Someday soon, my jazzy friends, someday soon. Jazz blog review coming soon.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Hustlin'
(Click on album covers to learn about and/or buy the albums at Amazon.)
Actually no, this is not a review of Stanley Turrentine's fine 1963 album, though I do own that RVG and will discuss it here in the future when I'm more prepared. Instead, the title of this blog entry reflects a way of life. I went up to Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on Saturday for the American Lemans Series Race. My college roommate does computer data analysis for one of the Acura teams, so I went up to support. Of course, I soon realized that I had little interest in sitting in the hot sun and watching cars drive around. I started exploring the vast grounds of the facility, and when hanging out at one of the numerous refreshment stands, I noticed an opportunity. Many people were buying 20 oz. bottles of Pepsi/Diet Pepsi, and then tossing them out, cap and all. Those caps, however, are each worth 1 Pepsi Point (and 1 in 8 (official ratio) is a "Buy 1, Get 1 Free" coupon for Pepsi 20 oz. bottles). If you are unaware, 5 Pepsi Points can be traded in for one MP3 at Amazon.com. Needless to say, I started picking bottles off the top of trash heaps and the ground, taking their caps, and then making an effort to (re-)dispose of them properly. At the end of my quest, I had 23 Pepsi Points and 3 "Buy 1, Get 1 Free" caps. I earned 5 MP3s from trash picking (NOTE: I NEVER dug into the trash, I just went with what was visible in the cans)! On Tuesday, my overall total got up to 50 points, so I picked up two RVGs on MP3:
I don't know that I have fully formed thoughts on either of these yet, but Jimmy is the early leader, surprise surprise. Cookin' in 1956! Actually, these are both 1956 albums. More thoughts to come. Happy Jazzin'!
Actually no, this is not a review of Stanley Turrentine's fine 1963 album, though I do own that RVG and will discuss it here in the future when I'm more prepared. Instead, the title of this blog entry reflects a way of life. I went up to Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on Saturday for the American Lemans Series Race. My college roommate does computer data analysis for one of the Acura teams, so I went up to support. Of course, I soon realized that I had little interest in sitting in the hot sun and watching cars drive around. I started exploring the vast grounds of the facility, and when hanging out at one of the numerous refreshment stands, I noticed an opportunity. Many people were buying 20 oz. bottles of Pepsi/Diet Pepsi, and then tossing them out, cap and all. Those caps, however, are each worth 1 Pepsi Point (and 1 in 8 (official ratio) is a "Buy 1, Get 1 Free" coupon for Pepsi 20 oz. bottles). If you are unaware, 5 Pepsi Points can be traded in for one MP3 at Amazon.com. Needless to say, I started picking bottles off the top of trash heaps and the ground, taking their caps, and then making an effort to (re-)dispose of them properly. At the end of my quest, I had 23 Pepsi Points and 3 "Buy 1, Get 1 Free" caps. I earned 5 MP3s from trash picking (NOTE: I NEVER dug into the trash, I just went with what was visible in the cans)! On Tuesday, my overall total got up to 50 points, so I picked up two RVGs on MP3:
I don't know that I have fully formed thoughts on either of these yet, but Jimmy is the early leader, surprise surprise. Cookin' in 1956! Actually, these are both 1956 albums. More thoughts to come. Happy Jazzin'!
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
In The Beginning...
There was jazz. And it was good. But then an optometrist named Rudy Van Gelder began recording jazz in his New Jersey home, and history was made.
Since 1999, Rudy Van Gelder has been remastering his Blue Note (along with Prestige, maybe more?) albums in what is called the RVG Series. This blog will be dedicated to my quest to own all of the RVG Series of Blue Note remasters, which I am purchasing digitally, and will feature reviews (and maybe re-reviews) of these albums as I seek to immerse myself in my favorite part of jazz history. Stay tuned.
"RVG-atron 9000" first used by me here.
Since 1999, Rudy Van Gelder has been remastering his Blue Note (along with Prestige, maybe more?) albums in what is called the RVG Series. This blog will be dedicated to my quest to own all of the RVG Series of Blue Note remasters, which I am purchasing digitally, and will feature reviews (and maybe re-reviews) of these albums as I seek to immerse myself in my favorite part of jazz history. Stay tuned.
"RVG-atron 9000" first used by me here.
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