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The BFT sub-forum says "Liar, liar, pants on fire!" Identifying tracks in one's own collection is a different ballgame than identifying artists on tracks that you may have never heard before. As opposed to Jim, I can easily fail the former test. No no, Dan was actually telling the truth. I lied. Noj, Senuti is the program (the one I have, at least) that allows you to transfer files from an iPod back into iTunes. After our hard drive crash a year ago, it was a life-saver. When I bought Senuti, it was only $18. Money well spent. I enjoy shuffling- not just within a genre, but in all genres combined. My iPods seem to have an automatic built-in default feature of mixing what's played fairly evenly, so that I typically don't hear more than two songs in a row from any specific genre, and they usually play somewhat sequentially (jazz/blues/r&b/vocal/brazilian/pop/rock/etc) without any genre being left out for too long. I've noticed that this has held true pretty consistently even though my first ("eclectic") iPod, is more heavily weighted toward certain genres in terms of the number of files represented.

Did the exact same thing (right down to the emphasis on jazz on the 2nd 160gb) about four (?) years ago. Good times. With Senuti, the ipods also provide an added layer of security in addition to our external hard drive. I do that all the time when I'm working in the yard, where I sometimes listen for an hour or more without taking the ipod out of my pocket. When I finish working, I always click backward through the sequence of what I heard, so I can check my ability to ID things. I've never incorrectly identified anything.

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There's also the short video with Kessel and Burrell from Ronnie Scott's in 1969.

So, did I not forget any?

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Ah yes, JOL. I remember two different board software designs there. I'm trying to remember all the jazz message boards I visited between '98 and '03. Somebody help me out if I forget any (likely to happen)... Jazz Central Station (JCS) Jazz Online (JOL) Blue Note Bulletin Board Jazz Corner Verve Message Board 52nd Street Jazz board A Great Day In Harlem (?) A&M Records board (90% Sergio Mendes discussion) All About Jazz Organissimo (almost forgot that one)

By the way, before I got the CD, I had a reissue LP copy, which I'm guessing came out in the 90's. I couldn't tell if this ebay copy is original or a reissue... edit: ah, now I see it's a reissue.

It's a very nice session, imo, from 1961. Band included: Les Spann, Walter Bishop Jr., Buddy Catlett, Jimmy Garrison, and Stu Martin. I'll Be Around Dream Mixed Emotions Playpen Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child Two Different Worlds Teabags I Loves You Porgy It was released on a 2LP-on-1CD issue on the Collectables label in 2001. The other title was "South American Cookin'".

How would anybody know that they had the only sealed copy? The price is beyond absurd. Even the similarly priced (appraised on Antiques Roadshow) early copy of "Meet The Beatles", signed by all the group members when they saw it for the first time, and given to the son of a Rickenbacker guitar representative (as I recall) is nuts afaic. Edit: here's the LP appraisal I referred to... Antiques Roadshow LP appraisal

I used to have a pair of Sony's, and wore them out a couple of years back. Based on recommendations here and elsewhere, I bought a pair of Grado SR80's, and have been very satisfied so far.

Pete, Ron has been a member here almost since the beginning (under his real name), but has posted infrequently.

Yeah, but you sent me a card- with a photo, and I didn't. I'll be buying some Christmas cards soon... you can probably expect one some time in June. See, I know that wasn't a typo. That's how astute I am. Wow, I don't think I could hang with that kind of company. Maybe Paul Desmond with a lobotomy. All seriousness aside, 'tis a wonderful gesture to have started this thread, Al. Just the sort of gesture I would have expected from you, in fact. I didn't get hooked up to the web until 1998, but JCS was one of the first sites I visited regularly. The lack of moderation; "the chair"; DEEP vs Steve Reynolds... what a wild place it was. On the other hand, you had some thoughtful and sane people there to balance things out (Lon and Ron Thorne come immediately to mind). Thanks to a great group of guys and gals (too bad there aren't more gals that have stuck around, btw) who have made this a great place to hang for the last nine years. [NINE years? Who celebrates a NINE year anniversary? Another goofball move by Rearick. ]

