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Next he may start listening to The Cure.... LouieB

My son hates Dylan covers but he might like that .... I am waiting for the official release myself. LouieB

Not sure who this is, but if it is who I think it is, she is feeling better. LouieB

Crowd noise is fine, but there is little excuse at this point for muddy sound like that, unless one is trying to reproduce the REAL sound at an ordinary show (which this shouldn't have been.) I don't mean to be that critical, because I really like the Sadies and have seen them back up both Langford and Case (what's with Jon Spenser anyway and why start disk too off with that nonsense???) as well as seen them by themselves and I think they are the best. It is possible to get good sound from even a shitty sounding hall if you record the musicians and NOT the hall. This isn't 1965 or so when pe

Yes he is. He was part of one of the original Compass Players/Second City casts so that's from a long time ago. I saw this movie with my family and we all dug it. Great writing and performances in general. Funnier than shit for sure and more than a bit dark. LouieB

I listened to it in the car yesterday. Is there any particular reason the sound HAS to be this mushy or was it just the sound in the car I was in? Way too much crowd noise too. It sounds like it was recorded IN the crowd, like a bootleg. Great stuff though in general. LouieB

I am sitting at the business center at the Hampton Inn in Carbondale after dropping TG off at school. LouieB

I have three Dual turntables (none as fancy as this), all of which I am getting rehabed in sequence. I would visit your local stereo repair store and see what kind of used turntables they might have rehabed and would like to sell. You can also get an older receiver that way with phono inputs. LouieB

One tenth of one percent..do early beastie boys count? LouieB

I don't know shit about this guy, but that thought crossed my mind too. however I am sure there are details that the investigators have held back (I hope) that would link him to the crime. LouieB

You have a point, but by the time they recorded the sides they are famous for, they were working in Chicago and I guess you could say Chicago sounded alot like New Orleans. Armstrong's major contribution to that sound was breaking away from a strictly ensemble arrangement and playing solos, which is what makes the hot 5s and 7s unique for the time and makes them Chicago rather than New Orleans jazz. What always amazes me about Jelly Roll Morton & His Red Hot Peppers' recordings are how great they sound. Between Morton and the Victor engineers they really knew what they were doing, co

Yea...thats a good idea too....(Armstrong and Morton's early recordings were made in Chicago of course...) LouieB

Hey...Happy Birthday. LouieB

I saw the movie, but can't remember what the music sounded like.... edit-I checked the Internet Movie Data Base and I had forgotten that Calexico are the musicians. Is that the scene you mean? I guess there are also some jazz scenes, so it must be more like lounge music. edit two- Here is the listing of musicians, try getting the soundtrack and go from there. LouieB

Last day of work until next Wednesday....time to take TG back to Carbondale..... Before we go we are hitting the Bottle Rockets show tomorrow night at Schubas if anyone wants to join us. LouieB

Is Jay going out on tour? LouieB

Come on by.... LouieB

As I have related many times here, seeing Kirk live is one of the things that turned me on to jazz in the first place. His Atlantic albums after adding Rahsaan are pretty good too. Jackie McLean got a nice thread after his unfortunate passing. LouieB

As pointless as it is, I read through it as well, because alot of great and classic songs were written during my formative years. Most contemporary songwriters should take a long hard look at these songs for models and inspiration. I think some songwriters need to go back to basics sometimes. LouieB

Actually the Village Vanguard material is marvelous...well worth the investment. I am not sure how many CDs it turns out to be, but I have three LP sets of it, two that are doubles, so that is a total of 5 LPs and I bet the CDs include a ton more stuff. What is so interesting about it (aside from the unbelieveable performances by the quartet of course, as I recall it is the quartet and Eric Dolphy on some of it...) is it sounds like the place is half empty. Either that or people are just under-reacting to the whole scene. Hard to tell really. LouieB

Where is the new job?? LouieB

What have I missed here? Last day of work?? Not feeling well??? LouieB

Really, buy everything used if you can. That way you can take all kinds of chances. Regarding Miles and Trane... sure they are the greatest, but they are not the only game in town, which is why I suggest some comps and some samplers. Most people like us like the modern jazz, either starting with bebop or hard bop or progressive. There is nothing wrong with that, but there are a couple generations of jazz prior to that and even a couple after that. Jazz history is 100 years old and you can hear nearly all of it. Just like none of us would consider only listening to Bob Dylan and the Beat

You can't go wrong with anything on the above list; lots of classic stuff on it. LouieB

For guitarists, try VC fan favorite Django Reinhardt or one of the great originators, Charlie Christian. LouieB