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What Larry said. I haven't been reading r.m.c.r. for quite some time (oddly, I thought the ng rapidly went downhill as soon as Deacon appeared on the scene, though the "Studer troll" and other weirdos deserve credit), but I'm sure that TD (no relation, I assure you ) has been hoisted by innumerable of his own petards.

Here's a curious thing: I like the IPO Recordings label, which has put out lots of good jazz CDs, eg. Roland Hanna, Tom McIntosh, Roger Kellaway, Thad Jones tributes, etc. They have a "classical" page, which currently offers only one disc (by the "underrated" Dubravka Tomsic), but promises that We will soon be starting up the much anticipated US releases of the recordings of the great English pianist Joyce Hatto that will eventually cover virtually the entire core classical piano repertoire. Did IPO fall for the hoax? Will these recordings (as "Hatto" releases, that is... ) ever see the light of day?

Ditto.

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Oh baby, this is funny stuff! The gaseous windbags on rec.music.classical.recordings have been yapping about Hatto for years. The whole discussion seemed rather fishy, and I never bothered to investigate any recordings. I'll laugh my ass off if it turns out to be a hoax...but the April date for Gramophone's disclosure is a bit suspicious.

I don't know anything about his father but his brother, Miles Copeland, was the founder of IRS Records, "IRS" being the acronym for "International Record Syndicate". Miles also named his booking agency FBI - "Frontier Booking International". His father had a very interesting bio: Wikipedia. Never graduated college, played with major big bands, one of the founding members of the OSS, remained with the CIA, and "...he was instrumental in arranging Operation Ajax, the 1953 technical coup d'état against the democratic Prime Minister of Iran, Mohammed Mossadegh." (We're still paying for that one...)

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Got something around 2 feet of snow today (Catskill region upstate NY). Hard to tell because of drifting. Hasn't stopped yet, but has slowed considerably. The heaviest precipitation bands seemed to be composed of weird ice pellet snow, which kept depth down some but isn't any easier to shovel. Counties to the West and North are reporting greater snow totals. All county roads in the area are officially closed. It'll probably be Friday before things return to quasi-normal speed. I damn near got frostbitten fingers (ouch!) while raking snow off the roof this afternoon. Have to clear the deck one more time (wearing mittens instead of gloves this time), but will defer any shoveling beyond that until tomorrow AM.

Stock down around 15% "Deteriorating North American music industry" blamed. I guess all those Blue Notes I've been buying from yourmusic.com haven't had much effect, considering that Blue Note doesn't merit a mention in the article...

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How much snow have you gotten? My area of upstate NY, weirdly almost snow-free thus far this winter, is expected to receive more than 2 feet tomorrow. Maybe even 3...

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greetings. my guess is pete wants out of usc before they are placed on serious probation for the reggie bush transgressions. Yeah, probation seems likely sooner or later. There's enough smoke to indicate the presence of fire. Should've said "I'm a big PC fan as NFL coordinator or NCAA HC". I wouldn't want him as Giants HC, for instance. But somebody'll write him a big check if he becomes available.

I'm a big PC fan (seems like the kind of coach you'd want to play for). He's got a great situation going @ USC, and would be crazy to give it up for an NFL job. Already was HC of 2 NFL teams w/o great success. That could of course change, if the various allegations of Trojan recruiting violations, which constantly seem to simmering, heat up significantly...

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Still pretty cold (lows around zero), but freakish low-snow winter is about to come to an end. Expecting a big snowstorm Tuesday night through Wednesday, possibly as much as 2 feet. [update] Forecast snow amounts upped. In excess of 2 feet now seems likely.

Wow, this was a surprise. OTOH, the Smith-Marty (coach-GM) rift has apparently been festering for a long time. I don't think they've even been on speaking terms for at least a year. And a lot of Marty's success this past year was attributed to his delegation of responsibility to the (now-departed) coordinators...with them gone, it might've been back to "Martyball".

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