Neal Pomea

Flim-Flam Man. "Meshaw!!!!" "What we got here is a situation"

Hodges' reputation took a downturn in later years, at least when managing the Washington Senators, IIRC. Heartlessly ruined the arms of more than one pitcher by insisting they "tough it out" by putting in more innings than they should have. Sorry to say that, since he played a big part in that 50s Dodger team that deserves so much credit for triumphing over the racial barriers. They may always be America's team, AFAIC. Will always appreciate him for that part of his career. You would think Santo should have been in the HOF a long time ago, if Billy Williams was. Was there something about his character that the veterans' committee didn't like?

that ruffles my own feathers most and no it's not! Funny, I felt the same way you do about some of those "minor" quotes that are not getting discussed much. Thanks for mentioning these points.

Interesting study of changes in the language. What terms mean and meant. IMO, it's a good idea to come up with new names for new kinds of music. Could have even started that in the 1930s and 1940s instead of depending on the cachet of the term jazz to apply to music that never had much to do with jazz in the first place. 1959 as cut off date? Oh really? Payton's probably 20-25 years late. Outdated/ironic use, too, of the term necrophilia, given the fascination that young people today -- but not older people -- have with zombies in the popular culture.

A couple of Texas labels: Macy's (Queen of Hits) and TNT (Tanner N Texas).

Not sure which vision we are using here, but I am on another unrelated board that upgraded to the latest version of Invision, which will not allow the descriptive second lines of thread titles. Don't know if you want that to happen. I also saw their "support" thread discussing this abrupt change and was really put off by their attitude. They pretty much told everybody who complained and wanted them to restore the capability for second line descriptions to buzz off. http://community.invisionpower.com/topic/338795-topic-descriptions-no-more/page__st__20__p__2170584#entry2170584 Just FYI. At least that is my interpretation. (They did research? Nobody used second line descriptions? I say "bogus." Every Invision board I know of uses them regularly.) Keep up the good work, as I know it is a lot of work running this kind of board.

Nominees: C.J. Chenier, Can't Sit Down Wao Akua, The Forest of the Gods Rebirth Brass Band, Rebirth of New Orleans Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys, Grand Isle Jimmy Sturr & His Orchestra, Not Just Another Polka Oh, yeah. These belong in the same category all right! What critic is knowledgeable in these disparate areas?

78s from basement of Joe Bussard. 1928 recording for Columbia Joe Falcon, Waltz that Carried Me to My Grave http://www.npmusic.org/JosephFalcon_WaltzThatCarriedMeToMyGrave1928Columbia.mp3 1937 re-recording for Decca Joe Falcon, Waltz that Carried Me to My Grave (different key, plus eerie fiddle!) Mossy. http://www.npmusic.org/JosephFalcon_WaltzThatCarriedMeToMyGrave1937Decca.mp3 (Note: We Cajuns called this Valse Qui me Porte En Terre -- Waltz that Carries Me in the Earth-- but it was remade in the 1950s by Iry LeJeune and is better known today as a standard with the title Valse de Grand Chemin, Big Road Waltz)

Ruby shooting Oswald on Sunday. That made a big impression on me, for some reason. Immediate suspicion among my elder relatives. First up hand murder ever saw on TV. I was very young but still remember LBJ's speech asking us to help him. Seems sincere even to this day. Most sincere presidential speech in my lifetime.

Much handier at home than starting up the computer and going on Google where information about my searching behavior becomes a commodity they sell and make money from.

Pink Floyd Obscured by Clouds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoeR7Tb_ItE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKz-1fx-liw

There's the bathroom on the right! (Would have made a good Cajun tune!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrvFIwpAzUU Tiger by the Tail. (My brother told me this was kid stuff in the country-western field)

Big fan of Clara Smith here!

When Houston moves to the American league, who's supposed to be the natural inter-league rivals for the Astros and the Rangers? There are none. There are really only very few lucrative "natural" rivalries for inter-league play, and you can probably figure them out on a set of functional fingers fewer than Django Reinhardt's. You are a 1%er, Bud Selig. Why is "interleague" being spell checked as wrong, but "inter-league" is not? It's pretty clear that nobody writes this word with a hyphen anymore, if they ever did.

If I like the music on a 78 then learn that the remastering job on the cd is fine, yes I will go out of my way to hear it. Really enjoying Fremeaux recordings lately, upon some recommendations on this board. I am spoiled, too, to hear good 78s on Joe Bussard's system in his basement. Sound never persuades me to listen to music I don't like.

The new logo will take elements from the previous cartoon birds but will be a little different. Like the O's on the cap.

The article says there will be more inter-league play, which is something I think MLB should be getting rid of, not adding more. I rooted for the Astros since they were Colt 45s until 2005 when baseball came back to DC and I switched allegiance to the Nationals. It was the only year Houston went to the World Series! Now I will have to root for the Orioles over the Astros as my American League favorite, but I don't see the Orioles or the Astros going to the World Series for the AL any time soon.

Thanks! really enjoyed these.

Washington Nationals Catcher Wilson Ramos Free in Venezuela Police shoot out with kidnappers did it.

Soon to come, SonEMIversal!

Same here! Get it through CD Universe? Worked in my case.

Just got this today and I'm hearing this growling trumpet solo for my first time now. WOW! Sound is nice. Everything I have heard so far on Vol. 1 blows the sound of JSP's Breaking Out of New Orleans (a pretty good collection) out of the water.

I will be mortified if I, a grown man, learn about the outbreak of WWIII on something called a Tweet. Hugo "No man can stop me now" Chavez killed. Dominos fall. North and south call alignments. Intercontinental ballistic missiles on the way!

What are these kids rioting about at Penn State? The football coach getting fired? They probably don't represent the majority of students at PSU. In College Park the frat boys riot whether the U of Maryland beats Duke in basketball OR loses!

Thanks! CD Universe had it and is shipping it today. Can't wait to hear it!