Level 42 Digest for Monday, July 28, 2003

J, you may be correct about crowds accepting off centered versions of songs, and I share your desire as well. Consider all the unplugged albums. I think, the record buying, NSYNC masses get disappointed with this, though. It reminds me of these 14 year old girls, who when at the end of Eyes Wide Shut at the theatre said that was the worse movie they had ever seen. They obviously went to see Cruise and Kidman and not to see the latest Kubrick offering.

Tom, I do acknowledge Time Out's place in jazz history. And I do like most of the tracks. I meant to convey that to me, Brubeck is not the same "cool" jazz" that some of the others I mentioned are. The more palatable sound is why there was commercial success, not its ground breaking signature changes. I'd be interested to learn that other jazz artists followed this lead. Miles pretty much covers all the styles and eras and to me he is a legend, compared to a great, as Brubeck is.

Andrew, our son won't be coming home on his birthday. I stated you should not judge a player's ability on the merit of studio material alone, to which you agreed. That does not mean you cannot recognize great playing when it's there. I think the earlier 42 material, in particular, indicates the musicianship is top notch. Granted, I can't comment on their improvisational ability over the years of gigs. Enough of the surreal.

All people have moments of stupidity. Some people have more that others, and some, I suppose, live in a constant state. Really, though, most people are much more intelligent that you give them credit for. It is not simply a matter of academics, or culturalization. What about adaptation and manipulation, (in a very broad sense)? Also, now that we are in our golden years, the maturity of the 20's crowd always seems to slap us in the face.

1. US One Man CD
From:	Richard Maybury <rsmaybury @ tiscali.co.uk>
Date:	Sun, 27 Jul 2003 15:40:18 +0100	[top]
Howdy Folks, In response to Eric's comment, there was a version produced in the US which has a glitter like effect of the moon on the CD. I recently missed out of a copy on ebay. Does anybody know where I can get hold of a copy ? Thanks, Kansas City Milkman rsmaybury @ tiscali.co.uk http://website.lineone.net/~rsmaybury/

2. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
From:	Colin Gupta <thegoop @ sympatico.ca>
Date:	Sun, 27 Jul 2003 11:56:35 -0500	[top]
J, you may be correct about crowds accepting off centered versions of songs, and I share your desire as well. Consider all the unplugged albums. I think, the record buying, NSYNC masses get disappointed with this, though. It reminds me of these 14 year old girls, who when at the end of Eyes Wide Shut at the theatre said that was the worse movie they had ever seen. They obviously went to see Cruise and Kidman and not to see the latest Kubrick offering. Tom, I do acknowledge Time Out's place in jazz history. And I do like most of the tracks. I meant to convey that to me, Brubeck is not the same "cool" jazz" that some of the others I mentioned are. The more palatable sound is why there was commercial success, not its ground breaking signature changes. I'd be interested to learn that other jazz artists followed this lead. Miles pretty much covers all the styles and eras and to me he is a legend, compared to a great, as Brubeck is. Andrew, our son won't be coming home on his birthday. I stated you should not judge a player's ability on the merit of studio material alone, to which you agreed. That does not mean you cannot recognize great playing when it's there. I think the earlier 42 material, in particular, indicates the musicianship is top notch. Granted, I can't comment on their improvisational ability over the years of gigs. Enough of the surreal. All people have moments of stupidity. Some people have more that others, and some, I suppose, live in a constant state. Really, though, most people are much more intelligent that you give them credit for. It is not simply a matter of academics, or culturalization. What about adaptation and manipulation, (in a very broad sense)? Also, now that we are in our golden years, the maturity of the 20's crowd always seems to slap us in the face. Colin

3. The Night We Never Met
From:	Andrew Goodwin <nightfly83 @ hotmail.com>
Date:	Sun, 27 Jul 2003 21:15:34 +0100	[top]
>1. Rebirth of cool >From: Norman van den Wildenberg < >express @ hetnet.nl> > >is this the US or European series of Rebirth of cool, as there are two >series. Yes, just to make an obscure CD that bit harder to find, there is a US Rebirth Of Cool Vol 2 which is not it, this is Rebirth Of Cool Too (note spelling). Like I said though, if anyone knows anywhere else to find Black Whip by Chapter & The Verse on CD, please speak up. The other one is apparently even more obscure, and I'm starting to wonder if I imagined seeing it. Motown lady Jennifer, are you able to confirm whether there was a Motown compilation in about 1993 called Atlantic Highways Volume 2 which featured The Crown by Gary Byrd? >5. 6/8 >From: Eric J. Hansen < >ehansen @ worldmachine.com> > >Speaking of which, I just deleted about a dozen suscribers since their >mailboxes were rejecting email (in case anyone wonders how we got to 550 >some odd subscribers.) Excellent... not long now until it's my long-cherished menage a trois with just me, Friesen and Anthony Kay. Mmmm. AG _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself with cool emoticons - download MSN Messenger today! http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger

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