Guy Berger

That's standard for most teams (playing better at home than on the road), isn't it? 11-14 on the road is pretty competitive. They should end up with 47-50 wins at the end of the season. Guy

I must admit I Would not have guessed chewy knew What a haiku was

They may "agree" that those things are all more important, but when it comes down to how they actually allocate their news-following behavior, we find out what they really care about (rather than what they'd like other people to think they care about). Guy

Nobody's mentioned it yet, but apparently Andrew's sextet engagement at Birdland this March will be released by BN. Guy

It's a good thing that there's no war going on in Iraq and no genocide going on in Darfur -- otherwise this story might have trouble making the front pages. Guy

Oscar P is a guy whose work gets trashed a lot, and I'm not too familiar with the rest of his work, but this is a very nice trio album w/Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen. Very good playing on a good collection of compositions. Oscar's playing is kinda greazy on a few of the songs. Guy

Well, next thing we'll find out is that the whole thing has been masterminded by the corpse of Nina. Guy

diks, I'm not sure what you mean. It's not like this episode was any more ridiculous than the other ones. Guy

I don't know how I feel about the new Octavian, but the old one (who was good, I agree) was way too young for the historical role he has to play during the rest of the season. Guy

For whatever reason, I'm enjoying the scenes with Cicero the best this season. Interesting character... his interaction with Agrippa -- "meet the new boss, same as the old boss" -- was the best part of the episode. I also enjoyed the interplay between Octavian, Agrippa and Maecenas. Hopefully there will be more of that in later episodes. Guy

Big Wheel started (and quickly deleted) a poll which considered the likely answer. I imagine people who ordered a ton of stuff from yourmusic got to keep the lower rates, while those (like me) who didn't go much beyond 1 cd a month got bumped up. Guy

Fortunately for you, there are literally hundreds of people who stayed in the same line that Zawinul deviated from 30 years ago still recording records that sound like stuff from 1950. Unfortunately for those who enjoy where Zawinul went, there are precious few people who followed him and even less that have branched off from there (if any). Perhaps that says something about where Zawinul (and others) went. Yes. Zawinul went down a more difficult, challenging path. Guy

I think that was Mr. Gone. Guy

Zawinul does have a huge ego, but I think you have this completely backwards. It's Zawinul doing Wynton a favor by playing at J@LC, not the other way around. One's a major artist, the other an artistic footnote. Guy

It's been chillier as well (won't crack freezing until next weekend), but not nearly as bad as you guys have it. Guy

I cleared 24% of free space on my hard drive. The hard drive refused to completely defragment! Motherfucker! Guy

I wouldn't be so sure. Guy

I'm only slightly familiar with this period of Miles's career, but "informed sources" tell me that the best stuff was live. Hence, if you are interested (and loaded) you should skip the studio recordings and go for the Montreux box. Guy

Nice album, I picked it up a while back and am finally spinning it. I think Firebirds is better, but both are worth hearing. The solo introduction to "Lost Generation" is indeed fantastic. Guy

I disagree. The Cellar Door band is fantastic. The On the Corner band had its moments but Miles definitely knew what he was doing when he revamped it into the Dark Magus-Pangaea-Agharta lineup. Guy

I liked that poem. (I'm not a poetry connoisseur.) Randy, do you mind posting some more? Guy

I don't like these as much as Beethoven's sonatas... That said, the first movement of the last Schooby sonata is really great. Guy

Not just that, but an Earl Klugh compilation. Is this really the best use of Mosaic's resources? Guy

It did for me, but that's because I put a lot of tabasco sauce on the CD before eating it. Guy

I like it, and you will too if you like the moderately adventurous (not avant garde, not hard bop) BN albums of the period. That said, it didn't blow away as much as it did other people. Guy