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  1. http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2011/06/22_college_football_programs_m.html Has the NCAA's actions gained so much respect from you that you actually believe everything that it says? I doubt there's anybody on this board that has more loathing for the NCAA than I do and that began a long time before the Penn State fiasco. But I also have read from multiple sources that college athletic programs generally operate in the red. You called it a ridiculous statement without putting up anything to refute it. I'll admit I'm wrong if you can find some documentation. I'd also be surprised if Penn State's football program wasn't operating in the black.
  2. http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2011/06/22_college_football_programs_m.html
  3. School athletic departments generally don't make money. That doesn't stop the dimwitted whores that run the places from pursuing the golden calves continually; but they run athletics as inefficiently as they do everything else. Are there really some comments here that are extrapolating what Penn State specifically went through to every other program? I've long said that there's too much fucking money involved in college sports that perverts the mission of incorporating it into a well-balanced life; for example the ESPN Thursday night games makes me wonder if college presidents wouldn't sign off to playing at 2 in the morning if there was some extra jack in it for them. But to accuse every large program of running dens of sexual abuse of minors is making a ridiculous leap. This is a horrible cautionary tale about letting a program run amok with no accountability at any level and may manifest itself in other ways at other places. And an example should be made of this to prevent anything like it happening elsewhere again.
  4. Very sad news; I need to listen to his stuff some more.
  5. NPR's link no longer has an audio.
  6. Lurking at the Penn State Scout board, this has really shaken the cult, with only the most rabid of the koolaid drinkers giving JoePa a pass on this. Since he's dead anyway, it doesn't really matter except to the few fanatics that also believe in the purity of amateur athletics. I'm really anxious to see what the NCAA Inspector Clouseaus do with this. I'm very confident that their witless gumshoes won't do the right thing, like busting that program down from varsity to "club" status for the next decade or so. They'll do something completely inappropriate like state that anybody receiving a settlement from the school loses all eligibility because of violating the sacred oath that revenues only go to the kollidges or the NCAA itself. Yes I'm kidding; but only a bit.
  7. Now is it time to nuke the program and melt the statue of Saint JoePa down? http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2012/06/29/sandusky-e-mails-revealed/
  8. I'd be surprised if this doesn't get released as a Vandermark "Free Jazz Classics" add on disc like he's done sporadically with the Vandermark 5; usually as a "bonus" disc that is in limited release ie. he sells them at concerts and through a few select places like DMG. Also I appreciate the background story for Nonaah. I haven't listened to it in ages and frankly my ears and head weren't ready for it at the time but I always figured there was something that was driving the live performance and it would be good to revisit it. Not that music can't stand on its own. Plus I appreciate the subjective view of what Vandermark's done; if I don't totally agree with everything I certainly understand where it's coming from.
  9. This was the most important "historical issue" in quite a while in that it didn't just collect together old stuff everybody already knew/knew about, it exposed something altogether unknown of and about people places and things that would go on to be even more known and even more important. AFAIC, stuff like this deserve a category unto itself. Yes, I've written about this release elsewhere and it fills a gap about which virtually everybody but Chuck and the participants were unaware. An extremely important disc imo. And even though I have my own issues with Downbeat, starting when my initial subscription happened just as it went from biweekly to monthly , kudos for the recognition all these releases received.
  10. Seven years ago at the Vision Festival I saw Sorey, as part of their "new talent" or something like that (it was on a Saturday afternoon and not very well attended), play the most stunning solo piano concert I've seen in a long time. To call it percussive would be an extreme understatement, and his musical ideas realized inside the piano were just stunning. I've been disappointed that this aspect of his body of work has been relatively neglected compared to his drumming.
  11. I don't know what the original poster thinks about Globe Unity Orchestra, but Rava's participation in a 75 Baden-Baden concert which was part of the FMP In Retrospect box (the individual discs can be purchased separately) is outstanding and begins with a Rava song, Maranao.
  12. Animosities, I may add, generated because of a simple disagreement regarding the various social and political issues facing us today. On this BBS, it's OK to offer differing view points just so long as it doesn't become a pissing contest. I admit, I have had to adjust my own posting style to one that is a bit less strident. But I am neither a "piece of shit" nor am I stupid, insane or mentally incapacitated in any way. Insults are the opiate of the unwise. I, however, have moved on. Life is too short to get that angry over any discussion which isn't life threatening. Mods, this was between Pete C and me. If you're telling me not to interact with a certain poster, I think some reciprocation would be appropriate, no? Plus this has nothing to do with the subject of the thread, which I've adhered to after being admonished.
  13. Chico Freeman's Kings of Mali sealed the deal for me, if one recording could do so. I haven't listened to it in years yet some of the songs still come right to mind.
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