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Queen Vicki got her prize! That was really cool of you, Steve!

Nice going Ken! How do they sound out of the Extreme?

Nice picks everyone. Great call on the LA4 Ken. Add this one, which is really great on this Concord LP: Ornette is the man, so Vicki also has a great call. I am going to find Money Jungle right now and check that out. Although your pick is also my favorite, the debut should be on the essential list too: Agree on all counts with hungrych, except that there is no question Head Hunters and A Tribute to Jack Johnson are jazz. I think that some of Herbie's early offerings as a leader are essential too: Man, this thread is going to get really, long really fast.

Enrico Rava and Stephano Bollani -- The Third Man [AMAZING!] Charles Lloyd Quartet -- Rabo de Nube The Brad Mehldau Trio -- Live at the Village Vanguard Shelby Lynne -- Just a Little Lovin' B-52s -- Funplex 180g LP with free CD The Raconteurs -- Consolers of the Lonely 180g LP x 2 Big Dipper -- Supercluster Chico O'Farrill -- Nine Flags Used mono LP

This one is truly essential in my book. Amazing arrangements, awesome musicians, and great sound. Just look at the lineup. Nobody knows Oliver Nelson any more, but he was a great arranger and composer, as well as decent tenor sax player, and this was a jazz super-group perfectly suited to the music. Perfection.

We decided to stick with the jazz. Thanks for your input, except for Grawk because the image of Tyll lifting it up has me spooked.

Funny you should say that, because I almost got thrown out of a concert for shouting out some shit when I was in college. The new wavy band Scandal, fronted by the cute new wavy chick Patty Smyth, was opening for somebody (it might even have been the Kinks but I cannot figure that part out) and I started shouting for Patty to lift up her short new wavy skirt. LIFT IT UP! LIFT IT UP! LIFT IT UP! I was a bit drunk and they were terrible so it seemed like the right thing to do at the time. Not sure how that would translate to the Charles Lloyd show.

Prolly right. Makes me want more weird smoked cheddar kettle corn even though I put it away so as not to puke from eating the whole bag. Fuck it, I need a little more.

Two and a half votes for jazz, one for Ray Davies, and one for the Kinks, which is not actually one of the options. Interesting, but I am still torn. What would Jesus do?

Strangely delicious

I saw Ornette a couple years ago and he was awesome. SF Jazz is doing a Wayne Shorter tribute thing this season, so the Collective is doing his music and he is doing two different shows. I am going to one of them, which has a latin jazz twist, I think. I have also see Harland and Rogers before, and I agree they are hot.

True, although there is a chance. I met Roger Daltry, Zack Starkey, and Pino Paladino after The Who show last year, and Roger actually spent a few minutes chatting with my buddy and me. He was very cool. Pete had bugged out the second the show was over so I didn't even see him backstage. Oh yeah, and I drank the last remaining beer in the guests lounge.

I'm not even really big on back-stage, although my college roommate would kill me if I passed up the chance to meet Ray.

Thanks Steve. That's a high compliment from the resident wood-meister!

So, I have tickets to see jazz legend and really old guy Charles Lloyd tomorrow night. He is playing with Jason Moran, Eric Harland and Reuben Rogers, a killer quartet. He is not and all-time favorite of mine, but he is great and, as mentioned, really old. I have seen several jazz greats shortly before their deaths and I try to see the old guys when they are around for this reason in addition to their music. The dilemma arose today because a buddy just sold his guitar to a guy who works on the Ray Davies tour. He offered him tickets and possibly back-stage passes for the Ray Davies show tomorrow night. Because my buddy cannot go, the guy said I could take the tickets. Ray Davies and the Kinks ARE among my all-time favorites. I've been liking Ray's recent solo work and the Kinks shows I saw were excellent. Ray isn't quite as likely to kick it before I have another chance to see him, but he is around less frequently. My wife might pick either, and I haven't asked her yet. What do you folks think? I am stuck.

Hey Reks, did you ever un-collapse? I hope it isn't worse today, and heck, root canals are easy these days. I've had way too many after a youth of rebellious dentist-hating self-destruction. Let us all know how youare doing when you are up to it.

Three 3-level racks from Core Designs that are similar to these. The owner, Arnold, is a very cool guy and a headphone freak as well. And a larger one of these for use as a turntable platform. Sadly, it does not come with the Orpheus.

Mmmm, Vicodin. Fuckin' A, Reks, that sucks ass. Hit and run victim. Leaky roof victim. Burrito store ripoff victim. Etc. Etc. Etc. Maybe you have to get back together with the Succubus Girlfriend because it seems that the timing of that breakup is a little suspect... Oh, and don't fuck around with drinking and Vicodin, either. We don't want you pulling a Heath by accident.

Speaking of which, aren't you working on something like that already? I found a thread on HF about a project for a linear tracker or something. Is that still happening and do you have any pics/update?

I also like it quite a bit and I'm glad it doesn't sound just like Dummy. That would be dumb.

I have the O2s with the 007t and rock is not their best medium. I will listen some more and post up some thoughts because this evening I was planning to listen to that rig with the Onix CD-1 feeding it balanced. I'll put some rock on the menu tonight.

Here are The Tubes fagging out, not that there's anything wrong with that. Actually, somewhere at my house I have a autographed copy of their promo photo, and Re Styles "signed" it with a big lipstick kiss.

Hey Jeff, glad to see you on Head-Case! I was going to ping you on the other site when I saw you were at the NYC meet. Cool that you are in the headphone game again. Are you going to CanJam? Our nutty Florida friends are setting up a pretty amazing show down there... Hope you can make the trip. Oh, and by the way, none of those fuckers from the NYC meet who trashed your gear will be allowed in Florida...

J&R is fine, but you can also search on Head-fi in the member's lounge to find threads on finding headphones in NYC. I went to one store when I was there for a work trip and they had pretty much the whole Grado line on display. Cannot recall the name but it was in one of those threads. I agree that SR-225 is where it is at for a reasonably-priced Grado, and also agree that 325i is the better can but I still would not buy that over the 225. You could also get some SR-60s for knocking around if you want something more expendable.

How is The Ninety Days? WWII is fascinating to me. I just started this, speaking of world wars: