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Here are my recommendations. I agree with the "Genesis lite" comparison for the early releases, but they evolved into a solid, 'modern' rock group. If you aren't familiar with the early recordings, the original singer Fish is quite a bit different than the singer on "Marbles", Steve Hogarth. He's very wordy, and used to wear makeup like Peter Gabriel. Drugs and in-fighting led to his departure, and they replaced him with Steve Hogarth, and changed direction. I think they were always more popular in Europe than in the U.S. in general. I saw them in 1985 at the Rock Am Ring concert at the Nurburgring, and they put on a great show, must have been close to 100,000 at that concert. Early Marillion/Fish: Misplaced Childhood (probably their most well known, with "hits" Kayleigh & Lavender) Clutching at Straws (solid follow up, swan song for Fish) Later era/Hogarth: Afraid of Sunlight (my favorite Marillion release) Marbles Anoraknophobia Brave (concept album, trying to be this lineup's "Misplaced Childhood") This Strange Engine (has its moments, but uneven) marillion.com (also has its moments) edit - I'm not in the Front Row Club. And actually I've unloaded alot of Marillion recordings over the past year or two, whittling my stash down to what I really like. I think the FRC is more for the hard core fans, and comprises various live recordings from their tours over the years (like the King Crimson Collector's Club). Marillion have 3-4 official live recordings already (La Gazza Ladra, Made Again, Anorak in the U.K., and Marbles Live - plus others on their website). If you get hooked enough to pick up all of the studio and official live stuff, you might consider the FRC.

There's a nice half page article about Monday in the current issue (w/Allen Toussaint & Elvis Costello on the cover).

Why not?? because he has Eva and you don't?? Jealousy rears its ugly head again. That, or it's because he has a big head.

Aha! Dinosaur hip bones!

I would venture that many of the people on this board who may be interested in this particular Miles box set also have more than a couple of Freddie Hubbard discs. It's not an "either/or" situation for me. PS - I also happen to like Previte quite a bit, and have a few of his recordings as leader, sideman, and the Groundtruther stuff.

Those look like dinosaur bones

R.I.P. I dug the club AND the record store, though at some point I believe he sold the record store off (?). I have talked to the folks in there a few times over the past 2-3 yrs, and they told me they're not really affiliated with Antone or the club anymore. Lon or Soulstream or somebody may know more a bit more about this than I do.

Actually, I agree with this. If Ginobili hadn't fouled Dirk when it was 104-101, it likely would have turned into a free throw shooting contest for the remaing however many seconds, and I think the Spurs would have prevailed. And Ginobili had a chance to make amends at the very end of regulation but missed the shot. That would have iced it too. But Mavs outplayed the Spurs in the OT, no doubt.

Man, can't you guys be gracious winners?? Cuban trashes the River Walk, calls the Spurs fans the worst in the NBA (they seem too mellow to me), and here you guys go, less than 24 hrs after surviving Game 7 (Spurs COULDA won at the end of regulation), and y'all are trashing Duncan and Parker. Enjoy your series against your next opponent, jeez...

Hats off to the Mavericks for a great win tonight! I think this has been the best series in the playoffs this year, so far. Good luck vs. the Clips/Suns, and then hopefully versus the Pistons/Heat. Regarding the Spurs, I think Van Exel didn't give them anything in the playoffs. Neither did Horry really. Finley was a solid pickup, but the Spurs didn't have enough firepower beyond their 3 stars to overcome the Mavs and their surprisingly deep bench. That said, I don't completely understand the decision to basically try to beat the Mavs at their style of ball. The Spurs' bread-and-butter is their defense, and they essentially abandoned it versus the Mavs. They looked like they were trying to play Phoenix Suns defense! Go all the way, Mavs!

no kidding! could they have started out any better? That's about as good of a 1st quarter as you're ever gonna see, offensively. Spurs seem to have forgotten how to play defense, which they WERE good at this year. I'm kinda surprised Pop hasn't tried putting another big man on the court alongside Duncan. At least help a little with the fast little guys cutting to the basket, maybe.

Out of curiousity, is there a reason you didn't post this in the other Previte thread you created in the past 24 hours?

The ol' reverse jinx, Al? I give the Clips zero chance of winning tonight. You know what reverse jinxes always work? When someone is about to shoot free throws, and the announcer says "he's 8 for 8 from the line". Invariably the guy then misses that shot.

