Aggie87

One thing I never understood when I went into Circuit City was that they didn't have an electronic (or any) inventory of their CDs/DVDs. And what they did have in stock wasn't maintained or organized very well, which made looking for something a crapshoot. And then if you asked them to help you find it, they couldn't even check to see if it was something they stocked in the first place.

Guess I've been conversing with a few too many non-English speaking people lately. I have been finding myself doing these little explanations more often... might be all the phone calls to China. You find yourself speaking like you're in first grade. First grade (that's in elementary school).

Up for Lon...it's on.

Here, check these out: Rabih Abou Khalil - Blue Camel AC/DC - Let There Be Rock AC/DC - High Voltage Aerosmith - Rocks Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic Air - Air Mail Air - Air Time (on Nessa....apparently Chuck has licensed his name out to Nike) Allman Bros. - At the Fillmore Art Ensemble of Chicago - the Nessa box Art Ensemble of Chicago - Urban Bushmen Beatles - Yellow Submarine Songtrack Terence Blanchard - Jazz in Film Blue Oyster Cult - Secret Treaties Blue Oyster Cult - Some Enchanted Evening Tina Brooks - Back to the Tracks Donald Byrd - Mustang John Carter - Castles of Ghana Eva Cassidy - Live at Blues Alley The Church - Under the Milky Way (comp) Jack DeJohnette - Parallel Realities Dire Straits - Love Over Gold Dire Straits - Making Movies Electric Masada - At the Mountains of Madness Bill Evans/Jim Hall - Undercurrent Genesis - Selling England by the Pound Jimmy Giuffre - Emphasis/Flight Jim Hall - Live! George Harrison - All Things Must Pass Michael Jackson/Jackson 5 - some Motown comp Kraftwerk - Tour De France soundtrack Kraftwerk - Minimum Maximum Bireli Lagrene - Gypsy Project Led Zeppelin - Presence Les Zeppelin - Song Remains the Same Los Lobos - Kiko Masada - Live at Tonic Hank Mobley - No Room for Squares Hank Mobley - The Turnaround Hank Mobley - Another Workout Thelonious Monk - Live at the It Club Thelonious Monk - Live in Tokyo Wes Montgomery - Smokin' at the Half Note Pink Floyd - Ummagumma Pink Floyd - Piper at the Gates of Dawn Pink Floyd - Pulse Pink Floyd - Division Bell Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream Porcupine Tree - In Absentia Bud Powell - Amazing Bud Powell Vol 1 Prince - 1999 R.E.M. - Reckoning R.E.M. - Fables of the Reconstruction R.E.M. - Lifes Rich Pageant R.E.M. - Document R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi Fi Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St. Sonny Rollins - A Night at the Village Vanguard Sonny Rollins - The Bridge Sonny Rollins - Our Man in Jazz Sonny Rollins - Sonny Meets Hawk Sonny Rollins - East Broadway Run Down Terje Rypdal - Vossabrygg Sex Mob - Does Bond Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues U2 - Unforgettable Fire Chucho Valdes - Live at the Village Vanguard Chucho Valdes - Solo: Live in New York Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood Cuong Vu - Vu-Tet Cuong Vu - It's Mostly Residual Cassandra Wilson - Traveling Miles Cassandra Wilson - Blue Light Til Dawn Yo La Tengo - Prisoners of Love (comp) John Zorn - The Gift

One more - The Beauville's "Whispering Sin":

Also, it's the album cover by a group called "This Ascension", titled Tears in Rain.

I believe they're the same films as before, but with (supposedly) significantly improved images.

I just saw the previews for that the other day. I honestly thought it was just an ad for the dvd of the first Martin PP flick, not realizing they'd done yet another. The first one was painfully bad. Peter Sellers must be spinning in his grave. And I like Steve Martin in general - though he's past his Sell-By date.

He sings the song that cannot be escaped.

Is he any relation to George Mraz?

The clearance between the car & track (which seems to be raised in the middle, between the wheel ruts or whatever you call them) is what bothers me about that idea. I guess I could recess the screws, but if I'm going to that kind of trouble, it's just easier to drill holes and dump weights in there, probably. I never thought of running over to the post office to weigh the car, either!

Thanks Ron, that makes sense. I can see how the car would look alot better without screws sticking out of the bottom. And I don't know what the clearance from the underside of the car to the track is either, now that I think about it. Maybe I'll hit a hobby store and see if I can pick up some small weights that can be dropped into some drill holes, then putty over them. One of my co-workers also suggested to me that if you just use the wheels as they are, there will be more friction with the track too. He suggested sanding the wheels into something of "V" shape, so less wheel rides on the track. I don't know if that's ethical or not, or if it's a commonly seen thing, but I want to stay within the intent of the derby, so if that would be frowned upon, I'll avoid it.

Looking for some advice from those who have gone through this before. My son is in his first year of Cub Scouts, and he and I are working on a pinewood derby car, to be raced this coming Tuesday. I'll post a picture of his car once we're finally done with it. Anyway, last night we were able to use a friend's band saw and benchtop sander, and got the basic shape cut. Now I'm wondering what the best method for getting this thing to weigh the right amount is. By rule, the car can weigh up to 5 ounces, and you obviously want to weigh as close to 5 but under as you can. I've read that drilling holes in the bottom and adding fishing weights and then puttying over the holes is an option that seems to be used alot. There also seem to be weights that you can glue on to the bottom of the car, as well. I was thinking of maybe just drilling wood screws into the bottom of the car, until it makes the weight we want. Any thoughts about this alternative? Seems easier and less risky that drilling and filling. Any other ideas for how to get the car to race well?

Hey, beer is 90% water anyway! Same difference - go ahead and enjoy!

You know what they say.... The early bird catches the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

Thanks for the recommendations, David. I'll have to start checking those out. I've enjoyed what I've heard from Jon so far, including his work with David Sylvian, the Talking Heads, Peter Gabriel, and others. He keeps interesting company, for sure!

It could be my annual post. I don't know. In the last year I played TOO much World of Warcraft, visited a friend in Buenos Aires, Argentina, got laid off from my job (not due to World of Warcraft), went back to the University of Arizona for a semester, and didn't buy much jazz. Now, school's out and I'm sitting at home living off my severance package and personal savings. Are you sure you want me to post more? Well... we (I think I can speak for Conn, Free, SS1, Buzz & co) miss having you around here! The live chats aren't the same w/o ya. I hope you're keeping our border safe down there LOL. Sorry about being laid off too. That sucks.