Mr. Heartbreak

The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings is essential too, especially so you can have a few versions of India to listen to. Ha! Interesting that we are getting back into talking about Coltrane again. I just reread Louie's old post about Trane and Miles, and I am amused to realize that I just turned my lady onto jazz without actually going through the standard Miles and Trane route. I figured she would be more inclined to like something that you can "boogie" to a little, so I have been playing her bits and pieces of all sorts of different people: a little Hank Mobley, a little Charles Ky

I went on a 10cc binge awhile back, collecting just about everything they ever did. I have to admit I was a little disappointed that I didn't find any deep cuts equalling I'm Not In Love or The Things We Do For Love, but there are some very interesting songs in their back catalogue: Feel the Benefit, Art for Art's Sake, and Life Is A Minestrone come to mind. At the time I was plowing through their catalogue, I was also doing much the same thing with Caravan, and they kind of lost out to Caravan in the Battle of the Bands that was going on in my car. I know, a totally unfair apples-and-orange

I have listened to that entire Coltrane release a good 25-30 times, and it isn't even my favorite. If you like him in the live setting, and are not a fanatic about perfect sound quality, I recommend the box set Live Trane: The European Tours. Personally, I love the sound on those shows, but some people don't feel it sounds, I don't know, soundboard-y enough.

Dang, I can't find a newer "jazz thread," only a couple from 2008. I don't know where the main jazz thread went.... Anyhow, I have been discovering a fair amount of classic jazz over the past few years, mainly from people on Blue Note but beyond that too. Solo projects by everyone from Donald Byrd to Dexter Gordon to Hank Mobley to Elvin Jones. The latest find is a pretty interesting album by Elvin called The Prime Element. Apparently, it has never had a proper CD release, just vinyl. I managed to track down YouTube videos of each song and convert them to mp3s so I can hear them in my car. I

That would work for me. But actually, any Wilco show I can reasonably get to would work for me.

So it looks like this November is the 20th anniversary of the very first Wilco show. Should we expect a celebration of some sort on VC or elsewhere to commemorate it? I know how all you fan-atics are...

That was Fleetwood Mac, not the Allman Bros.

Looks like Malaysia is confirming it went down in the Indian Ocean: http://www.aol.com/article/2014/03/24/malaysia-pm-plane-plunged-into-indian-ocean/20855264/?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D457165 Sad but strange story, whatever it was that happened. I assumed days ago that it had crashed, with no chance of survivors, but I guess the families of those onboard were still holding out some hope.

I guess that covers all the bases.

Sure. Thanks for the LLR recommendation, I am a big fan of the 80s versions of that song in particular. Jerry's playing on it was typically beautiful.

Not sure I am knowledgeable enough about any given year to do them justice, but I'll give '83 a shot, since that is the only year where I saw two shows. 4-16-83 - Meadowlands - If you haven't already heard a drunken Stephen Stills try to power his way through a verse of Iko Iko, you need to treat yourself. 4-22-83 - New Haven - My second ever Dead show, this was an absolute blast. Check out the version of Esau, a very underrated tune. 10-8-83 - Richmond - My next show, featuring the rare Crazy Fingers. Second set: Day Job-> Playin' In The Band-> Crazy Fingers-> Drums-> Truckin'-

Thanks for posting that. I only got to catch parts of it, but it sounded pretty good. Looking forward to catching my first DBT show in June!

Was that before or after Gene and Shannon did "his and hers" plastic surgery? She has had more than one procedure...

I actually don't think Gene would appreciate it, though. I'm sure his rules apply only to him. By the way, for anyone who has seen Family Jewels, Gene's mom seems to be a nice little old lady from Israel who adores her son. Yes, he is a mama's boy. And she clearly has no idea what a massive douche rocket her son has become. It's kind of sweet, except when it's sad.

I still have my original KISS comic book in the same plastic bag I put it in back in 1978 or whenever it came out. Mint condition, it might be worth as much as $150. I will keep it until old Gene dies from paresis as a result of late-stage syphilis, then sell it to the highest bidder on Ebay. I'm sure Gene would appreciate my lack of sentimentality and willingness to instantly capitalize financially on his untimely death.

Very tough. I would say a wild guess would be: 1930s 2% 1940's 1% 1950's 8% 1960's 35% 1970's 25% 1980's 10% 1990's 10% 2000's 5% 2010's 4%

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I feel vindicated reading all this RHCP bashing. I could never see the appeal.

That is "exit only."

Story of my life, right there. Meanwhile, here's a pic of Davey Johnstone from the show the other night:

Agree on all counts.

Yeah, I think I was able to wait until towards the end of The One. That was a pretty discreet time to run to the terlet.

I was in the 6th row, which is by far the closest I have ever been for one of his shows. Wiped out today, though. Post-concert letdown syndrome. That Davey Johnstone is still one cool m-f'er.

I think it was the same as the previous night. http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/elton-john/2014/bjcc-arena-birmingham-al-1bc2d1e0.html