Guy Berger

I'd go to the dentist. Guy

John Hollinger has a good plan for reducing late-season tanking by crappy teams:

I think his comments may have gone further than simply an assessment of the Nazis' PR and marketing skills -- "beautiful" and "amazing" are not neutral words. Guy

Maybe you'll get your wish. (I hope not.) Also, ref Joey Crawford has been suspended for improper conduct. Guy

You know, this one is growing on me. Not their greatest work, but if you like their sound then you will probably like this one.

I'll admit I haven't been following this story closely -- what are "the totally bogus real-estate conditions"? guy A huge (and inceredibly ugly) condo was erected right next to Tonic (actually condos went up on both sides, but the big blue one on the corner is more relevant to this story). In the course of contruction, the basement to Tonic was structurally damaged. The condo owners then supposedly reported to the city that Tonic's basement was unsafe, and it was condemned. Meanwhile, Tonic's landlord upped the rent from $5K to $10K, which is far more than the upstairs of Tonic alone could support. Now the building that Tonic was in will likely be demolished to make room for more condos. That's messed up. I'd assumed they were just complaining about rising rents in the neighborhood. Guy

I disagree. Guy

I ordered this from yourmusic back in December, and FINALLY popped in disc 1. This music is FAN-FUCKING-TASTIC. Looking forward to hearing the rest of the set. Guy

I listened to this one for the first time in a while today. Very nice album. I need more Quebec in my collection, I suppose. Guy

And so the season goes down the toilet. President Daniels made the right call about Jack's "mission", BTW. Guy

It wouldn't prevent things like this from happening, but it would probably reduce their frequency. (Not a judgment on the moral merit of various gun control laws.) Anyway, I'm done here for the next few days... too early to turn a tragedy into a political football. Guy

Sounds like a good case for gun control to me. No problem, as long as honest law-abiding citizens can still own (certain types of) firearms. Guy

I think at this point that is the "consensus" pronunciation, even if it was incorrect initially. Guy

This group has another album already recorded for ECM. Guy

Has anyone done a statistical analysis of how many wins Kobe has contributed to the Lakers over the past few seasons? I think that would be interesting. You have to wonder how good the Lakers would be if Kobe was a better team player... Guy

I'll admit I haven't been following this story closely -- what are "the totally bogus real-estate conditions"? guy

A few years ago Sony issued a 2 cd version of Santana's 3rd album with a 1971 concert from the Fillmore West. I have the 1998 remaster -- is it worth upgrading for this concert? Guy

Horrible.

We should also have a pool for which so-so player will have a breakout playoff performance, only to get a ridiculous contract the following season (Jerome James, Bonzi Wells, Tim Thomas). Guy

I think this pretty much nails it. I suspect the fetishization of CDs is a generational thing... Guy

I don't think Jim A will be psyched about a link to an illegal copy of an in-print CD. Guy Guy, I didn't realize it was in-print. I can delete that post if you like. I thought I was linking to a fairly hard-to-find Ellington album. (Shows you how much I know about what's in and out of print in regard to Duke.) I thought if people were happy to download it, it would show that downloads weren't so bad. That was my only point. Honest intentions, but it (essentially) backfired. L Yes, you should probably delete it. Even with OOP stuff, I believe Jim prefers to avoid direct links. Guy

Dallas has now won 66 games. Since the NBA went to an 82 game season, 9 out of the 10 teams who won at least 65 games* in the regular season have gone on to win the NBA finals. (What happened to the '73 Celtics?) In other words, losing this year would be an even more monumental choke-job than losing to the Heat last year. Guy *But "only" 9 out of the 13 who won at least 64. edit: The '73 Celtics lost after John Havlicek broke his arm.

Isn't it strange that he's the cartoon in Gilbert Arenas's commercial? (Am I the only one who's noticed that?) Guy

I don't think Jim A will be psyched about a link to an illegal copy of an in-print CD. Guy

The only minus about this excellent day (which will of course get better if the Lakers lose tonight) is that the Spurs lost, locking the Suns into the 2nd spot and giving them no incentive to play hard against the Clips on Tuesday night. We're SO CLOSE, but not quite there yet. Guy