Aggie87

I just picked this one up as well, and give it a solid thumbs up as well. I was in Austin this weekend, and went out on Friday night to see Jane Monheit at the Paramount (nice place - my first time in there!). She's got some nice pipes. This is the second time I've seen her in the past year (caught her last year with Stacy Kent and Cassandra Wilson in Stuttgart). Joel Frahm is still playing sax with her, and was the best musician on the stage, IMO. I got to talk to him a little after the show, and he was very friendly. He seemed very proud of this album, though he mentioned he thought it was less "edgy" than "The Navigator". We talked about how long he and Mehldau have known each other (they went to high school together), and how fun it was recording together after all these years. They were off to Tennessee today, and then back to Louisiana, before heading back to NYC to continue recording Monheit's next record, I believe. Anyway, check this disc out if you get a chance! -Erik

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.

About 6 months ago I picked up the Laswell/Keijo Heino/Rashied Ali (calling themselves Purple Trap) album "Decided.. Already The Motionless Heart of Tranquility, Tangling The Prayer Called "I"", on Tzadik. All of the song titles are about as abstract as the album title... I find it very interesting, but don't have much other Laswell to compare it to (other than his Santana "Divine Light" thing), so I'm not sure this is very representative. Very avant & noisy, and AMG compares it to instrumental Sonic Youth.

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Talkin' about J.C. ... Talkin' about People... Talkin' about Luny Tune... Talkin' about Love... Talkin' about an old Cowhand... Talkin' about Fahrvergnügen! Just recently purchased a 2002 Volkswagon Passat, and have really enjoyed it so far! It's got a small-ish 1.8L turbo, but with a standard transmission and ALOT of get up and go, and is alot of fun to drive, whether just a trip to the grocery store, or a longer drive up to Austin to browse at Tower Records. It's definitely an upgrade from my previous car, a '91 Fiat Tipo. I don't believe Fiats are even available in the U.S. anymore. Anybody else have one of these, or driven one? I used to drive an older VW Passat when I was in high school (79-83) in Germany, though the car itself was probably vintage '75-76 or so. [editor's note: We used to use the bumper of this car to open beer bottles. This was back when bumpers were actually a physically separate part from the body of the car itself.] They have DEFINITELY improved in quality since then. This is what mine looks like, thought it's light green instead (and still needs window tinting). [editor's note #2: the previous note about opening beer bottles on car bumpers is not to be construed as a recommendation that anyone else ever attempt to do this, if you even have a detached bumper nowadays! This was a long time ago, and usually done on camping trips and other high school-type gatherings - NOT during a night out on the town! ]

Wow! And I thought I did well getting this one for $95 recently (I even hemmed & hawed about it at that price, until enough kind souls here helped me see the light). Congrats!

Found a cool picture from 1978: That's Sco with Adam Nussbaum and Steve Swallow, if you don't recognize anybody!

Anyone else have Blake's "Unmarked Van: Tribute to Sarah Vaughn", on Soul Note? I've been listening to it in my car today, and really enjoying it. Mainly a solo album, but with a tiny bit of support on occasion from a percussionist. I also have and enjoy Horace Silver tribute disc, which is still available on sale from hatology, I believe.

Aftab - I mentioned plans for the Star Wars trilogy in the DVD Corner thread. It's apparently coming out in September, and Lucas is planning to do some more tinkering with them.

Things no longer at Disneyland This isn't so much a goofy website, but it is a kind of fun trip down memory lane for any of you that visited Disneyland a long time ago...

How typically ignorant of you Aggie87. Just because the mundane proles with little or no intelligence fail to recognize the absolute perfection that is SACD is no reason to believe that the format will fail to reach it's obvious place at the apex of recorded music. While you may sneer at the format, anyone with an ounce of rational thought is quite aware that SACD is the wave of the future. -always willing to lend a hand! Thanks for enlightening me, JazzMaltz... By the way, I really dig your stereo! B)

up... Was looking at Steve Hoffman's BB for something or another, and came across a Norah Jones thread. Not that big a deal, but two comments caught my eye: 1. Someone asked if this would be coming out simultaneously in SACD format, and poster "tomd" replied: "Blue Note told me they don't think they will be putting out anymore SACDs citing low demand and high costs.Yet- since the Come Away With Me album came out on the format last summer many more people have adopted SACD.one would think if this one sells very well also-there will be pressure to put it out on SACD as well." Found this to be very interesting. I'm not sure who tomd is and what relationship he has with BN, or if he's just a fan and emailed them or something. Either way, if true, perhaps labels are starting to abandon the SACD format? Wonder what Greg would say about this? 2. Poster "therockman": "Excuse me for being stupid, but is Norah Jones Ravi's daughter?"

Another vote for "Live at Yoshi's" - what a smokin' album! I also have his BN debut, "All Sides Now" from '96, which doesn't hold together quite as well. It teams him up with a number of other guitarists - Charlie Hunter, Les Paul, Kevin Eubanks, Mike Stern, & Joe Satriani (!). I dig the intent, but wish it had come off a little better. Worth picking up if you can find it cheaply. Still need to pick up "Think Tank", and probably explore some of his earlier work as well.