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It's quite shocking to see how many OJCs - especially the limited editions - are no longer available.

Agree with Chuck. Krall's okay, but I prefer her husband. Have to say, I find the OP's capitalized emphasis on JAZZ here really amusing. But I'll play the game. Can't narrow to only one "favorite" but I'll toss into the hat: Mary Lou Williams Geri Allen Jessica Williams oh, and don't forget Tina Brooks!

Cheers!

I rarely have a signing in problem, using either IE or Chrome.

For another option, try Chrome. It's new and slightly buggy, but I'm really enjoying it and it's fast as hell.

Any consolation, mine was originally on backorder too, but they sent it out a few days later.

No, received the 6-disc box. And I think BB listed it as a 6-disc set when I ordered.

One can never have too many birthday threads! Thanks much guys!

Many thanks guys! Wish I knew more of you in person; you seem a swell bunch to hang out with.

Received my box today. Terrific deal at $16!

Repeat thousands of times! You didn't mention "hope that you don't run out of usable fingers before you've killed all of them." Don't blame me - I've never even seen one!

Repeat thousands of times!

A little more effort and you'd have a haiku!

This whole thing is not aimed at their existing customer base of aficionados mining for independent-label gold at low low prices. They want to expand their customer base, and that PR campaign is aimed at people who have been getting mainstream MP3s elsewhere, not at you. The raised eMusic prices will be competitive with iTunes and Amazon. They've decided to target a much wider audience. Some long-time customers are already feeling betrayed and canceling their subscriptions in order, apparently, to pay more per track on Amazon, which I confess I don't quite get. There's still huge amounts of music on eMusic I couldn't get at Amazon or iTunes, so when they get around to jacking up prices for eMusic Europe, I'll stick around as long as they're still competitively priced. Exactly. While few are pleased about the changes, there's a lot of cutting-noses-spiting-faces going on right now. I'll stick it out, but I'll certainly be looking for better "bargains" by d/l'ing albums with fewer tracks - and probably buying more real CDs as well. Hell, much of what I get can hardly even be found here in the U.S., and if so it's very costly.

I've heard nothing about emusic losing money; in fact, from all accounts they're (relatively) thriving. As I've heard the business model, they essentially take all the money each month from the gym-style subscription plan (meaning that many won't use up all their alloted tracks) and after taking their cut, they split the money equally between all the tracks downloaded that month. So, for example, if 100,000 are downloaded in total and an artist's tracks were downloaded 5 times, then that artist receives 5/100,000 of the total pot. I've also heard that the average payout to an artist is .40/track, but that seems high since it's more than what I'm currently paying for a track (.24). As for an artist not getting paid, maybe he needs to take it up with the label. I still remember Buddy DeFranco complaining on the message board of his website - dunno if it's even still there - that so many years later he never personally saw a dime from Mosaic's boxed set of his work.

Um. Yeah. Well, so much for self control; I couldn't take it any more. Aw, you missed us! Welcome back! Hope all's well.

I'm reluctant to consider this some "end of the world" for emusic. With the price increase (I think to around .40/track for me), it will make me more discriminating, but it's still a great deal, especially on albums with fewer tracks. At my plan, I'll only have 30 tracks/mo, but used wisely I can get 5 or 6 albums out of that - I've downloaded many 2/3/4 track jazz albums over the years - and I'll probably sample albums more, grabbing just a track or two. But i do predict that I'll be buying more used CDs. And cutting back, maybe I'll finally be able to dig into the backlog of stuff I already have.

I'm currently on a 50/$11.95 plan which reverts to 30/$11.95 at the end of July. I'll probably stick it out for a while - hell, I've got nearly 500 albums in my Saved for Later list! - and just cherry pick albums with fewer tracks.

And I trust all the names will be spelled correctly. Looking forward to the Bobby Bradford!

Well there's some debate on whether or not it was staged - obviously Eminem was "targeted" whether he was in on it or not - though one can certainly understand his reaction to getting Sasha's nuts in his face. Funny thing about Sasha is that he's completely unlike his characters in real life. A friend of mine's met him and said he's sweet, soft-spoken, and actually quite shy.

It is out on a "regular CD." Don't think it sounds as good as it possibly could? Blame Blue Note.

If you watch the first season of Star Trek, there are several interactions between Spock and Uhuru which may have inspired this plot element. One where Uhuru is sort of flirting with Spock out of boredom, or rather trying to get him to flirt with her, another where he plays "space lute" or whatever to accompany her singing and there's friendly affection between them. . . . . I like that they included this, very much. One of the highligts of the film for me. Yes indeed. Early in the first season - I've been re-watching lately with my girls, who one day asked "Who's Captain Kirk?" - there definitely was a running subplot where Uhura was attracted to and trying to hit on Spock. They soon dropped it, of course, but it's there in the beginning.

They also didn't release the chutes until they reached atmosphere. Prior to that they free-falled (which may be implausible anyway, but they were wearing special suits and it is the future after all). I agree, though, that there were a number of head-scratching plot points. Didn't interfere with my enjoyment of it though.

I like it. "The New Big-O. Now with less crap!" Seriously, though, I've been busy and away a lot lately and seem to have missed everything. Didn't even realize that Chris was gone until yesterday. I love this place and hope the ship can right itself before it sinks completely. Jim A.'s been a fine captain, I support whatever moderation changes he deems necessary, and I'm sorry to hear about the recent spate of troubles. Hopefully everyone can play nice from here on out.

Damn, Reptet should cover the Simpson's Theme on their next album!