Am I missing the what did Santy Claus bring you thread???

[catesta]

No music of any sorts.

But I did get a new four burner gas grill.

[Peter Johnson]

No music (yet), although I know something is on its way from Mosaic courtesy of my parents, who had to make an unexpected trip to New England last week.

Significant other and I got each other good, technical snowshoes, which we're going to use next weekend!

Lots of stocking stuffers, chocolate, books...a very good year!

[Quincy]

For watching his dogs on Christmas Eve, my neighbor gave me a $25 gift card to Amoeba. I'm still wondering what I'll get.

Was your neighbor afraid the dogs would attack Santa?

That's very sweet, both that the neighbor cares about the dogs like and thew a nice bone your way for coming through!

[Lush Life]

[There were also a number of CDs, DVDs and one book that didn't meet minimum requirements (they weren't blues or jazz) so they'll go back to Amazon or Borders this week.

Dan, inquiring minds want to know what CDs and DVDs are headed back to amazon and Borders!

[Dan Gould]

[There were also a number of CDs, DVDs and one book that didn't meet minimum requirements (they weren't blues or jazz) so they'll go back to Amazon or Borders this week.

Dan, inquiring minds want to know what CDs and DVDs are headed back to amazon and Borders!

OK, but first I'll have to cop to the fact that some of the music was in fact blues or jazz but just didn't appeal sufficiently to keep.

Jimmy Witherspoon, Blue Spoon

This one was a tough decision but what I've heard about the second date on the CD made me leery, even if Golson did do the arrangements.

A three disc blues compilation that repeated too much music I already have plus one disc was current stars I'm not fond enough of.

Hunt for Red October and Sunset Boulevard - one is a great film, one is decent enough, but I traded them in for an oral history of the blues DVD and the Monk Jazz Icons disc, so that's a much better pair.

A book of baseball trivia. On this one, I acted extra appreciative but I honestly can't believe my in-laws would buy such a thing. Yeah, I love baseball. But I'm not The Schwaab, and I stopped being fascinated by trivia books somewhere around the time that I started being fascinated by girls.

[BruceH]

Here it is!(Man, I have to be missing it, but have looked and looked-just merge it if I have overlooked it)

Fortunately, Santa found out about the Tower sale as well. Let's see....

1. Tempo King 1936-37(Timeless label)

2. Texas and Tennesse Territory bands(Sonny Clapp is the "big"name)

3. Woody Herman Sings Ballads and Blues 45-47(Already mispriced at 6.99 before discount)

4.Johnny Hodges Proper set

5.Five Birmingham Babies(Frog label)

6. Original Memphis Five-Columbias 1923-31(Man, when did the Retrieval/Challenge cds get so cheap? $9.99 was the sticker price!)

7. Maxine Sullivan Tribute to Andy Razaf.

8. Clarence Williams (from Lon's fav remasterer, Robert Parker! Hey, it was cheap)

9. Best of Bob Eberly with Jimmy Dorsey

10. Louis Jordan Proper set

11. Bobby Hacket 1948-54 Classics

12. Noel Coward, 3 cd cheap set from Pulse.

Also got my Dad some cds, that I will listen to more than he ever will

Dinah Shore ASV that is made up of radio shows(never seen them do anything like that, Groucho, Sinatra, Orson Welles on the cd with her) Ambrose Vocalion cd vol 6, War Years. Only cd that I have listened to so far, never would guess it to be Ambrose!. a 3 cd box set from RCA/BMG of Tommy Dorsey(For 100th anniversary of his birth) and an Ethel Waters ASV cd.

Got a few DVDs, George Steven's The More the Merrier, season's 7 and 8 of the Simpsons.

Well, I got a piece of string...and some dirt...

[7/4]

Here it is!(Man, I have to be missing it, but have looked and looked-just merge it if I have overlooked it)

Fortunately, Santa found out about the Tower sale as well. Let's see....

1. Tempo King 1936-37(Timeless label)

2. Texas and Tennesse Territory bands(Sonny Clapp is the "big"name)

3. Woody Herman Sings Ballads and Blues 45-47(Already mispriced at 6.99 before discount)

4.Johnny Hodges Proper set

5.Five Birmingham Babies(Frog label)

6. Original Memphis Five-Columbias 1923-31(Man, when did the Retrieval/Challenge cds get so cheap? $9.99 was the sticker price!)

