Jim Alfredson

When are they going to release some unknown Jimmy Smith concert from Germany or something?

... and you ain't got no sweets and you can't leave the house? My wife is out of town and Zora is asleep. I can't leave the house, but my sweet-tooth is going nuts. I wonder if I have enough peanut butter for no-bake cookies. Damn. I need some ice cream or something.

At least the Lions don't suck. oh wait.

Yeah, the new iTunes 8 sucks. The whole "genuis" thing is dumb and bloated. I should've stuck with the previous version. For some reason now my iPod, when connected, never dims. The screen just stays lit the whole time it's plugged in, even if it's not doing anything, just charging.

It would indeed be nice. I need a fan as well.

The argument that the government pressured mortgage companies into giving low-income people home loans is bullshit. Did anyone here actually buy a home recently? We did, in 2005 and our mortgage broker was trying to convince us that we could afford a $200,000 loan when we were making $40,000 a year. His solution? A sub-prime ARM of course!!! We said, "You're crazy, there is no way we can afford that." "Oh no! You can! Look at these numbers!" "What happens in five years?" "Well, the rate will adjust." "Won't rates increase?" "Not likely!" Sham. Thank God we smelled it. We came looking for a reasonable loan of $80,000 and he tried to convince us we could afford almost three times that. I don't think the government was telling him he had to do that. Oh, and our mortgage was sold three times in the first year we had it to various companies, all without our consent of course. Fuck them all, I say.

Dude, cover art is so 20th century.

So WaMu is in trouble now too, eh? They currently own our mortgage. Does that mean if they go under our house is free and clear? Well, shit... when a company goes bankrupt and owes YOU, usually you don't get squat. Why shouldn't the opposite be true?

Bummer. He was very understated but perfect for the band. Kind of like my other 70s keyboard hero, Tony Banks.

karma for what? What are the Lions suffering from? What's their karma? Lions are suffering from absolutely horrible management.

Wow. So after I posted that and the score was 21-0 Green Bay, the Lions come back and take the lead, 25-21. Then Kitna proceeds to throw three interceptions that are returned for touchdowns... in a row. Three interceptions returned for touchdowns IN A ROW. WTF

Lions suck. How could they get even worse than last year? Maybe Martz wasn't the problem after all.

Sometimes Ray is slow. Definitely give them a call. I use a Yorkville powered sub, an older model from their Pulse series. I also have the LS700 Yorkville from their newer Elite series and while it's supposed to be a better sub (and does sound good in a full PA system), the older Pulse one sounds better with the Leslie. I want to try the Yamaha sub, since it has a 15" speaker in it. The Yorkvilles use two 10" speakers. You should really give it a try. The bass pedals become enormous! The key is to not over-due it!

I love my160gb! I still only have 25gb on it, however.

I filled up for $3.83 at midnight.

Depends on the tube type: 12AT7s are still fairly reasonable. 12AX7s? Not so much.

Joey is part owner of Diversi. From what I've read, they sound good. However, have you heard the new organissimo? I bet you can't tell it's not a real B3 and that's the Hammond Xk3, not even the new XK3c.

Yep, I saw $4.99 as well. I heard that in Jackson it was upwards of $7. Somebody is going to get the gub'ment mad at them. Granholm already went after price gougers after 9/11.

Supposedly this TechTube company has risen out of the ashes of Blackburn and are making tubes... er valves again. Mullards are some amazing sounding devices.

My mother-in-law just said the same thing. I haven't been out today other than to ClampLand (aka, Harbor Freight) and gas was around $3.83. My mother-in-law said it's up to above $4 now. Seems fishy to me.

Man, that was weird. Who designed that set? And who decided to have him "playing" B3 when there is no B3 in that song at all?

I find the fact that it's on Sony Classics to be a bit presumptuous.

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45. I think it should be less than that considering the "business" they cite close to me are pretty shoddy and I would not go to most of them.