I like it as well (see my comment in post #2 above)

I don't see any list of titles on that webpage. (your link is for email by the way, not to an actual webpage).

Related thread...

Bonds tied Babe Ruth today... I'm going to be really sad if/when he breaks Hank Aaron's record. Aaron to me epitomizes dignity and class, and is a worthy hero. Bonds simply isn't.

Spurs are playing like crap in the first half of this game. Plus there have been some real ticky-tack fouls called on Duncan. And there was a foul on Udrih at the end of the half, that was never called. But the Spurs couldn't even get an inbounds pass in time. I don't think they're focused or hungry enough. I hope they prove me wrong in the 2nd Half.

SS1 - the video on my link shows it a little better, I think. No telling how many different cameras are rolling at any point in a game, but it's a little different angle than the one on the youtube link.

Al - I agree with your sentiments on Bayless in general. But Terry DID punch Finley...in the jewels. Here's the video: Terry Punch I don't think the league had a choice but suspend him. edit - click on the "Slow Motion Look at Jason Terry's Punch" choice, for a better view and discussion...

From enjarecords.com: I believe they basically split part of the catalog and each continue to sell their portion. Winckelmann's seems to be the more active of the two (?) Horst Weber Enja site Matthias Winckelmann Enja site Appears you can purchase titles from the Winckelmann site, but not the Weber site at the moment.

