Matthew

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I agree that the Red Sox need to keep Cameron, not only for the reasons you listed, but by all accounts I've ever read, he is just a great "club house" guy -- IMHO, he would make a great manager someday.

I was watching the Knicks vs Hawks game last night, and do only the most obnoxious New York fans attend road games for New York teams? I mean, geesh! give it a rest already. Reminded of some of the Mariner games I attended in Seattle with the Yankee Nation in full bloom.

The Venture Bros: Season Three.

I thought that the Ayler only had a run of 500 sets. To have a lot of copies available means no on bought these in the first place -- which is a sad thought in itself.

I highly recommend the Jimmy Lyons Box Set. It is a wondrous document of a truly creative player. I hear something new and exciting with each listen.

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Suze Rotolo Died Today. edit: It's Suze, not Susie edit2: Nice notice in the Village Voice

My favorite image of Duke

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Johnny Hamond's Gambler's Life is an interesting cd, he does not play the organ, but plays a Fender Rhodes throughout the session (the cd has four other cuts from different albums), and it is arranged and produced by Larry Mizell of Blue Note fame / infamy. The sound is heavily layered, with percussion, wah-wah guitars, and vocals, some wordless, some with lyrics, that are layered also, forming the basis of each number. The only solos you hear are by Hammond, and after awhile, things start to sound the same. It's still good, but I don't think it's a cd that will get constant rotation on my player, it seems like a "mood cd," if you know what I mean. Hurbert Laws The Chicago Theme has Bob James doing most of the arranging, and is more low key than Hammond's. Laws solos on each song, and a host of others make appearances -- there are no less that thirty-one musicians listed. Both albums were recorded in 1974, and have that early '70 feel to them. Overall, I prefer the Laws' cd, as it is less frenetic than Gambler's Life, and seems more musical, while Gambler's Life seems centered on creating an atmosphere. I'm glad I have both, but if I saw both cds in front of me, I would recommend The Chicago Theme first. edit for spelling

Michigan State vs. Purdue, while listening to cds. Am I the only one who listens to music while watching sports with the sound off?

Dodgers are televising fifteen spring training games this year, first one this Sunday, all in HD too.

They did one album by the New York Jazz Quartet (Frank Wess, Roland Hanna, I forget the other two...) & one, I think, by Airto. That's all I can think of off the top of my head. Thanks, I'll have to look for these next time at Amoeba.

Hey! I just noticed the thread preview button, nice!

Gabor Szabo: Mizrab Deodato: 2 Ester Phillips: Capricorn Princess Hank Crawford: We Got A Good Thing Going Freddie Hubbard: Polar AC George Benson: In Concert - Carnegie Hall. Guest: Hurbert Laws George Benson: Shape Of Things To Come George Benson: I Got A Woman And Some Blues Wes Montgomery: Down Here On The Ground Wes Montgomery: Goin' Out Of My Head Wes Montgomery: A Day In The Life Idris Muhammad: Power Of Soul Johnny Hammond: Gambler's Life (never heard of the CTI subsidiary label Salvation before) Hurbert Laws: The Chicago Theme Maybe not a ton, but it was a lot.

I really is. I was in charge of a K-8 school, and it was an amazing experience, the legalities involved were something else. Just sending a kid home, you had to physically see a kid be with the parent / assigned person, and if it was someone different, you had to call the parent to confirm that, yes, this person had permission to pick the child up. Kid wants to walk home? sign a release, or he can't. Want to hang around school afterward? Pay for aftercare or get off the property. It was a whole different ballgame from when I was a kid.

You're breaking my wallet between this and Thin Lizzy!

The screwdriver worked the best. I pried open the cd tray, and it still works. I know everyone was in suspense of whether I was able to retrieve my Free cd or not.

In what world is Lester Young: Jazz Giants '56 not a towering artistic achievement? Not in a world I want to live in, that's for sure...

Is there an equivalent app for BlackBerry?

Yes, they did issues a lot of music on tape. When I first became interested in BN's (in Berkeley, CA, in the '80s), cassettes were the only thing I bought, and I thought they sounded great -- still do.

This one makes the most sense to me, never thought of that. Or, go to plan B:

I have a NAD C 541i cd player, and I can't get a cd out of it now, it's stuck. Anyone know how to get the cd trey to open without having to take it in somewhere?