Jim R

You're certainly not alone. We've discussed this here I'm quite sure, and I think it was also discussed on the old Blue Note board. Basically, it's just OCD (not necessarily funny, depending on one's outlook... but ironic that "CD" is contained in that acronym). Most of us have paused to question ourselves at one time or another. For me personally, I've gone through a number of "thin the herd" phases over the past 30+ years of collecting music. About two to three years ago I kind of hit a wall. Couldn't really think of any more discs I truly wanted to seek out or thought I really needed, and realized (again) that I had thousands of recordings and a large number that were being neglected. Storage space was something that I was becoming more and more aware of and struggling to rationalize. For the first time in my life I stopped buying almost completely (people were still giving me things occasionally, and there was the occasionial trade with friends, but I stopped almost all purchasing). From time to time now I'll buy something, but I know I'll never go back to the kind of binges that I used to go on. I see myself as having fairly well-defined tastes, and I've always tried to collect most or all of the works of my favorite artists. So, when you talk about having multiple recordings by a certain artists that you haven't managed to give their due attention, this rings true for me as well (except take your example of 4 CD's and multiply by 20 ). And yes, I've purchased things that I already owned on several occasions. Having admitted all that, I don't really have any regrets. It's wonderful to be able to go and pull out a recording any time you like, whether spontaneously or due to some stimulus (like a topic here, or hearing something on the radio).

Real men use push mowers... in the heat... until they reach the age where they start paying somebody else to do it. I don't quite get the comment about lawns going dormant during the Summer. Around here, that only happens in the dead of Winter. Life would be wonderful if everybody saw that 10 a.m. barrier as reasonable. There are some pro gardeners around here that sometimes get started before 8 (not to mention tree trimmers, garbage trucks, etc etc etc). Oh well, I'm pretty used to it- no more sleeping in for us old guys. The biggest noise problem we have is our new neighbor (next door), who is not only a motorcycle fanatic, but his house is the hub of activity for his little cycle gang. Rev, rev, REV REV REV!!! ... ride around the block, come back... Rev, rev, REV REV REV!!! ... ride around the block, come back... Rev, rev, REV REV REV!!! ... ride around the block, come back...

Actually, you're still too much of a rookie to understand. Sometimes when things get really busy here, someone beats you to the punch. I used to delete my posts when that happened, but then I followed the lead of some others who simply posted again to respond to the person who slipped in ahead of them. Anyway, it should make sense if you go back and look closely. I hope.

I generally prefer large boxes with large booklets, but for aesthetic appeal, a couple of my favorites were these: I particularly liked the use of different Mercury/Clef/Norgran/Verve label graphics on each disc. I liked the way the discs were stored in mini-LP facsimiles, and the attention to detail. One thing I appreciate in a boxed set is the ability to easily figure out what (original) album a particular track or group of tracks came from (while I'm listening). With some sets, it's maddening trying to figure that out.

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I'd say there's a whole 'nother potential iceberg out there, although I have no idea whethere anybody will ever find it: the officiating in the NCAA tournament is clearly rigged to favor the big-name, big-draw schools, and that has been going on for a LONG time. surely not the squeaky clean dukies or the sacred tarheels. remember ohio state in the tourney and odom's recent mugging of another player which wasnt even called flagrant and decided a game? Yeah, there seem to be more and more obvious examples with each passing year. From my perspective as a west coast resident, it's teams like Oregon, Gonzaga and even USC (UCLA is usually escorted through nicely) getting completely screwed over that frustrates me the most. This year, no Oregon player was allowed to touch a Florida player while in the paint. The way the zebras avoid controversy is to call a shitload of ticky-tack fouls against the lower-seeded teams early in the game. Nobody (except the poor coaches, who are basicallly helpless) really notices, and by the time the games are winding down, the lower seeds have foul trouble and/or foul-outs. I've forgotten the numbers now (I posted about it in the NCAA tourney thread), but Oregon was called for something like 35 fouls, while Florida got whistled like 11 times. I think the ratio was almost identical in the USC / UNC game (USC's game was destroyed by foul problems by their best players), and I charted a general trend that went on in the final rounds with regard to all of the top seeds. Like I said, it's been going on for years, but this year it was perhaps more obvious than ever... obvious to me without even going online and digging up the stats. CBS, the sponsors, and the NCAA power elite must be very proud of themselves.

I was 13. It doesn't seem like yesterday.

I'd say there's a whole 'nother potential iceberg out there, although I have no idea whethere anybody will ever find it: the officiating in the NCAA tournament is clearly rigged to favor the big-name, big-draw schools, and that has been going on for a LONG time.

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Glad everybody dug this as much as I did. I forgot to mention, but this is apparently the first and only video of KD uploaded to YouTube.

Just recently posted at YouTube- a rare Swedish tv appearance from the 60's: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75RVvUKviNc

I was just reading a thread at AAJ devoted to great jazz artists who are missing from YouTube. Two people mentioned Kenny Dorham, and since I thought I had seen something with KD, I tried a search. Only one thing came up, a RARE tv appearance from Sweden in the 60's, and it was just posted within this past week! Weird, but I'll take it- and it's NICE. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75RVvUKviNc

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We've had this discussion on this board before - there's seedless watermelon out there and available already, google it... A good place to start when entering a discussion is to read the first post (including the link to a page illustrating SEEDLESS watermelon).

The "8" in "1980" looked like a "5" at first. 1961-1950? That messed with my brain for awhile (the part that's still functioning, that is).

Fruit often pisses me off that way. Who gives it the right to tease and torment us like that?

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I get the sense that he's genuinely prepared for his political/world affairs interviews, but in just about every other category, the arts in particular, Not only that, he spends about 500% more time stating his questions than is necessary, and he loves to interrupt people so he can hear himself talk even more. Seems a likeable enough guy, but he's no Dick Cavett.

No, but I remember seeing Grace Slick ( just after Woodstock) on the Cavett show and she kept calling him "Jim". You know, in the black venacular "jim" can me something like dude, or really white dude. So she kept on saying things like " You know, everything was beautiful, Jim" and "Well you know Jim..." Then Cavett said "Well Janis...". He didn't get it at all. A total mayonnaise face, as we call it in these parts. Hmm... I think I'd want to see this for myself, and form my own conclusions. Cavett had a very good sense of humor... and Grace Slick was not black (last time I checked), so...

I don't know how we're all going to get through this crisis.

Interesting, Chris. I don't recall ever seeing that, but I'm a little surprised. Cavett always struck me as being pretty well-rounded, knowledgeable, and real. Maybe he was indeed out of his element where jazz was concerned... I was still pretty inexperienced at the time I saw the MJQ interview, so I may have over-estimated Cavett's contributions to that interview. One thing that this topic reminds me of- the guy who currently sort of inhabits Cavett's former role as (supposedly) intelligent and well-rounded talk show host for PBS daytime consumption, Charlie Rose, strikes me as pretty much a complete dolt when it comes to all things musical. I've seen him interview all kinds of artists, from classical pianists to alternative rockers, and I get the impression that he needs somebody else to write questions for him.

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