Interesting Skip Bayless article on ESPN.com... Cuban's in Charge of this Series by Skip Bayless LeBron! Sorry, just wanted to keep your attention for six letters. This isn't about LeBron. Goodbye. No, forgive me, this is about the defending National Basketball Association champions. That's all. Just about the team that has won two of the last three titles and three of the last seven. About the team a majority of analysts picked (in October and again in April) to win it all this season. About the -- for the clueless out there -- San Antonio Spurs. Yes, about the non-LeBrons, the Team Everyone Wants to Go Away, the one that bores people to fears -- fears of "please don't let the Spurs ruin another NBA Finals." Forget the Alamo. So why in the name of Davy Crockett am I writing about the team that as of a couple days had about as much chance of surviving as those valiant souls who once defended that little mission in what is now downtown San Antone against General Santa Anna's vast army? Because of an outrageous injustice, that's why. Because in Dallas, the refs have treated the defending champs like they're Memphis Grizzlies. These games have had more shockingly bad calls than "When a Stranger Calls." In Game 3 they fouled out two-time MVP Tim Duncan, and Dallas won 104-103. In Game 4 they fouled out All-Star Manu Ginobili (who had scored 26 points in 24 minutes, including 4-for-4 on 3s), and Dallas won in overtime to go up 3-1 in the series No, while Duncan once again has been the best player in the playoffs, the MVP of this series has been Mark Cuban. He owns the Mavericks -- and, apparently, the minds of the refs. Lakers coach Phil Jackson was right earlier this season: Cuban complains so much about officiating that he intimidates the refs at the American Airlines Center. Or at least he shames them into being absurdly fair to the home team. That $200,000 fine Cuban had to pay after Game 1 in San Antonio was the best cookie-jar money this billionaire ever spent. He had accosted the refs on the floor during San Antonio's 87-85 win -- and he had criticized the way refs are selected for the playoffs in his blog. This, of course, was just the latest in Cuban's ref-bashing fines. He once said he wouldn't hire the NBA's director of officials "to manage a Dairy Queen." Now in Dallas, he has turned the refs into soft ice cream. This time, the 200 grand fine and all the attention it detonated had this effect on the Game 3 and Game 4 officiating crews: They gave Cuban's team the benefit of nearly every doubt. Bully for Cuban. The Spurs were privately furious after both games in Dallas. Of course, the refs also could be subconsciously influenced by the general attitude of media, fans and the NBA marketing arm. Please, no more Spurs. Maybe the guys with the whistles are starting to feel the same way -- and Cuban knows it. From his seat near the Mavs' bench, he has worked the refs like a puppet master. And he was at it again Thursday evening. Near the end of Wednesday night's Game 5 -- in San Antonio -- a loose-ball scramble ensued near midcourt. The Mavs' Jason Terry wound up on his back trying to control the ball with Ginobili diving over him after it and Michael Finley trying to wrestle it away while hunched over Terry. Whistles blew. A jump ball was called. But as Finley let go of the ball and stood up, Terry sucker-punched him. Finley later told teammates and San Antonio officials that it was a closed-fisted shot to the groin. The TNT replays caught only Finley having to be restrained by teammates. Curiously, none of the three refs saw a punch thrown by the guy with the ball -- or perhaps they chose to look the other way with the game on the line in the final seconds. But Spurs officials had videotape of the punch to the privates and fired it off to the league office. Terry was correctly suspended for Friday night's Game 6 in Dallas. A rule is a rule: Any closed-fisted punch means automatic suspension. This was no judgment call. The tape didn't lie. But now it's as if Dallas has gotten away with so much in this series that Terry thinks he can get away with going Andrew Golota on ex-teammate Finley. Cue Cuban, who began firing off e-mail responses to media outlets saying that Finley did a "pile driver to Jason's head" and that Jason should be allowed to protect himself and that, yes, he should have been fined, but no, Jason doesn't remember throwing a punch and should not have been suspended. Beautiful: Cuban is turning the Mavs into victims. And he knows most of his fans -- and some in the media -- will buy his baloney. Deep down, the refs probably will, too. The Spurs have practically no chance in Game 6. Yes, Dallas will be down a quick guard who scored 32 points while playing 51 minutes in the Game 4 overtime win. But you watch: Duncan or Ginobili will be whistled for foul No. 6 before this one is over. Team Turnoff will be eliminated. The NBA world will be safe. This steams me because I respect the Spurs as much as I do any team in sports. Yes, I've called Duncan the most boring superstar in sports history -- but that's because of the way he's perceived by the instant-gratification masses. LeBron's dunks dominate "SportsCenter." Duncan's sensational subtleties do not. But was that a reason to treat him with no more respect than Erick Dampier in Game 3? Just because he struggled much of the season on a sore foot, did he suddenly lose the prestige he has built in winning three Finals MVPs in three tries and in making first team All-NBA in his first eight seasons? Two of Duncan's six fouls were offensive fouls without the ball. I defy you to study the tape and tell me these should have been called. The sixth came when Dirk Nowitzki went hurtling down the lane and Duncan merely ran across his path, making sure to hold his hands back over his shoulders and away from Nowitzki's arms. But Nowitzki stepped on Duncan's foot and went crashing into the photographers. Referee Joey Crawford, one of the best, was standing in the corner near Cuban. He blew his whistle. Then he walked all the way to the official scorer before divulging if Duncan was gone. You wonder if Crawford was trying to think of a scenario in which he could pin it on any other Spur. In Game 3, the Mavs shot 50 free throws -- 22 in the fourth quarter! Yes, Avery Johnson's Mavs are attacking the basket like never before. But does that mean the Spurs have suddenly turned from the NBA's best defensive team to the worst? Way to go, Mark Cuban. With Duncan gone, Nowitzki was able to grab an offensive rebound, get fouled and make the free throws that won it 104-103. In Game 4, Ginobili's fourth foul was called as he had inside rebounding position on the taller Nowitzki and jostled with him. This happens nearly every possession under every basket every night. Yes, Ginobili has earned a reputation for flopping. But does that mean he deserves a phantom foul when he's on fire in a game that could determine the NBA championship? Ginobili's sixth foul came after he had made a running jump at Terry on the 3-point line. Terry faked the shot and went by him. As Ginobili trailed him, Terry suddenly pulled up and jumped backward, elbowing Ginobili in the chest. Tweet! Ginobili was gone with 2:28 left. Look at it again and tell me it's a foul on Ginobili. With 8 seconds left, the NBA's best perimeter defender, Bruce Bowen, was whistled for a cheap foul on Nowitzki and yelled to no one in particular (though commissioner David Stern was within earshot) that this league used to let players decide playoff games. Regulation ended with Duncan having to shoot a running one-hander from 8 feet for the win. The ball hit the front of the rim but couldn't climb over. The Spurs have never trusted Duncan to create his own last-second shot. That ball would have been in Ginobili's hands. Maybe they would have won. Maybe not. Now they're down 3-2 going back to Dallas. Rejoice! The NBA could wind up with Cuban vs. LeBron in the Finals.

sub·ter·ra·ne·an - adj. - Situated or operating beneath the earth's surface; underground. I wouldn't necessarily say it's original, but it's cool. Reminds me of the entrance to the Louvre: Also kinda reminds me of those Smart Car towers that are scattered about Europe:

The Mavs' Jason Terry is suspended for Game 6 Friday, for throwing a punch at his former teammate Michael Finley in that scrum at the end of the game last night.....