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All Van is worth checking out imo, though I've found some of his more recent albums somewhat hit-or-miss. I'm so backlogged that I won't be rushing out to get this one, but I'm fairly certain it will end up on my stereo eventually.

Couldn't agree more, Jon. SW and Empire are superb films, and Lucas "lost it" in the generation gap that followed. But the latest one - I saw it last week - is pretty darn good; the best since Empire. I'm sure it won't appeal to those who detest the SW series - so I won't bother recommending the flick to non-fans - but the fans should eat this one up.

Data Base I believe; they should be up soon.

Someone gonna say it, so I may as well be first... Isn't he related to Norah Jones?

Not jazz, but... um... http://cdbaby.com/cd/maryscunt

One of the wildest club shows I ever saw (over a decade ago now) was a three-fingered guitarist accompanied by a guy banging two sticks on a cardboard box. Seriously.

Tasteless in this context, I know, but has anyone else seen David Letterman's "Blind Justice" (the TV show) parodies?

Does anyone have a list of what BN titles (released on LP at least) that have yet to come out on CD (anywhere)?

brothers

Guess what new summer blockbuster I saw last night? Give you a hint: it rhymes with "Bar Whores."

I have no problem using Paypal. Sounds like that might be a good option for you, Chuck. Anyone who can't or doesn't want to use Paypal can still send you a check.

Went with Red, but only because I really dig the duets he did with Clark Terry and I suspect he wasn't getting the love... Otherwise Blue.

Seriously, if I only had one album - and not a comp - I'd probably have to go with "Highway 61 Revisited." I'd go with "Blonde on Blonde," but I only have an hour...

"Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" by Monty Python.

While I won't disagree that the ladies are pleasing to the eye, I would very strongly disagree that the show is pure eye candy. Don't turn the sound down as this is one of the wittier and better written shows on TV, despite its superficially soapish themes.

Great! Half way to the End Times...

No one believes me; no one ever believes me... http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=19242 Glad to hear you liked it. Hope to catch it later today.

Another for "Little Jazz." I had that on an old cassette before upgrading and every time I played it I converted somebody to Roy's music. That one holds a lot of sentimental value for me.

RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) -- To a dessert shop customer, the severed fingertip found in a pint of frozen custard could be worth big dollars in a potential lawsuit. To the shop worker who lost it, the value is far more than monetary. But Clarence Stowers still has the digit, refusing to return the evidence so it could be reattached. And now it's too late for doctors to do anything for 23-year-old Brandon Fizer. "I'm not saying who has it, but somebody has it," Stowers said this week in a telephone interview, refusing to let on where the fingertip is now. Soon after Stowers found the finger in a mouthful of chocolate soft-serve he bought Sunday at Kohl's Frozen Custard in Wilmington, he put it in his freezer at home, taking it out only occasionally to show to television cameras. He refused to give it to the shop's owner, and refused to give it to a doctor who was treating Fizer, who accidentally stuck his hand in a mixing machine and had his right index finger lopped off at the first knuckle. Medical experts say an attempt to reattach a severed finger can generally be made within six hours. But according to the shop's management, Stowers wouldn't give it back when he was in the store 30 minutes after the accident. "The general manager attempted to retrieve it and rush it to the hospital," reads a statement posted Thursday on Kohl's Web site. "Unfortunately, the customer refused to give it to her and declared that he would be calling the TV stations and an attorney as he exited the store." Officials at Cape Fear Hospital said their efforts to retrieve the finger also failed. Dr. James Larson, director of emergency medicine for UNC Hospitals, who was not involved in the case, said once Stowers took the finger home and froze it, it was too late to even try for reattachment. "You can't freeze it. It kills the cells," Larson said. The doctor said the best way to preserve a severed limb is to wrap it in saline-soaked gauze, place it in a plastic bag and store that in ice water. Stowers' attorney, Lee Andrews of Greensboro, wouldn't say if a lawsuit against Kohl's is planned, saying he needed "to get some more facts." But Andrews said his client is concerned about possible disease in the fingertip and kept it because he wanted someone to test it for "all the diseases that are out here now." "He's upset to the point that he's been debilitated to some degree," Andrews said. "Emotionally, it's been very upsetting to him." Even if Stowers decides to sue, an expert in medical law said the fingertip could easily have been returned while preserving the evidence. "The man who lost the finger has the superior claim," said Paul Lombardo, who teaches at the University of Virginia's law school. "It's his finger and he might be able to use it." Lombardo said Stowers could have photographed the fingertip, taken a bit of flesh for DNA analysis or gotten an affidavit from the surgeon who would have reattached the digit. "There is nothing that would prevent preserving the chain of evidence," Lombardo said. Fizer is dealing with his loss in private. The Carolina Beach resident's mother, Sheri Fizer, said the family had been instructed by an attorney not to talk about the case. Public opinion seemed to be running against Stowers. "It's a mystery how that customer can live with himself after he refused to return the finger so that doctors might try to reattach it," said an editorial Thursday by the Star-News of Wilmington. "Unless he offers a better explanation for that decision, people will assume that customer Clarence Stowers cared less about another person's loss of a body part than about his chance to squeeze some bucks out of the custard stand." The case came not long after a Las Vegas woman made headlines with a claim that she found a finger tip in a bowl of chili at a Wendy's restaurant in San Jose, Calif. Investigators have called her claim a hoax and charged her in connection with millions of dollars in losses to Wendy's in northern California. The woman denies it was a hoax. For Kohl's, Sunday's fingertip amputation was the second time in less than a year that a worker lost a finger on the same frozen custard machine. The worker was found by investigators to have been negligent in the July 2004 incident, and the state Labor Department cleared the company of wrongdoing. http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/05/06/finger.fight.ap/index.html

"Came and went?" Judging by that pic, "came and stayed" is more like it!

A couple of friends/coworkers saw the new Star Wars yesterday and both raved about it. One said it was the best of the series (and he's an overly critical prick who never likes anything).

That's it, Jon! No soup for you!

It's interesting being a die-hard fan of certain artists and then hearing about people who don't dig 'em. I know we all have different tastes, and such things don't generally bug me. Still, to hear about someone not liking/getting Springsteen or Dylan or the Beatles - and I don't mean to single you out Al - it's just like hearing about someone not liking/getting Ellington or Mingus or Miles. It just seems so incomprehensible...

I generally try to avoid recommending films, but figured I'd make an exception here because this one might be flying under your radar. I also haven't actually seen it yet, but I have read the screenplay and the early reviews have been very positive, leading me to believe that this one has only improved in the process. Crash opens tomorrow and should be one of the better films of the year. The script knocked me out when I read it a year or two ago. It's got a great cast and a compelling, provocative storyline that should generate a lot of debate/discussion. Don't want to give too much away - the plot's difficult to explain in brief anyway - so check out the official site for the trailer and other info. I'm very excited about this one... http://www.crashfilm.com/