Jim R

Jon Jang Johnny Lang May Pang

...and finished with 36 ( ), but it wasn't enough tonight. It wasn't televised, but I enjoyed following it on ESPN's online play-by-play/game tracker or whatever they call it. 279 points in this one. Unfortunately for the W's, Memphis finished strong and overcame a strong G.S. run in the 4th en route to scoring 144.

Wow... Barnes had 23 in the first half against the Griz...

Great. I come back to the BFT tracks, and right off the bat, the first tune I listen to (track 10) has me all F'd up. Whenever I hear a Kenny Burrell solo on a BFT, I think to myself "okay, this has to be in my collection somewhere". That may be the case here, but I just checked the ol' database, and... Anyway, this music REALLY sounds familiar (the song itself), but I can't name it. Sounds Ellington-ish... and as we all know, although KB was Duke's favorite guitarist, they never recorded together. Hmm... KB's tone reminds me of the general area from about 1960 to '64, fwiw. Well, I wasted too much time on this track to continue now... time to go eat... ...

Well, seeing as I downloaded the tunes not long after they were posted, it's high time I made some comments here. I'm going to be somewhat random and brief, but hopefully that's better than nothing (with my analytical abilities, probably worse ) 2. Simultaneously beautiful and depressing (to me anyway). No real idea who. The tune sounds somewhat familiar, but I couldn't come up with a title. 4. Not sure I liked the way the tenor phrased this great Golson melody, and since there wasn't a whole lot else going on, I'm rather unimpressed. Pretty nice overall sound, though. 5. Carl Fontana? 7. This sounds very familiar... but I'm blanking right now. Nice arrangement, and fine playing. 8. Not sure I've ever heard this. Very impressive interplay. Great drum work. Some of the piano playing reminds me of Horace Silver. 9. Very well played, although I don't particularly love the theme on this. I like the guitarist's tone and phrasing, and the chops are in evidence. Need to listen further, and... I need to run. More later...

Conrad Birdie The Byrds Alfred Hitchcock

Betsy Ross Rossi, Steve Stevie Wonder

Point taken Guy, I just meant in terms of his presence and size in the interior... an extra big body in the paint, and at least he's got enough experience to know where to position himself. At least he contributed something tonight (12 boards, 1 block, and only 1 pf). I just wonder how much worse off we would have been if he couldn't have suited up.

True. If we hadn't been playing against another team that's missing some guys, things might have been different. Still, Baron was impressive in the latter stages, and Matt Barnes continues to blossom into an impact player who might just help keep us afloat with his scoring while JRich is out. Good to see Murph back as well... we needed his defense and rebounding.

Eldridge Cleaver Barbara Haskell Johnny Rutherford

(open the door) Richard Slam Stewart Knobby Totah

American woman Cro-magnon man (Hey) Culligan man

The Patriot The Network Stars Candy Stripers

Peter Chatman Slim Slam

Tough to remember now... I think it might have been a used copy of Ella Sings Gershwin (5 LP box with artwork by... Buffet?). Or, it could have been that Savoy Bird LP box. No, wait a second...

I'm going to assume that we're talking about everything- as leader and otherwise. For starters, I know from searching my database for most prolific artist in my collection... I'd take everything with Paul Chambers on it. For similar reasons (and for a different variety of material than what Chambers was on), I'd probably go with everything Barney Kessel recorded on. Kenny Burrell- gotta have all of his guitar sounds, and he was prolific as a sideman in a variety of settings as well. Jobim (wish I could take everything he composed instead of just what he recorded himself). T-Bone Walker (I'd swim over to Dan's island to hear B.B.) I could live without ever again hearing anything under the heading of "rock". Oh, and I think the reason to go to the island is obvious- to get away from the rat race, listen in peace, and quit shopping for any more goddamn CD's.

Henry, Buck Amos Alonzo Stagg Jim Ray Hart

The Warriors are down to two guards, and Baron has been over-used lately as it is. Hopefully his body holds out. At least Dunleavy can handle the ball up top a bit, but Mullin will apparently need to start looking around for another guy in the short term. I'm glad I missed that Sacto game last night.

Pablo Casals Maria Callas Charlie Callas

Hey, it aint my fault you weren't hip to Andy Panda. If you're going to correct somebody, at least know your world history.

Wow... KIND OF BLUE was released by Sony in 1959. Very AMG-esque. The kids who assembled this list probably never owned a record.

BTW, Andy Panda could kick Andy Pandy's ass.

etc, etc, etc. THE ANDY PANDA STORY - Andy Panda first appeared on screen in 1939. (11 YEARS BEFORE "ANDY PANDY"). His creation by Walter Lantz was inspired by the national attention given to the donation of a panda to Chicago's Brookfield Zoo the previous year. Andy's first film, the charming cartoon LIFE BEGINS FOR ANDY PANDA, was the one of only two films that featured Andy's mother, a sophisticated sounding lady panda. She was unnamed in the cartoons, but according to CRACKAJACK FUNNIES #39, her name was Permelia Panda. In MOUSE TRAPPERS, a later episode from 1941, she is seen again. She seems not at all happy with her husband, Andrew Sr., who fancies himself a great animal hunter. Andy's dad first appeared in LIFE BEGINS FOR ANDY PANDA. In this cartoon he appears muscle bound, and does not at all overweight, but that changes in his next appearance a couple of cartoons later when he is presented a lumbering buffoon. In each successive cartoon, the characters of Andy, his dad and mother improved, making them more appealing. Another panda in this series Andy's girl friend, Miranda. She did not appear on screen until the very last film (SCRAPPY BIRTHDAY) in 1949, however, any comic book collector worth his weight in gold will tell you she appeared years before in 1941's CRACKAJACK FUNNIES #39 and #40. These were short strips that were probably meant to be a daily or weekly comic strip. They appear to have been designed in 1940 (according to the art) and were drawn by Walter Lantz himself. My guess is that the syndicates passed on the strip, so the 10 or so panels were put in the two issues of CRACKAJACK FUNNIES. The strips also featured a pet dinosaur named Dinah, whose origin is unknown. Andy Panda then left that comic and went to THE FUNNIES. He first appeared in issue #61 in November, 1941. The storyline of the comic is that Andy left his parents to go star in the movies. He was cared for by two human children in these strips and this saga ran from issue #61 through the last issue, #64. The story picked up again under the banner NEW FUNNIES, continuing until issue #69. At this point (issue #70) they started a new story, again featuring the boy and girl, that only ran to issue #74. It seems the story went unfinished because, in issue #75, Andy was drawn by a different artist. This new storyline ran for four issues, until #78.

Nova, Banda Sa, Wanda Andy Panda

What? Did Derek Fisher get traded to Detroit? (obviously I'm still not over all the stupid shit D-Fish did when he was a Warrior)