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[kamomil]

Well I went to a lady from work's birthday thingie, on the weekend. It was held north of Dundalk. Wayy out in the country. I peed in the woods, and the mosquitos took full advantage, and I now have bug bites all over my ankles. I'm just glad I didn't brush up against any poison ivy. I am most certainly glad that I didn't get sunburnt. I think if I ever end up with skin cancer, the first place it will hit is the tops of my shoulders; they are so flat under the sun, and they don't make an appearance all the time, and so are unprepared when they do get sun exposure.

I bought Ah Um, by Charlie Mingus. I listened to it on the way to Dundalk. It is pretty good. I like it. It is pretty standard type jazz, nothing shockingly dissonant, yet it is not boring either. I can't get used to the original version of Pork Pie Hat, I have listened to the Uzeb one for almost 20 years, and the timing is pretty different - the Uzeb one is draaawwwwwnnn out.

I bought Bitches Brew by Miles Davis, I have yet to crack it open cause I'm not sure about it.

I have been googling jazz people, and reading up on which "must have" CDs to have. I got the Mingus one I really wanted, but I wanted On the Corner by Miles and didn't see it in the store. Jazz is so well-documented, it was fairly easy to get reviews of several artists' material, and figure out for myself which ones I would enjoy. However for the jazz fusion stuff, I might be on my own; people tend to like older jazz stuff. I will be hunting for Thelonious Monk & Emmylou Harris next. I am told that her Daniel Lanois stuff is not to be missed.

I am *this* much closer to buying a PC. I know, Mac, but my Nokia phone only communicates with PC. Besides, I'm so used to the ones form work that I want a loverly one for my very own. I have become very proficient with DOS FTP on the work PCs, as they have no floppy or CD drives.

Heh I am at work, and I am clone-tooling out subtitles so I can use the graphic for something else. I was working on a graphic of a traffic jam, and accidentally clone-tooled out a truck along with some subtitle characters. LOL

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[bloobert.livejournal.com]

The being out in the country thing sounds fun, excepting the bug bites.

I'm not sure if Norah Jones and Diana Krall are considered 'real' jazz or not, but I like them. In my layman's mind, I think of jazz as two things: The smooth, relaxing stuff you can have on in the background, and the crazy, mildly distracting trumpety stuff, which I don't care for.

[kamomil.livejournal.com]

Oh ho ho ho. I am so glad this little conversation ensued without my knowledge because I am such a jazz hater.

I like stuff that is described of as in the Wikipedia entry about Frank Zappa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zappa), as having "jazz forms, voicings and structures". I think if it has chords like a duck, if it has solos like a duck, then chances are it is a duck, ie jazz.

Jazz snobbism has kept me away from "jazz" for so long, I am finally starting to like actual jazz. I love Uzeb, which I guess is fusion.

Anyone who acts snobby about your tastes in music should just shut up. People should just like whatever music they like without having to make excuses. If you run into a jazz snob again, just satisfy yourself with the thought that they are stuck in a particular era, and they can't get out of it. Nod'n'smile.