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Well, I went through the back door to order the Coltrane box -- went to the artist page and it was still listed. Longshot, I know, but what the heck, it's worth a shot.

Crap! I went to order it and it was off the site!

I'm thinking of getting this, it's only $66.00 during this Concord sale. Is the any sound good? I always thought OJC cds sounded pretty good, even those from the '80s.

Soory for your loss. Keeping your father and the family in my prayers.

No, you forgot the question: McMaster or RVG, which is better?

Andy Partridge lives under a black cloud. From his website... Andys Annus HORRIBILIS Date: 13/07/06 It never rains but it pours.The good news is that Andys broken tendon { in the all important guitar chord forming left hand } is slowly recovering.He's started to play again but says he feels like a beginner at the moment. Time will mend and strengthen. The bad news is that an accident during mixing the forthcoming improv album, has left Andy with damaged hearing and very bad TINNITUS.This is a crippling condition where a constant loud whistling is heard inside the head.He is currently undergoing hyperbaric oxygen treatment which can be beneficial in many cases.Lets all keep our fingers crossed. Get well Andy!

I ordered Lightbulb Sun off of Amazon.com today since while I was in the Bay Area for my vacation I couldn't find it anywhere, so it'll be a couple of days before I can listen to it. With this order, and getting The Sky Moves Sideways, Warszawa, Voyage 34, Metanoia, and pre-ordering Stupid Dream from Deep Discount CD, I'm set (I think) for all the PT cds.

Porcupine Tree: Lightbulb Sun. And it was a bear to find, and I still had to pay $34.00 for it.

Looks like that's the trend (in fact, jazz is really looking bad right now), so I've been using Yourmusic mostly for Classical & Rock -- still good buys in these two areas.

You know, I've often wondered if Fantasy jazz was doomed when that whole Fogarty song rights case was settled. It was always said that the CCR catalog kept a lot of jazz in print at Fantasy/OJC.

Since I have zero classical music in my collection, and I happened to come into a little extra money, I went to Yourmusic.com to buy these SACDs (at $5.99 they're a good buy anyway): Seiji Ozawa Bartok: Concerto For Orchestra (SACD Hybrid) Fritz Reiner Bartók, Concerto For Orchestra (SACD Hybrid) Paul Paray Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique (SACD Hybrid) Bernard Haitink Brahms, Symphony No. 4 (SACD Hybrid) Arthur Rubinstein Chopin, Ballades & Scherzos (SACD Hybrid) Sir Colin Davis Dvorak, Symphony No. 6 (SACD Hybrid) Nikolaus Harnoncourt Mozart, Requiem (SACD Hybrid) Frederick Fennell Music Of Leroy Anderson (SACD Hybrid) Byron Janis Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition (SACD Hybrid) Charles Munch Saint-Saëns, Symphony No. 3 (SACD Hybrid) Janos Starker Schumann/ Lalo: Cello Concertos (SACD Hybrid) Mstislav Rostropovich Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5 (SACD Hybrid) Fritz Reiner Strauss, Also sprach Zarathustra (SACD Hybrid) Antal Doráti Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker/ Serenade For Strings (SACD Hybrid) Van Cliburn Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 1 (SACD Hybrid) I think all of these are from the "Living Stereo" series that I keep hearing good things about. Any standout in this mess of an order? edit: to take out the double-space

Darn the Sal and his Flaming Lips thread; now I can't get the songs from The Soft Bulletin out of my head -- various songs will pop into my brain at the most unexpected times. Now, I can't get Feeling Yourself Disintegrate out of my mind...

Finished Eric Ambler's The Light of Day, and again, I'm disappointed. Ambler is able to create great situations for a "thriller" novel, but he does nothing with the given situation. Maybe it's just his later novels, but it's beginning to get irratating.

"...It's just too heavy for a superman to lift."

VIDEO of one of my favorite Flaming Lips songs -- Do You Realize

Finally got past the wonderfull disk 5, and now I'm on disk 6, which turns out to be just like the NBA -- fantastic! This JJ box is something special.

I'm also known as....

