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By the way, I should mention that I only found these just tonight, for the very first time. And they are SERIOUSLY good!!!! HELL YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Found another image, better than the first one I posted...

There's bunch on eBay, so at least there's the perception that these are kinda rare, or maybe difficult to get in some areas. The display-case that they were in at the store I got them from, said they were "limited edition". eBay listings...

First hit on "Ginger Altoids" from Google... Don't know what to think. Are these still in production?? Are they 'left-overs' from some prior promotion dating back earlier in the year?? I'll see if I can do some more digging, and I'll let you know what I find...

FYI, I haven't seen these at any regular store. The only place I've seen them is... Then again, I haven't been looking for them either. Might be other places, though I'm sure they weren't at our regular grocery story when we were there earlier this weekend. Are you out in California, Jazz??? There's a ton of World Markets out there. Or even if you aren't in CA, you can go to the World Market "findstorelocation" page to, well, find the store nearest you!!! (World Market specializes in import 'stuff' from around the world, and it's entirely possible that Ginger Altoids are only available over in the U.K. - and that only a weird place that handles imports into the U.S. - would have something like this. FWIW, I couldn't even find any mention of Ginger Altoids on the offical Altoids site.)

Reminds me of... YUM!!!!!!!!!! Only trouble is that (supposedly) they're a "limited edition" flavor. (Guess I'll have to stock up on enough to last a lifetime!!!! )

I agree with #2. But I only agree with #1 in terms of that being a general guideline, and not a hard-fast rule. People should take into consideration all kinds of factors in choosing what they want to choose for their own Blindfold tests. If that's all Jazz, or nearly all Jazz - then great. But if people want to put other kinds of music in there too, because they really feel strongly about it - we'll, who am I to stop 'em?? I think that people on the board should express what they generally desire Blindfold Tests to be about (as recipients), but that doesn't mean everyone has to follow suit 100%. I mean, if there's some non-jazz thing I'm dying to have other people hear, and tell me what they think about it -- well, then nothing's gonna stop me from including it on my BF test. (Not that I have anything like that in mind, but if I did - I wouldn't let "rules" keep me from including it.) Everybody here knows that this board is HEAVILY focused on jazz. And as a result, I think naturally 90% of the BF tests will be made up of 100% jazz. But if something else gets snuck in, here and there, well - that's the way it goes.

Yup!!!

No reason we can't speed up the creation and 'sending out' of these things, from my perspective. I mean, should there be any reason not to do a new one once every other week?? (or at most "3 weeks" between tests???) It will take forever to get through the list if we do only one per month, so I would think 2 per month would make more sense. (But maybe that's just me.)

Just registered. That was painless - don't know why I didn't bother to look into it before now. Thanks!!

If anybody who can get to the article thinks of it, please post it here. I never can get to stuff on the NYT site, because I'm not registered (is that free? - do you have to be a subscriber?). I suppose I should look into it.

YEAH!!!!! That's the same Nate. He's crashed on my couch about 3 or 4 times (for the record, that was several years ago). And technically, he could have been one of the guys that slept on the floor in sleeping bags. In any case, he's a GREAT pianist, and a great guy too. Man, I've got to check out his site, and see if he has any new recordings. My wife and I both thought he was one of the most tallented guys in The Motion Poets (though all of them had lots of potential). Damn, small world!!!

I'm just now joining this party, so pardon if I didn't catch this the first time (or even know how it came up in the first place). Is the "Nate Shaw" in this post, the same "Nate Shaw" who is or was based in Minneapolis (I think he moved to NYC a few years ago). The guy plays a mean piano, looks quite a bit like Ben Folds, and he used to be a member of a band called "The Motion Poets" (which used to be called "The Little Big Band" before that) - a six piece group lead by Doug Little (alto sax), also from Minneapolis??? Just saw the name, and wondered if it was the same guy. The "Poets" came through Kansas City a bunch of times in the mid-to-late 90's, and although the story's too long to tell - they ended up crashed at my place several times. Nice guys. Doug Little even let my wife and I crash at his place up in Minneapolis, and loaned us his car for the weekend -- when he and the band were on the road. Man, am I going off topic, or what!!!! Hell, while I'm off topic, the line-up of the Motion Poets was... Doug Little - Alto Sax (leader) Mark Sutton - Trumpet, Flugelhorn Mark Miller - Trombone Nate Shaw - Piano Chris Bates - Bass J.T. Bates - Drums Later, Mark Sutton was replaced by another trumpet player from NYC, who's name I can't seem to find on-line at the moment. I saw Doug play here in Kansas City last year (or was it the year before), leading a quartet, with some really great Italian piano player, and a drummer that was nearly as good as Kenny Garrett's young drummer (shit, can't remember his name either). OK, now I'm REALLY off-topic!!!!