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Home Movies episodes off of Adult Swim.

It's too bad Allen that you can't get it published, I'm sure it would be a great read. Nice idea about the blog also, I enjoy your more lucid moments (and lesser ones also!).

Arnold Schoenberg's Journey by Allen Shawn. Very interesting book, I'll have to buy some Schoenberg cds and have a listen.

Amen to that! Too often it's the liners that give the history of the era, and I'm always suspicious of how people remember the rock era of 1963-1969. Maybe one of these days someone will be able to write a good, insightful, account of rock during the 1960's.

I'm still thinking about getting the Artie Shaw Mosaic, even though I have 90% of the stuff already. However, the Jazz Crusaders or the Anthony Braxton look tempting also. Decisions, decisions...

That all my be true, but my contention is that, every biography I've read of the guitar players from that era, it is near unanimous that the two major influences were Jeff Beck & Eric Clapton. They were the ones people listened to and based their playing off. Gurley did have some great solos, but if you weren't in on the San Francisco scene, how would you know? Anyway, I don't want to empty my bladder pissing on someone's grave -- Gurley did major work, and his passing is a loss. RIP

I hope Gurley truly rests in peace, but the above quote -- what bs

According to an ESPN report: I really would hate to see Brandon Morrow go, I think he has the talent to be a very good starting pitcher. That also would make the second no.1 Mariner daft pick to be traded, with Phillippe Aumont going in the Lee trade. Jack Zduriencik is really cleaning out everything that Bill Bavasi left behind.

Off topic, but Rod, it's nice seeing you post again, I missed your thoughts.

The Source: The Untold Story of Father Yod, Yo Ha Wa 13, And The Source Family. Written by Isis Aquarian, who was one of Father Yod's many wives and historian of the Source Family. Interesting story of Los Angeles in the early part of the 1970's, which in some ways was a stranger era than anything in the 60's. It's sad, funny, inspirational, and frustrating, all at the same time. Just a story about a lot of lost people looking for purpose in their lives, and found it in Jim Baker, aka, Father Yod. I always find these stories amazing -- a number of these people show up from the Mid-West, and after a day, they hook up somehow with The Source Family. Nice cd included with the book. Still, it all left me with a sad feeling.

Oscar Peterson. Disk two. My first listen, as I bought this set this morning, and I love it. Great, swinging music. It made me order the Canadian box thingy.

Went to Amoeba's today to get myself a Christmas present, and I found great prices on these two pristine used Oscar Peterson box sets: Clef/Mercury Studio Recordings of the Oscar Peterson Trio (1951-1953) Mosaic Records Debut: The Celf/Mercury Duo Recordings 1949-1951 Hip-O-Select Amoeba must have a new pricer for used cds because together the price came to $123.56. Usually Amoeba gives you no favors in pricing Mosaics or othe box sets of worth.

Wow!!! Thanks for the information of the Hep cd coming out, I didn't hear that. You're right, that is very exciting news.

It's the continuous Christmas music that sets my teeth on edge, jeesh, I absolutely cannot stand "holiday music" in any manner. The words to 99% of it is on the level crap that is frozen to MG's front lawn. Awful, awful,awful. Christmas is by far my least favorite holiday season. The day itself, and what it stands for religiously is great, but the circus that surrounds it -- Bah, humbug!

Keith Olbermann being a downer on the Milton Bradley trade for the Mariners. Mr. Buzzkill's article.

I have a copy of Shaw's The Last Recordings Vol. II: The Big Band, and it's my understanding that after the Shaw Big Band closed at the Click Club in December of 1949, they recorded thirty-five transcriptions, and this cd has only sixteen of those. I'm sorry if this has been answered here before but I don't think I read it, but are there cds that have all the music this last incarnation of the Shaw Big Band made?

I've had to make many drives to Northern California and Tucson in the past months, and I always wind up listening to a couple of hours of Sirius XM U, which is the "indie rock" satellite radio station. I guess you could say it's influencing my taste in rock. Look on the bright side -- I could have linked The Big Pink: Dominos.

OH MY GOSH!! I cannot tell you how much I love this single from Avi Buffalo, great pop music. Avi Buffalo: What's In It For

It just seems as if the Phils jumped the gun on this one, they didn't even give it time. This excuse of wanting to restock the farm system, any trade of Lee, at anytime during the season, could have done that. Granted, it would have hard for Philly to make that trade during the season if Lee was lights-out, but certainly, I think a better trade was there later on in the year. Philly should have made an effort to sign Lee, and if it didn't happen before spring training, then I can see a trade in that circumstance.

Well, you got me there Johnny E., I didn't really look up Lee's Al record, but you're right.

Yeah, the Mariners' didn't give up anything of high value to get Lee. Just a strange move by the Phillies, but it's also a strange move for the Mariners because I don't think they can sign Lee, so it looks like one year and out for him. Not a good way to build up a team, but we'll wait and see. Plus, Lee seemed to be more effective in the NL than the AL. It's a great deal if Lee pans out, but at this point, I have a lot of questions.

Do you sense that they were having an off day, or was there something weird going on between SG & BE? I think it's both in this case. While a couple of things work, there just seems to be a lack of connection between Getz & Evans. In some way, even though they have similar styles, yet, at the root of the thing, there is, to my ears, a lack of compatibility between the two. But, who knows, maybe they couldn't get a score that day, so they were off.

The latest is that Halladay and the Phillies have agreed to a contract extension, so it looks like it's on -- I hope the the Mariners can ink Lee to a contract also, but I have my doubts.

Hey, I'd be just as thrilled to have Happ on the M's. The Phils have some terrific lefties, so here's hoping we get one of them. I have a feeling if this deal isn't done today, it's over.

J.D. approves...