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Available for trade: (cds) Jim Hall, LIVE (A & M records) $8 Fred Jackson, HOOTIN AND TOOTIN (Conn) on hold for Jacknife Louis Smith, HERE COMES LOUIS SMITH (Conn) on hold for Rooster Coltrane, COLTRANETIME $7 Bobby Hutcherson, MIRAGE (32 jazz) $7 Yusef Lateef, JAZZ MOODS (Savoy) $8 Pharoah Sanders, HEART IS A MELODY (Evidence) $8 Miles Davis/John Coltrane, MILES AND COLTRANE (Columbia) $6 McCoy Tyner, LIVE AT SWEET BASIL 2 cds (Evidence) $15 McCoy Tyner, 44TH STREET SUITE (Red Baron) $7 (add $2 for shipping.) plus perhaps a few other things; I'm still looking through my collection. I am interested in Three Sounds cds; any Conns or Japanese stuff I don't already have. Also Charles Lloyd on Atlantic label for 1966, 1967 sessions. email me at pdmagin@accesstoledo.com

Let me know what you all may have in terms of Three Sounds cds you may be willing to either trade or sell. I'll have to start my collecting of these fellows somewhere, and it might as well be here...

Didn't vote on this one. I'm not into the depths of nihilism which is where all this is heading.

Voted for 1492. Started the ball rolling on the New World. Second choice would have been 1848: year of revolutions.

That's hard. I suffered at all those ages.

I picked "8" which was my favorite number as a kid. I have now...ahem...matured beyond the need to have "favorite" numbers. Hmm, looks like I will have to devise another poll; these manque pollmakers with their ersatz polls are really scraping the bottom of the barrel.

Thanks, Ed.

Anyone interested in Lester Young, COMPLETE ALADIN RECORDINGS? Let me know what you might have to offer in exchange.

Nothing wrong with the sicilian dragon. Downside is your opponent is likely to be somewhat familiar with it as it is quite popular. Richter-Rauzer is very solid. The grandmasters play it and it is hard to crack for white. But for us amateurs...got to study it good first. There is some subtle and slow maneuvering in the back ranks; plus sometimes black doesn't castle and leaves his king behind a phalanx of center pawns. I have discovered that many club players do not necessarily play openings systems which suit their style. This may sound dumb, but it is completely true. First thing you've got to do I identify the type of positions you do well in. Then you steer your opening systems towards those types of positions. As mentioned before, I like piece play so I favor dynamic openings which entail risk on both sides. There is often material imbalance and one has to have solid nerves for this. Today, there is a tournament being held in Ann Arbor, Mi. I live in Toledo, Oh which is 45 minutes away. I think I'm going to go over there to watch the last round. I'm planning to play in the Cleveland Open on June 13 and 14th. I've had some success in that city before as I won my section of the Cardinal Open (Under 2000) in January. My current rating is 1925 and I've been slowly moving up the rating ladder. I first "retired" from chess at the age of 17 when my rating was 1817. As you can see, I haven't moved my rating up much since, yet I am a much superior player today. I think there's a lot of upside left in my case. Just got to go out and do it.

His main model was "Jo" his wife. I'm going by memory here. I think that was her name. I like his introspective style. He had a talent for showing the hidden quiet of this very loud society.

Cool. Thanks for the info, G-of-Miles. BTW, did I ever mention that I love your avatar?

Does a Mystique have a timing belt or a timing chain? I owned Ford vehicles ranging inModel year from 1985 through 1996 (Tempo, Taurus, and Contour), and they all had chains, which supposedly needs replacing rarely, if indeed ever. Hmm, can't answer this. I simply don't know. Worth checking out. Thanks for the info.

I love "Shades." The second track, "Tripping," is my all-time favorite Hill tune. I'll find you a copy, Rooster.

I've already put money into the car: new brakes, several sets of tires; changed the wires and spark plugs. The engine gives me no problem. It has been suggested to me from a Ford owner that I should change the timing belt as a precautionary action. I'll probably do that. The key here is: can I get 6 months out of it after putting this kind of money? I believe the answer is "yes." If so, then I did the right thing. Actually, the aggravation of looking for a new car is greater than the aggravation of sending mine in to the shop. Can't stand the thought of dealing with used car salesmen right now; especially on subjects that they know more about than me. My next car will be a Toyota or Honda or something.

