Kevin Bresnahan

That was great! Love stuff like this. Too bad work blocks youtube.com or else I could show it to some co-workers. Later, Kevin

PM sent with questions on: * Sonny Rollins - East Broadway Run Down (UCCI 9076) * Charles Mingus - The Black Saint And the Sinner Lady (UCCI 9077) * Milt Jackson - Jazz n' Samba (UCCI 9087) Kevin PS. In case anyone here knows, are these the gatefold mini-LPs? I think these came out in the late '90s.

I heard she went on to sing in Boyd Rayburn's band.

I have to wonder if this isn't just Miles's heirs trying to extend their copyright control. If they release "Kind of Blue" with some digitally mixed in crap, the copyright, set to expire in 2061, would now expire 70 years from the death of whoever adds the crap. They could do this with every recording Miles ever did and extend the copyright ad infinitum. From the US government's website (http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html#hlc): "A work that was created (fixed in tangible form for the first time) on or after January 1, 1978, is automatically protected from the moment of its creation and is ordinarily given a term enduring for the author’s life plus an additional 70 years after the author’s death. In the case of “a joint work prepared by two or more authors who did not work for hire,” the term lasts for 70 years after the last surviving author’s death." Belden himself got burned by this. He made a Jazz version of Puccini's "Turandot" for Blue Note, figuring it would be out of copyright since Puccini died in 1924. It turns out that "Turandot" was finished by Franco Alfano, who died in 1954. So Puccini's estate (why Puccini's estate and not Alfano's estate?) controls "Turandot" until 2029. Kevin

Correct Clem. I just can't believe a guy like Hoffman (god to some here) doesn't know his shit. Chuck, I just went over and re-read that thread, including the question on post 29 and Hoffman's answer on post 30. What's wrong with his answer? He simply says that raised area on the LP comes, "During the "squashing" of the vinyl to the stamper." If what you're saying is that the stamper is contoured to include the raised middle and edge, what's wrong with saying that these edges are formed "during the "squashing" of the vinyl to the stamper"? Are they not formed then? BTW, I'm not defending Hoffman at all here, as I agree with you that he's garnered a bit too much of a rep as some kind of audio God when he's really just a mastering engineer. However, I just don't see where this thread exposes him as a fraud. The guy has definitely been there when they press LPs. He talks about it often. If what he's reporting is wrong or different from what you've seen, it could be that the process RTI is using today is different that it used to be. Just to be clear, I was only referring to that thread so that people here could click the youtube.com links. I couldn't verify them yesterday at work (I fixed them last night). I think those videos are pretty cool to watch. I never knew how an LP was made. I never intended to bring this thread's conversation over here. I don't like doing that. Chuck, if you want, feel free to take this to PM. I don't need to pollute Jim's board with this stuff. Later, kevin

Hoffman's rep is built on his mastering skills. Nothing to do with pressing LPs. Most of his LPs are pressed by Kevin Gray. I imagine most of what he knows, or doesn't know, is from watching Gray at work. Kevin

On the Steve Hoffman forums, Hoffman posted a www.youtube.com link that had two very good videos showing how records are cut. You should watch them. I can't check the links at work any more (www.youtube.com is blocked) but the links were: Part 1: and Part 2: Later, Kevin

Mount the external hardrive and then it's a simple "Copy & Paste" operation. I prefer to use Windows Explorer for this. To open Windows Explorer, simply put your mouse over the "Start" button on the taskbar, click the right mouse button, and select "Explore". Unce "My Computer", you should see your C: drive (where the files currently reside) as well as the external drive, which could be mounted as D:, E:, F:, etc. - depending on how many other drives are in your system. With Windows Explorer, "Copy & Paste" is "Drag & Drop", which I find much easier. BTW, if these .wma files are protected with DRM, they won't work on another machine unless you re-acquire the licenses. If you copy them over to an external hardrive and try to open them on another machine, it has to be mounted on the Internet to acquire those licenses. I refuse to use .wma for just this reason. .mp3 is fine with me. Kevin

But dated the day before, right? It is very strange. I would be something's up with their server. Maybe they're under a "denial of service" attack? I imagine they have a few enemies by now. BTW, I contacted PayPal about this via E-mail and they got right back to me... claiming it was probably intercepted by spam filters. Don't they think I already looked into that? Duh. Kevin

Chuck, something is up with PayPal. I paid someone via PayPal earlier this week and instead of the usual "instant E-mail", it took a full day. Also, when the E-mail did arrive, it was dated the day before! I wonder if they're routing their E-mails through an Iraqi server?

