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Hold your fire boyos!

Initial negotiations are underway. Hell, they may even wake up the web guy and have him remove the duplicates, thus freeing up enough computing power to finally analyze the DNA associated with halitosis.

Look. It's like this. They need this Forum. Can't be in business and not on the web.

I'm thinking a round of Khorns for all. But, solidarity is the watchword.

It's appropriate. I really am listening right this minute to Rickie Lee Jones, "Pirates"

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Both Sides Now CD

Joni Mitchell

2000 Warner Bros. Records

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Joni Mitchell has long dabbled in the jazz world, forging alliances with the likes of Charles Mingus, Jaco Pastorius, and Wayne Shorter, while incorporating elements of fusion into her more intrepid recordings. Both Sides Now, however, comes at jazz from a different angle than the experimental likes of Mingus and The Hissing of Summer Lawns.
Here is Joni the chanteuse, tackling smoky standards such as "At Last,"
"Sometimes I'm Happy," and "Stormy Weather" in the embrace of lush pop
arrangements that owe a debt to Nelson Riddle and Gordon Jenkins,
though some stray over the line from stately into staid. The focus here
is on Mitchell the vocalist, and she displays a real commitment to the
music. She has the chops and the smarts to tackle these staples, but at
times she seems intimidated by their illustrious pedigrees. Two of
Mitchell's own songs are revived here--"A Case of You" and the title
track. The results are mixed: the former takes on a new weight while
the latter seems adolescent in such mature company. Ultimately, Both Sides Now is more a valentine to classic pop by a woman who can--and should--be off making more touchstones of her own. --Steven Stolder
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