Wow, this is surprising news to me. Maybe the Sixers will take Carlisle. That bald spot in the center of his forehead was caused from stress. The hairdressers have a word for it, which I've forgotten.

Hope I get that much mileage out of my rebuilt car!

Wow, the Holy Grail! That's my goal baby!

Seems like many of you recommend biting the bullet and buying a new car. Do I have the money? No. I figure it this way: if the new (or rebuilt) tranny costs $2,000 (which was the max. quote) and I get another year out of the vehicle, then I've won out. Obviously, if I were to get a new vehicle then I'm looking at monthly payments around the range of $400/month. I would have spent $2,000 then within 5 months. Also, I can't get any trade in value for a vehicle with a bad transmission. In retrospect, I should have changed the transmission oil and filter more frequently like I did the engine oil, but I will from now on. My goal: another 2-3 years out of the car. I drive around 20K per year. One thing though: interest rates right now would favor any new financing on cars.

Maybe we ought to start a chess thread of something so as not to hijack this thread. Would be happy to expound on the game some more. I've recently returned to tournament chess after a very long layoff. My "comeback" is going quite well.

I can answer one of them for you. Ghost of Miles uses a self portrait by Edward Hopper, a well-known modern American painter. Perhaps his most famous painting is "Nighthawks" which hangs at the Chicago Institute of Arts. I love his work and am personally impressed that G-of-Miles would select one of his paintings as an avatar. Awesome! And one of my favorite avatars to be sure.

I have a 1995 Mercury Mistake, er, I mean Mystique with approx. 115,000 miles on it. The transmission locked on me and I have to get a new rebuilt one for it. Question is: should I spend the $1,500-2000 for the new transmission, or should I just go get a new car? The body is in good shape and so is the engine. I talked to my garage guy (who isn't doing the transmission work) and he put his vote in to keep the old car. I lean strongly in that direction myself, especially since it has an after-market cd player in it, and I do a lot of my jazz listening in it. How many miles can I reasonably expect to get out of this car? My tranny guy says he's got 300,000 on his Buick, which sounds outrageous to me. I am very good about scheduled oil changes and all that, though I neglected transmission oil and filter changes. Did that only once, I think. I have no other problems with the car. Worth fixing or not?

I bought this cd quite cheap last year and after a quick listen went racing back to the store to trade it in for something else. Didn't like it at all.

I love Duke Pearson. Favorites are "Right Touch," "Sweet Honey Bee," "Dedication," "Wahoo," "Prairie Dog." As someone else mentioned, he was primarily responsible for "Little Johnny C." And I would also add that he was probably the genius behind Grant Green's "Idle Moments," and Hutcherson's "The Kicker." He held the torch during Blue Note's fading later years. A great and highly underappreciated musician in my humble opinion.

Wish I knew how to post pictures here, and I would show you guys pictures of famous chess grandmasters. Not all of them had big heads, so I'm not sure about the big head=big brains correlation, but many of them did have big heads. On the other hand, that wimp who beat me the other day had a small potato head

Hard to find an example where Joe is out of form, Rooster. He is so damned consistent. Definitely one of my favorite tenors also. Moose: Really you can't go wrong anywhere with Joe Henderson. One other session no one has mentioned yet is full of beauty is JOE HENDERSON BIG BAND on Verve, I think. Great cd. One of my favorites. Big band sound with Chick Corea on piano. Beautiful tunes like "Step Lightly," "Serenity," "Black Narcissus." I also like IN PURSUIT OF BLACKNESS and BLACK IS THE COLOR on Milestone. If there are any that I am only lukewarm about it would be his later sessions where he played Miles Davis' tunes with Scofield, and his tribute to Billy Strayhorn. They're ok, but not the best Joe Henderson. Joe Henderson came from the small town of Lima, Ohio which is only about 45 minutes from Toledo. Another local product along with Art Tatum and John Hendricks. RIP Joe! We love you!