Jim R

The tournament has been mostly entertaining and free from incidents thus far, but these last two matches with Czech Republic and Greece were basically a waste of time (when Germany scored #4, I wished they could have blown the final whistle early). Although Spain is likely to advance, I've seen enough sparks of creativity from France that they shouldn't be written off entirely. I just hope they will keep the ball better than the Greeks when they do have it. No matter who wins, Portugal will be no easy task. England/Italy is a toss-up for me, but it doesn't matter. Neither of them will trouble the Germans.

I'm not really sure that the Rock influence was that great on HDT, I think of him as being at the joyous and raucous end of the Blues. Not sure what you're hearing there, MG. I don't hear much of any, let alone mucho. The opening line on the Brewer Phillips feature is probably the closest thing, but even that is probably debatable.

Like it. Not the only time I've heard him quote that tune, though.

The majority of this perfectly describes why I pretty much stopped watching the NCAA tournament several years ago. By the way, you build up the ticky-tack touch fouls early in the game, on the better players on the (west coast; or underdog) team you're screwing.

Baron Davis Caron Butler Deron Williams

Jim DeAngelis John D'Angelico Jimmy D'Aquisto

Ryan Goodnight Irene Lead Belly

Ronnie Schell Donnie Shell Burt Baskin and Irvine Robbins

Tiny Grimes, although it's not like he remained in the R&B bag.

Westbrook was out of control down the stretch, otherwise the Spurs don't cut into that 13-point lead. I agreed with Reggie... get the ball to DURANT. OKC is fortunate that Harden hit a few big shots. Spurs offense was uncharacteristically inefficient for too many stretches (especially in the first half).

Big Joe Williams Little Joe Cartwright just an average Joe

Roy Haynes Michael Jordan The Fruit (of the Loom) Guys

Bev, I had (and still have) the Britt book, and nearly wore it out. Like B.B. Steve, I'm really not sure what my first jazz LP was. In the early 70's, I was starting to buy all kinds of records from different genres, and had friends who were doing the same. These were probably among the first that got my attention: Les McCann & Eddie Harris - Swiss Movement The Crusaders - Crusaders 1 A few years later, and older brother started hipping me to the heavyweights. He gave me some essentials by Bird, Monk, Miles, etc etc, and I remember this LP being an early favorite that I could digest readily: Jimmy Smith - At The Organ, Vol. 1

I can recall a couple of previous threads, but only found one:

Late to the party here, but I was on another forum yesterday and followed a link to the WV site, which I was not aware of. I found some amazing videos on their site (streaming). The specific link I followed in finding the site was to a series of performances by The Sons Of Champlin at Winterland in 1974. Turns out they have videos from four different Sons concerts, from 1968 to 1975: http://www.wolfgangsvault.com/the-sons-of-champlin/video/ Some of the material is a bit dated imo, but nonetheless this is a really nice surprise to see these surface. Never imagined I'd get to re-live the experience of seeing that band live in those years. I know there have got to be some other rare video (and audio) gems available too. Haven't really had time to explore the site yet. Anyway, check out their video collection too.

It can also help to prevent kidney stones, and most of us are in the increased-risk demographic for those (and most of us live where the weather is currently getting warmer, which adds another layer to the importance of drinking plenty of water).

Big Wheel, San Jose. The beds have a western exposure, with white brick behind them, so I hope you're right about the heat factor.

