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I once stood next to him at a urinal, so... 90 degrees?

Happy Birthday, Dan!

Case is point as to how a resurfaced old thread might limit new discussion: I don't recall the specific topic, but there was a resurrected thread (from like 2003) that recently caught my eye and I was all prepared to add my 2 cents to it. Only when looking through the thread I realized that I had already commented (back in 2003 or so), so I refrained from adding anything more. Now what I would have said might have been idiotic anyway, so perhaps we were all lucky on that score, but it might also have turned the discussion in a different direction. Directing a newbie to an old thread might result in some unintended self-censorship if they felt that a topic had already been discussed and put to rest years ago.

The main advantage I see to not worrying about duplicate threads is that it encourages those not only new to the board, but those new to jazz. The boards I go to that seem to be growing, living boards don't worry about duplicate threads, and newbies seem to stick around a lot more, growing in knowledge and in contributing to the board. The boards that worry about duplicate threads and insist that newbies use the search feature, post on the appropriate thread, etc., seem to run of the noobs quickly, and soon become an "old gang" board. I agree with Tom Storer in that, in this day of facebook, bulletin boards may be up against it, but there are boards that are doing fine. Of course, the other advantage to not worrying about duplicate threads is less work for you... As I see it duplicate threads are a nuisance when they're posted shortly after the original thread, especially when there's a discussion going on in the earlier one. The starting point here is to keep all info and opinions on a particular subject in one thread as much as possible, which makes a discussion a lot easier to follow (and take part in) than when it is fragmented between threads and it also makes it easier to do a search. I agree with Hans (I think! ) in that duplicate threads are a pain when they're posted concurrently with each other - for example, duplicate RIP threads or duplicate discussions on a particular new release. But I have no problem with duplicate discussions in general, whether it's about a specific artist, label, or album. So what if we discussed "Kind of Blue" 8, 5, and 2 years before? I'd rather someone start a new thread - and a new discussion - rather than just continue the old one or have someone point out that we once talked about KOB years before. There's often a freshness one gets from new threads that you don't get when an old one is pulled up and added to.

Well at least they spelled "Monk" right.

$5 mp3 of the new album at Amazon for those inclined to digital.

Facebook: ugh. A grazing field for sheep. The same sheep that have white earbuds in their brainless heads b/c Steue Jobs conned them think they they'll be pariahs if they're not on FB. I have FRIENDS-don't need 'friends'. When is the world going to wake up and see how FAKE this BS is? Kinda surprised you have so many FRIENDS/"friends" when you're so quick to ridicule those of us who like our "friends" both here and there. I'm sure one of these days those one billion facebook "sheep" will realize just how right you are.

I don't get your apparent animosity. If you're tiring of us, simply leave. If no topics meet your criteria for being interesting or youthful enough, start a new one. This thread was all about us not linking to bootleg recordings - a reasonable enough request even if one thinks it unnecessary.

Well I love Facebook, but a good board is a whole 'nother animal. Yes, it's been relatively "quiet" here lately - especially with an election coming up; seriously, what's up with that guys? - but I attribute that to so few new jazz releases coming out these days... and, honestly, talking about much of the same ol' shit for going on a decade now. But this is still one of my favorite places to visit (almost) everyday.

Lance will heretofore receive no more Christmas cards from me! Seriously, I think the public is simply 'roided out. And it's really hard to care about a cyclist who won a bunch of races in France when you have athletes cheating in more all-American games like baseball. I think the bigger issue that we, as both fans and players, have to address in these technological times is just where to draw the line in "gaining an edge" in order to "win at all costs." How is taking a bunch of vitamins necessarily different from taking designer chemicals that also help the body process energy more efficiently... and so on? It's not going to get any easier as spitballs give way to gene therapies.

Obviously there was no "moon disaster" and the crew of Apollo 11 came back home safely, but I think this thankfully undelivered speech by William Safire serves as a moving tribute to Neil Armstrong and all of our great explorers. http://watergate.info/1969/07/20/an-undelivered-nixon-speech.html

Yes, a great story, Ed. I have to admit, this one choked me up when I heard about it earlier today. The Moon Landings were a big part of my childhood and Armstrong and the other astronauts were my heroes.

Tipped off 500 times, with as little as 20 minutes notice? I find that harder to believe than him taking stuff in the first place. I'm with those above who just shrug it off as the "steroid era." I don't follow "pro bike riding" per se, but according to the news last night each of the second place finishers in the Tour de France in the years that Armstrong won have already been disqualified for doping. I still think all-steroid competition would be loads of fun.

This shocked everyone. Reminds me of this...

Well my wife thinks that a lot of the jazz I listen to sounds like the screams of a dying cat... but a cat's not (at least quite yet) inanimate.

http://gawker.com/5935677/this-squeaky-parking-garage-door-sounds-just-like-miles-davis-bitches-brew?utm_campaign=socialflow_gawker_twitter&utm_source=gawker_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

Not quite a blooper, but there was the announcer this year who said something to the effect of, "the winner of this race will be decided by whoever runs the fastest."

Same here... Hawkman. Those early Brave & Bold comics - especially the covers - were incredible. Joe was a tremendous talent and will be greatly missed.

Let me add my condolences to Chuck, Von's family, and to those who knew him. Though I have a few of his albums, I won't pretend to know him well, and haven't traveled to Chicago often enough to have ever seen him perform in person. But that obit/bio that opened this thread was an incredibly moving and informative read for me. It said more to me in a few pages of what jazz is and was all about - and about its often unheralded artists - than the totality of Ken Burns' "Jazz." R.I.P.

I know what you mean. I was at the 1984 games in Los Angeles and saw this in person...

It's hard to believe that simply didn't look worse than it was. And he still came in 4th!

I'm sure I'm not the only one who used to spend an entire afternoon traveling from one record store to another, hunting for rare, oop cds, or just titles on a long "want list". I used to call them "CD safaris" - remember them, Kevin? Hell, I think I even met Kevin for the first time in the Boston Tower Records store, only to see him again an hour later in the other local Tower as we both rummaged through a stack of discounted Japanese BNs. During these quests, you'd inevitably see familiar faces of like-minded jazz fans, and run into local musicians, critics, and colorful characters. Sadly, those days are gone. I only go to one record store now, and that's Jacks. Everything's online, and mostly downloads. Oh well, I've still got my memories, as long as my memory holds out, that it. I have had many similar experiences and memories - and miss them too - but let's not forget that with this change comes new and different experiences. Twenty years ago I might have ran into familiar faces while record shopping; now I've made friends and talk about music on boards such as this - something that didn't exist twenty years ago. What was once a local experience has become, in many ways, international in scope. Not saying one is better than the other.

That's already old and no longer accurate news... http://www.deadline.com/2012/07/twitter-suspends-guy-adams-london-olympic-criticism-nbc-sports-gary-zenkel-email/ Facebook is far more boring and mundane than all of that. I suppose it all depends on one's friends.

My young daughters were complaining that the Queen always looks so dour/sad. "She's the Queen," they say, "why isn't she smiling and having fun?" It did take some effort to convince them that it wasn't really her parachuting out of that chopper.