Stefan Wood

Jeez. Heavy reading, guys! OK, I read the latest Harry Potter. Cotton candy fluff, but more enjoyable than the book on the History of East Asia, which I am going through slooooowly.

No, Green Lantern.

Yes, you are right, they are separate sessions on that cd.

Indeed!

la banda sin saxó: ← My bad, but Cachao did play with a New York City group in the early 60's. Clark Terry and two sax guys - Emilio Peñalver and Virgilio Lisama . "From Havana to New York" it's called.

It's hot. Damn hot. Tarzan can't stand this kind of heat.......

I think track three is from Cachao's Legendary Descarga Jam Sessions, from the late 50's.....

Yes, BIG thumbs on on the Sonny Criss.

THE YOUNG ONES!!!!!!! Oi!!!!!!!

The thing I always found interesting about PKD's fiction is his vision. With maybe a few exceptions, I felt he was telling the same story over and over again, but from many different angles. A Scanner Darkly, UBIK, Three Stigmata, and Flow My Tears are the books I still hold on to.

Got mine in the mail yesterday. Only had time to listen to the first disc - the sound is fine, and the playing is red hot. The King Curtis/ Memphis Horns material surpassed my expectations! Billy Preston guests on one cut, My Sweet Lord by George Harrison. I guess that is the only quibble I have is the choice of songs, but this was a deliberate decision, as they were playing for mostly white audience. You got your Led Zeppelin, Moody Blues, Simon and Garfunkel, Beatles, etc. in there, but King Curtis and Aretha just make them their own tunes. Great!

BIG thumbs up!

Yes, but what about the grease? I don't want my soul to be touched, I want it deep fried!

How are the Val Lewton movies with Boris Karloff? ← I have only seen Body Snatcher,(Just checked allmovie.com, and all 3 Karloff/Lewton films were made in 1945!) but it is an excellent film!(My favorite Karloff film is the little known "The Walking Dead") Karloff, is just mesmerizing, just amazingly creepy! Here is a blurb from allmovie about Body Snatcher, but see the film, don't go there and have the ending spoiled! Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi were given top billing in the Val Lewton-produced The Body Snatcher, but the film's protagonist is played by Henry Daniell. A brilliant 18th century London surgeon, Daniell can only make his humanitarian medical advances by experimenting on cadavers, which is strictly illegal. Karloff plays a Uriah Heep-type cabman who is secretly a grave robber, providing corpses for Daniell's research. ← I go to a figure drawing session in Chinatown in DC once a week -- artists and ex museum people go there to unwind and draw for three hours. One person who shows up from time to time is Val Lewton Jr. -- the son of the director! He used to work in the Museum of American Art (as curator I believe), and is now a full time artist. He mentioned that this set was coming out soon......

This might be a misreading of the signals. ← Could be, but I'm an optimist this week.......

I hadn't read sci fi fiction in years, until a friend of mine lent me a couple of books by John Brunner: Stand on Zanzibar and The Sheep Look Up. Amazing works, and damn near prophetic.

At the very least, it is a nice sign that Concord is supporting vinyl. Dropped prices on OJC cds, as well.

This is a KILLER disc:

Thanks!

Look for that Gil Evans SACD while you're at it. In stereo for the first time and a good album!

Listened to the first disc of the Slack Select set -- some fine music!

I've lost my mind. I ordered the Franklin/Curtis as well. 42 unreleased tracks? A no brainer.

Glorious tube sound for compressed mp3 audio! Hallelujah! It is overkill............

Again, GO NATIONALS!!!!

Jazz is the fountain of youth! Thanks!