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I favor a hard salary cap in MLB (both ceiling and floor) based on negotiated % of league revenue, even though my local team (Phillies) is one of the bigger spenders. With the difference in local income streams, teams like the Pirates, Royals, Indians, Reds, Twins, Brewers, Rays have little to no shot at competing with the big boys, even though some of those teams (Indians and Brewers come to mind) are run extraordinarily well. I like how it works in the NFL, where GM skill is integral (makes me very thankful for Howie Rosen!). It doesn't take a genius to go spend $2 billion on the best FA's money can buy.

This again: Amazing artistry.

Just ordered it. Tani Tabbal often plays in this area. Listening on bandcamp, it was really cool to hear his recognizable drumming.

Cartola – Cartola

RIP. Sad news. I always enjoyed Sanford and Son, and Wilson was great. The episodes featuring his buddy Rollo were always hilarious.

Interesting, I had no trouble finding them online over this decade, bought stereo and mono copies for myself and copies for others as gifts.

With the retirement of David Robertson, there are no active players who won the World Series as members of the New York Yankees.

Demond Wilson, Lamont on ‘Sanford and Son,’ Dies at 79 I really enjoyed Sanford And Son.

I would like to point out the omission of a track on disc 5. The exact order is: DISC V HARRY JAMES AND HIS ORCHESTRA 1. James spoken introduction (X) 0:09 2. Blue Lou (X) 2:43 (I. Mills-E. Sampson) 3. Charmaine (X) 1:49 (L. Pollack-E. Rapee) 4. The Sad Sack (X) 3:16 (Harry James) 5. Mexico City (X) 4:12 (W. Donaldson-M. Greene) 6. Sierra (X) 3:45 (J. Matthias-S. Russell) 7. Too Marvelous For Words (X) 3:13 (J. Mercer-R. Whiting) HARRY JAMES AND HIS ORCHESTRA 8. September In The Rain (Y) 3:15 (A. Dubin-H. Warren) 9. 920 Special (Y) 2:44 (Earle Warren) 10. Rose Room (Y) 4:14 (A. Hickman-H. Williams) 11. Eight Bar Riff (Part 1) (Y) 4:07 (Harry James) 12. Eight Bar Riff (Part 2) (Y) 3:20 (Harry James) CLAUDE THORNHILL AND HIS ORCHESTRA 13. Easy Does It (Z) 3:18 (T. Young-S. Oliver) COUNT BASIE AND HIS ORCHESTRA 14. Yeah Man (AA) 2:43 (Count Basie) 15. Rhythm Man (AA) 2:40 (Count Basie) COUNT BASIE AND HIS ORCHESTRA 16. Kansas City Stride (BB) 4:12 (Dicky Wells) 17. Beaver Junction (BB) 3:41 (Harry Edison) 18. Circus In Rhythm (BB) 3:40 (Earle Warren) 19. Aunt Hagar's Country Home (BB) 3:20 (unidentified) 20. Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You (BB) 4:09 (A. Razaf-D. Redman) 21. Basie Strides Again (Along Avenue C) (BB) 3:00 (Buck Clayton) 22. Call Me Darling (feat. Thelma Carpenter) 23. Playhouse No. 2 Stomp (Variations on I Got Rhythm) (BB) 3:17 (George Gershwin) COUNT BASIE AND HIS ORCHESTRA 24. Kansas City Stride (alt tk) (BB) 3:45 (Dicky Wells)

The Bottle Tapes

Adia Vanheerentals – Taking Place Solo soprano in specific settings. Much more about the settings that the sonorities, so it distinguishes itself from the Lao Dans or John Butchers of the world. Those guys never played to a bunch of chickens. I'm really astonished at how hard the Teagarden Verves are to find second hand. I'd have assumed that this music shifted units, but I'm not sure how many times I've encountered them in the wild.

In '87 or '88, I received an unrequested catalogue from Mosaic with Chet Baker on the cover. I think they got my name from Downbeat. I promptly ordered the Monk Blue Note and the Mulligan/Baker PJ boxes. Those were my first boxes.

I was raided in a box set family. Nobody asked me, it was just always there, a headless floating hat in the sky

I want to like this new tune about Minneapolis and I think I am in sympathy with his viewpoint here - some crazy shit happening. But somehow I have never quite 'got' Bruce Springsteen. Then again most pop music doesn't do much for me.

Yes, I have a lot of Moravian ancestry centered around Bethlehem, Lititz and Nazareth.

And the grounds were littered with the dead Fascist bodies?1

I can't quite remember which was the first box set I got. It might have been the John R. T. Davies set of Louis Armstrong's Hot 5's and 7's. I remember being blown away by the big Andrew Hill Mosaic, which was probably the first of those. The Columbia set of Miles Davis 2nd quintet studio albums was also a memorable early box set, which I remember unexpectedly finding very cheap at Costco.

Bartok piano miniatures.

Nice! Dorati was/is a marvelous conductor.

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Saw Once Upon a Time in Hollywood last night. In 70 mm! I liked it quite a bit with a few reservations along the way, as is kind of par for the course with Q. I thought his portrayal of Bruce Lee was absurd and quite offensive, and it wasn't required to serve the storyline.

Roy Hargrove and Crisol “Grand-Terre” Verve cd

I like this obscure release because it includes one of my favorite Feldman pieces, I met Heine on the Rue Fürstenberg, which has rarely been recorded.