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http://images.emusic.com/music/images/album/144/841/14484118/600x600.jpg http://images.emusic.com/music/images/album/147/326/14732657/600x600.jpg http://images.emusic.com/music/images/album/147/149/14714905/600x600.jpg The women of improvised music are producing some outstanding work lately...

I guess we're starting to catch the American "psycho with guns" syndrome up here. Three police officers dead and two injured and it sounds like it could have been worse since he walked right by non-police individuals and waited for the police to show up before he started shooting. http://n...

And another piece from July's Downbeat:

Congrats Ron, lucky little guy having family like you!

Had a couple of these at our recent end of tax season party, very nice.

http://images.emusic.com/music/images/album/127/995/12799594/600x600.jpg I'm not sure if this is a new release or what, I just downloaded it and it is a real joy to listen to. Ballard and Grenadier are more up front in the mix than in the previous two releases that I have from this trio so that was...

We just finished watching season one of the Americans. Thoroughly enjoyed it, surprisingly well cast since I never would have guessed that Felicity could be so badass. We then watched the first season of The Tudors, a well-done CBC production.

Well, to say that Hans Groiner's approach to Monk is "original" would be an understatement. Even Hans has difficulty maintaining a straight face at times. He's a breath of fresh air, however. I thought the funniest thing about the video was the comments on youtube where people were blasti...

Very nice review Steve. I envy you for the shows that you're able to get to.

Hans Groiner treatment of Monk's "Ask Me Now", live at Smalls:



Here is a little video to give you an idea of the direction of his artistry:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vjMvnnMCzY Sons of Kemet, very cool stuff. Some other new additions: http://0.tqn.com/d/jazz/1/5/y/D/-/-/rainey.jpg https://www.headheritage.co.uk/unsung/reviews/covers_194/1602.jpg Solar Fire Trio http://images.emusic.com/music/images/album/147/759/14775936/600x600...

Hey Dennis!! Great to see you around here.

I was just thinking of you this morning while I was exercising with my iPod on random play and Scape Grace came on. I'm finding myself drawn to the duo format for improvised music lately and this was an especially nice example of that.

Any new releases?

I had a message from someone and they meant to type "passes in" and the software corrected it to "passé sin".

Maybe I'm just tired, but that struck me as hilarious.

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...

You guys are probably getting sick of hearing (seeing...?) my whining about the weather, but jeeezus...

We just finished watching enlightened. I hadn't heard of it before since we don't get HBO but my wife picked up the first season based on an Amazon recommendation and it was a lot of fun. A bit twisted and dark in places, I enjoyed it.

Do you guys find rowing tough on the neck? Maybe I hunch my shoulders, though I try not to, but I often get (mild) cervical strains from rowing. (I have a Neptune.) No, I actually find rowing quite good for keeping my neck and shoulders feeling "loose". I work a lot at a desk and I find i...

Footballs are doing better, thanks! Claude, yea, I do have a Concept2 Rower, and I just put in a 25min. 5K on it. It's not too hard on my feet, as long as I can flex them without pain. You still using yours? Or do you row at the gym? Yup, I still row most days. I'm trying to go easy on myself latel...