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Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 11:27:05 -0500
From: kurt_gottschalk@scni.com
Subject: Masiakasaurus knopfleri
By WILLIAM McCALL
Associated Press Writer
Paleontologists have discovered a previously unknown dinosaur with strange,
hooked teeth and named the vicious creature after rock star Mark Knopfler.
The scientists said they chose the guitarist and songwriter for the group Dire
Straits because they listened to a lot of Dire Straits while digging under the
hot tropical sun on the island of Madagascar.
The bones of the small dinosaur about the size of a German shepherd were
discovered by a team of researchers led by University of Utah paleontologist
Scott Sampson.
The island off the southeastern coast of Africa already has yielded some
extraordinary fossil finds, but the latest discovery appears unique in the
dinosaur world of the late Cretaceous period, about 65 million to 70 million
years ago.
"We know it had strange and bizarre teeth, the strangest of any dinosaur,"
Sampson said. "The teeth at front are weird. They're long and conical with
hooked tips. They protrude straight forward, so it might be easier to catch
fish, but it might be used to spear insects or some other animal."
..if you're interested in the rest of the story, write me.
kg
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Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 11:37:11 -0500
From: kurt_gottschalk@scni.com
Subject: zooid
Rob said: Someone please give him a contract so we can hear both Zooid and his
big band!
from my understanding, zooid was a pick-up band because stomu couldn't make
previously scheduled dates at the knit for make a move. more accoustic,
different instrumentation, but not that different from make a move, either. new
compositions, too. when i saw make a move (after the zooid sets), they had new
songs as well.
i'm sure there's labels that would record thread. from speaking with his
manager, i think they're holding out for something on the level of the columbia
contract, which will give him funds for larger projects. (when he signed with
columbia, he was talking about touring the u.s. with the society situation dance
band, something that obviously didn't happen, tho they did play at the knit fest
a couple years back). if they're holding out for another big label, i fear
you'll never hear those discs...
kg
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Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 18:27:19 +0100
From: "Rob, the Belgian Guy" <Rob@llaert.NU>
Subject: Re: Killer Joey
> Van: Theo Klaase <river_of_dogs@yahoo.com>
> You can sometimes find a few Killer Joey songs
> from Napster
My friends,
Beware ... I was tracking down Killer Joey on Napster and stumbled on to
Joey Killer. Believe me ... this is, haha, well, check it out !!
Greetings,
Rob@llaert.NU
np: Music R Ensemble - Cross Fire
"The goal is to bring the same intensity to listening as the performer to
playing."
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Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 12:33:38 EST
From: Jeffcalt@aol.com
Subject: Re: joe morris and Henry Threadgill
Samerivertwice@aol.com writes:
> Can anyone recommend a good starter Threadgill disc?
I've been on a Threadgill kick lately, so this is a timely thread. Here are
my starter recommendations:
Air: Air Lore (1979, RCA) OOP?
Henry Threadgill: Carry the Day (1994, Columbia) ...one of the best albums of
the last decade
For those interested, there is a low-volume Threadgill listserv on egroups.
jeff caltabiano
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Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 12:52:20 -0800
From: "Patrice L. Roussel" <proussel@ichips.intel.com>
Subject: Re: Fwd: do the "do"
And when is this mouth watering duo coming out (for us, the poor mortals who
rely on release dates :-).
Patrice.
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Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 13:06:15 -0800
From: burns@te-cats.com (John Burns)
Subject: Damn the Sabbatical, Full Speed Ahead...
np: Matthew Shipp's "New Orbit"
Saw the above np on a recent Samerivertwice@aol.com post, and had
to pump out a heartfelt, heart-bursting recommendation for this.
It's the latest on Thirsty Ear's Blue Series, curated by Mr. Shipp as well.
His "Pastoral Composure" launched the series with a similar quartet, only
here Wadada Leo Smith replaces Roy Campbell.
Recently I've been digging a whole lotta Wadada, here his trumpet arcs
and sparks with furious beauty (contrasted with another excellent recent
release from John Lindberg, "A Tree Frog Tonality" where he does a lot of
tight, muted playing both against and with Larry Ochs)
But this album, just has...this great....I don't know......scope.
It commands attention with the initial theme, then thrice reprised (the
theme has a somber, plaintiff power like a soundtrack, it slightly
reminded me of "Angela's Ashes") One of the theme's recountings is
handled by mastermind William Parker on with bowed bass, that's just
reeling.
The whole thing lasts 39 minutes, but feels much longer...and not in
a dense, "my god everybody is playing and my ears are on fire" way...
actually much of the album, the players are set off alone (Shipp
himself might only be heard ~50% of the time, and his work here
seems less insistent than before, but intricate as always), but these
sections never feel isolated...lonely yes, but it's like they're in
harmony with the other sections, just not temporally lined up.
Well, hopefully this is not just me in the infatuation halo, I
do think this will be a landmark release for Shipp that in 20
or 30 or more years, Shipp scholars and music fans in general
will cite.
Hell, Ken Burns may have to recut his PBS "Jazz" series and add
2 seconds for this "New Orbit"
Praise to Shipp, Shipp-mates and Thirsty Ear
-John
PS Also a tip o' the digital hat to Perfect Sound Forever. Clock
http://www.furious.com/perfect/matthewshipp.html
for an interview I re-read last night, while listening to this.
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Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 16:38:03 EST
From: Reaboi@aol.com
Subject: Susie Ibarra
I've started work on a website for Susie. It'll have the complete interview in the Asian Arts magazine, as well as info about touring, her bio, her trio, etc. The address is susieibarra.com, and it should be up by Monday.
Cheers,
Dave
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Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 17:46:47 -0500 (EST)
From: Ken Waxman <mingusaum@yahoo.ca>
Subject: What's wrong with Paul Rutherford?
Folks:
Just picked this up off the February LMC Calendar.
Does anyone know what has happened to Rutherford?
(He's a pioneering British Free Jazz/Improv trombonist
