Rooster_Ties

The only way to discuss sex, religion, or politics is to argue??? The only way??? Maybe on some boards, but not this one. This is not your typical board. I'm not saying everyone and everything is all "sunshine and bunnies" in the Politics forum -- but there are some significant, and often very substantive discussions that go on there. I've learned plenty of stuff in the Politics forum, and I suspect I'm not the only one. Imagine your favorite bar, your favorite hang-out, the place where "everybody knows your name". Can you imagine banning the discussion of sex, religion, and politics there?? You can talk about anything you want, but don't talk about Politics. And don't talk about religion. (Sex, well, that's a different case -- and I won't make that argument here.) Frankly, that's not the kind of bar (or board) that I want as much to be part of. No, I'm not threatening to leave if the Politics forum goes away. But seriously, this board will be a lesser place if it is removed permanently. Another way to think of it: why punish everyone, for the bad actions of a few???

I've got no problem with the Politics forum being invisible, unless you're a member -- in fact, that's probably a great idea, for the reasons already stated. (In fact, making the Politics forum visible if and only if users "opt in" would probably be a good idea too -- so nobody ever has to see the Politics forum unless they actively choose to.) But please, Jim, please don't make it go bye-bye for good. Way too much too stuff going on in the world, for there not to be a place to talk about it here on the board, among friends. We know that there are going to be political discussions, one way or another. So better there be a designated place for them to happen, and especially a place where people have the option of avoiding them. Please don't scrap the Politics forum for good. Thanks!!!

Probably better to provide "clicky-linkies", as opposed to hot-linking actual pictures. That got us in hot water once, if you'll remember. Just something to consider. -- Rooster T.

Be glad to take Largo off your hands, if it's still available. I'll PM you with my address shortly. Thanks!!! -- Rooster T.

At least you didn't call him Herp!!

Would kinda get pretty old, pretty quick, doncha think????

Imagine seeing the same damn image, every damn time someone posts...

Been gone all day, and I'm just now getting back to this thread. As you all guessed, I do have signatures turned OFF, and have for many months, maybe closer to a year. Text signatures don't bother me one bit, but there's always some blockhead who insists on having graphics in their signature -- and often it was a picture that was a good inch or two high (tall). So, if said blockhead posted multiple times in a thread, one would keep seeing that damn graphic over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over -- again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again. Text signatures are great, and can serve a valuable purpose. Signatures with .gifs or .jpgs are incredibly annoying, and I wish to heck there was a way to prohibit their use entirely. My appologies to Mike, for me not realizing that his web-site links were in his signature. With ma having them them turned off, it just seemed like you were saying "go see my website", without providing much of a clue as to where that was. Again, oops, very sorry, my fault entirely. If you all haven't guessed, I think it's VERY bad netiquette to include images in signatures, unless they're the size of a smiley, or at least not higher (taller) than a smiley or a line of text. Seriously, some idiot had at the time (still has???) something this big in their signature. And it was somebody who posted (and still posts) very frequently.

Do you have Herb Alpert in a can??

Not entirely clear to many folks where that is, perhaps you might consider providing a link. Your link goes here: http://home.eclipse.net/~fitzgera/, where "Andrew Hill" isn't listed. Not sure everyone realizes that you also maintain http://www.jazzdiscography.com, which is where the Hill discography is. In any case, providing a link might be more useful. Just a friendly suggestion.

If fewer sets are bought before the licenses run out, then that's fewer copies available for sale (used) after the sets go OOP. That's one of the reasons the Larry Young box sells for so darn much. It timed-out long before it got to its pressing limit. Wasn't the limit like 7,500, and maybe only 4,000 were made?? (We kinda had this figured out on the old BNBB, based on the highest number anyone had ever seen on a Larry Young set. Anybody remember the number??) If a lot more people had bought them on speculation (so the run went all the way to 7,500), but only to sell when they were OOP --- then overall, the prices on eBay would be somewhat cheaper now. Not a whole lot cheaper, but somewhat. It's not the re-sellers' fault the licensing restricts both the number of sets made, and the time they're available for sale. And don't blame Mosaic either -- because I'm sure those limitations are one of the things that helps sales. How many of us, myself included, have bought a Mosaic set that was gonna go OOP soon, only because we were on the fence about a purchase, and didn't want to later learn we really wanted something, only to have to pay higher prices on eBay. The licensing limitations are part of what drives sales, and anything that can drive sales in a market as small as jazz, is probably a good thing.

