Brad

To quote the late, unlamented missing one..."you'd complain if you were hung with a new rope"...she can rub me any way she wants... Ahem. Pardon me; a little too much exhuberance there... While we're at it, anybody else you want to dream (fantasize?) about rubbing you the wrong way

That's not so outrageous for a power player. What makes you say Serena had no intention of going to Athens? Her injury status was up in the air. Jan, It was all over the media in the City and was pretty actively discussed on WFAN by Chris Russo, who is a huge tennis fan.

Yes, there were some bad calls but she also made 57 unforced errors. So let's not just blame the umpire for the calls. Bad calls are part of any sport, you gotta deal with them and move on. I'm glad she lost. She rubs me the wrong way. What she did in the Olympics was pathetic. She never had any intention of going and she waited until the last minute to withdraw, waiting so long in fact that the US couldn't name a replacement. I'm sure that somebody would have loved to be on the team but her selfish attitude cost somebody a spot. She can't lose enough to suit me.

I was ready to get this until I saw the killer: voices. Vocals are bad enough, let alone a multitude. Too bad.

If by that you mean that people have exploited the land for personal purposes and put nothing back into it, that probably describes a lot what passes for capitalism. Which brings to mind the banks during the great depression leaving people high and dry. As for Chuck, he's brief but succinct and we've all in some way felt the Nessian observations.

I don't have a lot of his but what I've heard I like a lot. I think he's from Pittsburg and did a record about that that's supposed to be good, which I'd like to pick up.

Death is all around us (as if that's some great revelation) and people will kill themselves. What's unacceptable is if they injure or kill someone in the process, like Jan. Thank god nothing like that happened.

Isn't that picture of Art but in red and black on the cover of the Savoy release?

Those Jimmy Cobb Mob cds are really quite outstanding. Peter Bernstein really shines on these.

Thanks Lon. I guess that's one box I won't be getting as I'm sure it must be way out of print and way expensive.

I think Dr. Freud and Red Menace have gotten their respective (?) tongues stuck in their collective (?) cheeks.

You're going to have to educate the ignorant here but what is this 16CD box that ubu referred to?

I listened to Atomic Basie earlier this week and was blown away again, especially Neal Hefti's arrangements. Bit by bit, they seem to be releasing what was on the Mosaic Roulette Studio.

How could that be a crime against nature. He did it with nature. Guess he made a real pig of himself

Playing and writing is very good. Worth picking up.

I can't believe this only one post about GH. Don't you have guys have any shame. This guy was GREAT!

I'm sure your kidding about burning them. That's probably unethical, not to menton illegal. But this has happened to me. I received something not what I expected and the other buyer received mine. So we simply traded and the seller send us money for shipment (with much apologies of course) and everything turned out well.

It's almost not his birthday anymore and I also don't want to steal the Fanatic's (aka Dan Gould) thunder but Happy Birthday Gene Harris. May you someday get the credit you're due.

I don't have this particular album but I could never warm up to Bunky's style, plus I have a hard time getting serious about anybody called Bunky.

Whatever happened to him or is it true that he passed away or was that just a scam?

This is a real pisser, I gotta tell ya. Nice idea but I'm inclined to say it's more country. Of course, those vibes are real nice but it's still country to me.

Now, if you tell me that Rickey recorded with Lionel Hamption, I'll be impressed

Why don't you send brownie a PM. He's a big Barney fan and lives in France. Maybe he has some suggestions.

Ejp626 deserves all the credit, not me. I just listened to the disc after he mentioned it. It seems that after the fourth track the rest of the disc is bad. Can't imagine why it would be a collector's item though. It's unlistenable. I'd underadand if it was a Moncur situation. Mine's in the garbage as soon as I get the new one.

I just called Mosaic and the distortion is bad on all Disc 7s. They've notified the manufacturer and they're going to replace them all when they get them in.