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Speaking from my own experiences, flying westbound to another continent (or at least several time zones) has always been alot easier than flying eastbound. Maybe it's the timing of flights and when you actually arrive at your destination though, and whether you have to stay awake alot of extra hours or not. Sleeping on planes for me hasn't seemed to help adjust time zones in general.

I didn't see it, but if it's a modern pop group, it wouldn't surprise me. You remember Ashlee Simpson's famous lip sync hoe down episode on SNL a couple of years ago. I'd bet the majority of the younger, less talented pop musicians do it.

Never heard of this!!!! Anyone know anything about it? MG I wasn't aware of it either. According to this, it's a John Zorn produced date, and Patton appears on one track, with Marc Ribot, Jeff Hirshfeld, and Koichi.

I know what you mean! I remember how popular Cruz was back in the old Glenn Davis/Mike Scott/Nolan Ryan/Phil Garner era. Cruz is the Astros' 1st Base Coach now, so it was kinda neat to see them together when Cruz Jr. got a hit and was at 1st.

This looks like it might be interesting. From DGM Live - "The new album by Travis & Fripp entitled "Thread" has been mixed and mastered though no release date has been finalised yet. The track listing is as follows: 1. Land beyond the forest (4.23) 2. The apparent chaos of blue (8.50) 3. As snow falls (14.00) 4. Before then (6.22) 5. One whirl (2.39) 6. The silence beneath (8.36) 7. Curious liquids (3.14) 8. The unspoken (5.22) 9. Pastorale (10.40) Theo travis – alto flute, soprano sax Robert fripp – guitar All tracks composed and arranged by Theo Travis & Robert Fripp Recorded by David Singleton at DGM Soundworld, Wiltshire on 5 January 2007. Editing, treatments and mix by Steven Wilson at no mans land on 6 September 2007 and 22 January 2008. Mastered by steven wilson at no mans land" I'm guessing this will be soundscape-y.

Upcoming Austin shows - I'd love to see a bunch of these! 5 April - The Roots - 40 Acres Fest 6 April - BB King -Austin Music Hall 10 April - Double Trouble, Kinky Friedman, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, & Joe Ely - Antone's 10 Aprili - Mars Volta - Austin Music Hall 17 April - The Wailers - La Zona Rosa 18 April - Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Buddy Guy - Stubb's 18 April - Acoustic Alchemy - One World Theatre 20 April - Cat Power - Stubb's 20 April - Leon Russell - One World Theatre 26 April - Peter Brotzmann/Han Bennink - Victory Grill 28 April - Joe Jackson - Paramount 29 April - Hugh Masekela - One World Theatre 5,6 May - Guy Clark/Joe Ely/John Hiatt/Lyle Lovett - Paramount 11,12 May - Wilco - Stubb's 29 May - Return to Forever - Paramount

Nice first-win for the Astros last night at the Padres. Down 6-5 in the 9th, 2 out. Jose Cruz Jr. draws a leadoff walk against Trevor Hoffmann after working a full count. Then Michael Bourn singles, followed by Hunter Pence. Pence's hit scored Cruz to tie it. Then Lance Berkman (who had struck out against Hoffmann the night before to end the game) drove a 3-1 pitch over the fence in center field, for a 9-6 lead and win. I think the Astros have the makings of a powerhouse offense - Bourn, Pence, Berkman, Lee, Tejada, Loretta/Blum, Wigginton, Toles/Ausmus is a pretty decent set of hitters. Problem is their starting pitching is pretty weak overall.... or at least suspect at this point. We'll see how that translates in the standings, but they're gonna have to win a bunch of 7-5, 8-6 type of games it looks like.

Can you post an address please, Chris? I have been using Image Shack, but you only get a measly thumb on the face of the board - though you can click and get it full size. MG I think if you are on the imageshack website, and you click on the picture, it will expand to full size (?). Once you have a large picture, right click on it, and it will give you the URL link that you can paste here for a larger picture. The URL should look something like this - http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/107/now...ds2bcopyhy9.jpg Once u paste that, a full image will appear - though this website itself seems to reduce them, but at least tells you it's done that.

