Guy Berger

1) Pet Sounds is a little overrated -- a very nice album, influential obviously, but not THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME as some PS-pushers would have you believe. 2) What are your favorite non-Pet Sounds BB tracks? Some personal favorites -- "Don't Worry Baby", "Please Let Me Wonder", "California Girls", "I Get Around", "The Warmth of the Sun", "When I Grow Up". 3) Is the "Brother Years" compilation worth getting? Guy (does this post totally undermine my credibility?)

Pistons can't be looking forward to a second round matchup with Chicago, Cleveland or Miami. Hopefully Arenas will make it back in time for the playoffs. The Wizards were going to lose in the first round anyway, but without him they will get creamed. Guy

Power to the People is a studio album, not a concert. Guy

I am listening to Summun... for the first time -- it's great! Guy

Paul Motian/Joe Lovano/Bill Frisell, Time and Time Again

Fun album, not overly serious like some of his other stuff. "Common Mama" is one of his best performances. I'm not crazy about the two rock-oriented pieces w/Sam Brown. Guy

The baby cage thing was a funny joke, but putting kids in leashes (in the real world) is fucked up! Guy

Dave Berri says yes. It's kind of strange that everybody except the players gets rich from this system. Guy

Like I said before, mark my words. 1) I don't think the Suns will make it past the Spurs. 2) Even if they do, the Mavs will beat them. Guy

It's one of the worst things I've ever heard. AWFUL. Guy

If Wade comes back, you may be right. Guy

Apparently there is a new "songs of Elton John" jazz cd w/Pietro Tonolo, Gil Goldstein, Steve Swallow and Paul Motian. link

I saw "Blades of Glory" this afternoon. Pretty silly, though there was some classic Ferrell in there. Guy

There's a new Rush album, Snakes and Arrows, coming out in May. I haven't heard any of their albums since Different Stages and don't expect that to change... Guy

Maybe Marbury can do the Knicks a favor and retire to become a shoe mogul. Guy

Uh oh, Dirk's injured. Guy

All good things come to an end... I felt the last two episodes were a little rushed -- Antony and Cleopatra's relationship was underdeveloped. Also, would have liked to see a little more of Livia (the character!) . Nevertheless, a worthy companion to I, Claudius. Guy

XTC performing "Books Are Burning" live (Andy Partridge is a pretty good guitarist!) music video for "Grass" (amusing, though Dave Gregory isn't featured for some reason) "Peter Pumpkinhead" music video music video for "Senses Working Overtime" Mandy Moore performing "Senses Working Overtime" (not so good)

Wow, I guess the Pistons got ridiculously lucky on that one. Guy

I found this box score on yahoo tonight, but I bet it will be changed by tomorrow.

$650/year for haircuts? $50/visit? WTF? Guy

I didn't even realize that was Ricky Schroder! Guy

It looks like the media is getting a little carried away with all the Kobe accolades. He's been playing fantastic, but all the wins his team has produced during this period have been against mediocre/crappy teams. It's not going to amount to much in a 7 game series against the Suns or Spurs. Guy

Mutual funds are actually a pretty horrible investment in the long run. I assume you aren't including index funds in that category. Guy

Does anybody else find Alex Blake's singing during his bass solos to be annoying? I thought it was somewhat disrespectful that he did this behind Billy Harper's playing... Guy