Brad

Fixed, Jim.

I thought these weren't due out until November, not that I'm complaining.

Congrats. Great lineup indeed. PM on its way.

Berigan, I think even McCarver was surprised because he thought Lamb would be coming off the bench...to try to hit the 3 run homer. While the result came out in the Astros favor, the thinking was flawed.

This game proves the old adage that you play for a win on the road and a tie on the home. And this isn't just a second guess. When I saw him send up Vizcaino I said to myself he's playing for a tie. Terrible job of managing. Even if they somehow had won the game, it's a very bad decision. Whether it's the World Series or an ordinary season game, you never play for a tie on the road.

The little doughboy is the one I'd like to stomp all over. But how about all of them. They're, to state the obvious, marketing ploys. What is marketing? In my view, marketing/advertising is an attempt to get you to part with your money for something you don't need.

Saw when it got to 5-3. Perhaps there just a team isn't a team that I can root for here. In the past, I've been able to pick a team. Here, neither interests me that much.

The two newest Selects, if that counts.

Although I'm a long time fan (40 years), these teams just don't do it for me. Just not interested in this series. Just doesn't seem to have the fizz. I've watched every other one since I've been a kid but this one just leaves me yawning. Actually switched it off midway to watch AFI's 100 greatest movie quotes.

Verve has a lot of good offerings right now: Herb Geller Plays (only available in Japan I believe), Mulligand and Desmond Blues in Time, Stitt's Only the Blues, Budd Johnson's French Cookin' and a bunch of others.

The last I'd heard (Thursday) when I ordered the Tolliver was that it was going to be in on Friday but that the Jazz Piano wouldn't be until next week. Perhaps that's changed. Hope so.

No arguments about service. Incredibly quick.

If anything is looking for Unforgettable Ronnie Ross, it's back in stock at Dusty Groove.

Very sorry Paul. Paul Secor's thoughts were something else. I suppose I would say celebrate her life but I sometimes wonder what I would do if I were in your friend's place. I don't know how I'd act. Hopefully, fight. Peace by with you and your friend.

They do come and go quite quickly.

It would be a shame to see them go but there are no real bargains to be had there. I found Hiroshi's prices better.

On SteepleChase also?

I think True Blue's price is same as CDU.

I wonder if it's something to do with NO being the home of trad jazz versus the "newer" post 40s forms of jazz.

I just ordered a Ronnie Ross cd that's back in stock at DG, plus a couple of Lone Hills.

I've ordered Critics Choice and the Land although I can't find out much info about the Adams but hey it's Pepper so that's all I need to know.

I just called and they're hoping by the end of this week.

I think the winners are pretty obvious: Spain, Czech Republic and Turkey, in that order, with Spain, the surest bet of the six. If they miss, it would be the first time since 74, not that this underachieving bunch can't sink to a new low.

Although not a true jazz band, I would have thought Paul Whiteman would have had some live recordings that were recorded, maybe as airchecks.

It's pretty dreary around here today in Jersey. We didn't get rain for months now we're getting more than enough. I assume this takes care of the drought emergency in some towns.