indigo

At the risk of looking like a greedy pig (I'll live with it -- love Bennink!) . . . may I have that one also? On the plus side, it'll save you postage. indigo

Wow! I'd love to have that one. To my prior offerings (Ahmad's Blues and Antiguo), which are still available, I'll add: Roy Hargrove - Habana Joe Henderson - Big Band You got it. Yipee! What a great way to start Tuesday morning! I'll be replying to your PM shortly. Thanks, indigo

Wow! I'd love to have that one. To my prior offerings (Ahmad's Blues and Antiguo), which are still available, I'll add: STILL AVAILABLE Roy Hargrove - Habana TAKEN Joe Henderson - Big Band

It's yours! Is it ok if I send it without the jewel box (it's one of those fat old ones, would double postage fee, I think)?

paying ahead, I'll throw these into the pot, both in fine condition: TAKEN: Ahmad Jamal - Ahmad's Blues STILL AVAILABLE: Gonzalo Rubalcaba & Cuban Quartet - Antiguo indigo

Just stumbled on this thread. Fantastic idea! To Good King Ubu: If the Miles 64 Concert is still available, I'd love to have it. (Sorry I didn't see this before the BFT business. ) By the time you reply I should have at least a few offers ready for posting. indigo

as i understand it, it is in some circles, especially if written as "d00d. (pl, d00dz).' commonly used that way by script kiddies and other hacker wannabes. not being one of them and not frequenting IRCs, i can't say from personal experience, but i've seen plenty of references to the practice while reading geek news. having lived in non-english-speaking countries for the last 20 years, i often have to ask for guidance about such matters when i go back to the states for a visit. so i don't have any real answers, and i doubt there's a good one other than using the person's name. as far as i'm concerned, 'man' is fine. but it doesn't solve the problem -- it's an ejaculation (pun unavoidable -- n., an abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion) and not a term of address. ('man, indigo, that was an amazing story.') personally, i have no problem with 'guys' in the plural, used among familiars -- most american women i know use it that way among themselves. but i don't have a good answer as to what to use in the singular. in a restaurant how should one get the attention of the person who brings the food? 'oh, waitperson!" sounds ridiculous, and 'server!' conjures an image of a central computer. i suppose that's why they often introduce themselves, using their first names, which strikes me as overly familiar. anyway, i'm cool with dude or man. 'babe' might work if there were a lou reed smilie with audio (doo duh-doo duh-doo ....).

No, not at all. I had no plan to be "genderless." It's just that the "dude" remark made me wonder what effect it would have if I and perhaps some others were to avoid identifying our genders.

Rats! If only i'd checked in earlier and seen the "dude" remark, ubu, I would have PMed you and suggested not saying anything. It would have been fun to be gender-unknown for a while and see if and when it ever became an issue. Well, no harm done. I do appreciate the encouragement you all have offered. Yeah, the fun and learning and -- yes!, by all means -- free tunes were what drew me in. But it also appears a bit intimidating to this untutored listener. Just after my 8th grade music teacher had laid out bass and treble clef for the class, I had to have some wisdom teeth extracted, and my music education never got back on track. Now -- decades later -- I'm trying to remedy that. Seems i've come to the right place. Whether i can discipline my ears properly remains to be seen. Occasionally I set out to focus on some aspect of a tune, but I don't think I've managed to go for more than a minute or two before being taken in by the music as a whole. Marty, your comment about confirming one's dislikes made me laugh. I don't care so much about being consistent, but I'm relieved when I don't have to add something else to the ever-growing wow-I-really-need-to-explore-this list. Not enough ears, not enough hours (or money) for all of it. Hmmmm ... so why did I just sign up for a package of new discoveries? How's that for a dumb question?!

Thanks for the guidance and words of welcome. But I have to wonder what I've let myself in for -- I just found the central repository of links to the answers to previous tests -- some challenging stuff in there, including a fair amount of new-to-me material. In any event, though, I'm sure my ears are in for a treat. Looking forward to it.

I just signed up for BFT 24, my first. I've been poking around the topic to get a handle on how this works and saw your questions. Rooster, if you still want help with distribution, let me know. I'd be happy to lend a hand, especially for the 'odd' locations (I'm in Taipei). Re normalizing files, I wasn't too happy with Nero's function when I tried it (long ago -- maybe it's improved since then). I've been using something called "WAV File Leveller" -- a free program available at: www.plompy.co.uk/software. It's worked well for me for most situations. This is my first post, so perhaps it's a good place to say to thanks to all of you. I've been making my way through the archives (time permitting, I'll eventually read it all) -- highly enlightening and great fun. The most recent benefit: A few items I read yesterday led to my playing Coltrane's Sun Ship and an Ayler compilation at breakfast this morning. Really started an otherwise gloomy day off right. I haven't received BFT 24 yet (my request just went in), but already I want to ask: Is it too early to sign up for 25?