) publicity stunt, and was 100% intentional. I'm sure they figured they could explain it away as a "clothing failure" or whatever, in advance. Actually pretty brilliant plan, with a good escape, and it certainly got everyone talking - wouldn't that be it's purpose? There was some water-cooler chat at work yesterday (and today for that matter) about whether that was a pasty or not. Surfing the SH Forum earlier, I stumbled on to this blown up photo, which clearly indicates that this ain't no pasty (as I thought before). She's pierced! PS - If this is offensive, I'll be glad to remove the link. Personally I think it's topical

um...would that be Lindsey? the famous one?

Is it "questionmark" or "question mark"? If it's "questionmark", then it would seem to refer specifically to the object that is seen at the end of the sentence. The thing that look like "?". If it's "question mark", it could be interpreted as more of a statement, namely that the object at the end of the sentence signifies that the sentence itself is indeed a question, i.e. the "mark of a question". Which one is it, ChAoTiKmInD? If you take a pass on this, then couw is welcome to chime in.

Again, I think there are alot better deals to be had than that one, TJazz...

Present company excepted, of course!!! Seriously you guys are great! Wish more companies followed your lead!

Sorry, but your assumption is wrong. That was a cow that had taken the ferry to Denmark to get drunk on some much cheaper and readily available booze. Cheers! Note: It was indestinguishable from the other drunk Swedes loitering about Copenhagen (which is pretty much the case all year round). The only defining characteristic was probably that the cow was unable to pull a trolley with several crates of beer around, as the Swedes often do. Makes them easy targets and much more fun to play with ... Maybe the cows head to Denmark to booze it up, but it's well known in the rest of Scandinavia that the sheep make annual trips down to Hamburg, mainly so they can party down on the Reeperbaa-aa-aa-n... .....sorry bout that.

Wasn't he that "Tomato at Blue Note" guy? I always thought he tried to post as much as possible, and as honestly as possible at the BNBB. He had his moments, but most of us did I'm guessing. And how many companies can you think of that has someone that high up in the organization that actually took time to communicate semi-regularly with their customers? Either way, I always read that as "Tomato"...

TJazz - That's not that good of a deal, IMO. My current offer is Buy 1, Get 2 Free plus unlimited at $2.99 apiece. This includes shipping, but even with that, I recently ordered a bunch of discs, and I'm paying just a hair over $6 apiec for them, delivered. John - That's one of the worst mess-ups I've heard of regarding BMG. I bet if you contact their customer service (through the website), and explain what you've received, they'll get you the correct discs fairly quickly. I've never had a mistaken shipment from them, but others say you generally get to keep the mistake discs. So I'd send that Shakira off to one of your neighborhood used cd stores.

Not jazz, but I picked up the Grateful Dead box set "The Golden Road 1965-1973)" a couple of days ago, for only $50. This 12 disc box set includes all of their Warners era titles, remastered in '01, each filled with bonus tracks. Also included the previously unavailable 2 disc set "The Birth of the Dead", though I believe that is now available separately. Not a bad deal at all, especially considering I didn't have most of this before (only previously owned Workingman's Dead and American Beauty, like most other more "casual" fans). I'm working through the studio material first, followed by the live stuff.

...and if he raises wild reptiles, snuck throught fields of landmines to get to the U.S., and has a girlfriend at Sony Canada, then it will get VERY interesting

The 50% off (or even 60% off) with no s/h isn't always the best sale for single discs. I just ordered about 10-11 discs from BMG, using the current offer I had, which is Buy 1 get 2 free, then get unlimited for $2.99. Also, I had a code for 10% off all orders (before s/h), which makes my per-disc cost under $6.00 per disc, delivered. The one disc I paid full price for is the newest Steely Dan disc, that includes the DVD with it. The rest are either the most recent RVGs that they have or some of the newest Blue Notes - Martino, Valdes, Cassandra, etc.