Matthew

I'm green with envy about you all getting to visit the Hall of Fame. I'd die a happy man if I ever get to see it.

Hey, Marshawn Lynch's run was great, but the best ever??? Earl Cambell has a dozen runs better than that.

The Big Bang Theory: Season three. Not as good as the other two seasons to my mind.

The Doors by Ben Fong-Torres and the Doors. On a major Doors binge lately...

I do not hate everything about the Yankees, Old-Old-Yankee Stadium is very cool

And now, some hopeful news: Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn has completed an eight-week battery of cancer treatments for a malignant growth in a salivary gland and hopes to resume his duties as baseball coach at San Diego State when the spring semester starts next week. The rest of the story Good luck Mr. Gwynn!

I like Eric Ambler's novels, especially A Coffin For Dimitrois & Judgment On Deltchev. Highest recommendation for the Library of America editions of Raymond Chandler, remarkable how well his writing stands up, and how little LA has changed.

I understand your hatred of Beltre on the basis that he was overpaid/underperformed in Seattle. But jeez it borders on the irrational. Texas isn't all that different from Fenway (in fact, it plays smaller to right-center which is Beltre's power zone) and I expect Beltre to flat out rake for the Rangers - at least for the first few years of his deal. He probably will be overpaid, possibly drastically overpaid, by the end of this contract but after 2011, you won't be able to say he's only had a couple of good years, and only in walk-years. Dan, you're much more sanguine about Beltre than I ever will be. I was lucky enough to be good friends with someone in LA who's been a Dodger season ticket holder since 1958, (second row, in back of the Dodger dugout), and sometimes he would bring me to the games. I witnessed some of the most unprofessional behavior by Beltre during his years with the Dodgers I'd ever want to see from a player. We'll see what 2011 brings, but Beltre is player I have absolutely no use for, I've watched him play too often to be any kind of fan.

When I first heard that song, I said to myself: "Why's this guy ripping off Steely Dan?" Oh youth!

As I listened to BB tonight, I thought: "McLaughlin and Freddie Green aren't that far apart...."

One thing that I always found amazing about BB, is the rhythm of the music. And I'm not talking just about the bass/drum/piano thing either, but when the various instruments come into the music, and leave the field. Very interesting when I pay attention to that aspect...

A Dodger Snuggie Night! April 3, 2011 Dodgers vs. Giants. Maybe the "power of the snuggie" will be with the Dodgers this year...

1. Milestones. Still the top Miles album for me. On first hearing the song, Milestones, I thought to myself: "This is the happiest song I've ever heard, I must get more of this Miles fellow." Despite finding out that Miles was a less then sterling human being, nonetheless, I'm still captivate my his music and life. 2. Entroducing: DJ Shadow. This album completely blew me away, I had never expected "electronic music" to sound, or have so much heart. I began to listen to that style in a new way. 3. Peter Brotzmann: Never Too Late But Always Too Early. I had never "got" free-jazz (or however you want to label this kind of music) but hearing this turned my mind around to what the real possibilities of this kind of music could be. 4. Sex Pistols: Anarchy in the U.K.: To a loser in High School like me, in a teenage wasteland that was San Diego in the 1970s, I finally found music that spoke to me -- THANK YOU SEX PISTOLS! 5. Harry Smith: Anthology of American Folk Music. Folk music can be interesting? Who knew?

This is for JSngry, Big Al, and all Rangers' fans: You will need it, when, at the end of May, Adrian Beltre will be at .230 batting average, with 3 Home runs, and 15 RBIs. Bletre is notorious for his slow starts, but comes around when the team is out of contention. Look at the bright side, as a Mariner fan, I had to listen, ad nasuem, to Dave Niehaus & Milke Blowers assuring us that "Bletre is a gamer!" If you guys start to hear that from your announcers, run for the hills...

Thanks for the link, that is some crazy stuff.

The Jazz Crusaders set is very good, and very cool, but there's something about the Parker set that compels me to return to it a lot more than the JC set. If availability is a concern, I'd go with the Crusaders before it sells out, Mosaic owns the Benedetti tapes outright, so it will always be there later on...

I cannot believe that Scott Boras is seeking at least a five-year, $85 million contract for Adrian Beltre. 17 million-a-year for someone who will bat .280 15hrs 80rbis? Beltre has had two good years in his life, and both contract years. Sometimes I don't understand baseball executives at all.

Looks like Wounded Bird Records is releasing three of Joe Farrell's CTI records: Penny Arcade, Canned Funk, and Upon This Rock. I very happy about this. Here's the linky -- dinky Out of the three, which one would you recommend the most? Nice review of all three off of Doug Payne's website

I always take my vacation around this time of year, so I've been off for the past week-and-a-half. It's back to the real world on Tuesday.

Looks like Wounded Bird Records is releasing three of Joe Farrell's CTI records: Penny Arcade, Canned Funk, and Upon This Rock. I very happy about this. Here's the linky -- dinky Out of the three, which one would you recommend the most? I have not heard any of the three, so someone else will have to chime in on this one. BTW, for some reason, in the past couple of months, CTI cds have really rekindled my interest in jazz, there's just something about CTI, and Taylor's approach, that I'm finding... fun! I'm even starting to buy nothing but CTI right now, striving to build a nice collection.

CTI: The Cool Revolution. Disk two -- Deep Grooves / Big Hits.

It is, I order all three today.

The complete concert was released in Japan: I think there was also a three volumes also released in Japan, but outside of the rust-box, never in the USA.

Looks like Wounded Bird Records is releasing three of Joe Farrell's CTI records: Penny Arcade, Canned Funk, and Upon This Rock. I very happy about this. Here's the linky -- dinky

CTI Records -- The Cool Revolution.