Big Al

Could not agree more about the Whitney, what a beauty. Oh HELL Yeah!!!!! "New World A-Coming" is worth the price of admission alone!

Easily my favorite as well. They were firing on all cylinders that night!

Since we banded together and succeeded in helping Jim keep it up, one might say that, collectively, we are a form of Viagra--Viagraissimos! Viagraissimo..... putting the Organ in Organissimo!

Archive!!!! Anything can happen (server failures, etc)!

Zora (to her daddy): Daddy, they say that when you hear Bird play the alto, an angel gets his wings and Mr. Big Al gets a little smarter. Daddy b3-er (to Zora): That's right, dear; that's right! (Daddy b3-er looks to the sky and winks as the bells continue to ring and Mr. Big Al still tries to figure out what all the fuss is about Bird)

See? I told you if I offered to leave, people would donate! The people have spoken: when I hit 5,000 posts, I will leave! And promptly come back the next day! Seriously, I'm happy you realize not only how much we love this place, but how much we love YOU, man! And no, I don't want to be a moderator. I have neither the time, the energy, nor the desire. Plus, if y'all think I'm anal now, just put me in charge of something like this. I'll make more enemies in an hour than my usual pace (two hours).

Thank you, thank you. I'm here all month!

BTW, I was visited by a 900-foot-tall AllenLowe last night and he sayeth, and I quoteth, "Raise for me $50,000 to keep thee Organissimo Board going, or I shall take thee home." And I said, "Heaven?" and AllenLowe said, "No, you fool, Chicago." So, y'all better do what the man says, dig?

I have nothing to donate in terms of "donation swag," so I will offer to stay away from the Board if y'all raise the necessary monthly fees! (That oughta get the bread flowing in pretty!)

That's silly!

Shhhhhhhhh!!!! You'll ruin everything!

You and me both. It's like crack! Be strong, Al! :rsmile: I'm always here for you, my friend! No, really, I'm always here!

I e-mailed that prayer to a bunch of friends, one of whom came up with this response: Bud Light presents Real Men of Genius. Today, Bud Light salutes you, Mr. Poet in a Bar Room Stupor. . . . . Mr. Poet in a Bar Room Stupor. While others spend their time doing important things and thinking lofty thoughts, you and you alone focus upon raising the state of alcoholic inebriation to that of religious revelation.........

Well, it looks like the board (or at the very least, the community) isn't going anywhere anytime soon. I suppose that's good for the community; it's not so good for me, since I now have to go back to relying on personal discipline and self-will to keep myself from spending so much time here. Which, as you can see, still doesn't work.

Right on the nail there, my friend.

Herbie Mann's FLAUTISTA was my introduction to his groovy percussion. I like at the end when Herbie's introducing the band and introduces "the next president of Cuba, Patato!" RIP

I read in the paper the other day that the Rangers are talking about bringing Gagne back from Boston and making him the closer. Jeeezus, didn't these idiots watch ANY baseball last year, including their own team? If I was Aki, I'd be looking for another team pronto!

I even bought the Verve Master Takes box, and will be getting the 5-CD "Studio Chronicle" soon. So there!

I am trying SO hard not to burst out laughing right now.....

The only respectable thing to do would be to tell me that not only am I wrong, but that I'm ALSO full of shit!!! Well, that's a difference in MOs, I guess. I just assume that everybody (myself included) is full of shit, so that's gonna be a given at any point in time. But to tell somebody they're wrong, hey, that's personal! Hey, intervention ain't always easy. Someone has to take the first step of slappin' some sense into someone who needs it!

I couldn't resist replying to this, so I replied here, so as not to derail the thread.

In the Org shut-down thread, JSngry wrote this: The only respectable thing to do would be to tell me that not only am I wrong, but that I'm ALSO full of shit!!! I have since corrected that generally grievous error (didja catch that, Star Wars fans?) by purchasing the Verve Master Takes box and (eventually) the 5-disc box called (I think) "A Studio Chronicle." The only reason I haven't purchased it yet is because the public library still has four copies of it. Once those eventually get stolen (as happens to all the good music in the Arlington library system), then I'll likely pick it up. This is not to say that I get Bird's music any more now than I did then, but I'm enjoying it a helluva lot more!

I have a co-worker like this. I better watch my step! My collective..... nah, better not. TMI. I was gonna say, how come I'm not any thinner? So THAT'S why women yell at men as soon as they get home! I'll have to remember this next time I get yelled at! I'll let you know how well that works once I'm out of the hospital and they've sewed it back on. I resemble that remark. But usually my eyes are bigger than my stomach. Back to headbanging I guess. Maybe there's something to be said about quality over quantity?

I endorse that statement absolutely. MG I'll third that sentiment!

Oh I want to, but I realize that wouldn't be fair to the community at large and would be rather dickish of me, I think. I wholeheartedly DISagree. Your family needs you infinitely more than we need you, and I would like to think that everyone here understands that. After reading your heartfelt post, I could've easily thought the same about me. There have been times when Nathan has called me to look at something and I've put him off because I'm in the middle of posting something here. How sick is that? Believe me, you're making the right decision. If someone else runs this place, so be it; but you, my friend, need to take care of YOU, your family (granted I know we're all one big happy dysfunctional family feud, but I mean Allison, Zora, and the new baby), and the band. You're doing the right thing here, my man.