7. Maxine Sullivan Tribute to Andy Razaf.

8. Clarence Williams (from Lon's fav remasterer, Robert Parker! Hey, it was cheap)

9. Best of Bob Eberly with Jimmy Dorsey

10. Louis Jordan Proper set

11. Bobby Hacket 1948-54 Classics

12. Noel Coward, 3 cd cheap set from Pulse.

Also got my Dad some cds, that I will listen to more than he ever will

Dinah Shore ASV that is made up of radio shows(never seen them do anything like that, Groucho, Sinatra, Orson Welles on the cd with her) Ambrose Vocalion cd vol 6, War Years. Only cd that I have listened to so far, never would guess it to be Ambrose!. a 3 cd box set from RCA/BMG of Tommy Dorsey(For 100th anniversary of his birth) and an Ethel Waters ASV cd.

Got a few DVDs, George Steven's The More the Merrier, season's 7 and 8 of the Simpsons.

Well, I got a piece of string...and some dirt...

I got rocks.

[BERIGAN]

Here it is!(Man, I have to be missing it, but have looked and looked-just merge it if I have overlooked it)

Fortunately, Santa found out about the Tower sale as well. Let's see....

1. Tempo King 1936-37(Timeless label)

2. Texas and Tennesse Territory bands(Sonny Clapp is the "big"name)

3. Woody Herman Sings Ballads and Blues 45-47(Already mispriced at 6.99 before discount)

4.Johnny Hodges Proper set

5.Five Birmingham Babies(Frog label)

6. Original Memphis Five-Columbias 1923-31(Man, when did the Retrieval/Challenge cds get so cheap? $9.99 was the sticker price!)

7. Maxine Sullivan Tribute to Andy Razaf.

8. Clarence Williams (from Lon's fav remasterer, Robert Parker! Hey, it was cheap)

9. Best of Bob Eberly with Jimmy Dorsey

10. Louis Jordan Proper set

11. Bobby Hacket 1948-54 Classics

12. Noel Coward, 3 cd cheap set from Pulse.

Also got my Dad some cds, that I will listen to more than he ever will

Dinah Shore ASV that is made up of radio shows(never seen them do anything like that, Groucho, Sinatra, Orson Welles on the cd with her) Ambrose Vocalion cd vol 6, War Years. Only cd that I have listened to so far, never would guess it to be Ambrose!. a 3 cd box set from RCA/BMG of Tommy Dorsey(For 100th anniversary of his birth) and an Ethel Waters ASV cd.

Got a few DVDs, George Steven's The More the Merrier, season's 7 and 8 of the Simpsons.

Well, I got a piece of string...and some dirt...

I got rocks.

Jeez, sorry guys! I'm used to looking up at what everyone else got. Plus, you guys buy jazz for yourselves all year long, plus you all each have like 80 Mosaics, and I have 5! Did I mention that I got those simpsons sets for $16 each at Target??? In fact, with the cds I got at tower being 40% off or more, not one item mentioned above cost more than $16.

Oh, did I mention the new Bentley convertible I got as well??? It's not a Rolls, but it will get me from point A to point b......

Edited December 28, 2006 by BERIGAN

[Templejazz]

From my sister, probably the best gift ever:

A new DVD player to replace my PS2 that got stolen from my apt.

A Mosaic Giftcard for $75...sweeet....might put that toward the Gerald Wilson set

I guess I wasn't as naughty this past year as I thought

[patricia]

From my sister, probably the best gift ever:

My younger daughter's former boyfriend gave her that set last year and she was thrilled. The relationship didn't last [she's engaged to somebody else now], but she appreciates the wit on a new level now than she did as a little kid. Her cell's ringtone is the entire Muppet Show theme.

The same daughter gave me the smallest garden gnome which is about 3" high. I guess she remembered my saying that they had become a cliche'. The exception is a life-size cement dinasaur a couple of blocks from my building. Sure makes you look.

[BruceH]

Got the new Roz Chast super-collection Theories Of Everything...also a book called Great Cathedrals...the Val Lewton DVD box...well, actually, that last I got from Borders with a couple of gift cards, and I still had to make up the difference, but it still counts I think.