Matthew

I'm in the small town of Stanwood, WA, doing some "fill-in" work. There was a Heat Advisory issued yesterday, the temperature? 81. Same for today.

I'm always amazed at how little musician received for their sessions, an extra $50 for Elvin Jones! How were musicians ever able to have families with that kind of money? I find it interesting how haphazard musicians were/are about credits on a album, as I said, for writers of films, "on screen" credit is a MAJOR issue, with lawsuits being common.

I was listening to the album Weather Report recently, and on the listing for musicians in the discography, it had Don Alias & Barbara Burton as uncredited. Thinking about this, I have some questions: 1. What does a musician need to do to be credited on a record? 2. If you're credited, do you get paid? 3. What does a musician do if he wants to be credited on a album? Are there Union rules about listing musicians on a record? I know in the movie industry that writers sue production companies to get listed "on screen," do musicians take getting listed on a album with the same kind of seriousness?

You would think in this day and age of photoshop, that campaign managers would avoid these situations where you can put any word you want on that line-up...

Only one I can recommend is Space Ritual, all their other albums, I'm

Ask Ed Freeman. http://www.edfreeman.com/ef8.html I just did. Talk about good karma! Mr. Freeman was at his computer and answered back, like, immediately: So there you have it - it's a SAMMICH! I was reading this thread while listening to Weather Report just now, and I kept looking at the cover, wondering: "What the **** is this?" Then, KISMIT! I come across the answer. Life is easy sometimes....

Weather Report: The Columbia Albums 1971 - 1975.

Interesting. I knew Saul/Paul was a Farisee and proud of it; and a member of the ruling classes; and a Roman Citizen not above pulling rank when accused of sedition. All that stuff in his writings about 'being a new creature' was hype, because you can see that he remained what he was; someone who really thought that the Government should be obeyed, that slaves should obey their masters, and hadn't much conception of what people (even now) had/have to do to get by. MG I think the reality of Paul is WAY more complicated than what you suggest, but that's what makes him such an interesting figure.

!!!!!Happy Birthday!!!!

Eric Ambler???? I never knew this, I'm going have to get the DVDs.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!

In my, not so humble opinion, PT's last good album was Fear Of A Blank Planet, which from the interviews that Wilson gave at the time, was a album he felt compelled to make (compelled in a good, creative way). Wilson tried very hard to make FOABP a hit record, but it mostly got overlooked. After that, I felt the albums had their moments, but the spark was gone. I would not be troubled if PT called it a day, besides, my favorite PT era ends with Deadwing, which was a departure from the more prog-rock style, moving toward the Opeth thing that Wilson got obsessed with.

Happy Birthday!

The Dave Brubeck Quartet: The Columbia Studio Albums Collection 1955 -- 1966. I'm really enjoying this one and very happy I finally bought it. Paul Desmond is fast becoming a favorite of mine now, he reminds me of Johnny Hodges, in that when his solo is over, you get a tremendous sense of completion, that it couldn't be done any better by anyone else.

It would seem to me as if they should to work out a trade, can't imagine Lee being hunky-dory with all this... Don't get your hopes up. Lee is not going anywhere this season. Maybe in the off season. I've seen estimates from 75 - 90% of all the players in the MLB are put on waivers after August 1st every year. It's just standard operating procedure. It is a wonder that when Lee was signed in 2011, it was thought the Phillies would be up at the top of the East every year. Now it seems as if they can't get rid of him fast enough, things are looking grim for the Phillies for the next couple of years.

It would seem to me as if they should to work out a trade, can't imagine Lee being hunky-dory with all this...

