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Re: Jazz Article
by Mark Saleski 07 Aug '02

07 Aug '02

"Tower Records, which has been hurt by corporate overexpansion and Internet downloading, ...." man, i _hate_ it when they toss crap like this into articles (the internet downloading part) in the boston area tower records was hurt by their stupid overpricing. there's a tower in burlington ma. that's physically located about a hundred yards from a newbury comics. newbury's prices consistently undercut tower but at least a couple of bucks...and many times even three or four dollars. i do admit that their jazz section was way better than newburys (which sucks in that department) but still...stuff would be 'on sale' for $15.99 from the 'regular' price of $18.99. screw that! -- Mark Saleski - marks(a)foliage.com | http://www.foliage.com/~marks "Music melts all the separate parts of our bodies together" - Anais Nin

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Re: electric masada reviews
by Mikail Faunus 07 Aug '02

07 Aug '02

Heard the 10 pm set last Saturday with grand expectations. Overall, the set was unremarkable and covered common tunes from the Masada songbook. Their energy peaked mid-set with a brief period of brilliance led by Zorn and Medeski. The show rapidly waned into groovy dribble and a particularly disappointing experiment with a drum synth mastered by Saft. Dunn's basslines were predictable and I heard far too little out of Baptiste and Ribot. Wollesen's undulating rhythms proved consistent with his excellence. Improvisation wasn't nearly as adventurous as I've heard previously; they never tapped their collective potential. In the artists' defense, the room was hot as hell and they played with gusto for most of the set, finishing up sweaty and beat. So many moments of frenzy in the making...never attained. A pity. (but it still beat listening to Zevulun on my shitty stereo - or did it?) Hope to see some of you at the Improv night this Saturday. Ciao, Mikail __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com

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Re: chicago myopic bookstore
by Acousticlv＠aol.com 07 Aug '02

07 Aug '02

In a message dated 8/7/02 8:24:22 AM, regis(a)sounding.com writes: << you're speaking of myopic bookstore. there used to be a weekly monday night improvisation "workshop." the monday night series stopped a little while ago, but i understand there is a new tuesday night series starting up. >> that's the one, regis, thank you. once i went there, yes it was a monday night, and the four musicians doing a thing there. they kept starting, not feeling it, starting again and again. eventually they told the dozen of us or so there there that it's just not clicking that night, and so just enjoy the bookstore. i thought that was so cool of them, and indeed we just socialized and i bought about a dozen books. a fine night. yrs steve n.p.: kevin coyne: sign of the times

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Re: chicago stores and venues
by Acousticlv＠aol.com 07 Aug '02

07 Aug '02

<< speaking of Jazz stores... has anyone been to the jazz&blues mart in >Chicago. >> Dear Darti & Caleb & Crew, I concur totaLLy with wshat the other guys said about the Chi Rec Mart. It's been many years since I've been there, but in addition to the few jazz/avant venues (I think it was the Green Door where, sadly, it was so smoky I had to leave before Jeff Buckley began his performance <sigh>) there is a little used bookstore (Chicago puts NYC to shame when it comes to used bookstores and record stores), i forget exactly where but I'm sure the staff at the Mart or any Chicagoans on this list would know. that has free music of the free variety, usually wwekend mornings. Sorry for being only semi informative. Steve Koenig n.p.: Jackie Wilson: Whispers (Brunswick Soul Classics series_ n.r.: JJ: Portait of The Artist....

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Re: Jazz article
by Ben Axelrad 06 Aug '02

06 Aug '02

The selection is really good, but prices can be a bit steep. European improv labels (hat hut, Emanem, FMP, etc) typically hover around $18.99 -- $20.99, and with our 8.75% sales tax it can be quite painful. The store is run by the same guys who run Delmark, and I think most of the profits from the store go right back into the label (which I think operates at a loss). Ben >From: "Darti Bastamai" <deadlypen(a)hotmail.com> >To: zorn-list(a)mailman.xmission.com >Subject: Re: Jazz article >Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2002 19:48:09 -0400 > > >speaking of Jazz stores... has anyone been to the jazz&blues mart in >Chicago. Supposedly it is the largest one in the country. Im heading down >there this weekend, and want to know if its worth the time. Im refering to >selection/prices etc... I hope its not like most places and fills up on >fifty best of miles davis discs or sells Lacross for forty bucks... things >like that. Thanx for any info > >>From: Chris Selvig <selvig(a)sonic.net> >>To: zorn-list(a)mailman.xmission.com >>Subject: Jazz article >>Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2002 15:08:35 -0700 >> >>Yesterday's Boston Globe ran an article about the ills of the jazz biz: >>http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/216/living/Off_the_record+.shtml The >>classical business has gone through the same thing, and according to the >>Globe is now recovering somewhat, or at least adapting to the new business >>environment: >>http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/216/living/Classical_musicians_seek_new_w… >>I note that both articles lob darts at Tower's industry-bullying approach >>to their cash flow problems. I think the jazz article is a tad light - >>surely there are successful indie jazz labels out there, and I know there >>are stores that sell lots of jazz. >> >>Chris Selvig >>np: The Fall, "This Nation's Saving Grace" >>nr: between books >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>zorn-list mailing list >>zorn-list(a)mailman.xmission.com >>To UNSUBSCRIBE or Change Your Subscription Options, go to the webpage >>below >>http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/zorn-list > > > > >As Ever, >B >Wie licht der eins wegen Liebe >/I denti non possano dire niente senza la lingua./ > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com > > >_______________________________________________ >zorn-list mailing list >zorn-list(a)mailman.xmission.com >To UNSUBSCRIBE or Change Your Subscription Options, go to the webpage below >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailma _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx

