Guy Berger

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

April's been pathetic out here. Today it's 40 with heavy rain. Guy

Gilbert Arenas can't be bothered to watch his own team's games. Guy

Anybody heard this?

I was fiddling around with "God Only Knows" on guitar today. There's a Bm6 chord* at the end of the first verse ("...should ever leave me") that's just fantastic. Guy *At least, what the internet tells me is a Bm6 chord.

I haven't been following this pseudo-news farce, but this bit from Jon Stewart is pretty funny. Guy

The Miles gig from '63 is a good one. Guy

Scott, Congrats. Guy

Late, There are digital copies of Live at the East circulating. I'll admit that once I heard it, I was somewhat disappointed given all the hype on this board. Guy

Wrong. As loath as I am to defend Snoop, this is what he actually said: I don't think the correct quote makes Snoop look much better. Guy