Jim Alfredson

That happened to me awhile back when I ordered a copy of Jimmy Smith's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf?" Inside the Jimmy Smith CD case was a copy of a record with Cal Tjader and Anita O'Day. The problem was I liked the O'Day record so much I kept it! I still haven't bought another copy of the Jimmy Smith.

I guess I'm not aware of the whole story, P.D., and if I jumped to conclusions then I apologize. I appreciate having you here and you have every right to react to situations anyway you choose, but I don't necessarily understand those reactions. And I've never been one for the huffy "I'm leaving and here's why" threads. But I should probably just keep my mouth shut. Truth be told, my reasoning for letting Danny post here as long as he did was to give him enough rope to hang himself. I caught a ton of shit for banning Greg, a decision I do not regret in any way and that I think was totally justified. But I got a lot of crap about it nevertheless. Before banning Danny, I wanted to let him dig a DEEP enough hole that no one could complain once I got rid of him. It worked. Now that he's gone I'm happy to see some people returning that his presence chased off, right or wrong. You and I may not agree on how a board should be run or various other things but I still appreciate you being here.

My wife bought me the Stanley Turrentine box for Christmas of 2002. She's the bomb!

Wow! Now that's an old house. How about some of our European members? Everything is old over there! Peter, tiling is pretty easy. It helps to have someone who's done it before, but if you don't know anyone, practice on a small sheet of plywood first. If you do it once, you'll realize how simple it is. My biggest hint? If you're doing it by yourself, do a dry-run first and cut everything you need to cut before-hand. Then you can just lay the whole deal at once.

Your home looks beautiful! Our looks real ugly on the outside right now. It's painted barn red. The blue color yours has is one color I'm thinking about. I also need to open up the front porch again. The previous owners enclosed it, including building boxes around the beautiful 10 foot solid oak columns (four of them!) that frame the porch. Idiots. So you have a 1907. I have a 1909. Who's next in line?

I'm going to be in northern Michigan this day as part of a three-night casino gig. I will bring my laptop in the hopes that I can get dial-up access up there, but if I miss the big celebration, don't hold it against me!

Make sure you use Windows update regularly and keep your virus definitions up to snuff. Viruses suck but they are a fact of computing life these days.

That Joe Chambers record is beautiful, by the way, and if ya'll don't have a copy you're chumps. Personally, I think they took the biggest risk when they let go of Charlie Hunter. What the hell were they thinking!??!

This has been going on for awhile. Companies will subtly change the package (or not so subtly... "NEW LOOK, same great taste!!!") and likewise cut back on the actual amount of the product without telling anyone. But of course the price is the same. Andy Rooney from 60 Minutes has been talking about this recently.

vajerzy, Yes, the lathe boards were underneath the plaster, which I tore down because it was old and had too many layers of wallpaper on it to make it worthwhile. I kept the lathe boards and just put the backerboard (like drywall, but for tiling) right on top. We're going to tile the walls up to about 5 feet and then I have drywall above that, placed right on top of the lathe. It makes the whole thing really really strong. The main issue with our house is fixing what the previous owners attempted. They were either really cheap or really stupid or both. They messed a lot of things up completely and did things really half-assed. For instance, I'm tearing down all the drop ceilings in the house... there are five of them... one in our bedroom, one in the bathroom (already gone!), one in the kitchen (already gone!), one in my music studio, and one in my office/soon-to-be nursery. After tearing two of them down I found out why they put them up in the first place: To cover their shitty plumbing jobs. Every drop ceiling in this house is hiding some cheap, half-assed plumbing work that needs to be re-done. Thankfully I can do it all myself. We got some really nice restoration hardware for our clawfoot with a big shower head and porcelin (sp?) knobs. Beautiful stuff. I can't wait to get everything in that bathroom... it's going to be gorgeous!!!

I really don't see LOTR that way, but whatever. I liked Mystic River a lot but I'm glad LOTR won. If you get a chance, watch some of the appendixes on the DVDs and I'm sure you'll appreciate just what an amazing accomplishment those movies are, not just from a technical standpoint.

I'm up north this weekend with RD so I can't attend. For those who don't know, Juris is a guitarist with some super-chops that used to play with Don Patterson back in the day.

What, are they almost sold out?!? Somebody donate one to the cause, please.

You're missing out.

Hermiclese is actually holding up that wall for me. He's a good cat.

Those etchings are amazing.

Did anyone offer to help Marcus out?

I've been wanting to get the Carmell disc for quite some time but I had to get the Patton first. I'm sure you all understand.

In tribute to Sngry's thread:

Mark Murphy?! <shudder> If I never hear his "singing" again, it'll be too soon. Jive jive jive!!!

Ah, home ownership! It's a beautiful thing! I'm sure you've seen my "tiling" thread by now! I take it your townhome isn't almost 100 years old, though? Congrats! And enjoy!

And listening to CDs is far more fatiguing than listening to vinyl. I can listen to vinyl all day. I can only listen to one or two CDs at a time.

That's a good point. The powder stuff is very nasty. Liquid is the way to go. Good one, ROoster!

I like this quote from their FAQ: Learning the dog, eh? Is that anything like McDuff's "Walkin' The Dog"? Real Audio - "Walkin' The Dog" Windows Media - Walkin' The Dog