Jazzmoose

Well...I must admit I've found a positive side to this gas crunch. The price has gotten so high now that my wife has actually agreed that my getting a motorcycle is a good idea. If you knew her, you'd know what a hardsell I was expecting... In fact, her last comment on the subject was "maybe I should get one too!"

Too bad. I'll admit, I haven't ordered from them lately, but had planned to after my upcoming move.

What was Jim's point? I have a fear of links.

I realize I'm an odd one to be weighing in on the "good rap" vs "bad rap" question, but for me, the good stuff is the stuff where I don't care what the words are, where the artist becomes more of a percussionist than a vocalist, where the cadence of the rap just carries me along, no matter what the person is actually saying. Fast, or even clever, isn't enough; it's got to pull me in the way Art Blakey at the drums pulls me in...

Oh yeah; that episode where he couldn't help out because he "had to play bongos with Thelonious Monk" is burned into my brain...

According to the Season One DVD, the pilot at least was filmed at Molona Bay in Kaui. Which is the island next to Oahu, so...

That wasn't the govorner. That was Sen. Mary Landrieu.

Congrats, Paul; all the best! Uh...does she know you're a drummer?

Fare thee well, Maynard...

I think the correct question is not "should New Orleans be rebuilt?" but rather "should New Orleans be rebuilt as a major residential center in the exact same spot rather than in a safer area a few miles down the road?" I agree that most areas in the country face at least some risk of natural disaster, but even within those areas some sub-areas are more dangerous than others. For example, New Orleans was a much more vulnerable area than nearby areas of MS and AL. (A related question could be asked about parts of the southwest -- is developing areas that increasingly encroach on dry forests that burn every summer really a good idea?) A secondary question is whether, if people do choose to locate in the area where the old New Orleans was, whether the government should impose some sort of cost relative to if they chose to locate in safer regions nearby -- i.e., a smaller amount of financial assistance. Guy ← I understand the reasoning, but where do people live? What area is safe? I've lived in areas with tornadoes, earthquakes, floods, etc., and to date I have yet to see an area that is totally safe. Maybe we should just get off the planet...

What can one say to this except, "Fuck you, too, asshole." ← I certainly can't think of anything else.

While there's obviously a race angle to the tragedy unfolding in NO, I'm guessing that it has a lot more to do with income and class. Guy ← And of course, income and class never have anything to do with race...

We bought our first $3.00+ gas today. Whoopee.

Wow. With our family down there (all is safe) and us moving soon, it was a bit scary, but they (and us when we get there) aren't in the dangerous areas. Knowing Minew is actually living there brings it home even more so. Don't ask me where I'm going with this; I'm a bit overwhelmed right now. I think I'll skip the usual joking and posting tonight...

Lee Morgan. I've sold one, the Woody Shaw.

You dig? ←

That's from the upcoming movie "Black Like Me" staring Carrot Top...

Mark? I think you read my post wrong - try it again. Bey is definitely a jazz vocalist! ← Oops......

Reginald P. Wentworth III, who emerges from his mothers basement once a month in a somewhat manic hunt for that elusive rumored lost Elmo Hope session...

Well....unless you're really cute...

Guys always suffer from PMS; who do you think catches the shit?

Call of the Wild Goat Poop, no doubt...

I thought Noj did the whole thing?

Watch out, Jim; you're getting dangerously close to vulva, and we're going to need documentation on that charge...