Brad

Plumbing the New York Review of Books Classics catalogue: Reading Alfred Hayes' My Face For the World to See.

Sold! Thanks for all the help.

I received the set today but will give it to my wife to give to me at Christmas

Never heard that Lasorda one. Classic!

With the rep that Mosaic has, I don't think they would give us a less than full explanation.

Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis.

Booty call to the ex, hoping (at some level) for some make up sex, but willing to settle for just getting to touch that ass one more time and doing it in front of your current girlfriend makes it that much more obvious to all concerned. You think I'm kidding, and yeah, ok, but...when you bond with a player or a group and it breaks up because one partner just can't go on with you like that, still the love, always the love, but not gonna be the partnership ever again, no, not gonna be the partnership, it runs deep sometimes. This shit is personal. Makes a lot of sense. One can underestimate these feelings.

Thanks. Might be a good Xmas present That may be true for me too but there do appear to be a few in that category on people's lists though.

I saw from the LA Times this morning that there's a flood watch in west LA County.

Price reduction to $85! Brad

Pm sent on Horace Silver Reentry Max Roach Jazz in 3/4 Time Bill Evans Trio 64 Phineas Newborn Solo Piano Thanks.

I'm sure, as with most things or recordings, some will like and some will not.

What's the view on the Powell set mentioned in the New Yorker article.

Thank goodness we have but I never considered both together. Different styles, different playing.

A Few Miles From Memphis is worth checking out.

Quite a mixed bag there. Guess they were trying to get $$ from wherever they could.

I listen to Sirius XM or WKCR when I'm driving. Otherwise, normally not. I find out about new music here. I'm not a big avant garde fan so if that comes on, I will probably turn it off. More partial to bebop, hardbop and soul jazz. On Sirius XM, the hosts are ok. On WKCR, Phil Schaap can wear on you but normally I won't change the dial because of the host. I tune in for the music.

Looks like new ones are still in the high 300s to 400. Hopefully prices will settle down next year.

I have the above Mosaic for sale. Only partially listened to once. Everything is in mint condition. $105 (which includes shipping). Will ship overseas but shipping will be higher. Please contact me if interested. PayPal preferred. Thanks for looking.

I paid with PayPal so they took my money a long time ago!

Your family thanks you! ***** Just returned from Southern California where the weather was great, son in tow. He just finished a transitional living program out there. Hopefully, he's ready to make a fresh start. Visiting out there (and I've been there at least a dozen times) is always a relaxing trip. If only I could afford to live out there.

It became Windsor during WW I. In the same time Battenberg became Mountbatten. I had thought that was the case but wasn't completely sure. Obviously, it wouldn't do have a German name during WW I. The relationship that Wilhelm had with his grandmother but especially his Uncle, King Edward VII, was a complicated one and in the case of his Uncle not a very good one and Wilhelm gets a good share of the blame for that. Who knows what Wilhelm's temperament would have been like had he not been born with a withered arm.

Would have liked to hang out with Dizzy, but definitely not Miles.

As the article points out, the present line is descended from Hanover, Germany. They are the Saxe-Coburgs, not exactly a British name. Because of its Germanic name, it was changed to Windsor at some point. The mother of Queen Victoria, also named Queen Victoria, was a Saxe-Coburg and when her sister-in-law Princess Charlotte of Wales died, resulting in a succession crisis in the English monarchy, Victoria married the Duke of Kent (son of George III), third in line to the throne and their child became the Queen of England; the other two sons having no heirs. Queen Victoria also married a Saxe-Coburg, Prince Albert, so they are German through and through. Not necessarily relevant to the point but let's not forget that Wilhelm II was Victoria's grandson and the Tsar was related to the Queen as well, both of whose monarchies were washed away by WW I.

I think this is a great choice, as noted. The sessions I've listened to are superb, IMHO of course