Ron S

Indeed, Fantasy's late-80's/early-90's mastering is generally pretty hard to beat. Not that it hasn't been done, but the sound of Fantasy CDs from that era is definitely not inferior, and shouldn't be condemned out-of-hand, IMHO.

We thought he was with you.

...and I'm just the man for the job! . . . a 'bone-head.

That's funny--when you guys are at our house, we don't eat.

Jim's cheese steak:

Rick's is part of the Oliveri cheese steak dynasty, founded by the legendary Pat.

He's like, REAL gone! :eye: As soon as I posted that, I just knew some wise-ass would come along and make that kind of joke.

Elvin's GONE.

GONE.

Erik--livin' life on the razor's edge! (i.e., cuttin' it close)

You're referring to Leslie's cooking?

What??? You don't put me in the LOVE category?

I have also. My Charlie Christian CDs were gunked up right out of the box. What an incredibly stupid design.

I believe so, but don't hold me accountable if it doesn't.

Really? That's great! Did you have the same problem? When I first got the box, there was foam gunk on all of the discs, and 1 or 2 of them wouldn't play. I insisted that they replace all 4 of them, which they did. When you call the 800 number, they'll take all your information, and then send you a prepaid mailing label. You'll mail them the discs only (not the box or booklet), and they'll send you 4 brand-new discs.

Call Sony customer service at the 800 number in the back of the booklet that came with the set. Sony will replace the discs. They did it for me.

I got it. I like it.

Yeah, right. It's from my daughter's school. Your daughter goes to school at the Philadelphia Country Club???? You got a problem with that?

Yeah, right. It's from my daughter's school.

Tuesday night at North By Northwest: Where's Mark Sheldon when you need him???

Practicing some new wet-finger-on-wine-glass tunes with my daughter: Look for extensive use of these on the next CD.

Randy hangin' with the Burghers of Calais: Yes, they are also Sun Ra fans.

In front of the Rodin Museum: They tried working as a quartet, but that other guy's playing was a bit too cerebral.

Randy in front of the Sun Ra house, after auditioning for the Arketsra: "Don't call us, we'll call you."

You should come visit him in January and see the shows too!