I can't believe this disc is still sitting here. Does everyone have it already? Very good CD and hard to find.

I'll have to ask my sister Peggy about that hair thing. Her four year old has given her problems with that for years. I think they have it solved today, but I do remember seeing Grace looking like a rastafarian a few times before they got it worked out. If I get any pointers, I'll let you know. FWIW, did you ever try a shower? Sometimes kids like doing things that Mommy & Daddy do. You could even get in there with her and give her a little tutorial. Hey, be glad that she's at least letting you clean her up! Friends of ours had one daughter who wouldn't allow water on her anywhere. She stunk pretty bad all the time. It got to where we didn't want to visit their place. She reeked.

Jim, enjoy these days. I miss my two-year old daughters!! I still love them as teenagers but they were so much fun when they were little and Daddy was their favorite play-toy. I loved giving them rides on my shoulders. I make a good horse.

BTW, Jim, the only way I could get my youngest daughter to fall asleep at that age was to read her a bedtime a story and lay with her until she fell asleep. I would just tell my wife, "Come & wake me up in an hour if I crash". Another thing to try if you find her up late playing with her toys is to let her stay up. She'll probably keel over from exhaustion eventually. BTW, is she still taking an afternoon nap? She may be ready to stop. Try shortening her "nappy-time" and see how she takes it. She might be so tired that night, she'll fall asleep before you finish the bedtime story. Each of my daughters was very different with regards to napping. My oldest napped until she was almost 5. My youngest? I bet she stopped napping when she was less than 3. Of course, she also slept like a rock from 7:00 PM until 8:30 AM. Later, Kevin

I have to agree rather strongly here. You've already seen that Nora is not listening to you and rebelling a bit. She might decide those pretty bottles under the sink look good enough to drink, no matter how much you've warned her. Every time I read those accidental poisoning stories in the news, I cringe, wondering how I would feel if it were my child. Would I ever be able to forgive myself? I have very little recollection of my toddler days. I don't know many people who do. But one thing I vividly recall is the time I decided to see what would happen if I stuck tweezers into the wall outlet. Sparks flew, and I was shot across the room into a closet door. Got a nasty bump and blistered fingers and I was lucky that was all I got. I bet my parents wished they had these wall covers that we have today. My Dad didn't change that wall outlet for years. He left it. All burnt and melted. Every kid who came in the house got a little lecture about what happens when you stick something in a wall socket. I don'y know of one childhood friend who ever tried what I did. Later, Kevin

Jim, first, I have to say, you gave me a great belly laugh. I haven't laughed this hard since my Dad died. Thanks so much. Laughter is the music of the soul. As for child rearing, I'm no expert, but I think my girls are coming out OK. One thing I would recommend is to continue to let her know who is "the boss". When our girls were very young, we saw several of our friends let their kids rule their lives. These kids would "demand" something and Mom &/or Dad would scramble to comply, regardless of how their child was acting at the time. Joanne & I would laugh. Our girls never got anything if they disobeyed or were cranky. Whenever these parents saw us deny stuff to our girls, they'd say stuff like, "You're so strict". Of course, at the end of many of our visits, a usual comment going out the door was, "Your children are so well behaved. How do you do it?" Every child is different. One thing that worked well with our first was holding a favorite toy "hostage". She must have a favorite something-or-other. This object can be used as leverage. If she does something you distinctly told her not to do, the object gets put away while she sits away from it. We used to call it "time out", but in reality, it was somewhere where she could occupy herself away from her favorite toy. You don't want to try the corner. That only works in the movies. Tried a corner once and it resulted in a meltdown. Even if it isn't a corner, she might scream and cry (and it will break your heart), but in the end, she might understand that what she did denied her that special, favorite object and she might think twice before she rebels again. Of course, she might not care less and do it again anyway. For us, this "time out" only worked until they were about 4 or so. Then we had to come up with something else. Bribery works well after 4. Ice cream was the best bribe, but chocolate worked in a pinch. Unfortunately, ice cream & chocolate contain "brat fuel", also known in layman's term as "sugar". Our oldest got progressively nastier with the more sugar she ingested. We experimented with lowered amounts of sugar with pretty good success from ages 6 to about 8. BTW, milk has lactose, which is a sugar so beware. I second every comment about fixing the fridge. Don't pretty-up anything until your kids are all grown. Don't buy anything fancy either. This includes floors, windows, tables, chairs... anything used on a daily basis. It's almost a sure bet that something will happen to it. Just get used to having beat up furniture and appliances until your kids are fully grown. You might even laugh at some stuff later. Heck, I can still see my name scratched into a dresser at my parents' house. Another great thing is having your child around other kids their age. Sometimes, even very young children can spot a "brat" and learn from their actions. My wife did in-home day care. She watched some real screamers. Even my girls used to complain about these screamers. They would even recognize when they were acting like that other child. Kids learn fast. The poop thing really cracks me up. Hey, at least your daughter hasn't decided that her poop makes good finger paint. Try cleaning that up some time!! Later, Kevin - Dad of Amanda (17) and Melissa (14)

