Ron, A roundabout answer. I haven't watched television (or movies) since 1978. When people find out, they often say "Oh, I don't watch TV either, except for PBS (Public Broadcasting)"...as if that is somehow better than whatever else. I guess they feel special. My first shopping experience...

DC-area Safeway stores: If you can barely keep certain items in stock because they sell out so quickly, maybe you should order them in greater quantities rather than discontinue them . Yeah, I can relate to this. I used to go to the pathetic Safeway near Foggy Bottom/Watergate - convenient, but tha...

My wife really liked Skopje. (Keep in mind, we were "tourists", though I was working days.) Really laid-back among the water. Nice cafes and some restaurants. Wish I could go again.

We'd come from Tirana, which we also loved, but the living was definitely easier in Macedonia.

If my flight is on time and I have a bit of time before I'm due at work, I'm hoping to catch my old friend Noel Jewkes on Saturday.

Thanks for the link, Ron. It's the best resource I've seen. If I come across anything better, I'll post it. Unfortunately, my work rampoed up quickly and my opportunity to get to a concert disappeared before it appeared.

In town for two weeks. I'm aware of Chris' from previous visits, and I know Ortlieb's is now gone/non-jazz. Tonight I'm working and missing Uri Caine and Dave Douglas at Ars Nova. Drag.

So...any other decent jazz places?

For people in the check out line: Eventually you're going to have to pay for all those thing you're buying. That means money or some other form of payment. Give it a little thought, maybe even prepare by pulling out your wallet, before someone insists.

Post them here, for the good of all mankind. Restaurants: If a lone businessperson comes in with an armload of papers OR a pair of business people come in. Do not seat them between the family with six loud children and the birthday party for the14 year old girl. Same rule for people who are on a fir...

Thanks, Charlie Haden.

One of a select group of bassists that was, for me, much more than a keeper of the pulse.

I was surprised to hear of his passing on the local AM news station in California. His legacy with the general public must be closer to what it merits than I thought.

Welcome! So where do we find these articles and blogs?

I agree with Devo and Elvis Costello. Most of the others I don't know well enough. In the rock world, I think Led Zeppelin's first was as good as the band got...though other albums surely came close.

In jazz, Louis Smith.

Welcome Mike. Glad to have you here. Seattle's a great place. (Biased: UW grad)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk at Keystone Korner, San Francisco, circa 1974. That was three remarkable live saxophone (stritch, manzello...) performances, all at the same time.

Happy Birthday Jazztalk, and thanks to all the administrators, founders and folks who keep this place going...plus all the people who post and keep things lively!

Work and travel have me pretty much snowed under (not literally, here on the Great Plains), but if I can't attend (much) I'm with you in swingin' spirit!

I haven't been in Detroit to attend in a decade now. That's unfortunate. The lineup this year - like virtually every year - is attractive. More appealing than Monterey or SFJazz or Lincoln Center (though the latter two make poor comparatives, since they are oriented to full seasons of performance.) ...

makpjazz57 wrote:
Scullers is closed in July and Fourplay will be the last group to perform on June 27/28 before the month long hiatus.

Bummer. I'm in Boston, July 12-20.

Highly regarded, but not overrated. Wonderful stuff.

Double congratulations!

Have a great birthday.

I just like a good parade and always want to be part if it when I see one. I don't much care who the majorette is, though a pretty one is nice. (All three of you guys qualify under that criteria.)

I've spent years in the region (Eastern Europe, Central Asia, the USSR and former components thereof). For me, it's like my experience of he United States: there are the people and there is the politics/government. I care deeply about one and the other only to extent that it affects the part I care ...

KMHD, the New Thing program. Actual post bop, advanced form stuff on the radio. http://www.opb.org/kmhd/programs/the-new-thing/

For those of you annoyed by your weather, you can be annoyed by this message too: I'm in Honolulu for a month. My annoyance is that the three weeks I've been here already I've averaged 107 work hours a week on contract (no overtime). I've only been in three buildings: hotel, office, Don Quijote gro...

For those of you annoyed by your weather, you can be annoyed by this message too: I'm in Honolulu for a month. My annoyance is that the three weeks I've been here already I've averaged 107 work hours a week on contract (no overtime). I've only been in three buildings: hotel, office, Don Quijote groc...