Back from the Jazz festival

Good:
Habana Sax (learning how to meringue, saw cuban rap (gansta rap is so last century), they really know how to charm the ladies, and they are in KL);
Dirty Dozen Brass Band (give me soul funk standards anyday for a closing act, great crowd interaction, one mouth two horn-y);
Lluis Coloma (move, move, move)

Bad:
Sore feet from dancing during the closing acts;
No dirty dozen brass band CD in the merchandising section;
Crowd reaction to Son2Nos and Lluis Coloma;
Habana Sax not getting a chance to party up KL?;
The ladies' gimmick of Habana Sax falling a bit flat.

Ugly:
Is that a tear in my party pants?
Still don't know where to post all my photos?

I want my music!

I live in Malaysia and am starting to appreciate jazz but I have a difficult time tracking down the music that I love (Currently collecting Lee Rittenour and Ramsey Lewis, among others).

It is very frustrating to find that elusive album by an artist, especially if it is not some pop-driven, mass-marketing, brain-dead piece of work. After my normal supplier closed shop four years ago, I was forced to switch to Tower Records; Now, they tell me they no longer do special order to help me get the music that I want, which means......Hello, Amazon.com!

I haven't switched to online music downloads because most of the music is not portable (hence, cannot download) unto my peripherals, hence my reluctance to spend money on them. Would rather just get my hands on the album.

Just wish that there was an easier way to make music more accessible to the masses. The current claims by the industry standardbearers is full of crap.