J.A.W.

Wish I could share your confidence... I don't see the Dutch team get through to the final, they've got too many weak spots in my opinion and their form leaves much to be desired.

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Same here - again...

The board's been down quite a few times lately. I hope Jim will be able to sort it out.

The material I quoted appears on page one of an Alley thread entitled Banning, Deleting and other sundry subjects. (I'd give you a link but that never seems to work with the JC.) link

I'm guessing it's AAJ. The "most users ever on line" total at AAJ suddenly rose sharply in May 2004. I read somewhere on JC that Lois and Ricci had a fight some time ago, but I don't know the details.

In my experience e-mails from hotmail accounts are often blocked by spam filters.

Just checked: Hiroshi sent me an e-mail this morning.

No problems with the website here. Will e-mail him when I'm home from work.

It's now June 28, 12.04 AM over here, so... have a great day!

No, at least not half as good as the U.K. box in my opinion, and the sound of that box is really amazing, like I said much, much better than all domestic (U.S.) reissues I had (and sold). Hans, I remember learning from a BNBB discussion that at least some (I believe the first group of eight Capitol Remasters: "In the Wee Small Hours", "Songs for Swingin' Lovers!", "A Swingin' Affair!", "Sings for Only the Lonely", "Come Fly with Me", "Come Dance with Me!", "Nice 'N' Easy", and "Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!!". The remaining Capitol reissues were released a couple of years later.) of the Capitol "Entertainer of the Century" discs were remastered TWICE. I do not recall who did the original remasterings of these eight discs, but now ALL of the Capitol remasters (and the Concepts boxed set) identify Bob Norberg as the remastering engineer. I do not doubt your assessment of the sound of the 21-CD Capitol Years set, nor have I had the opportunity to A/B the two remasters of the first eight Capitol CD's that were released in the "Entertainer of the Century" series, but may I ask whether you compared the Capitol Years set to the initial remasters or those done by Bob Norberg? Thanks! The initial remasters. However, I'm told that the U.K. box still sounds better than the later domestic (U.S.) remasters; I haven't heard those, though, so I can't comment.

Full time, Czech Republic 3, Denmark 0 Semifinal 2: Czech Republic vs. Greece on Thursday.

Apparently no team is capable of playing nothing but excellent football... Seriously, your assessment is spot-on. The Czechs are still top-favourites though, at least in my opinion.

Another Czech goal! Czech Republic 3, Denmark 0

Fantastic Czech goal! (No offside) Czech Republic 2, Denmark 0

A goal at last! Czech Republic 1, Denmark 0

Half time, Czech Republic 0, Denmark 0 A disappointing first half with the Danes more in possession, but totally ineffective.

No, at least not half as good as the U.K. box in my opinion, and the sound of that box is really amazing, like I said much, much better than all domestic (U.S.) reissues I had (and sold).

I agree, but don't forget they had to play in temperatures that exceeded 90F / 33C, which is pretty tough for players who aren't used to that kind of heat. You're right, but I don't think there would be room for your alternates in the tight tournament schedule. Besides, the opponent in the next round that wouldn't have had to play so much extra time would have a huge (physical) advantage, which wouldn't be fair either in my opinion.

I'd recommend the U.K. 21CD-box The Capitol Years. It has all the Capitol albums plus many extra tracks, and the sound is pristine - actually, it sounds better than all other Sinatra Capitol CD reissues I've heard, including the U.S. "Entertainer of the Century" reissues. AMG review It's available from Amazon UK (note the lower "used and new" prices; £1 = about $1.83)

Interesting indeed...

Rockefeller would have lost his second bet...

The Dutch won the penalty shoot-out?? I'm speechless... I'm told the game wasn't very good, so I guess I didn't miss much. Semifinal 1: Portugal vs. Netherlands on Wednesday.

Unfortunately, I won't be able to watch the game

Great review David!