Guy Berger

Besides, Nursery Cryme is better than Foxtrot. Guy

Why? Guy i don't see anywhere else for jazz to go. for the most part modern entertainment delivered to the home only succeeds if it can be segmented and delivered hyperthreaded in hyperspeed. live events need only prove that the swift virtual segments that attached the audience actually exist in reality. the purpose of attending the live event is not the event. the purpose is to validate a lifestyle element already adopted within the home or social circle This seems arbitrary to me. I don't see jazz having any "core proposition". Guy

Crazy Ron is suspended for one game. Guy

Why? Guy

yourmusic.com has it for $5.99. Guy

Does anyone here have a way of contacting Berigan? Guy

I only followed it on gamecast. What happened? Nice to see Kobe lose. I figure that the Clippers will get better as their series progresses. Question of the day: why is Miami so overrated? Guy

I guess I don't really see the big deal with this screw up. It's kind of funny, actually, and if I didn't already own an 80s McMaster I would definitely spring for a copy. Guy

This is a great album. I can't help wondering "what if", but Roy does a phenomenal job. And Trane is on fire -- this is a hotter performance than Live at Birdland. Guy

LeBron is having an impressive game -- more than halfway toward his first playoff triple double. On the other hand Arenas is missing a lot of shots. I'm glad. Guy ps Well, it looks like he did get the triple double. And to think this is only a "good" performance from the guy -- I pity the team that faces him on a really good day. Arenas threw up a brickfest. Since the Spurs are only leading by 27 right now I guess the Kings have made some inroads since halftime. The bulls are hanging in there so far.

I got my hands on Compulsion, the earlier One for One session and the quartet session from Involution. Compulsion is pretty interesting! Looking forward to picking up legit copies when they come out but until then thank god for the internet. update: After listening to each, I think Involution is my favorite. Will have to listen some more. Guy

Actually, I agree with you BUT nobody does it that way; not the other bulletin boards, not the "enemies" I have in my email clan, not the pools I get in, not the NCAA or NIT pools. I don't know why, nobody is interested in making it really interesting by waiting for the survivors of each round. So the picking becomes a crap shoot...... so the choices become whom you "like" - not who is the best of the survivors. Actually what would be most logical, but also tedious, would be to make predictions for every single possible series. I'm too lazy to calculate how many predictions that would be. Guy

I already recommended it in this thread, but Jon Jang's Two Flowers on a Stem (w/David Murray & James Newton) is really nice. Guy

You are crazy! Guy

Marc Stein's All-NBA ballot:

Well, I'm not especially optimistic for next year. But since they've been surprising us in a negative way for the last x years, maybe this is a good thing. FWIW the team's been winning at least 34 games for the past 4 seasons, an improvement over the 4 years before that. So maybe the next marginal improvement will put us in the right place. Guy

Here's how I think we should score this thing: 1st round: 5 pts for every series that's called correctly. Then up to 3 additional pts for how close you are with the number of games -- i.e., bulls-eye 3 pts, within one game 2 pts, within two games 1 pt. So if you predict Lakers-Suns in 7 and the series goes to 7 but the Suns win in 7, you get 2 pts. If the Suns win in 6 you get 1 pt. On the other hand if the Lakers win in 7 you get 8 pts, if they win in 6 you get 7 pts, if they sweep you get 5 pts. Then we double the pts for each additional round. Guy

Thanks mucho. Guy

Alright, playoff predictions. I haven't seen any of the experts' predictions yet so for better or worse these are my opinions. 1st round -- pretty boring this year. San Antonio (1) vs. Sacramento (8): San Antonio won't have too many difficulties. Spurs in 4. Phoenix (2) vs. Lakers (7): Kobe's dangerous, but his team is too weak. Suns in 5. Denver (3) vs. Clippers (6): Probably the only remotely interesting series in the 1st round. Gotta go with the home court advantage on this one. Clips in 7. Dallas (4) vs. Memphis (5): The NBA's screwed up seeding system means that Memphis gets booted out quickly for the 3rd straight year. Dallas in 5. Detroit (1) vs. Milwaukee (8): Detroit will dispose of the Bucks with ease. Pistons in 4. Miami (2) vs. Bulls (7): Miami will finish the Bulls easily. Heat in 4. New Jersey (3) vs. Indiana (6): Indiana's dangerous but I don't think they have it together this year. Nets in 5. Cleveland (4) vs. Washington (5): Washington is weak, but the Cavs are inexperienced. Cavs in 5. 2nd round -- some great series this round. San Antonio (1) vs. Dallas (4): I'm rooting for Dallas to win this, but they can't get past Duncan. Spurs in 7. Suns (2) vs. Clippers (6): The Suns have it pretty easy. Suns in 5. Detroit (1) vs. Cleveland (4): LeBron could cause some damage but Detroit isn't in too much risk. Pistons in 6. Miami (2) vs. New Jersey (3): The Heat have a real dogfight on their hands. Hopefully the Nets will put this one out. Heat in 7. Conference Finals -- a bit of an anticlimax after the previous round. San Antonio (1) vs. Phoenix (2): If Amare was playing this would be interesting (the Suns are better overall than last year), but San Antonio should cruise to the finals. Spurs in 5. Detroit (1) vs. Miami (2): Much easier for Detroit this time around, though the Nets might put up more of a fight. Pistons in 6. NBA Finals -- a rematch, but a different ending this time. Detroit vs. San Antonio: I think Detroit's the better team this time, barring an injury to one of their starters. Hopefully Dallas makes it this far so we can stay awake long enough to find out who wins. Pistons in 7.

happy birthday Erik

happy birthday Erik

I think I will have to dig out Eternal Spirit and Dance with Death. At this point I'm not crazy about either of these albums -- not that there's anything wrong with them, but they haven't clicked yet. The Mosaic Select will be added to the wish list as well... Guy

I've decided I like Claussen much better than Vlasic. The half sours are deliiiicious. Guy

By the way, somebody should kick Fox's ass for the teasers they run 5 minutes before each episode. They give away the whole frickin episode!!! Guy

Penguin gives it a bad rating as well (** or **1/2). Guy