thatpatguy

wow man.. that's sad.

I, like you ollie, have many childhood memories of Brian.

I actually have the last Jazz 106 christmas show on cassette to this day. I really need to transfer it over to CD.

I have never forgiven CHEZ for canning him. I got the feeling it really sucked the wind from his sails.

I got to know him a bit from playing in countless blues and r&b bands around town. He could really talk your ear off if you let him.

I have to say, it gets me a bit worked up to see CHEZ post something like that in their news. They were ones who canned him, who took such a great resource off the air, someone who no doubt introduced blues, jazz, soul and roots rock to a generation or two during his time at CHEZ.

They cut him because they were chasing that almighty dollar..

ok.. I'm getting worked up now.. I'll stop..

Bye Brian, thanks for the music, the knowledge and the time out of your day to share all that you had!

hey man.. happy birthday eh!

I haven't liked Ryan Adams since he did Summer of 69

I mean what was that cheese ass song he did for that Robin Hood movie?

Give me Run To You any day man!

Ryan Adams for ever!

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I saw Ornette Coleman play at the Montreal Jazz Festival. It was amazing on a technical level, but for me, asthetically, it was complete noise.

I'm down with some pretty open and free jazz ideas, but this was too much for my ears.

The band consisted of a horn section (IIRC it was two saxophones, trombone and trumpet) and then two complete rhythm sections (two drummers, two pianists, two bass players) and then Pat Metheny was sitting in (like he does for just about any big gig at the Montreal Jazz Festival).

What was so crazy was the two rhythm sections played at the same time, but in two different times, feels and keys (or at least that's what it sounded like to me). The heads of the songs (played by the horns) would jump back and forth following either rhythm section.

Then, when it was your turn to solo, you could pick a rhythm section and follow them, or switch half way through your solo, or half through the bar you were playing.. or whatever your heart desired.

So anyway, technically, it was amazing. The skill these guys had to keep everything that was going on on stage straight in their head was mindblowing. But it was just too much unorganized noise for my ears. I will, however, always recognize the importance that Coleman has in the history of jazz music. He is an inovator!

Who's Bob?

Since BradM is partying it up down in Vegas this week I'll fill in, at least for this thread:

from http://www.rhino.com

specifically http://www.rhino.com/rzine/columnists/lefsetz/index.lasso

Bob Lefsetz, Santa Monica-based industry legend, is the author of the e-mail newsletter, "The Lefsetz Letter". Famous for being beholden to no one, and speaking the truth, Lefsetz addresses the issues that are at the core of the music business: downloading, copy protection, pricing and the music itself. His intense brilliance captivates readers from Steven Tyler to Rick Nielsen to Bryan Adams to Quincy Jones to EVERYBODY who's in the music business. Never boring, always entertaining, Mr. Lefsetz's insights are fueled by his stint as an entertainment business attorney, majordomo of Sanctuary Music's American division and consultancies to major labels.

wait. your sentence kinda makes sense to me now...

that was a doozy though.

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yeah.. I had to read it like 12 times as well

and ollie, I know RD would be the better person to answer this, but another friend of mine is also a bus driver and she said that she feels the bigges reason why drivers don't stop when you are running after the bus and they are pulling away from the stop is that they are totally concentrating on pulling back out into traffic and not having an accident so they don't see you at all.

I dunno though.. I suppose if you are right at the door and stuff they'll probably see you.. just passing on the info I got

My cat's breath smells like cat food

I know eh.. for a town with so many bloody universities and colleges and such you'd think we'd have a kick ass live music scene

I wouldn't worry about that. THe simple fact is that montreal probably has too many venues in the 150-300 person range. I can think of at least 10 in the general "plateau" area just off the top of my head. It's not that big of a city, so the less popular ones will have a tough time.

can you loan Ottawa some? we don't have many anymore

I played there twice with The Crowd.. never felt like we fit in.. but I could have seen how a funk/acid jazz band could have done really well there. Too bad another live music place has bitten dust.

the Stewie one was done by a company here in Ottawa.. not bad for some hometown folks

Hey everyone,

If you don't already have plans come on by Tucon's for The Crowd's hallowe'en party (and costume competition). The show will get going around 9:00pm.

Tucson's is on the south end of Bank Street at Hunt Club and the gig is this Friday, October 28th.

I've been using Soulseek for a couple of years now.. I love it.. and no spyware problems for me either.

My user name is thatpatguy (go figure eh).

I'm in the process of changing computers at home so I don't have many mp3s up yet.

my buddy Dan recommends Dr. Ferhana Jaleel, 225-5707, http://www.vollmerjaleel.com/

he had a pile of work done there.. some reconstructive stuff even.. way more than your general cleaning or cavity.. and was really impressed.. he even said it was "virtually pain free"

just my 2 cents

Thursday night reggae night is so 90s man

Great to see Ras Lee out again though.. let me know what it's like and if you recognize anyone in the band

another great place to look is http://www.sourceforge.net

It's a repository of open source applications. There are lots of great apps in there. There are some apps I got from there that I use pretty much daily.

what kind of software? stuff like photoshop and what have you is easy enough to find either on p2p networks or through torrents. You gotta be careful with that stuff though because it's real easy to clog your system up with data harvesting viruses. They may not erase your harddrive, but they can really suck down performance.

everyone (including me) has forgotten this classic of the genre

Marijuana may spur new brain cells

By STEVE MITCHELL

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Scientists said Thursday that marijuana appears to promote the development of new brain cells in rats and have anti-anxiety and anti-depressant effects, a finding that could have an impact on the national debate over medical uses of the drug.

