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Re: My 2002 Best of
by Eyal Hareuveni 30 Dec '02

30 Dec '02

My Best CD's of 2002: Satoko Fujii Trio-Bell the Cat (Tokuma Japan) Satoko Fujii & Tatsuya Yoshida-Toh Kichi (Victo) Vandermark 5- Free Jazz Classics Vol.1 & 2 (Atavistic) School Days- In Our Time (Okka) John Zorn-Filmworks XIII:Invitation to Cuicide (Tzadik) Steven Bernstein-Diaspora Blues (Tzadik) William Parker-Raining on the Moon (Thirsty Ear) Gerry Hemingway- Songs (Between the Lines) Patricia Barber-Verse (Premonition/Blue Note) Food-Veggie (Rune Grammofon) Tim Sparks-At the Rebbe's Table (Tzadik) Cecil Taylor- Willisau Concert (Intakt) Guy/Crispell/Lytton-Odyssey (Intakt) Misha Mengelberg-Four in One (Songlines) Wayne Horvitz-Filmworks:Circus (Tzadik) Fred Frith/Maybe Monday-Digital Wildlife (Winter & Winter) Guy Klucevsek-Music of the Andes (Winter & Winter) Best Concerts I've Seen This Year: Andrew Hill Solo, Israel Festival, Jerusalem Itaru Oki Unit (with Satoko Fujii & Natsuki Tamura), Shinjuk Pitt-Inn, Tokyo K.Vandermark/Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten (extraordinary bassist)/Howard Wilk-BLA, Oslo Eyal Hareuveni _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 3 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail&xAPID=42&PS=47575&PI=7324&DI=74… http://www.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/getmsg&HL=1216hotmailtaglines_smartspamp…

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questions about music in Gangs of New York
by Lang Thompson 29 Dec '02

29 Dec '02

In a scene towards the beginning the police officer (John Reilly) picks up a music box then quickly shuts it saying he doesn't care for that tune. Anybody know what tune that is or its significance? Maybe it's something I missed earlier. Also the last half of the closing credits has what sounds like an unaltered field recording from a modern city, presumably NYC. It's not IDed in the credits so does anybody have any details? Thanks, Lang

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RE: CD Guides, AMG
by kevin.by 29 Dec '02

29 Dec '02

>===== Original Message From skip Heller <velaires(a)earthlink.net> ===== >on 12/29/02 9:37 AM, Adam Marrus at adamj2517(a)hotmail.com wrote: > > >> Would any of you be so kind as to rec a "guide" of sorts? For example i saw >> a reasonably priced Penguin Guide to Jazz at a nearby record shop recently. >> Is this a reasonably reliable source? Or should i seek out another one? >> Granted i realize that none are perfect or all-inclusive, but perhaps some >> of you could rec some that are better than others. These days i use >> allmusic.com. Its not terrible, but i'd like a coffee table book or two to >> supplement it. I imagine i would get alot out of something like that. > >The All Music Guide has been really helpful to/for me, because the people >who review for them tend to know what they're talking about. i'll admit it, i use AMG alot when i'm in search of info about a band or artist i'm currently curious about BUT even they've written stuff i can't say have proven they fully understand the material. i'm especially thinking about the review of Lovage "Songs to make love to your own lady by" (featuring Mike Patton & Dan the Automator among others). it seems the reviewer don't see the humorous side to the project. which it basically is. a good, funny but very interessting CD.

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CD guide
by mwisckol＠ocregister.com 29 Dec '02

29 Dec '02

****The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD is my most used resource book. There are a handful of reviews there I strongly take issue with, but the batting average for the 10s of thousands of CDs is very high. Two guys have been doing the whole book, so there's a consistency in perspective you don't get in, say, The Rough Guide. The guys know there stuff, offer good insight and recommendations. It's also the most comprehensive I've seen, ranging from dixieland to avant, with a thorough listing of Euro musicians as well as American (the authors are British). Strongly recommended.

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CD Guides
by Adam Marrus 29 Dec '02

29 Dec '02

Hello Z-Listers, Over the last two years or so i have begun an incursion into the musical worlds of Jazz, Classical and the so-called Avant Guard. Before my interests lay mostly in stuff like Zappa, the Dead, Phish, "classic" Rock, my parents old record collection (Beatles folk & 60's stuff) etc. Anyways, the last two years i have opened my mind to a great deal of new music. In doing so i have also opened my wallet. I spend a great deal of my money on Cds and have thoroughly enjoyed many of the recs that i have picked up on from the List. Which leads me to my query. Would any of you be so kind as to rec a "guide" of sorts? For example i saw a reasonably priced Penguin Guide to Jazz at a nearby record shop recently. Is this a reasonably reliable source? Or should i seek out another one? Granted i realize that none are perfect or all-inclusive, but perhaps some of you could rec some that are better than others. These days i use allmusic.com. Its not terrible, but i'd like a coffee table book or two to supplement it. I imagine i would get alot out of something like that. Being 23, most of my peers are a waste of time for discovering new and interesting music. Generally they are more interested in MTV than ICP, for example. Thanks alot, Adam _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963

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Re: CD Guides
by William Crump 29 Dec '02

29 Dec '02

I'm a big, big fan of the Penguin for a variety of reasons. 1) Cook and Morton write the whole damn thing, giving it a consistency of viewpoint. 2) They have an uncanny ability, not always but a lot of the time, to actually describe what the music sounds like, rather than using references and shorthand like "tastes like spicy Bill Frisell seasoned with a little grated Henry Kaiser on top." I think I read that the 6th edition just came out in Britain. Worth ordering now, if the U.S. edition isn't coming out for a few months. ...and a quick check tells me that amazon.co.uk has the book, and amazon.com does not list it, so the U.S. edition may take a while. William Crump ---------- >From: "Adam Marrus" <adamj2517(a)hotmail.com> > > Would any of you be so kind as to rec a "guide" of sorts? For example i saw > a reasonably priced Penguin Guide to Jazz at a nearby record shop recently. > Is this a reasonably reliable source?

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NYC Food (a humble inquiry)
by Tom Benton 29 Dec '02

29 Dec '02

Texas is far behind, I'm home for the holidays in the hills of Virginia, with Electric Masada on New Years on the horizon. I've been considering what to do with myself the day of the 31st and have decided that my goal is to eat something that I never have before. Culinary adventure, food stories for drunken party regaling, this is what I seek. I like to consider myself reasonably well-traveled and well-fed and will eat pretty much anything, but of course I've only touched the tip of the iceberg. Any private replies of the interesting, exotic, or eyebrow-raising would be heartily appreciated. cheers, Tom

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CD Guides
by Adam Marrus 29 Dec '02

29 Dec '02

Excuse me, I meant ICP Orchestra, not The Insane Clown Posse as Skip was gracious enough to point out =) Adam _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 3 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus&xAPID=42&PS=47575&PI=7324&DI=7474&… http://www.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/getmsg&HL=1216hotmailtaglines_eliminatev…

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Osaka
by Arthur Gadney 27 Dec '02

27 Dec '02

Hi! Any good recordshops in Osaka or interesting concerts in the next two weeks? Bye, _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963

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Antipop Consortium & Matthew Shipp
by Patrice L. Roussel 27 Dec '02

27 Dec '02

Anybody know if the following record finally came out? Looks like the Thirsty Ear sampler has an excerpt from it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** - ???: Antipop Consortium, Matthew Shipp 2002 - Thirsty Ear (USA), ??? (CD) Note: not released yet. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks, Patrice.

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