Yeah, Joey - the Marine Band at 8th & I (USMC HQ in DC) has always had some pretty fair players; my dad was a jug, as were 2 of his 5 brothers, (one a 25-year, 3-war man), so when they came around once when I was a teenager (early '70s, Viet Nam going & all), we all went - period, no argument brooked.  I gotta say, as an anti-militarist hippie, I was fully set on not enjoying it - but DAMN those boys could play!!!!  And yeah, the red jackets (oops - sorry to any gyrenes out there - blouses) & white pants looked badass.
A high school friend of mine - euphonium player - considered that as one of the few kick-ass euphonium gigs going, he should sign up. Then he talked to the recruiter.  You enlist with a MOS of combat infantry, and work your way through various unit bands to (maybe) a chance to audition for The President's Own.   In the meantime, you're a rifleman, with no guarantee of ever tooting note one.
He let that one slide.  
And I think you mean The haircuts go in and out of fashion.  One is in or out of fashion, but has or does not have style - and the 2 have little if any relationship.
 
Peter (who spent his car time today on Blues For Allah, but is playing more than listening at home; the back surgery somehow took what little fluidity my fingers had, so.......)

Bought a Tibetan Singing Bowl at Summerfest today.
 
Listening to my wife playing it.
 
Ommmm.

Those Tibetan bowls sound wonderful; very cool that you have one.

I have one too .

The one we got is tuned for the Root Chakra, which traditionally is a C.
I checked last night and it is actually a C#; which works well with my digiridoo which is F#.  
 
Might need to experiment with meditative recordings. . .

Let us know when you have something recorded.

Our local Unitarian-Universalist church has a set of 5; sometimes they'll start a service by setting them to singing one at a time; by the time the last one joins in, you can just feel all the negative crap just flow out your feet.........
 
Peter

Right at this moment?  Not Strictly Jazz on New Style Radio, hosted by our own Jazzyvee - and it's sounding awful damn good.
 
Peter

Genesis - And The Word Was . . .

The cooling fan in my laptop.

I'm listening to the England commentators post-mortem at Brasil being beaten by Germany.

Dave...Pema's theme is beautiful! one of the best things I've heard in some time...there's an instrument in there that totally sounds like Bamboo but I can't fully tell if it's wind or string...do you know what it is? it's really expressive of melancholy and I'd love to hear more...Tony

Tony; I love Pema's theme, and listen to it often.  It can be a nice addition to the morning.
 
I don't know the instrumentation on the tune, but some of the instruments listed in the credits for the album include Indian Flute, Bamboo Flute, Chinese Flute, Duduk, Japanese Flute, Lyre, Ney, Sarangui, Saz, and Tibetan Bowls.
 
My other favorite from Cyril Morin is .

David Grisman Quintet: 16/16 & Richochet (wow!)
Flora Purim: Butterflies Dreams (good listening to lighten the hearts of Brazilian soccer fans after yesterdays game)