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Spahn, Sain, and pray for rain. Spahn was kinda like Gaylord Perry - he looked old even when he was young. I remember when him and Robin Roberts had a 1 or 2 game last blaze of glory, Spahn w/the Giants, and Roberts with the Astros. I thought they were, like, REALLY old men, and in their field they were, but they were younger than I am now. Yikes. Oh well, at least I can say that I never remember the Braves playing in Boston.

Objectively, I'd have to go with Dolphy, in spite of not being allpwed to. The cat had the emotional AND technical depth to meet Mingus head-on (and then some) at every possible level (and then some). I think Mingus knew it too. Subjectively, I'd still choose Dolphy, but I got a thing for Clifford Jordan and Charles McPherson too. Booker is like the bark on a tree - he's always going to be there being what he is, easy to take for granted, easy to get too excited about, but still essential. George Adams is the guy who was w/Mingus during my active awareness of jazz, him and Ricky Ford, and he made a deep impression on me, especially on those CHANGES albums, so I can't slight him. Hell, Mingus didn't work with any bums. They're all good!

Leslie Gourse Leslie Gore Take your pick!

I know this material from the TCB "reissue" of the 1970s, and it ain't too shabby.

No votes for Teo Macero?

Yeah, same thing. Used to have it, traded it away after never really gelling with it. Wish I had it back now. What's new?... Supposedly the Jones to have is HILL COUNTRY SUITE on Enja. Never heard it, though.

I only listen to the good stuff.

Thank you WINGY. I always liked that solo.

The dubbed in words of each contestant as they embark on their challenge are often Firesign-esque in their surrealism. Is Spike not widely available? It's the old new TNN.

According to MXC's closing credits, that is the source of the source (a source is a source of course of course, etc...) footage.

I bought a frozen turducken last year, and started the thread about it on Board Atlantis. Bottom line - it sucked. Minew calls it - too damn dry. Maybe a fresh one would be good.

That ain't no mouthpiece! That's just a ring that inserts into the lead pipe. My guess is that it's some sort of warmup, buzzing, or other embrochure-aiding device, like today's B.E.R.P. Sorry, I'm not a brass player, but my son plays trumpet, and his private teachers have always had him working w/something along these lines. Seems good odds that something like the B.E.R.P. existed long ago and far away, and this thing seems to prove it. Something to buzz into to get the chops loose and the blood flowing w/o the resistance of the horn. It sure isn't a mouthpiece.

I'd like to know who the tenor soloist was on the version of the Odd Couple theme that DEEP recorded w/the Miller band.

"Worse-ington" I could buy...

Tell you what - this stuff is funny. Not the source material, the voiceovers. Often enough in questionable taste, but the jokes come in such a steady barrage that before you got time to get P.O.'ed you're busting a gut. There's some irrefutable brightness at work here. Highly recommended, if perhaps some times in small doses.

Just finished responding to all emails. If you don't get my reply, resend. Sorry to be so slow. I need a service!

Yeah, I know, but I was serious about the keep posting part. I'm in a deeply personal "zone" of my own that I've cultivated over the years, and I'm not likely to go too far outside it without somebody pulling my coattails. Might as well be you!