Guy Berger

I'd be really curious to read your review of a movie that took the Nazi perspective. Guy I've seen a few ("Das Boot" for one) and I think that they're very interesting. Remember, a German perspective is not a "Nazi perspective" necessarily. Many German soldiers were regular guys who were either pressed in to service, or who genuinely wanted to serve their country (nothing wrong with that, right?). The Nazis were something else entirely, but I'd still love to see a film that takes their perspective too. I'm sure you would get a creepy enjoyment from them, too. Guy

I'd be really curious to read your review of a movie that took the Nazi perspective. Guy

Not sure these are my choice of musicians to pay tribute to On the Corner, but I'll be curious to read reviews... Guy

While I imagine that health problems associated with body weight are probably responsible for a large chunk of those 20-25 years, getting your body whacked and mauled once a week can't be healthy either. How does football players' life expectancy compare to Americans of with similar BMI? Guy

I was really surprised to recently read someone trashing this album (not on this thread): The first thing that came to mind is "dude, your sense of humor is broken." Guy

I prefer California. Screw this humidity crap. Guy

In San Diego it's probably 65 degrees! This global warming thing needs to hurry up. Guy

It's fucking cold here. Guy

Not sure how exactly how I heard about the fora, but I also migrated from the BNBB. My first post here was in July of 2003, in a Joe Henderson thread. Guy

I fuckin' detest the Patriots. I hope they get their asses whupped. Guy

Weird... I get totally different results depending on whether I am listening on headphones or on my computer speaker. Either way I have trouble hearing 16K and 17K, though I hear 21K. Guy

Ex-Warriors' performance in Indiana's loss to New York: Dunleavy bricked his way to 14 pts on 6-17 shooting (but Al Harrington was even worse!) Troy Murphy got 10 pts and 11 rebounds in 23 minutes -- no indication in the stats of how atrocious he was on defense Ike Diogu played 5 minutes Embarrassing loss by the Warriors tonight. Stephen Jackson was decent (lots of points on so-so shooting) and Harrington was atrocious (4-21 shooting but 11 rebs). The new backup point guard (won't try to spell his name) was pretty good. Guy

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Good. The Warriors will need Minny to lose some if they're going to sneak into spot #8. Guy

This was one of the first straight-ahead jazz CDs I ever got, maybe 8 years ago. I was really starting to get into Miles's 2nd quintet at the time, was just starting to explore Coltrane, and figured I needed something by bebop's progenitors. Lo and behold, this was an "album" (I was not interesting in non-albums at the time) with both Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker! I think I picked it up through BMG. The music, while enjoyable, largely went over my head -- I don't think my ears were ready for bebop yet. I listened to this disc for the first time in at least three or four years today. I've been immersing myself in Bird's JSP box recently, which features many of the key pre-1948 studio recordings by this duo. So while I don't have the perspective of some on this board, I definitely have a better understanding of this music than I did 8 years ago. This is a nice date, but it doesn't touch the classic 1945 studio recordings. Bird and Dizzy both play very well but I've heard better work from both. The track that stands out the most is "Bloomdido", which is probably why Norman Granz put it first. Monk's playing was the most pleasant surprise to me this time around -- in fact, I found myself enjoying his playing the most. Buddy Rich gets slagged a lot for his drumming here. Yeah, it would have been nice to have Max or Klook or Roy Haynes playing on this recording, but I think Buddy does a good job. The CD itself is a horrible value unless you pick it up for a few bucks used. The meat of the album (the six master takes) runs about 18-20 minutes. An equal length of time goes to padding... err... alternate takes which are probably unnecessary for all but the most dedicated fan. Then 5 or so minutes are wasted on short incomplete takes. Summary judgment: avoid this until you've heard Bird and Dizzy's classic 1945 studio recordings. Once you decide you want it, get it on the Verve Master Takes box. Guy

I just finished season 5 of Star Trek Next Generation. "The Inner Light" was an amazing episode -- a beautiful affirmation of life... Guy

Frankie, Hang around here. People sometimes get "involved" in these discussions/arguments, it's nothing personal. Guy

I'm afraid to ask, Bonnie, but why Tungsten? Guy

Is this really that unusual? I feel like the Warriors have had a few of those in the past few years. Guy

Randy's had a few good ones:

Or this one: ... Aric, hopefully this is all in good fun. We will stop if you want... Guy

Yes! Guy

Well, I haven't seen numbers for specific newspapers, but I've read nothing to indicate that the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and the Washington Times are hurting. I haven't seen numbers for specific newspapers either, but I've read nothing to indicate that these newspapers were exceptions to the trend. Well, I don't really buy the "liberal" slant you impose on the WSJ and the NYT, but out of curiosity, how do you explain the fact that only "liberal" newspapers have national circulations? Also, if the WSJ apparently represents a liberal slant different from the objective truth*, why is it the newspaper of choice for the American business world? Guy *Assuming you don't think that reporting the objective truth IS a liberal slant.

I was thinking along similar lines. Except Henry is different because he died young and I was thinking, what if Coltrane had continued without stylistic change through year X. I don't think Coltrane was historically indispensable... someone else would have picked up the baton. Guy

I disagree with that consesus. I think that his tenor playing with Miles is better than most other tenors of that time frame. He was already a fantastic story teller and was playing with more intensity and heart than most of his peers. Maybe I should have qualified "consensus" by limiting it to the first sentence. There is clearly disagreement about the second sentence. Guy