Ain't nobody holdin' no gun to nobody's head to pay high prices for stuff. You look long enough, and you can find lots of stuff you want, a whole lot cheaper than those crazy "buy it now" prices, or the occasional stupid-high-price on half.com and amazon. To the original poster in this thread -- it seems like your beef ought to be with the labels, for not making more copies available in the general marketplace in the first place, or keeping everyting in print all the time -- which the market demand can't justify. Edit: Case in point -- that OOP Shirly Horn disc you were looking for in another thread, is easily available for pennies on the dollar at half.com, for less than $5. It's not about greed -- it's about supply and demand.

Not a problem. I wasn't using it much anyway!!

Who says this isn't a friendly board... PM's just exchanged... Hi cool_blue, Eh, probably not even worth all the trouble of Paypal. How's about I just send the Horn CD to you, and you keep your eyes out for something interesting and cheap in the used bins for me, for like 6 months or so. I'm partial to 60's and 70's jazz that's forward looking, but not entirely "out" - if you get my drift. Or if you can just find a good Blue Note title, really cheap, even if I already have it - I can pass it on to a buddy of mine. I'll send the Horn disc in a couple weeks, when I'm ready to send out my Blindfold Test - which I'll include too. -- Rooster T.

In the interest of full disclosure, there's lots of them at half.com, mostly pretty darn cheap too. CLICK HERE I'm open to a trade, and I wouldn't be lookin' for anything too grand in exchange -- a used McMaster, or OJC would be fine. PM me with your trade list.

You Won't Forget Me (Verve, 1990) And I might have an extra copy of this (if I'm remembering right), if you're interested in some sort of trade. Hafta dig around and see if I can find it. Edit: Took me 10 seconds to find it -- when does THAT ever happen??? And It's minty fresh too, with nary a scratch or scuff -- when does THAT ever happen??? PM me in you're interested. And I can include a copy of my upcoming Blindfold Test too, as long as I'm putting something in the mail.

link: Bob The Ball

That's how BN does it, especially with their Conn series. Makes lots of sense to me, and if it sells more records in the long run - more power to them. I've sat on my hands about many of the titles in the Fantasy/OJC catalog for years, simply because I thought "oh, I can always get those some other time", while my focus was probably more on stuff that would definitely go out of print within a relatively short period of time (say, within 5 years). This doesn't drive my purchasing decisions entirely -- but when I'm on the fence about multiple similar purchase options, you can bet that it's at least a factor.

Exactly. Who could possibly be offended?? People who were for the war?? People who were against?? I have yet to see any explaination, that in any way clarifies how anyone could be offended. Again I ask -- how could anyone be offended???

Anyone care to venture a guess about why this might be?? I imagine John Hicks has this problem too. But McCoy has risen above it, somehow -- maybe his name recognition is better??

With certain people, maybe darlin' might work. Course that's more of a Southern thing, so not everywhere -- and certainly not with everyone, no matter where you are.

Wow, that's REALLY tiny. Pac-max was a bitch to play in that size. Asteroids wasn't that easy either. Time for new glasses!!

Remind me to bug you for a peek at your little blackbook o' tunes sometime. I'd love to see what's in there that might not be in everyone's book. Is "Black Narcissus" in there?? But maybe that doesn't quite qualify as a 'standard'. (Then again, maybe it should!! ) And if "Beatrice" wasn't in there before you met me, I'll bet it is now!!

I just miss the guy who was just like Aric, only with a British accent. Or so I've heard told.