Guy Berger

You might like Colin Moulding's voice, he sings about 20-30% of their music. I could see how some people would consider Andy Partridge whiny or annoying. Guy

I dug out Skylarking on a whim after a long period of not listening to it. What an album! I've been listening to it non-stop. With all due respect to Andy Partridge, who wrote some great songs for this album, Colin Moulding might've bested him here. Apparently Colin is no longer interested in writing music. Guy edit. From wikipedia (at least Dave Gregory is back on board. hooray!):

This is on somewhat short notice, but I am going to tomorrow's (Friday) Randy Weston + Billy Harper gig 7:30 PM at the Jazz Standard. Anybody else want to meet up for the gig? Guy

I settled on the FCE Ultra emulator for the NES. No problems so far, except I'm totally addicted to playing these games! I've never played Contra. Guy

You know, I've never played the original Zelda. I guess I now have the chance... As soon as I beat Star Tropics. Guy

I'm currently wrapping up season 1 of Star Trek Deep Space Nine. "Duet" was fantastic. Guy

I was talking with a friend last night about the good old NES. I remember bugging the hell out of my parents to buy me one in '88 or '89. I spent so many hours playing it. Favorite games: Super Mario Bros 2 & 3, StarTropics (underrated), MegaMan, Metroid, Zelda 2. Any recommendations for emulators? Guy

For all the talk about Gilbert Arenas being an MVP candidate earlier in the season, the Wizards are just an "OK" team. Truly great players make their teams great. Sorry Gilbert... Guy

For all you Nintendo fans...

I've always liked Ralph Gleason's notes to Bitches Brew, though I'm not a huge fan of his liner notes in general. Guy

The former model who is now a Lakers scout.

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I really laughed at this one, though I have to admit it's a little sad. Guy

Getting spanked by Orlando at home is quite sad. Guy

I watched this game at the Excalibur (Vegas) today. It was so hard to find a tv playing it -- all these stupid college games. The west's top 4 have looked pretty shaky over the past week or so. Whether getting blown out two games in a row (Phoenix), losing two games in a row (Dallas, San Antonio), losing FOUR games in a row (Utah road trip), or losing home games to crappy teams (San Antonio). On the other hand, Houston won by 50 pts today. Warriors still holding onto playoff spot #8. The schedule gets a little tougher at this point, though. Guy

Agreed. Guy

"The Marine Biologist" the Keith Hernandez incident

If you've never watched "The Contest" (series classic), it's on youtube. Guy

The Lakers are getting their clocks cleaned by Denver. Is Marcus Camby the oldest-looking player in the NBA? Guy

Here's a clip of Pink Floyd playing "A Saucerful of Secrets" at Pompeii. Classic, their music didn't get much better than this! Dig Roger Waters attacking that gong. Guy

Conrad, Happy birthday! guy

That was a great game. I wouldn't get too carried away overanalyzing one game -- I'm sure that if the Mavs & Suns meet in the conference finals, we'll have at least two or three of these crazy games. Guy

Broken China isn't bad! Though I have reservations about Rick Wright's vocals from this period. I listened to TFC again and you're right, the opening sequence of the album (first 6 songs) is pretty good. Though I'd still rather listen to almost any Floyd from '70-'75... Guy

Larry, I think you are confusing two different incidents: 1) Octavian being shipwrecked in Spain, when he was 17 (mid 40s BC), while Caesar was still alive. I assume the plot in the 1st season episode where Octavian gets kidnapped by barbarians was a nod to this. 2) Octavian's naval battles against Sextus Pompeius (Pompey Magnus's son), who was based in Sicily. This did happen in the 30s BC, between the battles of Philippi and Actium. Guy

But the cost outlay to taxpayers won't be... Guy