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huh? you got it, too? now I *am* confused! no problem to spread it, but it was actually considered to be a little thank you for those who helped burning and mailing my BFT - glad everybody likes it, though! I wanted to have "Reflections" on my BFT, but for time reasons I had to cut it. now back on topic, willya!

Yeah, you never know if there's an actual bass, or if something like this pops up on those discs:

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Oh, and I never had any interest in fluxus, don't ask me why, but I always found their stuff extremely boring and lacking any originality. Duchamp, on the other hand... he was a giant, in my opinion.

Rod, I know what you mean, and believe me, I love some of Tzara's stuff! (Obviously, with my nick, I gotta be a big dada nut...) My point is not this usual process you describe (someone comes out big, others jump in to say they'd been there before but no one noticed back then...), but rather I'd like to urge you to check out Serner! He was definitely one of the most creative minds with words, ever, and he surpasses Tzara by far, no matter how big they came out! I have no idea if anything of Serner's is available in English translation, probably his enjoyable but mostly pretty straight novel, "Die Tigerin", but I'm not talking about this or his criminal novels here, but the rest of his oeuvre. Maybe you read german? There are a few nice dada anthologies around, from Reclam and other publishers, but Serner is most often, even in these anthologies, but a minor character. Also, with Tzara, I think, his getting into the surrealist circles (much much less interesting and much more predictable, is my generalizing verdict, as opposed to the dada movement) did help a lot for him staying everybody's darling. Serner, on the other hand, vanished. There is no certainty about his life after a certain date. The last thing known, I think, is that he taught languages in some Eastern European country, thus maybe the Nazis got him, maybe he started a new with a new identity and no one knew... certainly a mysterious character! *************** Now, just started reading this one (although in a totally different, pinksh, colour): Pretty intriguing, I must say. I'm not sure his argumentation holds up, in the end (from some pretty deep reviews, that is), but the historical part he starts with is very very interesting, and yet another proof that Carl Schmitt's thoughts remain very relevant, no matter how much of a Nazi he was or not. (english title: "State of Exception", available for 12 bucks at Amazon)

Two Chronogical Jazz Classics of Mildred Baileys (coverin 1940-45) - found them on sale, never heard any of her music, before.

Happy Birthday! And keep those great photos coming!

oh no! this is sad! ubu

Stubblefield was not in that good shape when I saw them (there's a thread about it, I think, in the appropriate section of the board). But look out for Wayne Escofferey! I love his playing, told him so after the concert, and he seems to be a very kind person. Eddie Henderson was the letdown, the other two trumpet players present, Gayton and Sipiagin, did some great blowing, though!

Many thanks! It means a lot to the fellas. Greg Nagy Organissimo Mgt Glad to be in! I got their first disc very late... and this is the least I can do, in return to using this board almost daily! Plus, obviously, I enjoy the first disc, and look forward to hearing this new one a lot!

Tzara was not a poet. He was a clever businessman and a thief. Go read Walter Serner if you're in for the original! Tzara translated full paragraphs and sentences into French for his Dada-manifestos that Serner wrote in German. But then Tzara was the quizzical darling of everybody... and Serner the most obscure of them all.

Happy Birthday!

Ubu - have you heard her playing in the Braxton quartets? Don't panic! Yes, I'm aware of that... but I heard not much good on here recent Intakt appearance, and frankly I don't like her ECM-styled "lyrical piano" stuff (this got a not at all cliché-free ECM specialty, it seems - and believe me, I'm not at all an ECM basher!). I'll go for Grimes, anyway, and it's the first time I'll see Cyrille, too, so I won't miss!

What? Oh my god, this is sad news! Way too early! What a great career he had!

Finally sent in my order, too! Had to update that credit card first... me lazy dog, took two weeks to do it, but now I'm in!

Great photos, Mark! I hope to see the Grimes-Cyrille-Crispell trio in May in Zurich. I'd wish for someone else than Crispell, but I hope the two gents will kick her ass to move out of the ECM-ish lyrical shitte zone, for a change...

Happy Birthday!

I stumbled upon this statement and felt compelled to verify it... I'd say: fair enough!

Very nice, Stefan!

To add to what tjobbe said: indeed, relying on what english one can learn at school (assuming Switzerland and Germany are more or less comparable in this regard), you would not get that far. I've also started reading English books back when I was at school, and I suppose that helped a lot. As far as films are concerned, I'm very happy to live in Switzerland, or rather: in Zürich, as you can see each and every film in it's original version, with german subtitles. I'd *hate* having to see films in synchronised version! (I love the cinema far too much to even consider surviving with synchronized films, I *need* the originals, no matter if French, English, or Japanese...)

That sounds like I could skip the Sunday show... What do you think? (Consider that I never heard any of the guys live - so there's a point in seeing them at all, but also the point of not wanting to hear them for a first time in a mediocre setting...)

To add a serious post now: I've first started learning *some* english when I was 9 or 10, in some sort of private evening course for kids, which was fun, since my parents have friends from all over the world, and it was fun being a kid being able to at least try and talk to them... this helped me having a very very easy start with english at high school. Now studying history at University, I have to read English papers quite often, and usually don't have much of a problem dealing with them. However, I guess participating in discussions here is also helping me quite a bit, too.

Uh, well, being half a descendant of British convicts sent to the Pacific ("Aussies" being another name applied to these...) I'll be 13 tomorrow, and I have always been like this. I was seven when I was born, and spoke english fluently as long as I can remember, that is, since two years before I was born.