And people wonder why the taxonomical reference is actually a "murder" of crows. It sounds like you have a nice variety down in the Bay Area, Jim. We get most of the birds you've mentioned, but I haven't seen an oriole around here ... or ever, I think. It's been a while since I've seen a cedar waxwing. Those birds are beautiful. Strangely or not, we've been getting Downy's here quite frequently in the last few weeks. I'd like to see a hairy woodpecker (I know, questionable name) — they're supposed to look just like the Downy, but up to twice the size! Recently, the woodpeckers made their annual return to our neighborhood. I saw an Acorn Woodpecker at a nearby park, and the next day I heard (and carefully viewed, since my binoculars are now left out where I can grab them quickly) a woodpecker on the utility pole behind our house. I assumed it was a Downy, but after reviewing the info in my field guide (Nat Geo), I realized it was a Hairy. Larger body, longer bill. A few days later, I glanced out toward the rear of our yard and saw a bird feeding on the lawn. I almost passed it off as a Mourning Dove, which are omnipresent, but I decided to reach for the binoculars anyway. Glad I did. It turned out to be a Northern Red-Shafted Flicker. Very attractive bird. I've seen these before, but usually at parks. Never saw one in our yard before. Our resident California Jay was watching him from his perch on the telephone wire overhead, and kept dive-bombing him, but the Flicker just continued to calmly go about his business. I got a long look at him, and 360-degree views. The only thing I didn't get a look at was his underside. I had a little doubt as to whether it might have been the similarly-colored Gilded Flicker, but I ruled that out based on their range. I know these are commonly sighted in some places (my brother in Oregon tells me that he sees them fairly often), but I consider this a memorable "event", and will hope to see one of these return here someday.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the original (and still #1) Big Al. He's "one of the good ones", as one of my grandparents used to say.

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Ben, excellent post. The only thing I might quibble with is the idea that the Warriors had too many guards to have much use for Lin. Again, my primary disappointment with regard to his limited PT last year relates to the fact that he was probably our best defender at the guard position. Monta Ellis and Stephen Curry are both wonderful offensive players, but their defense (especially before the arrival of Jackson and Malone) has been sub-par. I think the choices of Law and Bell over Lin for minutes (albeit mostly in "garbage time") probably had more to do with tenure and what we had invested in them, and less to do with what they were actually able to contribute on the court. Law was a decent fill-in offensively, and Bell had a few decent defensive games, but neither was as solid a defender as Lin. Not only that, but Bell was a disaster on offense (may have set an NBA record for air-balls per minute played). Reggie Williams, who has also since been let go, was a good offensive player, if streaky as a shooter, but was also a very weak defensive player. As it turned out, the decision to clear Lin's low-level salary off the books was an insignificant footnote in the failed attempt to sign the Clippers' DeAndre Jordan to what many believe would have been an exorbitant contract. But that's another story.

I had read it over a week ago, and had absorbed many of the same points he made via national and local media. Well... no, not if he never got a chance. Clearly, Lin was lucky that he was pressed into service due to the right circumstances, and the Knicks were lucky that he found his confidence and took advantage of the unlikely scenario. The talent had to have been there already, so the key word here is "confidence".

Your post was very well-written, and I agree with just about everything you said. As a die-hard Warriors fan, though, I would have to say that the Warriors (and last year's coach Keith Smart in particular) should be less than proud of the way they utilized Lin while he was here. Smart did not do a very good job last year with his rotations and getting the most out of his bench players. The Warriors were- and still are- a middle of the pack team, not quite good enough to make the playoffs, and not quite bad enough to improve via the lottery system. Smart, like Don Nelson before him, tended to give his starters too many minutes, driving them into the ground, and yanking the less experienced bench players off the floor much too quickly after minimal errors. Jeremy Lin, when he did get a chance to play, was clearly instructed to play conservatively. He showed signs of being able to penetrate well and finish, but for the most part he played it safe. He was fairly efficient in helping to keep the ball moving, and demonstrated beyond any doubt that he could be a valuable piece for us as a defensive player (a weakness of ours at the guard position). His biggest weakness was his perimeter shooting, which he never really had a chance to develop due to his short stints on the floor. With our guards being our "star" players in terms of offense, Lin was probably in the wrong place at the wrong time in terms of being given a longer leash to be aggressive at the offensive end, but there's no doubt that he deserved more minutes under Smart. Considering the fact that Acie Law and (gasp) Charlie Bell both got more PT, Lin's talents- especially in terms of what he had to offer defensively last year- were wasted here. He may never have gotten the level of PT necessary to allow for the explosion of confidence he found in NY, but we'll never know. There was certainly chance and luck involved in Lin getting the right opportunity at the right time, but I'd say there was plenty of quiet noble determination, particularly in terms of his off-season work on improving his shooting. Finally, I just have to say how completely surreal this whole episode has been from the perspective of a long-time Warriors fan who saw him coming off our bench (but mostly remaining on our bench) last year. It's really difficult to believe, let alone describe.

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Sorry Pete. Help me out here, though. What does "once again" refer to? I can't find a previous reference. Also, does the Hourglass image not show up for you? Does for me... could this be a browser-related issue? Eugene Levy Eugene Levy Mii Martin Short Mii