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Right now, I cannot use the iPad with Citrix because my firm has not yet installed some new Citrix Gateway hardware and it will be a few months. We are typically a ways behind the tech curve. I may wait it out. Who knows.

I have to admit to thinking about a Macbook Air instead of an iPad for travel and such. It's only 3 pounds and the iPad is 1.5 without a keyboard/case/etc. The only people I know that have the damn things absolutely love them.

Local Natives -- Gorilla Manor

These, from Master tkam: Just too beautiful to let pass. Gotta sell the ones I own. Anybody want a pair of HP-2s with a SAA Equinox cable?

Conan the Barbarian. Turned the channel just in time to hear "...crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women." Nice.

John Zorn -- In Search of the Miraculous

Where did you get the early release?

Jakob Dylan -- Women and Country Neko Case sings on 8 of 11 songs. Worth listening just for that reason.

The Nels Cline Singers -- Initiate

Absolutely.

Tons of Peterson/Pedersen on Pablo Records. Always find them in the used record bins for real cheap.

Kaki King -- Junior

Natalie Merchant -- Leave Your Sleep

If you buy two more iPads, upon receipt there will be an immediate announcement by Apple that they were just kidding with that MBP refresh notice. The real MBP will be 13", with an i7 stock, and a new carbon fiber body that weighs 1.5 lbs. Oh, and it comes with a free iPad even though the price will be lower than the prior 13" Macbook.

Some good choices already, of course, and Ron Carter and NHOP are among the tops. I think of all these guys as great contemporary bassists, although I am not sure all meet your Ray Brown criteria, per se. Christian McBride -- Live at Tonic, Kind of Brown Eric Revis -- Tales of a Stuttering Mind; Branford Marsalis Quartet (Metamorphosen, Braggtown, Requiem, Contemporary Jazz); Jeff Tain Watts (Citizen Tain, Bar Talk) Matt Penman -- SF Jazz Collective Greg Cohen -- Ornette Coleman Quartet (Sound Grammar); John Zorn/Masada (multiple); Tom Waits (multiple) Harald Johnson and Mats Eilertsen -- Tord Gustavsen Trio

Great conference. You security/antivirus folks are wild!

^^Nice. Andrew Hill & Chico Hamilton -- Dreams Come True

Erik Friedlander -- Broken Arm Trio

Yeah!

John Medeski -- Razin Rim I Lev

But just for a short time, though, right? I thought you bought/traded for some other HF-2s or something.

How long does it take to convert to tank mode, Haj?

Kaki King -- Everybody Loves You

No, Dixar.

Glen Phillips -- Winter Pays For Summer