Sunday, November 16, 2003

Another ECM title, Universal Syncopations by Miroslav Vitous with Jan Garbarek, Chick Corea, John McLaughlin, and Jack DeJohnette, is growing on me. The opening trio of Faith Run (DeJonette, McLaughlin, Vitous) is my favorite. DeJohnette is as good as anywhere (and he is so good in so many recordings). It's amazing how these 60s veterans are able to leave their egos and standard styles at the door, as the review says, and work together in such a unified set, that recalls their storied past but is light, humorous, and swinging. There's hope still for us baby boomers. 9:51:30 PM

[...]North Carolina [...]where somebody in Roanoke Rapids successfully bought groceries with a GW Bush $200 bill in September. [Doc Searls] If I didn't know from a recent stolen credit card event that grocery store checkouts are oblivious to the most obvious forgeries of means of payment, I might start worrying about the acceptance of an imperial presidency in the popular mind... 3:41:06 PM