Brad

Exciting finish today I thought as with the first mountain finish. Let's see how Csdel Evans responds.

I enjoyed this year's first stage. Glad to see it back. That last accident was quite avoIdable. The commentary is first rate as usual.

Someone once said to me that holding a grudge is like letting someone live rent free in your head.

No Sonny? Ya gotta have Mr. Badass!

A fellow member of the tribe I've heard him on occasion mutter stuff about Schapp.

For you he's on at a reasonable hour. Sid's got that classic New York Jew delivery. Some of those WKCR guys have been on air for about 40 years, like Schaap and Sharif Abdul Salaam (whom I first knew of as Ed Michael). When I started listening to WKCR DJs included Fred Seibert, who was with MTV from the beginning, and Rich Scheinin, who started Oblivion Records and now writes for San Jose Mercury News. I think I first became aware of WKCR in 1970 during the Coltrane marathon, and I did lots of all-nighters in August of 1973 listening to the Bird marathon, just before starting college. Sid is great. I love listening to him. He does have a very distinctive voice (not sure what NY Jew delivery means or adds; gravelley might have been a better choice of words) as does Sharif.

Haven't listened to it in awhile but great music.

Just got back one I sold awhile, a long while ago, the Jacquet.

It was no match, boys playing against men. They were generally able to take the ball whenever they wanted. However, that will not work against better teams.

Sent you a pm about the Jacquet.

The Spain match on Thursday was a thing of beauty unless you happen to be Irish. They were really too much for the Irish. Some of the players are ancient like Damian Duff. According to espn Spain completed something like 770 passes, the most in a Euro match since 1980. This is setting up for a Spain v Germany rematch.

Proverbial backs to the wall for the Rangers. Lets hope there's a game 7.

Just listened to Easy Living last week! Hadn't listened to it in years. Nice tunes.

Gah! Armando Benitez' name gives me nightmares. Now, you know how we feel. It's Deja Vu all over again!

Watched the game with a bunch of friends on the upper side last night. The whole bar went crazy when they scored the first one. Oddly enough, on the return train trip to NJ, saw tons of Ranger fans but very few Devils fans.

The Mets closer, Frank Francisco, seems to be the second coming of Armando Benitez: two blown saves this weekend and made last night a little dicey.

Like Eric, never heard of this series until now. May have some of it in other packaging but would have been nice to buy 'em this way.

Didn't get to see too much of the game but Rangers move. Amazing to say but it only gets harder from here on in. Hard to predict who will one this one.

It's still pretty early. Haven't they done this in years past? Not to mention that Howard is rehabbing.

Yes, but we want someone to blame... The shame is that Fantasy was actually starting to do some credible reissue packages (Stitt's Bits, Red Garland at the Prelude, the three Coltrane boxes, the Miles Quintet box, the Evans VV box, etc.) before they sold the catalog to Concord. So much more that could have been done along those lines. Now we're back to this. This, and "..... Plays for Lovers", and the beloved Andorrans doing the only intelligent reissue packaging. I think you have this slightly incorrect, if I'm not mistaken. Those projects may have been conceived when Fantasy still owned the catalogue, but they were released after Concord bought the catalogue. So, if anyone at Concord still has a brain inside their head, there may be hope yet. I'll never forget Chuck's prescient words about getting the OJCs while you could when the sale was first announced.

Jazz by Gee (Riverside Records). I know that not everybody is a huge fan but this is a great date by the trombonist, with some fine support: Ernie Henry, Frank Foster, Art Taylor, among others. Junior's Cookin'. One of my favorite discs. Quintessential hardtop with Junior Cook, Blue Mitchell, Ronnie Matthews, Dolo Coker, gene Taylor and Roy Brooks. Not an essential disc but very enjoyable.

I wonder how effective are the ads that show up here.

You're probably right about that Let's hope they wrap it up tomorrow night.

Speaking of Philadelphia Washington, there was an article in Monday's New York Times about Nationals management trying to keep Philly fans away from their stadium. See Uninvited, Philly Fans Still March In

Mets pulled a nice one out against the Phillies last night. Just when it seemed that Halliday was on cruise control, Mets tie and then a rookie gets his first major league hit, a three run pinch homer, against Papelbon. So far, the Mets have a little resiliency this year. When it seems they're going to fall below 500, they manage to win a few and stay afloat.