Brad

If you respect him, then I suppose I can see why it's important to you. I guess my question is would it change how you feel about listening to the music. By way of example (but probably not a good one), one of my passions is reading about Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War. If a certain noted author in the field such as Michael Burlingame dismissed a book, I probably would not read it.

Yes, I suppose the back and forth is like watching a match at Wimbledon. At the end, as you said, the music remains and the rest is just noise that recedes into nothingness.

I can't believe all the teeth gnashing tjats been wasted over what someone thinks about hard bop. It's what you think that matters. It reminds of when my son would look to me for approval when he did a certain thing. Music is rather visceral. Who knows why we like a thing or another. We just do. So he doesn't like? BFD.

That must have been something else. RIP.

Jim, Did you read the Howard Beck article that I put up earlier today. It shows he was a work in progress and probably is. The Knicks were very lucky. One wonders what if he never got a chance: would he have ever been able to show his talents. You never know. I think that could describe many a person, maybe some among us. I think that is one of the wonderful things about this story. Now, I'm not sure why this nuttiness has erupted around him. I know why my wife is (she's Chinese) and watches his games. Heck, she even watched the Rising Stars Challenge last night. She's become a big Landry Field fan too. Me, I'm just glad the Knicks are relevant after the Isaiah Thomas years. Of course, we're still stuck with the Dolans. This just shows that even a squirrel finds an acorn once in awhile

well put. Amen. So he doesn't like it. Who cares?

Well, Larry I don't see it that way but it's not worth arguing about. I think you as a moderator can probably appreciate that I was glad there to be the beginning when D'Antoni, having no other options, decided to put him in against the Nets. As the game progressed, I turned to my son and said Jeremy might score 20 and sure enough he surpassed it. I had been hoping for awhile that he would be put in because a couple of weeks before that he had come in at the end of a rare 30 point win against the Bobcats and played for a few minutes and scored about 7 or 8 points. I said to myself "not bad" even though it was garbage time. We'll just to see how things progress.

That's really the question, isn't it? With the NBA hype machine operating at ramming speed, what happens if Lin tanks? His game against Miami the other night was awful. 1-11 from the floor and eight turnovers. I've heard pundits say that this may be similar to what happens in baseball when a pitcher faces a batting order the second or third time in a game. Athletes and coaches make adjustments. They review film and they find exploitable flaws. For Lin's sake, I hope he doesn't fall as fast as he rose, but I wouldn't rule it out. I agree Dave and we here in NY (or at least I have) have been wondering how he would fare when he had a bad game. As you note, sports is all about adjustments. They're playing the Cavs on Wed so we'll see what happens. The article by Howard Beck seems to suggest that he would be able to do that. We will see.

Here's another article by Harvey Araton, also in today's Times, Disappointing Defeat Fine Tunes a Frenzy No matter how good or bad he may be, unless Carmelo or Amare step up, this team won't prosper.

What Ben said is that he seems to have some animus against Forbes. Well, that's his issue. As for his basketball points, not too much issue there. However, one of the reasons he's succeeded so far is because the D'Antoni systems fits his skills to a tee. Being in the right situation for anybody is common sense. I don't care who you are but you can gain valuable lessons from an experience like his or anyone's who perseveres through hard work. It's made an impact on many young people, including my son about lessons you can learn. It's not a nice story but a great story as it was hard work that got him to where he is righ now as shown in this article in today's Times by Howard Beck, The Evolution of a Point Guard

I agree this is awfully tempting. There is some fantastic looking music here.

I think I will wait until I hear what others here have to say about it.

I don't recall seeing any discussion here about Jeremy Lin but a friend sent me this article in Forbes and it's a wonderful article, 10 Lessons Jeremy Lin Can Teach Us Before We Go to Work Monday Morning One of the reasons Lin has appealed to people is because, in my humble opinion, he's not selfish and it's all about the team, not about him. People who have never watched the NBA before or in awhile, like my wife, watch the games. Last night the Heat beat the Knicks and humbled Lin. LeBron is typical of today's basketball player and everything Lin is not: selfish, self aggrandizing and a show off. You can be talented without showing off. Just let your work do your talking.

I'm waiting for the authorized mono version to be re-issued.

On Bennie, his BNs and Time/Bainbridge outing (including Sonny Clark) are best. Thought the Prestiges were ok, just not eyeopeners. Same for Hornful of Soul on Bethlehem. Those Harris HighNotes are worth having. There's also a Bill Harris Live at Birdland 1952 on Baldwin Records that is way cool.

Hmmm.... If I buy a Chevy and Obama buys a Chevy does that mean we're connected?

Did you ever listen to Bill Harris?

Great story Gheorghe. Not sure I agree about Kai but great to see the impact you had.

Assuming he's clean, I doubt he has anything left, including his self respect.

As one of the original members, welcome back. You'll probably figure this out but Aric begat Chewy who begat.... Let's stop there!

Good news for baseball fans

Don't know if I mentioned this on the other thread on Gary but on Friday Strawberry said he wished he had lived his life like Carter's. Gooden also said that the last time he and Gary talked a couple of months, Carter told him to keep fighting. On the airwaves, fans told stories about how they met Carter at this or that occasion and how Gary spent time at length talking to them. It was obvious, as some one said, that he not only had a hall of fame career but that he lived a hall of fame live. The impact that he had on ordinary fans' lives was quite remarkeable.

I like the feel of a book and being able to turn to the notes, etc. I can see having an ereader if you go on a long trip. At any rate, I would get this in pdf, ereader no. I suppose it's on a Kindle only so the publisher can save on costs.

Did you not get your Blue Note Decoder Ring? That must be why he's agitated. Guess USPS missed his crib

Great article by Bob Klapisch who covered the Mets during the 80s and beyond. See Gary Carter Inspired Us On and Off the Field