I was living in Redlands the year the 7.1 & 6.9 quakes hit. Come to think of it, I was also in Berkeley when the "World Series Quake" hit. Come to think of it, you better stay away from me......

Back to disk 5 today -- very groovy sessions on the disk There is really great music on this disk. Both versions of "Star Dust," "Bags' Goove," "God Bless the Child," "Speak Low," "Pennies From Heaven," etc. -- great music.

TUESDAY IS THE START OF MY VACATION....

Back to disk 5 today -- very groovy sessions on the disk

What does Thomas have to hold over Dolan that he thinks the person who created the mess is the one to get the Knicks out of it? Salary cap problems thanks to Thomas; over-priced players thanks to Thomas; everyone watching their backs thanks to Thomas. I'll ask this question again: How does this guy keep finding a job?

Well, it will be interesting in New York next season, to say the least. The New York Knicks fired coach Larry Brown on Thursday, replacing him as coach with president and general manager Isiah Thomas. Larry Brown timeline Years Team Record 72-74 Carolina Cougars 104-64 74-79 Denver Nuggets 251-134 79-81 UCLA Bruins 42-17 81-83 New Jersey Nets 91-67 83-88 Kansas Jayhawks 135-44 88-91 San Antonio Spurs 153-131 91-93 Los Angeles Clippers 64-53 93-97 Indiana Pacers 190-138 97-03 Philadelphia 76ers 255-205 03-05 Detroit Pistons 108-56 05-06 New York Knicks 23-59 Brown's future had been in question since reports surfaced last month that owner James Dolan wanted to buy out his contract. The Knicks finished 23-59, tying the franchise record for losses, in Brown's first season. On Thursday, Dolan made the switch official. "Larry has had a long and storied career. We hired him last summer with the expectation that he would be with the Knicks for a long time. Sometimes decisions work and sometimes they don't," Dolan said. "After careful consideration, despite the best intentions from everyone involved, this current structure did not work for us last season and I did not think it was going to improve next season." Thomas, who joined the Knicks as president and general manager on Dec. 22, 2003, previously served as a head coach with the Indiana Pacers for three seasons from 2000-01 through 2002-03. His Pacers teams were 131-115 record, making the playoffs in each of his three seasons. "No one in our organization is happy with last season and we all accept responsibility for our performance," Thomas said. "This has been a difficult time for the entire organization and our fans. Today begins the 2006-07 season for the Knicks, and I strongly believe we are on the right track to take major steps in our rebuilding process to achieve our goal of being one of the premier teams in the NBA." Brown's worst seasons as NBA coach Team Record Season w/team Next season with team '88-89 Spurs 21-61 First 56-26* '05-06 Knicks 23-59 First Fired '97-98 76ers 31-51 First 28-22* *Made playoffs Buying out Brown, who signed a deal with the Knicks amid much hoopla last July, taking over what he then called a "dream job," could cost the team as much as $40 million. Brown wanted the team to overhaul the roster that Thomas had assembled and feuded openly with star Stephon Marbury. The coach perplexed his players and eventually lost their support by constantly switching lineups and rotations, never quite settling on any set combination over the course of the 82-game season. His penchant for making thinly veiled criticisms of his players through the media irked his players nearly as much as it bothered the team's corporate owners at Cablevision. Despite the players' and management's strangely rosy pronouncements on the day after the season ended, all was certainly not well inside the franchise. One of Brown's final moves that left several key people scratching their heads was his use (or non-use) of Steve Francis and Jalen Rose after they were acquired at midseason. Brown received a $7 million buyout with the Pistons in July 2005 after Detroit owner Bill Davidson also came to the realization that he'd be better off with a different coach. The divorce of the Pistons and Brown also turned into a bitter breakup. The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Well, I guess I would be one of the 700 to buy this if it came out, I happen to dig TF very much -- especially his work on the JJ Mosaic is very cool. Sorry, at this point, I've lost all interest in Hill.

Charles Lloyd Quartet: Of Course Of Course. Sorry, it's doesn't a thing for me; one of those cds that musically, just sits there.