Dan Gould

Ah, I see that the voting has been set up to remind Dmitry of his native Russia. Well just call me Sakharov, as I will electronically spoil my ballot with a 'null' vote.

Sorry, but presented with the front of that thong, the *last* thing I'm thinking about f*cking is the RIAA. And presented with the rear, I don't think I'd notice the emblem at all.

Randy, When this poll was started, the suggestion had been made that individuals submit a single tune to be compiled into a sort of joint blindfold test, rather than a single individual, like Tony J., choosing an entire CD worth. That was the purpose of this poll, and while few people participated, I think its obvious that the single-compiler system works best. In option #2, I simply added what had been generally suggested, that we avoid overload by duplicating the approach of the magazine blindfold tests. The thought had been, will people sit for 80 minutes of music not of their choosing. Well, clearly, Tony ignored the limitation, if there had been one, by choosing 14 tunes for his disc. Myself, I expect to have fewer tunes, but I will still fill the disc. Basically, every blindfold test administrator will be free to do what he wants. As to your point about "apprpriateness"-I don't think anyone needs to be "checking" on the selections anyone makes. Unless there are people here under false pretenses, I don't think there's any risk of "press teams" sending out something we don't want to hear. Administrators will choose subsequent administrators, and while that does mean that "friends" get chosen (and some, even many, will wait a long time to get the "call"), it also means that people will be chosen who already have their bona fides confirmed, through off-board or board interactions. Last thing I'll say is that I continue to believe that CDR distribution is best because: not everyone has broadband connections, I think we should avoid downloads like the plague, even with some sort of anonymous FTP server and most of all, because MP3 conversion can be problematic. Even assuming that everyone can rip MP3s, it could limit the selections people make to music that is already in digital form (i.e., what if you want to use a tune from a vinyl record but you can't hook up the turn table to the PC?) I do believe that this first try has worked quite well, and that in the future we should encourage utilization of the Rooster/Jim R. method of posting links to suspected answers so as not to ruin things for subsequent participants.

I thought the only solo he knows is "Night Train" ... and yes, I've seen Dr. Kevorkian's CD, used in fact, so it wouldn't have cost as much to hear him. Still couldn't, ahem, pull the trigger.

Mike, Are you interested in this particular test or subsequent tests? For this current test, if you send me a PM, I can mail you a burn. Otherwise, I will be running the next test, probably in the next two weeks or so. You can PM your mailing adress to me, now or when I announce that I am accepting requests. I will then name the next "teacher", just as we do it for the AOTW. By the way, are you capable of burning and sending one or two copies on to other members? I have a feeling that the second test is going to attract many more than the 15 or so that I helped Tony with, and that makes it more likely that I will ask for help from several members to deal with the volume and minimize the costs a bit.

How ironic that you heard about Bill from Jim Dye-its Jim's birthday too! Happy birthday to Jim and Bill!

Hear Hear! As they say in español, de nada. B)

We seem to have hit a roadblock, though, in terms of participation. I've sent out 15 discs, one arrived cracked and has been replaced, I know there are at leat a couple of people who haven't posted the full top-to-bottom report yet, but others haven't even said if they've received. Can we get a roll call of people who asked for but have yet to receive their disc?

John, are you telling me that "The Andy Griffith Show" doesn't travel well in TV syndication land? Well, "The Andy Griffith Show" was a very popular show of the sixties which featured Andy Griffith as the sheriff of a small town-Mayberry, with Don Knotts as his moron deputy, Barney Fife, and a very young Ron Howard as his son, Opie. Yes, they really named the kid "Opie".

Wait a minute-Don Knotts wasn't 21 in 1958.

Well, I'm only pondering one or two obscurities, so I guess I'm safe.

My exposure to Tete is through all of the Dexter in Radioland Steeplechase LPs, which are all quite nice. And dig the way Dex introduces "El Gran Señor"!

I think Rooster brought this up in one of the early blindfold threads but I don't think there was any real discussion. Is it "OK" to slip in an artist if that artist is really quite extremely, totally, 100% obscure, yet obviously talented and with his own conception? Basically, the artist who it is virtually impossible to identify unless you own the album the tune comes from (or maybe, just maybe, if you've heard him live (the artist I am thinking of is definitely obscure, no reissues, but still does currently perform). Is it fair to make people guess when the answer will bring about a big "WHO?"

Not only did he cut that album for Verve, but it was reissued by Verve a few years ago. Dusty Groove stocks it fairly regularly. Can't say myself what he does with "hip" commercials, the subject didn't hold enough appeal to find out.

I hate to break it to you, B3-er, but I saw the same spot Free For All did. In fact, I was going to post about it with a thread title of something like, "First Rod Stewart, now ... Michael Bolton??!!" Truly frightening. Be thankful you haven't seen the spot. I believe "Summertime" is on the record. That ought to be worth a trip to see Dr. Kevorkian.

Years and years ago-maybe within six months of my catching the jazz bug, I picked up this OJC. Ultimately didn't do enough for me and I sold it and haven't thought twice about it since. Til now, that is. This thread makes me seriously wonder whether this was another one I'll end up re-buying.

I have no idea about him, but I'd just like to say that the title of the thread made my heart jump as I feared this was some new tome about Iraq and that Greg had somehow slipped back in!

OK, this is my anal nature showing through here, but there are a couple of other threads that should be moved to the new Blindfold forum. They're in the Forum discussion section and would let newcomers get a handle on the development of the way the test is being conducted.

Well, Tony, the lack of guesses on the "theme" might be a good indication that its too darn nebulous to be recognizable! Honestly, I think maybe only I specificallly knew you had a theme in mind, but I didn't even think about it after I fouled a couple off, poked a single to left, and whiffed on the rest

Not sure I know you, Tom, but welcome. Keep an eye out for the next announcement for Test #2 (mine) and folks will send PMs to me if they wish to participate (It'll be nice if the first one is so popular that we end up with 25 or 30 participants on the next one!). And to Jim Dye for stepping in with a burn offer and saving me the trouble, Your Burn Master thanks you.

Well, actually, if you read those DB blindfold tests, the upper limit of stars is infinity (though usually those ratings are given after they know who the artist was

I'm sure some of you remember that charming jazz discussion board member "Conan Nardo". Well, I swang by AAJ for the first time in a while and I saw this goofy thread about :I Can't Imagine Being a Jazz Fan Without Being a Musician" and I'm reading through it and it suddenly occurs to me: He's a guitar player, hates rap. Is it Conan? As Lon said to me, "Holy Deductive Reasoning, Batman!" http://forums.allaboutjazz.com/showthread....41251#post41251 Damn, I'm good

That's a darn good cat and some pretty cool neighbors, Moose! Wish my neighbors listened to the Sounds and not the godawful crap that makes my wall vibrate.

Well, 15 went out, three to Europe, and six have commented so far. So, a small group but still 40% of the total class. I'm sure we'll get more after the holiday. Another thought I've had. Everyone's commenting on the "who" and "what" of the test, but other than me and Moose, how about more on the "how," as in, how did the tune strike you? A big part of the blindfold test is evaluating the music by number of stars, and I'm the only one who bothered. Not that the stars are critical, but I know that when it comes time for my test, I am most interested in the evaluation of the music, more than whether or not someone sleuth's out who the player is, or fishes out a disc and figures out what the tune is.

Of course, but there's lots more where that came from, so why make it especially easy? In short, my set list has become decidedly unsettled.