Other illegal and legal drugs, including opiates, alcohol, nicotine and cocaine, have been shown to suppress the formation of new brain cells when used chronically, but marijuana's effect on that process was uncertain.

Now, a team led by Xia Zhang of the department of psychiatry at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon may have found evidence the drug spurs new brain cells to form in a region of the brain called the hippocampus, and this in turn reduces anxiety and depression.

Marijuana appears "to be the only illicit drug whose capacity to produce increased ... neurons is positively correlated with its (anti-anxiety) and anti-depressant-like effects," Zhang and colleagues wrote in the November issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation. The paper was posted online Thursday.

In the study, rats were given injections of HU210 -- a synthesized version of a cannabinoid chemical found in marijuana -- twice per day for 10 days.

Zhang told United Press International this would be "a high dose" of smoked marijuana, but he added he is not certain how many equivalent joints it would take or whether patients now using the drug typically would be getting this much HU210.

Although HU210 was injected, Zhang said there would be no difference if it was obtained by smoking marijuana.

The rats showed evidence of new neurons in the hippocampus dentate gyrus, a region of the brain that plays a role in developing memories.

Zhang's team suspected the new brain cells also might be associated with a reduction in anxiety and depression, because previous studies had indicated medications used to treat anxiety and depression achieve their effect this way.

To find out, they treated rats with HU210 for 10 days and then tested them one month later. When placed in a new environment, the rats were quicker to eat their food than rats that did not receive the compound, which suggested there was a reduction in anxiety behaviors.

Another group of rats treated with HU210 showed a reduction in the duration of immobility in a forced swimming test, which is an indication the compound had an anti-depressant effect.

Asked how he thought the findings might impact the debate over using marijuana to treat medical conditions, Zhang said, "Our results indicate cannabinoids could be used for the treatment of anxiety and depression."

He added that his view is "marijuana should be used as alcohol or nicotine," noting "it has been used for treating various diseases for years in other countries."

Last June the U.S. Supreme Court voted 6-3 that the federal ban on marijuana supersedes the laws of certain states that allow the substance to be used for medicinal purposes, such as the treatment of pain, nausea in cancer patients and glaucoma. Eleven states have passed laws legalizing marijuana use by patients with a doctor's approval, including California, Alaska, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Vermont and Washington.

The Bush administration, through the Department of Justice's Drug Enforcement Agency, began conducting raids in California in 2001 on patients using marijuana. Two of those arrested by the DEA -- Angel Raich, who suffers from brain cancer, and Diane Monson, who used the drug to help alleviate chronic back pain -- sued Attorney General John Ashcroft, requesting a court order to be allowed to grow and smoke marijuana, which led to the Supreme Court decision.

Paul Armentano, senior policy analyst with the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, told UPI he thought the findings "would have a positive impact on moving forward this debate, because it is giving ... a scientific explanation that further supports long-observed anecdotal evidence, and further lends itself to the notion that marijuana, unlike so many other prescription drugs and controlled substances, appears to have incredibly low toxicity and as a result lacks potential harm to the brain that many of these drugs have."

The DEA Web site, however, contends that "marijuana is a dangerous, addictive drug that poses significant health threats to users," including cancer and impaired mental functioning.

Armentano said this is a distortion of what scientific studies actually show. Studies in animals indicate marijuana actually may protect against many forms of cancer, rather than cause the disease, he said. In addition, studies in marijuana smokers have found little evidence of cognitive deficits, and even when they do, the defects disappear if the person stops smoking for 30 days.

E-mail: sciencemail@upi.com

Copyright 2005 by United Press International

sourced from here: http://about.upi.com/products/health_business/UPI-20051013-024854-9860R

I don't have the Mos Def/Talib Kweli record. I sorta fell out of hip hop for a while and have been just getting back into in the past couple of years.. digging through the underground (screw that Nelly crap). I'll check it out.

and yes.. De La Soul = kick ass! (regardless of the album, cuz even their worst is better than a lot of other records out there)

De La Soul - 3 Feet High & Rising

De La Soul - De La Soul Is Dead

you stopped listenng too soon

how about this gem from the headiest of the hiphoppers:

I didn't stop listening too soon. I've got every album they've put out, and while Stakes Is High is a much better album than Buhloone Mind State, I feel it can't hold anything up to their frist two records. Besides, my list is obviously far from complete, but I didn't want to take up 4 or 5 more pages (plus I had to catch my bus)

I'm not going to post all the album covers cuz that would just take too long to load but here's my list (in no particular order)

Run DMC - King of Rock

Run DMC - Raising Hell

Kool Moe Dee - How Ya Like Me Know

Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded

Boogie Down Productions - By All Means Necessary

Boogie Down Productions - Ghetto Music: The Blueprint of Hip Hop

Eric B and Rakim - Paid In Full

Eric B and Rakim - Follow The Leader

De La Soul - 3 Feet High & Rising

De La Soul - De La Soul Is Dead

The Jungle Brothers - Straight Out The Jungle

The Jungle Brothers - Done By The Forces Of Nature

A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels and Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory

Digital Underground - Sex Packets

Digital Underground - Sons of the P

Del Tha Funkee Homosapien - I Wish My Brother George Was Here

EPMD - Strictly Business

EPMD - Unfinished Business

Biz Markee - Going Off

Big Daddy Kane - Long Live The Kane

Das EFX - Dead Serious

The Fu-Shnickens - F.U. Don't Take It Personal

Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys - Check Your Head

and I know I could keep going on.. but I'll just leave it at that for now

Thank you Guinness, for not only making the best beer in the world, but for making some pretty kick ass TV commercials as well

http://www.framestore-cfc.com/press/05pr/051003noitulove/amv_gune339_050_qt.mov