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Re: In the Fishtank Series
by Arthur Gadney 06 Aug '02

06 Aug '02

Hi! >AS> A while back someone had mentioned a new "In the >AS> Fishtank" E.P. release combining Sonic Youth with the >AS> Dutch Greats. Could someone supply more information, I >AS> am very interested. > >not sonic youth ... tortoise + the ex >released on konkurrent (http://www.xs4all.nl/~exrcrds/) Yes, the Ex & Tortoise one is great, but there is in fact a new one comming up with Sonic Youth and some Dutch hip cats like Han Bennink, Ab Baars and so on. Apparantly, it was organised by Luc and Terrie from The Ex, but I don't know if they play on it. Hope so! I emailed Konkurrent and asked about the release and they had the following to say: "Releasedate = 7 october and believe me, it's going to be sensational!!" Sounds pretty good to me. _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com

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Re: zorn @ tonic Aug. 10th (Kurt Gottschalk)
by Mikail Faunus 06 Aug '02

06 Aug '02

Spoke with Zorn on Saturday after Electric Masada, he didn't seem definite on a lineup this week's Improv night (August 10th). I'm expecting at least guitar and keyboard in the ensemble. Cheers, Mikail __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com

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some samm bennett, miles davis, joe morris to get rid of....
by Silent Watcher 06 Aug '02

06 Aug '02

sorry for the intrusion, but i have some discs that i know i'm just never going to get around to listening to that i'd like to trader for live shows...for the most part i'm just looking to obtain maybe 3 zorn or zorn related shows for each (a few more for the miles discs), though i'll take cash offers if need be - all are wrapped unless noted : miles davis - bitches brew (2 CD re-release, BMG Club issue) steve naive - it's raining somewhere samm bennett - the big off samm bennett's history of the last 5 minutes (open, mint) kramer - the secret of comedy joe morris - many rings matt darriau parradox trio - source matta darriau parradox trio - flying at a slant the fertile crescent fly ashtray - clumps take a ride jazz passengers -plain old joe carney/hild/kramer - black power jimno live chris cochrane's suck pretty - 3 heads oren bloedow - the luckiest boy in the world thanks. sorry for the post, but i thought this would be the place where they'd be of most interest to people... dave _________________________________________________________________ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com

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Re: Jazz article
by Darti Bastamai 05 Aug '02

05 Aug '02

speaking of Jazz stores... has anyone been to the jazz&blues mart in Chicago. Supposedly it is the largest one in the country. Im heading down there this weekend, and want to know if its worth the time. Im refering to selection/prices etc... I hope its not like most places and fills up on fifty best of miles davis discs or sells Lacross for forty bucks... things like that. Thanx for any info >From: Chris Selvig <selvig(a)sonic.net> >To: zorn-list(a)mailman.xmission.com >Subject: Jazz article >Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2002 15:08:35 -0700 > >Yesterday's Boston Globe ran an article about the ills of the jazz biz: >http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/216/living/Off_the_record+.shtml The >classical business has gone through the same thing, and according to the >Globe is now recovering somewhat, or at least adapting to the new business >environment: >http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/216/living/Classical_musicians_seek_new_w… >I note that both articles lob darts at Tower's industry-bullying approach >to their cash flow problems. I think the jazz article is a tad light - >surely there are successful indie jazz labels out there, and I know there >are stores that sell lots of jazz. > >Chris Selvig >np: The Fall, "This Nation's Saving Grace" >nr: between books > > >_______________________________________________ >zorn-list mailing list >zorn-list(a)mailman.xmission.com >To UNSUBSCRIBE or Change Your Subscription Options, go to the webpage below >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/zorn-list As Ever, B Wie licht der eins wegen Liebe /I denti non possano dire niente senza la lingua./ _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com

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Los Angeles happenings?
by D Dvb 05 Aug '02

05 Aug '02

Hi all, I'm gonna be in Los Angeles, CA for Tuesday through Friday and was wondering if there was anything I should check out, any record stores, book/thrift stores etc. So far the only thing I'm probably checking out is the Ooops tour hitting the Knitting Factory on Friday. Email offlist if you have any suggestions. Thanks a bunch. --davy n.p. "The Indestructible Beat of Soweto" _________________________________________________________________ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com

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