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...who else is in for this festival??? I'll be there from Tuesday through Sunday. I know Jazzshrink from the east, Jazzkrow from the pacific northwest, Sal from chi-town, my good friend Jim Nuemann and possible ejp626 are in....how about any of you in the vacinity....???? There are a few good "afterfest sets" at the Velvet Lounge as well....Fred Anderson, Hamid, Dana Hall and maybe others. m~

...this thread seems to get sillier and sillier by the day . m~

...let us know how "Zap Mama" is .

Larry, just having some fun with you but nice analogy! m~

...nice! to the cheater! m

...huh?

Not this time of year.. TOO HOT !!! ...hell, he's due here in Indy in a couple weeks and we're still in the low-mid 90s....with plenty of humidity to go around! m

I would say it's doubtful that he is currently on steroids. Dan is the man with the stat book, he can help you out. m

I think this guy may have a little more knowledge than you on the subject. Why anything needs to be proved to you...I'm not sure. Whether or not you believe he took steroids has no effect on whether he did or didn't. m~

...from a guy in the dugout with him. NEW YORK (AP) -- Brian Johnson said it's "hard to dispute" that former teammate Barry Bonds cheated by using performance-enhancing drugs. Johnson, appearing Sunday on ESPN's Outside the Lines, recounted what he told the staff of baseball steroids investigator George Mitchell. Johnson, a catcher with Bonds' San Francisco Giants in 1997 and 1998, also was asked by ESPN about Bonds, who tied Hank Aaron's career home run record on Saturday night. "You can make a fair argument that he may have been cheating," Johnson said. "Based on what has been documented, it's hard to dispute that argument." Johnson played with six major league teams from 1994-01 and said he spoke with the Mitchell investigators about his knowledge of steroids use. "It was kind of a cloak-and-dagger society. Guys that were taking knew of each other and talked about things among themselves," Johnson said. "What I saw was that guys who were taking would never admit it, would never allow anybody to see. But it was pretty obvious to all of us that they were taking. ... Some people sold their soul to the devil and other people didn't." Johnson hopes the investigation does more than document users. "We need to do more than just find out who did it, crucify them, sweep them aside, and move forward," he said. "We need to do more than that."

...from a guy in the dugout with him. NEW YORK (AP) -- Brian Johnson said it's "hard to dispute" that former teammate Barry Bonds cheated by using performance-enhancing drugs. Johnson, appearing Sunday on ESPN's Outside the Lines, recounted what he told the staff of baseball steroids investigator George Mitchell. Johnson, a catcher with Bonds' San Francisco Giants in 1997 and 1998, also was asked by ESPN about Bonds, who tied Hank Aaron's career home run record on Saturday night. "You can make a fair argument that he may have been cheating," Johnson said. "Based on what has been documented, it's hard to dispute that argument." Johnson played with six major league teams from 1994-01 and said he spoke with the Mitchell investigators about his knowledge of steroids use. "It was kind of a cloak-and-dagger society. Guys that were taking knew of each other and talked about things among themselves," Johnson said. "What I saw was that guys who were taking would never admit it, would never allow anybody to see. But it was pretty obvious to all of us that they were taking. ... Some people sold their soul to the devil and other people didn't." Johnson hopes the investigation does more than document users. "We need to do more than just find out who did it, crucify them, sweep them aside, and move forward," he said. "We need to do more than that."

How was the show...how was Bobby Broom? m~

Contrary to others here, I tend to buy cheap sunglasses because I'm always losing/breaking them. aloc skimps on reading glasses. dollar tree sells them for a dollar each in whatever strength works best for one. no more losing/breaking/laundering $100 reading specs. aloc has a dozen or so pair in a drawer and has received a compliment or two on some of them. even the most expensive specs cost $2 per pair to manufacture. ...hell, I wish I could find good ones for $100.00!

...amen to that!

I would agree with Joe on eye glasses....no skimping on camera gear as well.....although I could be spending a hell of a lot more than I am! m~

I was in NYC to see vision fest several weeks ago and ran into Laurie Pepper at the Jazz Record Center. I had met her last year in LA while she was discussing her movie about Art and stuck up a conversation with her in NYC. She told me was in town to be interviewed for the story with Sue. She was also hitting some record stores to stock them up on her latest release of Art's work. It was good to see her out there keeping Art and (art) in the public eye. Nice lady and lots of energy! BTW, Laurie has a newly revampted Art Pepper website...although I had some issues accessing some of the links on it today. Met Sue Mingus as well, last year and have traded some emails with her.....very nice as well and doing a great job of getting some of Charles long lost or undiscovered works out there! m~

...he is in Indy the following day.....wooooohoooo! m~

Thanks for adding the rainbow picture last. Otherwise I couldn't help thinking about how I had to mow the lawn, and what a pathetic job I do compared to those who cut the grass at Busch. Great pictures of course, and thank you so much for sharing. Having watched Lou Piniella's head almost explode several times earlier this season, it's something else to see the Cubs getting so close. I hope that every 25 years thing keeps working for Milwaukee though. Of course being a Cardinal fan since almost birth, I have never been a Cubs fan (though I have fond memories of many of their great players). Many of my friends (my work HQ is in Chicago) are lifelong fans. Of course I hope for their collapse (if only to see Lou have a melt down); this year has been interesting. I have no illusions of winning anything this year (without any pitching) but the (almost) sweep this past weekend gives the Cards a little life. Win or lose, a tremendous baseball town! m~

Great photos Mark!!! It would be so very weird to see a ballgame in St. Louis, and it not be the ol' generic (yet somehow loveable to me) Busch stadium. Didn't know you could see the "old" Courthouse from the stadium, very cool! Thanks! Yes, it is kind of strange. As a small child, I made it into the old Sportsman park a few times in it's last year of existence and I must have seen a couple hundred games in the recently retired Busch Stadium....always a great way to spend an afternoon! My oldest sister has lived there since 1965 so I spent much of my summer vacations in STL. They are in the process of building a ballpark village beyond the left center field area that will have retail/restuarants and so on...may still be a year or two away. Also hosting the 09 All-Star game there...looking forward to that. m~

...and one last image...now back to the Barry Bonds on steroids topic. m

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...on a non-Barry Bonds story....I went to the four game series between the Cards/Brewers this weekend at the new (last year) Busch Stadium. After getting pasted on Friday night...the Cards went on to beat the Brewers the next three games. I took my 15 year old nephew to the games; he's a very good baseball player at t his stage of his life. Their were two big rain storms on Friday night before they threw out the first pitch, then hot and humid for the balance of the weekend. Here are a few photos from the weekend.

...amen brother!

Hey Sal, you been in the bay area lately???