T.D.

Yes, I was thinking of promoting the best AAA clubs and demoting the worst of MLB. But it'll never happen, so just talk. And there are 2 AAA leagues (plus multiple AA and A), more complicated than the English football hierarchy.

My brother strongly recommended Herron to me. I read and enjoyed Slow Horses, mean to continue with the series, but keep forgetting. Once read a Herron non-Slough House novel (Down Cemetery Road), which was OK but less good than S. H. I liked Joseph Heywood's Woods Cop series, set in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Series ended in 2011, don't know if Heywood is still writing. Bill James's (Welshman, not the sabermetric guy) lengthy Harpur and Iles series is excellent, but it's best to start at the beginning and I fear those books are hard to find. Two other long-running series I've always enjoyed are Lawrence Block's Matt Scudder books (NYC) and Loren D. Estleman's Amos Walker series (Detroit).

I still get 7.74 euro price (I frequently clear my browser history - hint), but several items have apparently sold out. Not enough of interest to get me over the free shipping hurdle.

I know it'll never happen, but a relegation system a la English football, in which the worst teams get demoted to a lower league, would make the crappy teams try harder to win.

The Marlins a story line? In irrelevance, maybe.

Coltrane + Dolphy - self-recommending.

Clear the history in your browser, then click again. For me it then reverts to 7.74.

Note you can select the language. When I view in English, it's Euro 7.74 per disc; when in Espanol or Francais, E 10.00 / disc. [Added] Then if I reselect English, back to 10.00! But if I clear my Internet cache and click again on the link at top of thread, 7.74 again!

Big thread on this started a month ago.

Didn't bother to read the OP (or watch - even the opening still shot looked dopey). Used to spend time on classical discussion forums, and have seen more than enough "tonal drone" trolling.

Arrived today, starting out with vol. 3 (disc 2).

Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra (3-CD set)

Thanks for posting, but WSJ online seems to have a paywall.

Don't know what to call this long microtonal piano piece. Could be classical, ambient, new age or minimalist. I have a much older CD release (2002 vs 2007) put out by the composer/performer rather than a record label.

Let's throw an atonality fest on the changer:

How about some -ooh- atonality?

From the "excellent albums with Jaki Byard as sideman" file...The Richard Davis / Alan Dawson pairing (Freedom Book) is a theme for another day.

No, my copy isn't autographed. That's an image lifted from discogs.

The "ignore" function doesn't appear to be fully implemented. Posts from ignored users still show in the "Posts" section of the right margin in the forum home window. The posts only get ignored within threads.

Trying to decide whether to order the Detroit '73 reissue (doesn't seem compelling apart from Pullen's playing).

Thank goodness. Some wits on Usenet used to say that "killfiles are for p***ies", but I disagree.

If you follow professional sports and get hung up on who uses/doesn't use PED, I think you're in for many letdowns. [Spoken as a former follower of track/field and cycling . I strongly believe that PED use is widespread, especially in NFL and MLB, though the Olympic Games take sport chemistry to its highest level. I chuckle when anyone from the NFL or MLB gets nailed for doping - they must be real dumbasses given the "nod, wink" testing regimens.]