Brad

I'm not sure Hardbopjazz's comment is that surprising. Watching a television is what you experience with the eyes and ears and the images and sound fill up your brain (not sure I'm making sense) whereas listening to music is auditory only and requires the mind to focus on what the artists are doing and, for lack of a better term, use their brain! It's harder work and in today's society people take the path of least resistance.

I keep receiving requests for them to link to other pages for things I said I liked, etc. Usually ignore them but today unchecked them all so the information isn't floating around or whatever.

I really haven't had any problems. Generally, if I don't recognize somebody who sends a friend request, I just block them and that's that. You do have to be concerned about privacy settings. I posted an article a few months ago that was in the New York Times about restricting access. If you do a search you should be able to find it. It also makes good sense to be careful what you say there as employers now check it when hiring people. I heard a story about someone going for a job interview and the interviewer sending the interviewee a friend request so that the company could check what the interviewee was saying. That's a little scary. However, if you don't want it, follow Bill's advice.

Another year? In that case I can hardly believe the numbering is sequential, with mixedupfiles' set being in the high 7400s and the total number being 7500. Hans, since you seem to be in touch with Scott on a regular basis, could you ask him about this? Up until recently, at least, the big boxes were definitely numbered in the sequence in which they were shipped--based on Mosaic's email to Brad, and also based on the numbers people have posted here for soon-to-be OOP sets that they just purchased. Perhaps this has changed? Or perhaps mixedupfiles' Mobley number is, well, mixed up? Given the recent outsourcing of shipping operations, who knows? I've e-mailed Scott about this. I'll be interested to hear the answer since it sounds like it may have changed.

My first Mosaic that I will never sell. Surprised me too that it is still available.

This may have been discussed elsewhere already but there is an announcement on the Lala site that they're shutting down at the end of this month. Bummer.

That site has been around a long time and he does a heck of job. My recollection is that the site used to be affiliated with the University of Maryland but then they parted ways.

This has probably been already answered but I have sold a lot on ebay and on another forum I belong ebay and paypal (owned by Ebay) gets discussed quite a bit. Bottom line is that buyers are favored and ebay invariably sides with the buyer, which is why sellers can't leave negative feedback. They cannot pull money out of your bank account so you will wind up with a negative balance, which means that if you do some more sales anything you receive in your paypal account will be netted against the negative amount.

I think this deal would be fine if it had kicked in immediately but not starting until 2012 and running through his age 36 season makes it pretty likely Howard will be grossly overpaid for prior performance, and those famously friendly and always well-behaved Philly fans will let him know it. Whew, that was a brutal analysis. If his one dimensionality erodes in future years, Philadelphia won't be a nice place to play for him.

Amazin'! Probably won't last too too long so have to enjoy it while you can!

Mets in first place!!

Listened to the Konitz last week. Very enjoyable, made only more so by Chet Baker.

In Saturday's New York Times, Ben Shpigel, in an article entitled "The Man Baseball Loves to Hate," wrote "According to some of his peers, Alex Rodriguez is a hypocrite and a “prima donna.” He is not the “Yankee type,” either, and he has “monopolized all the attention” since arriving in the Bronx in 2004. Others have described his on-field conduct as “bush league,” “a little cheap,” an “unsportsmanlike act of cheating” and more typical of “junior high school baseball.” Tough crowd." See Arod for the remainder of the article. One of the points of the article is that Jeter doesn't do this kind of stuff and that Arod should be a little more like him.

Guess the person just likes Duke and pizza!

It's typical Arod. Just a classless fool. He's not called the Lightning Rod for nothing.

Looks like the Braves need to re-read the rule book: they messed up the infield fly rule. Chipper drops the ball, forgets that the rule has been called, throws to first, they screw it up and in the confusion Angel Pagan scores all the way from second. Bobby Cox was having a major cow in the dugout.

That has to be one of the funniest things I've seen in awhile. Is the full sized doll next?

By the big box do you mean the that lists for around $800. I still see that on Amazon.

I've been buying and selling for about 10 years and I also hate 10 day auctions. Watching auctions is a must. I can't think that any serious buyer would not do that. More photos are always good. I have sold Mosaics and I'm very scrupulous about checking every disc and if it has a scratch I say so. If you say it's mint, you need to back it up. For shipping domestically I only use UPS; I just don't trust the post office, plus I can track it better. If you have a rare item, it will sell itsel so if I'm selling Mosaics I don't really worry about the time it ends. As a buyer I've stayed up late or gotten up a little earlier for an auction. Don't forget to pack properly. Err on the side of caution. There's nothing that ticks me off to get something that was not properly or safely packed. When I get ready to ship something, I shake the box. If I hear movement, I repack. Whatever you're selling should not move. If it does, you've got a problem. When I've received things, I shake the box out of habit and if I hear movement I groan in dreaded anticipation of damage.

Niko, Thanks for the tip.

I'm looking for some of those box set of Jazz in Paris that were put out a few years ago. I've looked at the likely suspects -- CD Universe and Amazon (both US and France) -- but no luck. Any ideas? Thanks.

Henry, I think you need to calm down a wee bit. Nobody meant anything malicious and, yes, Chuck is an expert in jazz and he's got a lot of shit to show

He has a few good songs post Beatles but not a lot that will stand the test of time. On the other hand Harrison did have some memorable albums that are classic. His last one, Brainwashed, was one of his best.

I paid a fair bit of cash to buy both of those in 24bit mini-lp format, needless to say I don't regret it, they're real treasures, should be in everyones collection etc, etc. Amen to that brother.

I'm sure there's further proof than just this (unless I'm missing something, which is possible).