BeBop

Yup. (sigh of relief)

Ah, but will they be 'second to none' in a month, when Soulstation1's product hits the plate (and palate)?

Apparently this 'deal' is still going on - according to an e-mail I received today.

http://www.borders.com/online/store/Articl...=SL_20080923_NR 30% through the 28th. One item. Minimum $10. Go crazy.

It's that time again. Happy Birthday, Dan!

My current neighborhood isn't listed. But I don't think there's a sidewlk in th whole country. (Certainly no bars.) Still, I walk quite a bit. As long as I stick to the areas that aren't marked with the stakes, I'm pretty safe from leftover land mines and unexploded ordnance. Just for kicks, I ran my last two US addresses, from back in the 90s. One was an '8' and one was a zero (6 miles to the nearest ANYTHING). Yet I never had a car in either.

Good news, indeed. Thanks.

It's becoming increasingly difficult (to not over-analyze). Or, should I say "over-scro-tinize?" Now you got me doing it! Knock it off.

It's becoming increasingly difficult (to not over-analyze).

I'm trying not to over-analyze this.

Armstrong's the world's biggest media whore.

The 36-year-old Armstrong told Vanity Fair in an exclusive interview posted on its Web site Tuesday that he was inspired to return after finishing second last month in the Leadville 100, a lung-searing 100-mile mountain bike race through the Colorado Rockies. "This kind of obscure bike race, totally kick-started my engine," he told the magazine. "I'm going to try and win an eighth Tour de France." The sport and particularly the Tour have missed his star power, even though he has been a controversial figure at times. The 2009 Tour "is the intention," Armstrong's spokesman Mark Higgins told The Associated Press, "but we've got some homework to do over there." http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/more...g.ap/index.html

Drat. This is what makes being an "etc" completist so d*mn hard.

Where's the 'etc'? I've been looking all over for some. You got the jewel box for it?

If you've seen my scribbles, burps and backfires in Stereophile, you'll know I'm the audiophile who ain't.

Would someone PLEASE reissue this?! Does anyone have further info on the Japanese Crown reissue? Or any other?

Enjoy!

How'd you sense I still have a dollar in my pocket? Seriously, I'm personally overloaded with vinyl. And probably have about all the mainstream blues I can handle. But I suspect you'll find some love for that vinyl 'round here.

...or Alfie.

Thanks and welcome!

Bebop lives.

We should start a pool to name the last TV show and movie you saw in 1978. I'll say "Charlie's Angels" (Ooh, the Cheryl Ladd years) for TV show and now that I've looked at Wikipedia's list of films released in 1978, I have to go with "Debbie Does Dallas". Do I win? The last movie would be pretty easy to guess. (I was living in the United States then, and I think the movie was pretty current, but probably showing as a dollar matinee.) Last TV show? I've no idea.

I haven't watched TV, a video, or a movie (at home or in a theater), since 1978. So no, I haven't even seen the planes crashing into the World Trade Center. I did watch one YouTube, recommended by Jsngry.

This is one of the few LPs I've digitized and put on my MP3 player. (I only see my LPs once or twice a year; the rest of the time I'm traveling.) The recording itself is strange; Flanagan has a very 'round' sound, and is back in the mix. Monterose is very edgy, on all horns, and way up front. Flanagan is flawless, tasteful and swinging. Monterose plays fine. He sometimes seems to lack comfort or confidence. Other tunes he really digs into. I always favor his tenor, but the soprano here lacks any fish-horn-iness(?) - stridency or nasality. I may be forgetting an exception or two, but I found it interesting that Monterose never plays behind Flanagan's solos. I guess I'm accustomed to Archie Shepp or Ernie Krivda or Stan Getz who do. I don't mean to make it sound like this is necessary; Monterose isn't obbligato-ed to do it. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000001UL...ance&n=5174

...as in stamp news?