Blues and Gospel Train 1964 -- Muddy Waters, Rosetta Tharpe, Sonny & Brownie, etc. Train tour of the UK by Blues & Gospel artists, very interesting. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJwFUp9WTzY&feature=related

You mean you didn't enjoy today's game? Aarrruuugghhh!!! No. Ha! You should talk to my mother, her text to me this morning: "Giants suck"

The Two Escobars. The best of the 30 for 30 ESPN documentary series. Tells the story of Pablo Escobar, the Drug Lord, Andres Escobar, the Columbian soccer player, and how the drug money caused tragedy and death in its relationship with Columbian soccer. Powerful film, with a very interesting cast of characters, and acutely depressing, but very moving also.

From a Michael Keaton interview: Daniel: You worked on Mister Rogers back in 1975, right? What was he like? Michael: Yeah. He was funny, just deceptively funny. So authentic, but also so unusual. I worked on the crew at the local PBS station in Pittsburgh. I was making like $2.25 an hour or something. When you work there, you kind of do everything. And when you did his show, you did everything from pull cable for the cameras, to running the trolley, to dressing up in the black-and-white panda suit for 25 bucks.2 Daniel: Really? Michael: What people don't realize is what his crew looked like — they almost all had hair down to their lower backs, one guy just dripped with patchouli and marijuana smoke, worse than Tom Petty. But everyone was really funny and would do these insane things — and Fred just loved them. And they loved him back. Daniel: So he'd never just lose his shit and scream at a gaffer for getting in the shot? Michael: No! In fact, one time, my friend Nicky Tallo, who was this really funny, big Italian kid who was his floor manager — and I don't think I'm telling tales out of school when I say generally Nick was feeling the effects of smoking dope the night before — or maybe even that morning … Daniel: It was a different era … Michael: So one day, we were taping, and Fred comes in, and starts singing, "It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood, a beautiful day … " puts the shoes down here, goes to hang up the sweater in the closet. And he's singing, and he opens the door — and there's his floor manager, Nick, this big guy with his long goatee, pierced ears, hair all over the place, totally nude, just standing there naked in the closet. Well, Fred just fell down; it was the most hysterical thing you've ever seen. He was totally cool.

In my reality, it's spelled right!

Brett did it naturally! Brett only hit .337 during the playoffs...10 Hr's http://www.baseball-...ostseason::none Bonds .247 9 Hr's http://www.baseball-...ostseason::none Bonds was a terrible hitter in the post season prior to the 2004 run to the WS, so much so that the .247 was a large inprovement built on that season's playoff run. The most amazing / interesting Bonds playoff story I heard over the off season was on MLB TV's "Greatest Games" where they were reviewing the Pittsburg vs. Atlanta series, the one with Sid Bream's "speedy dash" to home plate. Andy Van Slyke was one of the in studio guests (center fielder in that game), and he said that before the infamous single that drove in Bream, he kept motioning to Bonds to play closer to the infield, to make the shorter throw possible. Bonds response: He gave Van Slyke the finger. Watching the reply, it took Sid FOREVER to get to home plate, Bonds probably could have run in with the ball and tagged him out. All those Gold Gloves, and that was the best Bonds could come up with. Edit: To spell Atlanta correctly -- sorry Beri!

Dave Brubeck Quartet's version of "Like Someone in Love." Mostly for Desmond... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RedePifxIw4

Pence was NOT leading the Phillies in hitting w/ his .271 avg. The Phillies leading hitter is Carlos Ruiz at .342. Pence has some pop in his bat w/ 17 homers. Maybe it will work out for the Giants. Maybe he just needs a change of scenery. He certainly played better last season after his trade to the Phillies. But... there are a lot of holes in his game. A good player but not worth the money he's owed. Right-hand power just does not happen at AT&T Park, you have to hit a monster blast to get it out in left field, especially at night, and I can't remember too many being hit out there for this year. So I do not expect big things from Pence in the power department.

I've always liked Schierholtz, and feel that Bochy never handled him correctly, but uses the typical Bochy method of sitting a player for reasons only he understands (exhibit A: Brandon Belt). Can't say I'm too thrilled with Pence either, his style of play if terrible to watch. Edit to make sense