Matthew

Went to Silver Platters this morning. John Coltrane: The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings. Weather Report: Weather Report Live in Tokyo. Thelonious Monk: Brilliant Corners (SACD).

That wouldn't surprise me. The polls show most people don't want him to break Hank Aaron's record, so it seems hard to believe that he'd be a great draw with a new team. SF is the only town that likes (or is it tolerates?) him. I wouldn't be surprised if some sportwriter like Rick Riley would try to organize a boycott if Bonds gets within reach. "What if Bonds broke the record and no one was there?" It practically writes itself. At this point Bonds could save a baby from a burning building and turn around and capture Osama and people would still boo him. Truly, is there any city in America that would be excited to get Bonds and his attitude? Maybe he could go to Boston -- could you imagine Manny and Bonds in the same clubhouse?

When it's all said and done, I think Bonds will be a Giant in '07. I was in the Bay Area this week going to various business meetings , and the word in the papers up there was that there is a "hint" of collusion among the owners to low-ball Bonds, and not make any big-time contract -- we'll see about that.

I'm always sad when the season ends. Can't stand football, basketball is ok, but baseball is the only sport I really follow. Can't wait for February to come, and it starts all over again.

If they come to Seattle........ I'M THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND I'LL BE FIGHTING CHEWY FOR FRONT ROW SEATS...........

Dusty Springfield: Dusty in Memphis

Mr. Nessa has been pimping that one for a loooooooong time.....

By next week, I'll have pretty much all of Coltrane's major studio output: All his Prestige music; the Alantic box set, and most of the Impulse! (I keep buying 2-3 cds a month). So, now where do I need to go? Is it mostly bootleg stuff from here on in? Is there still major label (or small for that matter) cds that I'm missing? Where do I go now?

With my birthday money, I splurged at Yourmusic.com. The dumb thing is that I had all the Dylan's, then in rash moment, I sold them all (don't ask, long story ). Bob Dylan: MTV Unplugged The Bootleg Series Vol. 5 - Live 1975 - The Rolling Thunder Revue The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961-1991 The Bootleg Series Vol. 4 - Live 1966 - The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert No Direction Home: The Soundtrack (The Bootleg Series Vol. 7) The Times They Are A-Changin' (Remastered) Bob Dylan (Remastered) Self Portrait New Morning The Bootleg Series Volume 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964- Concert At Philharmonic Hall John Coltrane: Newport '63 Ballads (Remastered) John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman (Remastered)

Yeah, Merton was really into Dylan, which would make sense because Merton was drenched in the Freach poetry that Dylan seemed to be into at that stage in his career. BTW, I've been thinking about Merton a lot lately, and with great sadness for some reason. Like so many priests/nuns during that time, and after for that matter, he seemed to be adrift in a sea with no map to give him directions.

Thanks for the good wishes everyone, it was an enjoyable day, with a lot of people singing "Happy Birthday" to me today. And Chuck: I'll never go out of my Dylan Phase

Stolen Moments. Love this tune and all the various covers....

I am seeing him at the end of the month. Every couple of days I go to Bob's Links to check out the set list. How were new songs? Did he try and keep them exactly like on the CD or did he change them up in anyway? The new songs sounded much better live, had a harder edge that on the cd. Thunder On The Mountain, for sure, was way better live. By the time you see him, I wouldn't be surprised if the set had six tunes from Modern Times. You should be in store for a great concert, it seems as if the band is getting better each night.

Chewy, you should check out the review in the PI, the Unintentional Comedy factor is off the chart!!! Here's my favorite: Four decades into my Dylan obsession, I certainly didn't expect to hear any of my more obscure favorites, but in the middle of the concert, he swung into "Tangled Up in Blue," from the late 1970s.

Set list from last night: Seattle, Washington Key Arena October 13, 2006 1. Maggie's Farm 2. She Belongs To Me 3. Lonesome Day Blues 4. Positively 4th Street 5. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) 6. Just Like A Woman 7. Highway 61 Revisited 8. When The Deal Goes Down 9. Tangled Up In Blue 10. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall 11. Watching The River Flow 12. Workingman's Blues #2 13. Summer Days (encore) 14. Thunder On The Mountain 15. Like A Rolling Stone 16. All Along The Watchtower The Bobster was in awesome form last night. I lucked out and got a third row seat that was looking straight on to Dylan. The boys came out in the now traditional gray suits with black hats, Dylan in black (of course), who played keyboard/harmoncia. Dylan very much into the show last night, moved around a lot, smiles galore among the musicians, even plaing up to the crowd at times! Very nice vibe to the whole evening. Highlights for me were When the Deal Goes Down, Tangled Up In Blue, Workingman's Blues #2, and Thunder On The Mountain. This was one of the better concerts I've been to in a while -- even the opening act Kings of Leon were very good. I think having the new cd go #1 was a big boost to Dylan, gave some added enthusiasm to his music... and yes, that kind of stuff matter very much to Dylan. Go and see Dylan when he comes around, he and the band are in great shape right now.

Friday, In Seattle:

Sad to see that both Seattle stores are goners, now I have to go to Silver Platters who are just as expensive as Tower. The closing sale is only 10% off cds -- cds that are already marked way too high. *sigh* I use to go to the Tower Records across the San Diego Sports Arena all the time growing up in Fun Diego. Another way this modern world kicks me in the butt, telling me I'm getting old...

I must admit that the ending to this series of novels was a let down for me -- it had too much of a sixties flavor (in a bad way) for me. Also, the plot twist of having the first image and last image of a character be running, was too contrived for me. Still, all-in-all, I enjoyed it much more the second time through than the first. Still thinking of reading it for a third time.

Completely off topic: Wasn't the "Twizzle" the name of the dance that Buddy and Sally found happening in a bowling alley in the Dick Van Dyke Show?

I, for one, am very glad to have Mr. Yanow contributing to the board. Damn, I'm just trying to learn all I can about this music that I love, and I welcome anyone's well thought out opinion. IMHO, some people here are taking themsleves way to seriously, and treating someone like shit whom they've never met -- after awhile, it just is embarrassing, all this trying to score points and using Mr. Yanow to do it with.

You bunch of land lovers! How soon you forget!

Out of town the past couple of days, so I'm late for the party but Happy Birthday Dan!!!

I've opened about ten of my order so far, and the one I've had the most fun listening to is Al Sears: Swing's The Thing. What a wonderful session, just old school swing, played in a nice, relaxed manner. Mr. Sears has payed attention to the way Johnny Hodges plays, that's for sure. I play it all the time now.

Ghost, you and I appear to have similar reading interests. I've been reading a ton of Hammet, Raymond Chandler etc this summer. I can hardly get enough of it! Lately, I've been reading Ross MacDonald (the Lew Archer stuff). I just finished the Galton Case. Have you read Paul Elie's biography of Merton, Dorothy Day, Walker Percy, and Flannery O'Connor? Really enjoyable and interesting to see the intersections among those great lives. The real story of Dorothy Day has yet to be written -- much to dangerous in today's religious climate. She'd pop people's minds and assumptions like a ballon. She also seems to have met, and influenced, with every important catholic thinker of the 20th century.

I was looking through a discography of Evans, and this was Evans' only release on CTI (????). How'd that happen? Didn't think Creed Taylor had that much contact with Evans. This will be a nice pick up though.