^^^^^^^^^^^ SEE ABOVE ^^^^^^^^^^^ Lon can tell you about "bad months". I bet he'd love to have a broken pipe be his biggest worry in August. I hope your better September only leads into a great October. Good luck with that medical maze. I dread when I have to face this... and really, most if us will have to face it some day. I just hope it's later rather than sooner. Later, Kevin

People... enjoy these things! It's life! I'd trade you busted pipes, my job or anything else in my life to get my Dad back, but it ain't happening. You're alive. You're healthy. Take a deep breath. Smell the coffee brewing. Take a sip of a nice cabernet. Make love. Live it up. It's never a bad month when you can do these things.

I have heard that Freddie's finances are not good at all. In fact, there have been rumors that he's broke.

Two sets at The Regattabar, 7:30 & 10:00. I have tickets for both sets. I love this band. Hard bop at it's finest! I think Eric Alexander is playing at his peak and he seems to elevate his playing when Joe Farnsworth is driving him. Anyone in the area who's into hard bop a la Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, you simply do not want to miss this band on a rare swing through Boston. I'll be at table 253. Stop by and say hello. Later, Kevin

He used to post on the Blue Note bulletin board as Jonaskullhammar. I remember I used to think he was Jona Skullhammar.

But Claude, on the ones I heard, these new TOCJ CDs have other problems. Pull a track to your hardrive and look at the waveform. The ones I've looked at suffer from compression. There is hardly any dynamic range (the difference between "peaks" & "valleys". I get fatigued listening to CDs mastered like this. They usually sound better, but the lack of dynamic range just makes them sound less musical. It's almost like everyone became Phil Spector and wanted a wall of sound. It hits me like that. The new Jimi Hendrix remasters are the worst for this. Great sound - no dynamic range. I've started searching for the old TOCJs wherever possible. I am about ready to give up that anyone will remaster for digital with dynamic range. Everyone is pushing up the levels. I don't see it going away. Later, Kevin

I believe Chuck is right. Connoisseurs are limited to two pressings. They are not required to have two pressings. It should also be noted that the reason some Connoisseur CDs are scarce, like "The All Seeing Eye", "Basra" and "Lee Way", is because that whole batch of titles (6 in all?) had multiple pressing defects and the large return rate pretty much sucked up the whole first pressing. As for those West Coast Classic, I told Blue Note at the time of their release that something happened and the market was absolutely flooded with saw-cut promos for those titles. There was a time when it would have been very hard to find a real copy in a Boston-area store. These promos clearly stole a lot of "legit" CD sales. Kevin

I was able to pick up two tickets to the Pats-Broncos game Sunday night. Me & my daughter Amanda will be tailgating in Foxboro! I am so loving the fact that I have a daughter that likes football.

I could have sworn we had a thread here about Heid's work. Did it get lost in one of the server crashes? I know I've mentioned "Da Girl" in a discussion here on the forums. I have a few Heid CDs and enjoy them all. It sounds like I should get my hands on "Dark Secrets". The only reason I didn't buy it the last time I saw it was the cheesy cover. Later, Kevin