ghost of miles

Just appeared in Yahoo's news box: Brando

Oh, definitely, it's been proven. Now excuse me... more women are knocking on my door.

If I created a monster I would name him Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen. B) I think most of us in this thread can safely & confidently agree that the size of one's post count certainly does matter.

I'm gettin' both of 'em... now who is it who actually does the Shorty Petterstein piece on that one Bruce CD? It's not Bruce, right? Definitely going to play that Welk track!

Full name Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen.

Thanks for the recs, Jazzman! I'm going to pick up some Bruce material when I order from Fantasy next week.

I wish that I had... I plan to play recordings by both on my new show. Anita O'Day was a friend & fan of Lord Buckley & talks about him in her autobiography. Anybody else here read DeLillo's UNDERWORLD? If so, what did you think of DeLillo's Lenny parts? (A couple of his characters are portrayed listening to Bruce in a nightclub.)

Be sure to throw in a provocative comment about Middle East politics as well...

Ouch! Jerry, I don't think they are including the second Sam Rivers concert, which is too bad... only the MILES IN TOKYO material.

Taped the first program of Night Lights the other day; it will air this Saturday, July 3 at 11 p.m. on WFIU. The opening theme music is Mary Lou Williams' "Miss D.D.," from BLACK CHRIST OF THE ANDES; the closing theme is Gerry Mulligan's "Night Lights" (1963 version). Program 1 includes Charles Mingus' "Freedom," Duke Ellington's "Rhapsody in Blue," Miles Davis' "Freedom Jazz Dance," Nina Simone's "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free," Jackie McLean's "Omega" Rahsaan Roland Kirk's "Volunteered Slavery" and more. I'll up the link again on Saturday.

Wow--the board crashed right before I went to bed last night, and evidently revived right before I came to work this morning. Good timing for me, anyway...

Lou Reed, METAL MACHINE MUSIC.

Ladies and gentlemen, Elvis will be out shortly... B)

I think we indie-pop lovers need our own "Funny Rat" thread...

23 year-old stoned-Ivy League-slackers. B) Not this Hoosier boy! Although I've always had a soft spot for pretty New England women with glasses who like to read.

Yes, "Mote," of course--I couldn't remember the Ranaldo contribution to GOO, but that's only because it's been many moons since I listened to it. Another worthy LR song! I saw SY open for Neil Young on that tour. Now, I don't see anything strange about that pairing (hell, when Crazy Horse came out they sounded as if they'd been listening pretty intently to their warmup act), but the 10,000 aging hippies sitting around me sure thought it was bizarre, and responded by booing and heckling SY. "Where's Neil? Who the f#$@ are these guys? They don't even know how to play their f#I*ng instruments!" etc., etc. About 100 of us were there to see Sonic Youth--we could practically point one another out when we clapped at the end of each song. Hearing Kim Gordon scream "FUCK! The word is love" in a big arena during "Flower" alone was worth the price of admission for me.

I have the Rykodisc box but haven't listened to it in a couple of years. Loved 'em... 23-year-old stoned-slacker summer music, and I mean that as a compliment. B)

I like the one he did with Ran Blake.

My first Braxton was one of the Delmarks (THREE COMPOSITIONS, I think) but what really opened the door was the WILISAU 1991 box. Call me crazy, call me off the wall... just don't call me while I'm listening to AB.

I'm trying--trying--to hold off on the Farlow until the Herman comes out, so that I can order them together & save a bit on the shipping. On top of that, I just came across a "used" complete Billie Holiday on Verve that's in nearly mint condition, and I want to place a large Fantasy order before they're sold to Concord. Anybody got a spare grand to lend me?

I read that a few years back Thurston sold all (most?) of his old punk vinyl and used the $$ to buy rare free jazz records. Yes, Thurston is way into free jazz and has made some records w/others in that vein. I used to be quite the SY head--in fact, one of my cats is named after Moore. (People always think he's named after Thurston Howell III. ) Got off the train around '93 or so, got back on when MURRAY STREET came out. You guys have piqued my interest, and I'll check out SONIC NURSE. IMO--granted, my 80s-indie roots make me a prejudiced party--it's a toss-up between BAD MOON RISING & EVOL when it comes to SY's greatest album. Maybe EVOL by a nose. SISTER is tremendous, and DAYDREAM, which has dated just a bit for me, is also very strong as well. GOO & DIRTY are more "mainstream," I suppose, but definitely worth picking up. They certainly retain the SY spirit. And yeah, I always listen for the one Lee Ranaldo song--I love 'em! "In the Kingdom #19," "Pipeline/Kill Time," "Eric's Trip," "Wish Fulfillment"--also "Genetic," a DIRTY b-side which I think made the new deluxe edition. His songs are always trippy/mystical--he's the George Harrison of Sonic Youth (guess that makes Kim John Lennon, and Thurston a cross between Paul & Ringo... B) ) Speaking of George, anybody ever hear SY's cover of "Within You Without You" for a 1988 British charity LP, SERGEANT PEPPER KNEW OUR FATHERS? Incredible!

I've wanted to pick this one up for a long time... I'll look for your name when I do.

My Riverside LP of George Russell's 'Stratusphunk' has indeed liner notes by Chris Albertson I just got David Young and David Baker to both autography my CD of it... didn't realize that Chris wrote the liner notes, as I haven't read them in a long time! Just makes it that much cooler. I'm about to start writing liner notes for a 2-CD anthology of Indiana jazz that I'm putting together, and I'm a bit nervous about it... so Organissimo is a good place for me to hang out, surrounded by all these talented vets.

That's great news if the Mulligan set is doing so well; didn't Cuscuna say they'd look into releasing some of the live material if this one succeeded? Hey Wesbed, the New Orleans set appears to finally be gone! Glad I got one.