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  1. Yes, I read it recently. It's a hearty tome; a bit of Shaw patting Shaw's back at times, but he was at a lot of places, so it ended up fine by me.

    Also out there to read:

    Nervous Man Nervous: Big Jay McNeely and the Rise of the Honking Tenor Sax, by Jim Dawson (but out of print)

    Upside Your Head! Rhythm and Blues on Central Avenue, by Johnny Otis

    Listen to the Lambs, by Johnny Otis

    Midnight at the Barrelhouse, by George Lipsitz (a bio of Johnny Otis - seemed a bit more introductory than some of Lipsitz's other writings)

    Brand new, not read but sitting here, is

    The Chitlin' Circuit and the Road to Rock 'N' Roll, by Preston Lauterbach

    Also more on LA but with a healthy amount of R&B discussion:

    The Great Black Way: L.A. in the 1940s and the Lost African American Renaissance, by R.J. Smith

  2. Sadly I don't think that they make this any more:

    Ben & Jerry's Chubby Hubby

    According to their website, it's still in production:

    http://www.benjerry.com/flavors/our-flavors/

    Flavor graveyard:

    http://www.benjerry.com/fun/halloween/?fg=1

    But in neither is listed one that I liked a lot but only found twice in stores (never in a shop):

    http://www.icecreamsource.com/Dave-Mathews-Band-Magic-Brownies_p_65.html

    hmm, maybe found a source

    The flavor locator is pretty cool:

    http://www.benjerry.com/flavors/flavor-locator/

    and so is this:

    /www.icecreamsource.com

    otherwise, I have a soft spot for Baskin Robbins Peanut Butter & Chocolate, but not really any other Baskin-Robbins flavors.

    And I generally get chocolate & vanilla form Trader Joe's, and that serves my purposes.

  3. I know a few people who have come and gone. It's hard to meet people and find a place here. But also easy to reinvent yourself,for the same reasons, probably. Really essential to find some extra-curricular activities to start making friends, and not do the Work-Home-Work life.

    But there is always a lot of driving.

  4. Does anybody in Los Angeles every return phone calls? I've left at least 30 messages at apartments and room shares and have gotten about 2 callbacks so far. You'd think someone might be interested in actually taking my money...

    Frustrating as HELL.

    No, they don't call back if it's already taken. And sometimes even if it is available, they'll take several days to reply. A weird feature.

    Sunland is good if you get a job in the Valley or Pasadena. It gets HOT out there in teh summer though. But there are mountains and horses as well.

  5. Flying to Amsterdam tomorrow with Big Jay McNeely, filming him as he tours a few jazz festivals:

    Jazztime at the Keppel Castle

    http://www.jazztime.nl/

    Jazz Ascona, Switzerland

    http://www.jazzascona.ch/index.php/en/

    Vache de Blues Festival, Audun le Tiche, France

    http://www.vachedeblues.fr/

    Anyone going to be at any of these, or anything going on in Amsterdam on 27-28 June?

  6. Dear Friend,

    The 10 releases of the 1st semester 2011

    in the sequence of introduction:

    hatOLOGY 682

    Pandelis Karayorgis Quintet

    System Of 5

    (new)

    hatOLOGY 685

    Anthony Braxton

    Trio & Quintet (Town Hall) 1972

    (reissue, redesigned & remastered)

    hatOLOGY 681

    Russ Lossing Trio

    Oracle

    (new)

    hatOLOGY 697

    Steve Lacy Five

    Blinks...Zurich Live 1983

    (reissue, redesigned & remastered)

    hat(now)ART 153

    John Cage

    Ryoanji

    (reissue, redesigned & remastered)

    hat(now)ART 182

    Women Composers I

    Ensemble Fur Neue Musik Zurich

    (new)

    hat(now)ART 180

    Morton Feldman

    Neither (Opera)

    (reissue, redesigned & remastered)

    hat(now)ART 184

    Arnold Schoenberg

    Works For Piano

    (reissue)

    hatOLOGY 691

    Ellery Eskelin, Andrea Parkins & Jim Black

    One Great Day...

    (reissue, redesigned & remastered)

    hatOLOGY 695

    Ray Anderson, Han Bennink & Christy Doran

    A B D

    (reissue, redesigned & remastered)

    Upcoming releases July, August, September

    and October 2011 in the sequence of introduction:

    July 2011:

    hatOLOGY 696

    Matthew Shipp Duos

    with Mat Maneri & Joe Morris

    (reissue, redesigned & remastered)

    August 2011:

    hatOLOGY 693

    Bobby Bradford-John Carter Quintet

    Comin' On

    (reissue, redesigned & remastered)

    September 2011:

    hatOLOGY 689

    Marc Copland-David Liebman Duo

    Impressions

    (reissue, redesigned & remastered)

    hatOLOGY 706

    Samuel Blaser Quartet

    with Marc Ducret

    Boundless

    (new)

    October 2011:

    hatOLOGY 617

    Albert Ayler Quintet

    Stockholm, Berlin 1966

    (new)

    These performances are receiving their first

    authorized release by the estate of Albert Ayler.

    hatOLOGY 688

    Noah Kaplan Quartet

    with Joe Morris

    Descendants

    (new)

    And more to come.

    Best regards,

    Werner X. Uehlinger

    Hat Hut Records LTD.

    Box 521

    4020 Basel, Switzerland

    wxu.hathut.com@bluewin.ch

    Phone +41.61.373.0773

    http://www.hathut.com

    The Journey Continues the 37th Year too!

    Since 1975, an ear to the future

    Depuis 1975, une oreille vers le futur

    Seit 1975, ein Ohr in die Zukunft

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