Big Al

How the mighty have fallen: the World Series teams from 2005 are dead last in their respective divisions: Chicago White Sox: 57-76, .429 Houston Astros: 59-74, .444 To put this in perspective, both of these teams have worse records than the Rangers (who seem to be having positive reactions from their mid-season trades). In fact, the only team worse than the White Sox is Tampa Bay. In Houston, it's gotten so bad that they fired their GM and their Manager. Makes me wonder if that World Series may have been the biggest fluke of all time.

You saw that too? I about had a conniption when I saw that! My first thought was to go back and ask if they keep a record of who sells what. Let's go find they culprit!!!

Anyone???

Hey Marcos, is the file still available online for download? I waited too long to download it, and now the file has expired. If it takes too much to upload it, could someone here in the states make a copy for me? I plan on apologizing for my procrastination when I get a chance.... eventually.... I hope.

Republicans for Voldemort

Ain't that the truth?

I need to dig that out again. That was one of my favorite releases last year; probably my favorite Donald Fagen work, as I like it better than anything he did with the Dan. (Didn't say it was better; I just like it more!)

Saw this on the back of an 18-wheeler: "Don't tell my parents I'm a truck driver: they think I'm a piano player in a whorehouse" I laughed so hard I had to pull over!

These aren't the SACDs, are they? I wish. These are the US versions (CD/DVD).

Freddie Hubbard POLAR AC

That's the biggest reverse discount I've ever seen!

What'd I tell y'all? After scoring 39 runs in one night, the Rangers have yet to equal their game two total in the last two games. Par for the course.

You can't get there from here. But how can you be in two places at once when you're not anywhere at all? I think we're all bozos on this bus.

You can't get there from here. But how can you be in two places at once when you're not anywhere at all?

A spectacular complete CCR box set with crisp remastering and Golliwogs rarities disc came out a few years ago. No need to redo it. The 16 CD Trane has 20 year old mastering and bulky packaging. I loved 'Fearless Leader' and look forward to the new one, even though I have the 16 CD set. That being said, you're right, the Concord thing isn't going to go well. Chuck already explained a while ago that they got rid of the people who were doing the box sets, so we have 'Miles for Lovers Volume 764' and the Peter Keepnew Fondly Remembers His Father Who Isn't Yet Dead Edition of Cookin' With Miles to "look forward" to, and that's about it. I can't help but think you're absolutely right about this, but I hope not. Still gonna get the new box, though.

Sale pending on the Morgan JRVGs

Up with changes in postage policy.

Thanks! I just updated my original post with the URL info.

Here's the link, corrected to link it through Organissimo: Interplay The following albums are represented on this collection: Prestige All-Stars: Tenor Conclave Prestige All-Stars: Interplay For 2 Trumpets And 2 Tenors Prestige All-Stars: The Cats* John Coltrane: Dakar Cattin' w/Coltrane & Quinichette** Prestige All-Stars: Wheelin' & Dealin' John Coltrane & Kenny Burrell *The trio track "How Long Has This Been Going On" is not on this set **The Quinichette quartet tracks are not on this set I'm kinda bummed that the aforementioned sessions are not represented in their entirety; I understand WHY they're not on there, since Coltrane doesn't play on any of those tracks. Still, there is plenty of room on disc five for these tracks, so there isn't any real reason NOT to include these tracks.

Interestingly, the last time the Rangers had a blowout of this magnitude was back in April 1996. It was actually a pretty close game going into the bottom of the eighth, the score was 10-7 Rangers until the Rangers piled on 16 runs during their 8th-inning at-bat. The opponent? The Baltimore Orioles. Check out the Box score from that game! Hard to believe the Rangers won that game after blowing a five-run lead earlier.

Make no mistake, I'm happy! That was a helluva win (winS, actually). But here's the rub: this is typical of the Rangers, and it shows why they are the mediocre club that they are: the offense ALWAYS goes in spurts like this. Let's not forget that prior to this game, they barely managed any runs while striking out 27 times in two games! Hell, even after scoring 30 runs last night, I was afraid (and rightly so) that the Rangers would get shut out in game 2, having exhausted all of their offense in the first game. Happily, I was wrong and the Rangers continued to shore up the runs in the second game. I just wish they would do this on a more consistent basis instead of saving up all their runs for one game. I mean, yeah it's an unbelievable thing they did last night, but at the end of the day, the Rangers are still one of the five worst teams in the Majors right now. Last night will just be a happy footnote to an otherwise forgettable season. Having said that, though, hopefully what we saw last night was the first flowering of the seeds planted in the big trades that got us Gabbard and Salty. And Travis Chapman, just called up from the minors, had a helluva night last night, so hopefully he can stay hot & consistent. I hope this all adds up to a more powerful team next year.

Postage to US & Canada is $2. (i.e. if you buy one disc, it's $2; if you buy two discs, it's $2; if you buy three discs, it's $2.) If you buy all four, postage is free. International shipping is at cost, no matter how many you buy. Lee Morgan Volume 3 (JRVG Japan mini-LP w/OBI) SALE PENDING Lee Morgan - Candy (JRVG Japan mini-LP w/OBI) SALE PENDING Duke Ellington Live at the Blue Note (2 CDs) $10 or one CD from the list below The Who - Tommy (1993 single-disc version, not the Astley remaster) $6 or one CD from the list below PayPal preferred. Also looking for the following in trades: Lee Morgan - Standards Miles Davis - Seven Steps to Heaven (Legacy remaster) Kenny Dorham - Jazz Contrasts (Keepnews remaster) Blue Mitchell - Big 6 (OJC) Blue Mitchell - Cup Bearers (OJC) Blue Mitchell - Blue's Moods (OJC) Cal Tjader - Tjader Plays Mambo (OJC) Cal Tjader - Mambo with Tjader (OJC) Lee Morgan - Leeway (RVG) Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1 (RVG) Art Taylor - A.T.'s Delight (RVG) Walter Davis - Davis Cup (RVG) Thand Jones - Detroit-New York Junction (RVG) Duke Jordan - Flight To Jordan (RVG) Lee Morgan - Volume 2 (RVG) Lee Morgan - Volume 3 (RVG) PM or e-mail acrearick@hotmail.com. Thanks!

and properly capitalize all of e.e. cummings poetry while were at it

Birks Works is a wonderful issue but let's not go friggin' nuts. Hell, it's not even on a par with Dizzy's earlier big band. That band was friggin' nuts. Having not heard that band, where can I hear it? Anyway, it's too late: I'm already friggin' nuts!

I have to confess that my opinion of Phil Schaap is changing for the positive during this whole broadcast. I can hear that his heart is really in this, and the old interviews have been illuminating. He still talks to much for my taste, but the music has been great, and he sounds a lot more self-deprecating than I remember ever hearing. Is anyone else happy that WKCR has had to put a note on their site saying they're having server overload? Nice to know a lot of people want to listen to Max.