Son-of-a-Weizen

.....saving the Com Pro for something else. That stuff is unreal....you could fling a fistful of grass seed onto an acre in Death Valley, use the Com Pro...and it would look like a Borneo rain forest in a month. If you want to create an 18-hole golf course in your backyard overnight, PM me and I'll send you a bag.

Yeah, good thread. Coincidentally, I just plucked this bad boy out of the patch (a whoppin' "patch" of 3 entire plants, that is! ) earlier this morning. They're coming along nicely......all I did was spread a capful of Miracle Grow 'Shake & Pour' pellets around the stalks 3 weeks or so after planting. My neighbor mixes in a bit of cow manure with the soil when he plants them and his 15 plants look like grape vines with cluster upon cluster of tomatoes. Your tall as a house description strikes me a being due to massive nitrogen levels. I had the same thing happen a couple of years ago when I used an organic compost called 'Com Pro', out of a Maryland sludge treatment plant....and the plants went Jack-and-the-beanstalk wild....maybe 15 feet high w/no fruit.

Yep, that's a fact!

Yeah, okay.....when I head out to mail my check off to the Joe Biden campaign, I'll be sure to pick it up. Here's a quiz for you: name the top 5 zip codes that Obama's money comes in from?

Actually, if you're not a heavy ice cube user, travel alot.....and are tired of finding peanut-sized ice cubes when you go for the tray after 3 weeks or a month, that icerocks product makes more sense than the stupid Blingy thing. Once and for all....and end to sublimation.

I think you are mixing several things here. The blown inheritance you are refering to is probably the one that Wilen's companion Caroline was hit with (before the African trip) by her very wealthy parents on non-Wilen related basis. That African trip was a low key affair, very much in the mood prevalent in the late '60s. He was not broke towards the end of his life. He certainly was not very rich but was very much recognised for his talent not only in Europe but also in Japan where he played concerts during several visits. Yes he had a brillant life. And played so much beautiful music! Barney even unloaded the car in Africa!!!! No spoiled rich kid does that!!

Matchbox in D.C. http://www.matchboxdc.com/ .........and the mini burger appetizers -- 3, 6 or 9 to a plate -- are phenomenal!

Yes! I've slowly gotten the next door neighbor hooked with a little help from Evans, Wynton Kelly, Art Pepper... On Friday nights the neighbors ask me to put the speakers out the front window while we sit out in the cul de sac and have a few pops. Last Fri I was spinning Kelly Blue, Henderson 'In & Out', disc 8 from the West Mongtgomery Riverside Box , Levy 'Jazz in 4 Colours, and the Blakey Birdland Vol. 3 TOCJ. Two other neighbors asked if I could 'ahem' sort of help 'em out a bit with their 'next to nothing' collections.

Is it safe to say then that all (or a fair number) of RVGs are available in Korea well before they appear on U.S. shelves? http://cgi.ebay.com/DUKE-JORDAN-Flight-To-...1QQcmdZViewItem ....Hey, Porcy -- seller says "Sorry, We No Longer Ship to ITALY, CHINA". What's up with that????

Okay, thanks Chas. Since casting out the net and soliciting suggestions re: fem vocalists in a thread about 6 months ago, I've actually been listening to a good bit of the ladies lately -- Ruth Price, Bev Kelly, Irene Krall (thanks 'D' ), Blossom Dearie, Anita O'Day, Sarah Vaughan and a couple others. If Hank Jones is on board, I'm real interested!

Seen this oop one pop up on ebay about a dozen times now over the past 3 or 4 months and I've noticed that it consistently sells for a pretty penny (the one sitting there now is up over $90.00). Is this just a collector 'thing' ......or simply some unbelievable 'must have' music?

Excellent! We let loose with another barrage as well tonite in the street. It's good to be in America, dudes!

Yes, you're quite right....although it's actually the gall bladders that they take. This was a serious problem back in the late 80's/early 90's with an alarming number of bear carcasses -- minus paws and gall bladders -- turning up in national forests. It was real bad down in NC, TN and various spots out West. Buyers -- mostly Korean actually -- hooking up with local poachers and paying premium $$ for galls, then exporting them directly to Asia. I'm fairly well versed in the subject matter because back in the early 90's I spent a good deal of time collaborating with some well known Black/Brown bear specialists as well as the undercover wing of U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (who were running various stings to catch the buyers/poachers in action. One sting, in a Northern VA parking lot netted close to 100 gall bladders & other parts that were in a cooler in a car trunk). I also drafted the first 'Black Bear Protection Act' legislation that was introduced in the House of representatives back in 1993. H.R. 55 which you'll find listed on the following page. I can't say that it was the magic bullet, make-the-world-completely-safe-for-bears piece of legislation.....but I'm proud to say that it did heighten awareness and get the ball rolling in Congress. http://www.congress.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&...01+@4(Exports))

Is there anything that the Chinese won't eat? http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19606626/?GT1=10150

I'd add in 'Curtain Call.'

Same here!! ...albeit a bit closer to the Cradle of Liberty @ America's oldest boarding school. WooHoo! http://www.thegovernorsacademy.org/home/home.asp

That's a bit hardcore, Dan........but it could make for a neat little fill-in-the-blank game. Insert: ..........on-cell-phone-while-driving jabberer? .........bungee jumping? .........spear fishing on the Great Barrier Reef?

What I hate like the plague is that 'Rolling Thunder' nonsense here in DC every year. These mobs of guys and their silly little bikes are far worse than any two bit backyard fireworks pops. Blech.

Is he still around? I remember I had one of his kick-ass albums back in 1979 or so. Yeah, he's pretty good, but I don't listen to that kind of stuff any more. Oh yeah...he's still kickin' around. Maybe this is the LP you had.....nice version of 'All Along The Watchtower' and that smokin' other number 'Down, Down, Down.'? I don't do those kind of shows anymore either....but I might have to make an exception just this one time.

The closest/nextest/bestest thing to Hendrix you'll find these days is Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush....he'll be down here in Alexandria, VA in a couple of weeks. Maxoom, baby!

After the rib cook off (I took 2nd place my maple-glazed baby backs...slow cooked for 5 hrs) we had a little 'show' with about 12 neighbors out in the front. One of 'em had made a run to PA for a trunkload full of stuff.....some serious stuff! Some of those suckers were bursting at about 300 feet.....thank goodness for slate roofs.

How's Freddie's 'In Sweden' cd? Saw it over at Disc Union ......w/Tommy Potter, Ron Jefferson. An early 60's date isn't it? Think it was listed as a Lonehill release.

That's of secondary importance (re: Candy). First, one wants to check to make sure that they haven't employed some remastering trick to mask (ie. bollocks up) that squeaky drum kit and ruin the whole album.

I hope he makes an effort to ram a reissue of through the pipeline before the walls collapse.