wesbed

I'm most definitely not offended. (although, sometimes it is fun to be the first to make the remark that a new post has already been posted in a previous thread). Heh! I'm 38 years old. I'm too young to have been alive and aware when the 1950s jazz was new. I always appreciate reading posts on this board, posted by somebody who was alive, aware, and knowledgeable of the jazz scene and how things were, back in the day. Welcome garthsj. You are among friends here.

It seems the standard way of writing computer software is to be able to get to a given place via several different menus. So, yeah... more threads to the same location sounds good to me too.

Is this the same site? >link<

When I think of the Select sets, I tend to think of the ones that are unique or different. The Weston and the Moncur have different/innovative stuff on them. Curtis Amy is, possibly, an innovative name... not generally one of the well-known jazz giants. I often overlook the Paul Chambers Select because it is... simply, Paul Chambers. Not necessarily innovative Chambers and definitely not the name of an obscure bassist. But, the Chambers box is one of the very best from the Select series. Excellent playing from the great players, very classy, and highly recommended. Chambers shines on these recordings.

I like the John Patton Select very much as well. I have no complaints about the quality of the sound. The 'sound controversy' about the set, that I'm aware of, lasts something like 10 to 20 seconds and it is, to me, completely ignorable. I'd not want to miss this great set due to a few seconds of odd/muffled sound.

I believe the Duke Pearson is the least desireable of the Select series. I'd purchase the Pearson only after purchasing any other Select I had an interest in. My favorite Select, to my surprise, is the Bennie Green. The Curtis Amy is very good.

wesbed (and friend) enjoying some Mexican food in a restaurant in South Tucson, Arizona in August of 2003. Yes, that is a large bowl of guacamole.

Me hiking around the outskirts of Tucson, Arizona in March of 2004. Notice the snow-capped peak behind my head, and the cactus just behind and to the right of me. You gotta love Arizona.

I guess it's about time I post some of my own pics... This is me in The German Village, in Columbus, Ohio in September of 2003.

Up... for more pictures, please. Yeah, yeah... I know. I've not posted my picture yet.

It may have been a factor in regard to the jury's decison. Hartridge and the other 11 jurors -- four men and eight women -- deliberated over three days before reaching the verdict. Hartridge said the appearance at the trial of Stewart's celebrity pals like Rosie O'Donnell and Bill Cosby may have backfired. "If anything, we may have taken it a little as an insult," he said. "Is that supposed to sway our opinion?" Some of the testimony about the way she ran her business left the impression, at least on him, that she thought she was "above everyone." He also said her background as a stockbroker worked against her because the jury believed she should have known what she was doing was illegal. >full article<

Heh!

I saw a Martha Stewart Biography on A&E. I don’t remember the exact details but the show mentioned that Martha had charged her own mother for some decorating services after Martha had become wealthy. The TV show interviewed Martha’s brother and he confirmed the story to be true. The brother made some comment that it was unbelievable that Martha wouldn’t give her own mother some free services. Did anybody else see this Biography?

I'm no Martha Stewart supporter by any means. However, I figured she had enough money to make sure things went her way. Amazing. >>Guilty<< >>Martha Talks<<

Your Results: This movie is funny. Not "The Royal Tennenbaums" kind of funny but not "American Pie" funny either. It falls nicely in between. You'll probably get a kick out of it, but not enough to pay to see it. Wait till it's on HBO and enjoy.

I found this little bio about Paul Michael Glaser (Starsky) at The Internet Movie Database. I never knew. Wife Elizabeth received HIV-tainted blood in a 1981 transfusion and unwittingly passed it on to their two children. Elizabeth became a fervent AIDS activist and spoke on AIDS at the 1992 Democratic convention. Daughter, Ariel, died at age 7 of AIDS in 1988. Son, Jake, is HIV-positive.

I'm watching Starsky & Hutch on TV Land as I type this note.

Egad! I've been away from my computer for several days and just found this thread regarding the BNBBEurope. It's made up of a lot of the same list of usual suspects that were dumped when Blue Note closed down the U.S. board. I wonder why Blue Note desires to run the BNBBEurope but not the BNBBUSA? Not that it matters, really. Although the BNBB was fun in it's day, and its closing created the interest in the Organissimo board, I've had so much more fun on the Organissimo board than I had on the BNBB.

I'm in, right at the bottom! :excited:

I'm kinda thinking some of the eBay/Mosaic high-priced sales are a thing of the past. People seem to know, these days, that a lot of Mosaic OOP sets can be regulary found on eBay. Why pay the higher price today when you can probably find the same set at a lower price next week? You know?

A good idea. I'd like to see the same. However, we'll have to follow the money trail to see where the Fantasy Jazz catalog goes. It will go to he who has the most cash. Which may or may not be appreciated by the lovers of jazz.

The online banking web sites are generally secure sites. They are encrypted so that the only computers that can 'see' the data are the bank's computer and the remote user's computer. Anybody else would see just a bunch of meaningless symbols. From what I've read, the current encryption technology is virtually impossible to break, that it takes too much computing power/time (as in several days, months, or years to break the code). >How Encryption Works< You'll normally get a padlock icon at the bottom of your web browser when you are accessing a secure web site. My opinion, firewalls are very popular these days. And probably a good thing to have. It's better to have a firewall in place than to not have one. Would a firewall have been a solution to your friend's problem? It's difficult to say. Was the source of the problem your friend's computer or the bank's web site or something external to both (poor bookkeeping, a devious bank employee, giving a password to the wrong 'friend')? Some broadband connections have firewalls built-in to the broadband system. My DSL connection (in Tucson) has a firewall in the DSL router. Also, my ISP has their own firewall in place. I do recommend getting all Windows security updates from Microsoft.

I don't remember exactly. I've not examined the CD in a few years. If my memory is correct, it seems like the ink label is still intact. But the coding on the CD, where the see-through metallic-type layer should be, is gone. Only clear plastic remains. It sort of faded slowly, over a number of years, starting at the outside of the CD and moving to the inside. I remember when I could play the first 3/4 of the CD, then only the first 1/2, then just the first 1/3. The last I checked, there was nothing left. It caused me to wonder, several years ago, just how long a CD's life-expectancy would be.

I purchased Steely Dan's Gaucho on CD in 1985. It was my first CD purchase. It still looks and plays the same in 2004 as it did in 1985. Yes, nearly 20 years. However, an Ella songbook CD I purchased in the late 1980s is now clear. You can see straight through the clear plastic. There is no remaining digital code to produce sound or tracking on the CD. I keep it just because it's strange... but I'd rather have the sound back on the CD.

I purchased Centerfield when it was new. I have all the Creedence output on CD. I never heard the Zans Can't Dance story till I read it on these boards. Not that I'm doubting it... I just never heard it before. I suppose I didn't know what was going on. Again, it's amazing what you can learn on this bulletin board.