Guy Berger

James Posey -- what a douchebag:

At the Village Vanguard, June 27-July 2 Mark Turner-sax, Chris Cheek-sax, Ben Monder-gtr, Jacob Bro-gtr, Steve Cardenas-gtr, Jerome Harris-gtr, Ben Street-b, Motian-d

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LeBron was very impressive tonight. Guy

I don't think I'll be seeing this. Guy

I have "Finlandia" on this:

The Suns are painful to watch. Though I'm guessing that Shawn Marion won't have too many games like this. Guy

Also, Artest is a known nutcase and Ginobili is, at worst, an egregious flipflopper. Guy

At a trivia night, I learned that DARE stands for "drugs are really expensive". Guy

I'm not a huge fan but a little Sabbath once in a while is good for the soul. Guy

Brent Barry!!!

I think the semifinals will be more interesting than the conference finals this year. Guy

No, I don't think that makes sense. What I was thinking is if you pick the Spurs to beat the Kings in 7 you get 5 pts. If the Spurs beat the Kings in 6, or lose to the Kings in 7 (you are off by 1 game), you get 3 pts. If the Spurs beat the Kings in 5, or lose to the Kings in 6 (you are off by 2 games), you get 1 pt. Guy

A large chunk of the studio recordings box is dedicated to the quartet's 1965 recordings, which tend to be somewhat-to-very adventurous. (The earlier recordings are more conservative -- in some cases, even more conservative than the Atlantics.) However, none of it is as challenging to the ears as Ascension or Meditations. If you're concerned you might want to pick up the albums individually, though this path might be more expensive. Or it might not, I haven't done the math. The music on the Vanguard box is, again, relatively adventurous. Coltrane was an explorer on stage. In this case, however, you won't be shocked by anything if you enjoy A Love Supreme. The music on both boxes is extremely essential. Guy

This is a nice album, though at this point I haven't been quite knocked out. Elias is impressive as everyone else has said. She reminds me a lot of Keith Jarrett on "Snow". Guy

Good luck, Tom... that's cool that you are taking the initiative on something like this. Guy

As much as I'd love to see Kobe and my Lakers serve you up a big shitburger to eat, I know Phoenix is just plain better. Go Lakers. Jon, If you want you can make fun of the Warriors as much as you want... Guy

The way they've been playing, they're going to need lots of encouragement! Guy

Highlight of last night's episode:

This is a good team. Guy

then what makes jazz different from other musics ? Two z's. Guy

Isn't Your Music like BMG or Columbia House issues, with different packaging (sometimes substantially different, in the case of box sets)?? Can't cite specific examples, but years ago when a college roommate of mine was a BMG club member, the stuff he got wasn't always the same as the "legit" issue, and I seem to remember a couple box-sets he got were long-box style, instead of being just like the version you could buy in stores. (And then there's that "club" stuff that's in place of the barcode -- not that I love barcodes, but I dislike the "club CD" text even more.) $40 is a steep price to pay for no bar code! Guy

Will do. The Threadgill thread (say it 15 times fast) made me do it. Guy

Wow, the Bulls are battling back! ps Nocioni, 104-108, wowwowwow. pps Oh well. Elton Brand is a beast!

The bastards charged me tax so it was a little more expensive than Late's order, but I got Paul Motian's Misterioso, Henry Threadgill's The Spirit of Nuff Nuff and the self-titled Old and New Dreams. The last one is probably a dicey proposition since there's a 50-50 chance they'll send me the ECM version instead. Guy