Guy Berger

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

Has anyone else had this? It's pretty good. Brewed locally near New Haven. Guy

Gilbert Arenas will opt out of his contract after next season in order to get a better contract via free agency (though he hopes he will get that contract from the Wizards). I guarantee that someone will overpay for this guy. Guy

From Tradesports: Tonight's Game ========== Spurs win, 79.0% The Series ========== Spurs win, 87.0% Cavs win in 5, 3.0% Cavs win in 6, 5.5% Cavs win in 7, 6.5% Spurs win in 7, 19.0% Spurs win in 6, 25.0% <------- median forecast Spurs win in 5, 26.5% Spurs win in 4, 18.0%

Based on my experience... I think that unless your co-workers are diehard jazz nuts or you're completely indifferent to their response, you should keep the jazz to a minimum. Guy

"Bad Boy" is a great tune. One of Lennon's best vocals from the early days. Guy

This album's sound and style is somewhat reminiscent of Filles de Kilimanjaro. Guy

I think Tommy Flanagan would've fit well as the pianist, too. Maybe with Donald Bailey on drums and Sam Jones on bass? Hank Jones, Wynton Kelly, and Red Garland would have been other interesting alternatives. Guy

"ELAINE: No, but they got the chocolate. We'll be going in with a lesser Babka."

Let's call them "unofficial recordings", then. But seriously -- I am guessing that Jim A will want the link deleted. Out of curiosity, for those that have checked out this site, how lossy are the files? I've heard rumors that in some cases tracks aren't separated (ie concerts are one entire long track). Guy

I was also expecting Malone to be higher on the list. I would also push Ginobili up higher (but perhaps that is due to the retirement of the top 5). Shouldn't Nash merit at least an honorable mention? I think it's interesting that many of these egregious floppers are also notorious for dirty play. Guy

These aren't exactly compilations. Past Masters is a collection of non-album tracks and the Anthologies were collections of previously unreleased material. Guy

Yes. But both of these compilations were released 35 years ago. Guy So? Are you suggesting that the market has changed radically? Also, the biggest albums of Bread, Carpenters, Cat Stevens, Presley, Lennon, Manilow & Simon & Garfunkel are all compilations. Compilations are cash cows. MG No, you misunderstand. My point is that EMI hasn't been putting a new Beatles compilation on the market every few years, as record companies seem to do with jazz artists. Even the "1" compilation was a different product than the red and blue compilations. Guy