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Wow, what a high-powered intellectual conclave. I'm sure there will be oodles of clever repartee...Won't exactly evoke images of Bloomsbury, the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, or even a Mensa meeting.

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I dunno who Bill Plaschke is, but I figure that the concept of "sample size" is beyond the comprehension of most sportswriters...

Getting off the chemical subject... Hey, Big Al, I see that Tom Hicks just defaulted on a loan linked to the Rangers (also the Dallas Stars hockey club). This might get interesting.

Yup. And, as I like to point out, nobody ever sued him for libel.

Funny Manny story: He was taking the stuff because of a limp dick...

For the record, though I quibbled about Ms. Ripa's annoyance factor, I would of course do her (in the unlikely event she was willing )... Thinking back to the chess babe thread, how about big and smart? IM Elina Danielian (ARM, 2496)

Anyone heard the Bud Powell? Can't find any reviews. I put it on my queue, but fear it could be somewhat of a mixed bag ("late Verve").

I found the same thing as the first several posters, and assumed it was coding errors. Half.com has always seemed rather buggy. Dunno about ghostofmiles's issue.

Good luck with that. Didn't work out so well for the J-E-T-S. OK, Favre played hurt late last year, but another year older won't make him less injury-prone, or his arm stronger.

Agreed. Definitely attractive, but thin. Granted, most celeb women / models would appear painfully thin in person (camera adds pounds, so they have to be emaciated). I just can't get past the annoying factor. I don't watch TV, and when morning shows impinge on my consciousness their inanity blows my mind...

Unfortunately, there's one very serious injury. IRVING, Texas (AP)—A Dallas Cowboys scouting assistant was permanently paralyzed from the waist down after his spine was severed during the collapse of the team’s tent-like practice structure in a severe storm. The team announced Rich Behm was in stable condition at Parkland Hospital on Sunday after surgery to stabilize a fracture to the thoracic spine. The 33-year-old Behm was among a dozen people hurt in the accident Saturday, and was one of three Cowboys staffers who remained hospitalized.

Bought in the last week, haven't arrived yet: Barry Harris, Breakin' it Up Hod O'Brien, Live at Blues Alley, Third Set Kenny Dorham, Matador/Inta Somethin' And after reading the Newbury thread, Hampton Hawes, I'm All Smiles

There's a Stimmung recording on Hyperion that should be relatively easy to find. I think it's interesting, and like the piece musically, but some of the lyrics (e.g. Stockhausen's forays into erotic poetry) are painfully awful.

Rai-Duhs draft choices (and personnel decisions in general) are always perplexing. Won't get better until Al Davis is put out to pasture IMO.

Jabbo Smith Johnny "Rabbit" Hodges Slug's

I thought the little Pontiac Vibe was (should we now speak of Pontiac in the past tense?) a reasonably attractive non-gas guzzler. OK, it's not an exciting segment of the market, but it's the kind of stuff I look at.

Jints decline to trade for Braylon Edwards, select a WR in Round 1. Maualuga drops to second round, snapped up by the Bungles.

Big trade up for the J-E-T-S to take Sanchez. Al Davis makes another puzzling draft choice. JJ will have to work hard to match that one, Big Al.

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There's In Style as well as 12.

Great great album! Just managed to snag this one for $5 and Dupree is on fire! What a surprise to get such great jazz at this price! I once hemmed and hawed at $40 for an original; I think it was a little worn. I should have bought it and have been kicking myself since. I watched for it on eBay for a long time and wound up buying a copy for around $15 iirc. Isn't Katanga on the Curtis Amy Select?

"I've never heard of Granta before. Do you have any other information? " Granta's a well-established "magazine of new writing" published four times a year. Pricey, but back issues are readily available on Amazon Marketplace, for instance. I bought the issue with the Bolton article for under $1 (iirc) plus the Amazon Marketplace S/H. [Added: Lots currently available for a penny plus S/H. Disclaimer: I'm not one of the sellers.] Granta's standards are high: other authors in #69 include Hanif Kureishi and Paul Theroux.

Probably not news to many, but there's an interesting 20+-page Bolton article (no interview, however) called Gifted, by Richard Williams, in Granta #69 (Spring 2000).