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Can't see your video here at work, but if it's that Whiplash shit, hey. THAT'S bad, and again, I did not and will not see that movie because I do not want to see that. Otherwise, reaching a conclusion by emotionally responding to one online news story with no further reporting to fill out the picture? I can't go there. The web article continues to add/change content with no update date, so already...I don't question that an incident occurred, but - how accurately is it being reported that I need to form an opinion that beating kids is bad? Because I already have that opinion. But how relevant is that here, a little or a lot or maybe not so much at all? For all we know, this kid grows up to be a great drummer and/or a world leader who makes world peace and he thanks Terumasa Hino for showing him the error of unchecked pride. Probably not. Maybe he grows up to be a horrible HORRIBLE person and it's all Terumasa Hino's fault. Again, probably not.

Well, ok, then. Tell me what you saw. Not what you read, but what you saw. Nothing, right? And tell me how much "reporting" there has been on this. One source only if Google is correct. So, what do you know about that newspaper, that reporter? So what does "slap" mean to you? And how much of that meaning derives from your personal experience? I've been slapped in ways ranging from playfully to not-so-lovingly to pissed off to downright threatening. The point is not that this incident was not acceptable, the point is, what WAS this incident, exactly? You don't know, I don't know. All we know is that it appears that Terumasa Hino thought that this drummer was fucking up somehow, so he "slapped" him. Your image of that scenario and mine might overlap in places, but I obviously see a scenario where, no, not cool, but also, no big deal, learn your lesson drummer, ok, and then let's move on. Yeah, it could be a lot worse than that, but what to we have to indicate that it was? Or wasn't? We ain't got shit except one online news story. The rest is emotional responses/projections. Emotional response to general reporting from unfamiliar sources is understandable, but not stopping to process is just irresponsible. There's been enough of that already.

kept me sane for the time it was playing!

And it apparently was not. At least was not charged as such. But maybe some "cultural context" might help to more fully process the raw data? I doubt that a Japanese parent would condone a true beating of their child in public, much less offer thanks.

Will their be a selection form Headhunters in tribute to Mr. Gibson? Or a version of Too Close From Comfort? I jest, no longer a Cardinal fan, but always a Bob Gibson fan.

Glad (and fun) to see the Yankees not acting like Yankees. At least not yet!

Has he gotten his disinfectant bill yet? Has he found all the tunnels? And oh btw, no, you will NEVER get that stain out of the carpet!

And really, what do we know other than the one report? "Slap" can mean a lot of different things to a lot of different people. People really do not like touching of any variety these days. I generalize, but... As reported, the story is potentially disturbing, but I'm not one to immediately default to the worst case scenario when digesting reporting, and truthfully, if it was a case of a light-ish roughhouse-ing to get a chesty teen's attention, that's far more innocuous than bitch-slapping the fuck out of 12 year old. Maybe Hino had a Lesson From An Elder to impart (the boy's parents thanked him, don't overlook that crucial fact when interpreting the WTF?), or maybe he's getting old, unstable and dangerous. Either could be the case, but without having more details, we don't know. I didn't immediately reach a conclusion about Bill Cosby, and there was a helluva lot more smoke around him than there is Terumasa Hino.

Delightfully involved and engaging, at times sounding like Cage's prepared piano works (sic), usually not, though.

Let's airbrush it first.

"least favorite" is pushing it, but I've never really warmed to the Miles/Jackie/Bags record. Never really gelled for be, not even a s ablowing session. Everybody's fine while they play but at the end, I'm like...was there a record here?

Anybody contact David Wild?

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yeah, perfect YouTube music, go to it to find out what it's like, make a mental note, and then on to something else. I do think it's interesting that the guy would do something like that, though, it explains his tone, if nothing else.

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Haven't gotten on board with Sabremetrics yet? Too bad, too late, debate over. Next frontier? AI: https://www.axios.com/ai-is-getting-a-tryout-in-pro-sports-2488893312.html

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I though that I had lost my ass, only to find out that it had just changed sides. Some kind of migratory pattern or something.

Nah, I was referring to Dolphy jamming with Dizzy band.

The trumpets cracked a note and Benny was bringing the take to a halt.