I'm hoping that there might be somebody here (even if it's just one person) who has dealt with the noxious, repulsive yard fungus known as the stinkhorn mushroom. Specifically, the variety called Phallus impudicus. They produce a strong-smelling (and I mean FOUL) slimy substance on the top, which contains spores and attracts flies to spread them. Some of the info on the Wikipedia page is misleading- they don't require rotting wood or mulch to thrive, for example. These were introduced into the flowerbeds in front of our house some time last year, I suspect via some flowers we had purchased from a local nursery. I first noticed one growing right near our front door last October, when I saw flies in the area and then noticed the stench. Before the cooler temperatures of Winter caused them to go dormant, I spent several days each week for a period of about two months trying to get rid of them by digging them up. During that period, I spent a lot of time trying to research them online, and found precious few ideas about how to get rid of them. In fact, most of the info I found suggested that they're nearly impossible to stop. With the advent of Spring, they have returned, and despite my best efforts to carefully remove them (even if I get to them when they're still in the "egg" stage), they seem to be gradually spreading further and further. I've spoken to quite a few people (neighbors, employees at local nurseries, etc), and the majority of people have never heard of them. Those that have sometimes make suggestions (fungicides are one possibility, with some drawbacks), but they often sound like they're guessing. In online gardening forums, the suggestions range from mouthwash to gasoline to... selling the house! We've had a variety of other mushrooms popping up in both our front and back lawns over the years, and even when they persist, it's never bothered me at all. Stinkhorns, however, are a different matter. They're becoming a nightmare, and really causing me some serious anxiety. I've alerted both of our adjacent neighbors, and I'm praying that they won't spread to our back yard. I'm currently trying to seek expert help from local city and county agencies, but I figured it couldn't hurt to ask around here also.

Found this, which credits Billy May and Milt Raskin as composers. Also turned this up (did not know there was a film, and two different versions of the tv show, with two different themes composed by different people): "There are eight million stories in The Naked City...This has been one of them." These words were intoned by producer Mark Hellinger at the conclusion of The Naked City, a 1947 detective film lensed in its entirety in New York City (quite an innovation in those Hollywood-dominated years). The same words were heard as the coda in each episode of the TV series Naked City, which like its movie predecessor was entirely shot in the Big Apple. Technically, there were two TV series bearing the title Naked City. The first, which aired on ABC from September 30, 1958 through September 29, 1959, was a weekly, half-hour endeavor, starring John McIntire as veteran NYPD lieutenant John Muldoon and James Franciscus as his youthful partner, Detective Jim Halloran. While Muldoon spent virtually every hour of his day tracking down the various robbers, muggers and two-bit hoodlums in his jurisdiction, Halloran divided his time between his job and his home life with wife Janet (Suzanne Storrs). In a startling plot development, Muldoon was killed in a car chase on the episode originally telecast March 17, 1959, whereupon another seasoned veteran, Lt. Mike Parker (Horace McMahon) took over as Halloran's partner. Also seen during Naked City's initial run was Harry Bellaver as patrolman Frank Arcaro. After a year-long hiatus, Naked City returned to the ABC schedule on October 12, 1960, this time as an hour-long series with several new cast members. Horace McMahon was back as Lt. Parker, as was Harry Bellaver as Frank Arcaro, who in the interim had been promoted to sergeant. New to the series was Paul Burke in the "young partner" slot as Detective Adam Flint, while Nancy Malone was seen as Flint's loyal, ever-patient girlfriend, Libby. Both incarnations of Naked City were outfitted with bluesy, evocative theme songs, with George Duning composing the theme of the 1958 version and Billy May and Milton Raskin handling the 1960 theme. And both were overflowing with familiar faces in their supporting casts, with such actors as Sandy Dennis, Dustin Hoffman, and Jon Voight making their earliest filmed TV appearances. The hour-long version of Naked City ended its ABC run on September 11, 1963. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Checking my collection, I awoke to the fact that I have at least six versions of "Somewhere In The Night". One of them is on Grant Green's "Street Of Dreams", which I know I've played dozens of times over the years. I have one vocal version, by Marlena Shaw on her 1967 "Out Of Different Bags" album. She also does a separate tune listed on that album as "Naked City Theme", which was also very familiar sounding. I knew it had another name, and with a little research I realized it was "Ahmad's Blues": So I searched Youtube for "Naked City Theme", and found what appears to be the "legit" alternate theme (in addition to Somewhere In The Night) for the show: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPwixxoIwSk So, I'm a little confused. What's up with that Marlena Shaw track? Was there any previous association with "Naked City Theme" and "Ahmad's Blues"? I see that Ahmad Jamal had an LP titled "Naked City Theme" (which I don't own). Is the title track on that actually "Somewhere In The Night", or...?

This one stumped me (an extremely rare occurence ), but the melody is very familiar, and I dig it. Not an over-played tune, either. This should motivate me to start learning this and add it to my repertoire. Thanks for mentioning it.

Let the record show that you meant to say 658.