Sorry - order it, I don't care. It IS a good deal. My comments were just based on the question about why it's a good price.

Because it's one of those European grey market releases that "steals" the mastering from the legitimate sources? And that are technically illegal in the U.S. I think?

I've moved too many times in the past 12 years to have accumulated that much. 7 different addresses, with a purge of things at every move. The things I've kept are things that I want to keep, and have gone through things often enough that there's not much that surprises me. Going through things at my mother's home is a different story though. Usually find things from my childhood that I'd completely forgotten about - stamp & coin collections, old magazines, Japanese toys from the early/mid 70's, etc.

Yeah, it's the "wildcatter oil man" in Jones. Trying to strike it rich on the cheap. He's willing to gamble on and even tolerate players like Pacman, Tank, Demetrius Underwood, etc., if he thinks they can help on the field. I wouldn't pick up the Pacmans of the NFL either, if I were running things . Or T.O., despite his relative good behavior since he's been in Dallas. Jones is supposedly lusting after McFadden, so I wouldn't put that kind of trade past him, either. But if he wants someone to platoon with Marion Barber, he doesn't need a McFadden. Felix Jones or Stewart or somebody like that would be better suited as a complementary player.

Kinda quiet in the NFL right now. But there are just 24 days until the Draft! Dallas has 2 first round picks this year (#22 & 28), thanks to the trade with Cleveland last year that landed them Brady Quinn. Team needs include WR, RB, and CB/safety (again). Rumors are going around that Dallas will end up trading a low pick(or picks) for Pacman Jones shortly, helping with the secondary. And then trading the #28 for Detroit's Roy Williams, to pair him up with Terrell Owens. This sounds like it means Terry Glenn is basically done. The #22 pick would go to a RB such as Arkansas' Felix Jones or Oregon's Jonathan Stewart. If that all played out that way, I think it would be a solid off-season for the Cowboys - if (and it's a HUGE IF) Pacman Jones can stay clean off the field. But they seem to have done OK with TO, and Tank Johnson last year, so who knows. Would be strange to have two Roy Williamses on the team though! What would the names on the jerseys read??

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Read the review the other day while browsing at B&N, very positive review! Way to go, guys! edit - reposting the review here, found somewhere else on the internets: "This blues-soul-funk quintet from Lansing, Mich., holds one's attention. Delta-born and raised Freddie Cunningham has texture and depth to his singing voice, and the other players (plus guests, like the Motor City Horns) exhibit a smooth, passionate resolve. The cause is further served by six built-to-last songs from keyboardist Jim Alfredson and makeovers of the Temptations' "I Wish It Would Rain" (quietly dignified with cello and violin) and Warren Haynes' "Soul Shine" (uplifted with background vocals fit for Sunday morning worship and a fine Greg Nagy guitar solo)."

bump... Bill Frisell has a new release out in April, titled "History, Mystery": "On his new album, Bill Frisell explores a fuller palette of orchestral colors and timbres than any he has previously written for. "History, Mystery" features an Octet of strings, horns and rhythm section with some of his closest collaborators - Jenny Scheinman (violin), Eyvind Kang, (viola), Hank Roberts (cello), Ron Miles (cornet), Greg Tardy (clarinet and tenor saxophone), Tony Scherr (bass) and Kenny Wollesen (drums). Employing a symphonic sensibility of recurring thematic elements, "History, Mystery" premieres many new Frisell compositions as well as a few of his arrangements of favorite pieces by other songwriters. Producer Lee Townsend and engineer Shawn Pierce recorded the group in various combinations and contexts, live and in the studio, to construct and shape the album. It is scheduled for April, '08 release on Nonesuch. "

Any idea with this Miles Davis disc is going for so much? It looks like a boot anyway.

Whoa! That has my pulse racing just watching!

