Guy Berger

Well, Emerson was clearly influenced by jazz. But not necessarily by Lifetime.

Robert Fripp said in an interview that he was blown away by Lifetime. Overall, I imagine that Mahavishnu was a much bigger influence on prog rock than Lifetime. Guy

I don't think I'll be picking this up. I may download "Candy and a Current Bun" at some juncture. Guy

Duncan has at least 4, maybe 5 or 6, great years in him. Assuming that they keep Parker and Ginobili, they'll contend at least through 2011. Guy

Pretty much anything in Fantasy's "Legends of Acid Jazz". Guy

Not sure if that merits an MVP, but he has been doing a great job. LeBron's shooting at around 35% this series. That's abysmal. Guy

I don't completely agree with the "not dynasty" argument above. That said... Out of the three championships they've won this century, they've been fortunate to face two of the weakest teams to make the finals in the past decade ('07 Cavs and '03 Nets). The one time they faced a very good team, the '05 Pistons, they needed 7 games. (And let's not kid ourselves -- the Pistons weren't as good as most of the teams the Bulls beat for their rings.)* I think it's more than that. Since Duncan's arrival ten years ago, the Spurs have won over 70% of their regular season games. No other current team in the league comes close to that. Guy *To be fair, in the western conference playoffs they've had to beat better teams than the Nets, Cavs and Pistons.

If Gibson has another game like last night, they should rename him "Poopie". Guy

A bad parody of Way Out West:

Bruce, I didn't meant it as a serious commentary. You've been scarce on the NBA thread this season... hopefully we'll hear more from you next year. Guy

I think after that game, the NBA is a little closer to death. Guy

From Tradesports: Tonight's Game ========== Spurs win, 53.5% The Series ========== Spurs win, 92.5% Cavs win in 6, 2.3% Cavs win in 7, 4.3% Spurs win in 7, 12.0% Spurs win in 6, 23.0% Spurs win in 5, 28.0% <------- median forecast Spurs win in 4, 29.4%

Clem, make sure that before you leave, you and The Dip consult us on which CDs to pack. Guy

60 minutes until what? draining the lizard? wanting another one? I don't know. It's a good beer but judging by the website, a little pretentious. Guy

Dogfish Head 60 minute IPA

Foyle's war?

Little Green Fascists is extremely popular! Guy

Ctrl-F "MUZAK" on page 2. No, the point seems to be that it's patronising to think that people will be enlightened by muzak. It's right there in what you quoted. So there's nothing to square. You're going completely over my head, I have no clue what you're saying. If you look at Clem's "patronizing"/"enlighten" comment, it refers to the jazz stuff Rooster listed on page 1 (Clem: "mostly common stuff"). If Rooster really planned, in all seriousness, to "enlighten" these ladies with the Elton John tribute CD, Don Henley's greatest hits, and The Joshua Tree (what Clem calls "muzak"), "patronizing" wouldn't make sense at all. "Borderline insane" would be more like it. Guy

Clem, IIRC in a different thread you argued that people do need to be "enlightened" (tormented?) musically. (If I'm wrong on this be sure to correct me.) How do you square this with your criticism of Rooster for doing the same thing? Guy It's being 'enlightened' with 'musak' that's insulting. Huh? Which jazz recordings on Rooster's list are "musak"? (BTW, I agree with Clem's point that "enlightening" people is generally patronizing.) (2nd BTW: my initial question to Clem was a serious one; I'm not trying to be an asshole.)

Clem, IIRC in a different thread you argued that people do need to be "enlightened" (tormented?) musically. (If I'm wrong on this be sure to correct me.) How do you square this with your criticism of Rooster for doing the same thing? Guy

Cleveland and Chicago had a much softer regular season schedules than Utah and Jazz, hence the disparity between them is larger than their records would indicate. That said, I don't think any series between them would have been a "guarantee". Guy

It's that way at least partly because of the disparity between the West and the East. One of the announcers said the top 4 teams in the West could all beat the Cavaliers, and that is probably correct. yup spurs mavs suns jazz? Houston too. Though a Cavs victory is extremely unlikely at this point, this series isn't quite over. Guy

It might not even be in the top 10 Joe Henderson recordings from 1967. Guy

I'm only familiar with his compositions on Moanin', as well as the tunes "Whisper Not", "Stablemates" and "I Remember Clifford". So if he's done better elsewhere, I may eventually re-evaluate... Guy "done better elsewhere"???? I don't think there's anything that can be said except WTF?? Just a guess but I suspect that 99% of all jazz artists who have tried their hand at composing tunes wish they could have written tunes like the ones you mention. The comparison was strictly between Shorter and Golson, who are both presumably in that 1%. Guy