I moved on already from the A&M/UCLA ending, but it's still getting a bit of ink around the country, surprisingly. I thought it would die fairly quickly, outside of A&M circles. Luke Winn comments on the non-call at SI, and Jay Bilas has blasted the non call a couple of times on espn.com: And this guy in Milwaukee has a novel approach for situations like this: Upon further review ... Seeing as how Bobby Knight manages to uncork a new, absolutely stupid idea about how to change college basketball once a week, I figured I might as well join in the fun. My idea may be brilliant. As they say, it's a fine line between the two. I say let's introduce an instant replay challenge in the tournament. That's right. A "challenge." Each team gets to challenge a call, once per game. That's it. Any call you want, including NON-CALLS. How can that be? Well, take for example the finish in the Texas A&M vs. UCLA game. When A&M's Donald Sloan drove past his man and rose up for a shot to tie the game, a pair of Bruins defenders rose with him to (seemingly) BLOCK the shot and send the ball careening into the backcourt where time would expire. Seemingly. Now, you can see these two photos (and I'm sure there are more) which show CONCLUSIVELY that Sloan was in fact, HAMMERED on the play! Of course, when I saw the play live, I screamed "FOUL!" instinctively from my recliner. (I do this often, usually followed by: "Ho ... ho ... Hold up! Ball!" This is met with confused looks of insanity from my wife and kids. Obviously, THEY have never had to wait 45 minutes to get in a "run" at the local Y.) How did I know it was a foul? Well, a few ways. One, I was once a certified Virginia State High School basketball referee (Hey, how 'bout that ...). I had refereed all four years in college for intramurals, and prided myself on doing some of the most intense frat league games where you get hazed all game long by the pledges who have been sent for JUST that reason -- to make your life miserable. I also did any number of A-League games in college where it was not uncommon at all to see reverse dunks and alley-oops. Having worn "the lanyard of shame" as we refs like to sometimes call it, I developed that unscientific art of determining what is usually a foul and what is not. On a play like Sloan's, it happened so fast that it was not an easy call to make, but not impossible. While the refs may not have seen with clarity both Shipp's arm raked across Sloan's shooting arm, and Collison's hand on his elbow, the first thing you needed to access as a ref is this: "Was a clean block in that circumstance likely?" Answer: No, not really. Especially not when you saw Shipp's body in relation to Sloan's. Furthermore, Sloan almost was knocked flat on his back, another sign that the ball was not poked away cleanly. Alas, being a virtual home game for UCLA, with the crowd in full roar, and the misguided cliché of "let the players determine the game" being so prevalent today, the refs swallowed their whistles. And the Aggies had to sulk home in defeat. Had instant replay been in effect, A&M could have challenged the non-call. If replays were conclusive -- and I think they would have been -- then it's easy to ignore what followed and stop the clock at the moment of the foul and award the free throws. Would this lead to "chaos" and "four-hour games" as some have derided me for suggesting? Not in the least. I said: ONE challenge per game. Period! OK, what if a foul is called, a team challenges it and they are correct, what then? Easy: jump ball. You can't assume possession on a foul that was reversed to be "not a foul," so you do the next best thing. Jump it up. It would discourage using your one challenge on a foul call anyway, since the best outcome is not nearly what using it on a non-call would be -- two free throws. Plus, think of all the other worthy plays that might benefit from having this ONE challenge in your pocket. A ball knocked out of bounds on a late, key possession or guy stepping on the end line or sideline ... How about the hardest call of them all: a block / charge? Even with replay, you will still get controversy about calls NOT overturned when you swear they should be. But again, it's just ONE call per game. What is the harm in that? The NCAA already uses replay for three-point attempts and shot clock violations. Why not expand it just a little? Even on a trial basis, what could it hurt? As it stands, Texas A&M has no standing in the halls of college basketball royalty. Thus, the outrage on this is very mild, if it even exists at all. But can you imagine if North Carolina got a non-call like this in the final against UCLA? Ty Lawson getting hammered like this to deny Roy Williams another championship would create a media firestorm like you've never seen. Frankly, I'm surprised that the NCAA hasn't had a refereeing disaster of this order yet. Call me nuts, but I think a one-challenge per game replay rule would be worthy insurance against it. If nothing else, see what Bobby Knight thinks of my idea.

If that's serious, I don't think he's done enough in the pros to merit the HoF at all.

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