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If there was a FOX executive reading this board, it's dead now!

I can think of one kitty who wouldn't like the name one bit.

Nice collection Greg! There has been a gap for the big box sets, however they did release a bunch of singles in that time span. I'm getting excited about the Ellington and the Chu Berry later in '07!

Has Dan Bern's "Tiger Woods" been mentioned in this thread? Here's a sample of the lyrics, full set is here. "I got big balls Big old balls Big as grape fruits Big as pumpkins Yes sir, yes sir and on my really good days they swell to the size of small dogs my balls are as big as small dogs well it ain't braggin' if it's true yes sir, yes sir Muhammad Ali said that back when he was a young man back when he was cassius clay before he fought too many fights and left his brain inside the ring and sometimes I wish I was Tiger Woods Tiger Woods, Tiger Woods" It continues about a friend and a certain dream he has about Madonna that comes true. Hmm, I guess Dan Bern didn't become "the next Bob Dylan" either.

Just lurked in this thread throughout, but glad to see some of that optimism shine through. Keep hanging in there, and yes, thank heavens for music!

2 cancelled items were going to be K2 upgrades for me in Brubeck Jazz at Oberlin and Bill Evans Explorations. I think I'll manage without them. More importantly they did have more of the Living Legends, the Ellington K2, and other "new to me" things like the Jazz in Hollywood discs, Lem Winchester, "Jazz For The Carriage Trade," and the Chet Baker K2s to name a few of the other 33 that did go through. Christmas is coming again! (Heck, this is better.) I think I'm going to send a postcard to Concord complimenting them on that fine fellow they have in customer service named Jackson.

I had placed another order at the end of July but knew how swamped they were from reading here so I waited. But as it had been a month and a few days last Friday I called Concord. Got an answering machine and left a message with my phone number. Today I got a call from Jackson. I knew as soon as I heard his name everything would be taken care of. I told him how I had heard about him (I think he's still amused at his fame) and thanked him for taking care of matters. He's a pro!

Awwwwww, I got a black & white cat right next to me. I have been told that such cats are especially sweet, though I am biased. I like Diz(zy) for one of the names, but I don't think a cat would appreciate being called Bird!

Maybe by the end of the week.

I don't understand the "just a platoon player" comments. A great platoon combination often beats a full-time player. Think of the Orioles with Lowenstein & Roenicke. A fantastic platoon that got them to 2 world series in 4 years ('79 & '83.) The Astros last year got to the series in part to adept use of platooning involving 1b, LF & CF (basically whatever was left over after deciding where Berkman would play.) It worked very well for Stengel as Mantle couldn't do it all himself. Nixon hasn't slugged well this year, in fact he's been terrible, but he's hit for a high average (and OBP) vs. righties. Rob Neyer once overstated his ability to play RF by saying he was better than Dewey. (He later retracted it on his website in the corrections section to his lineup book.) Still, he hustles out there and it's not easy to play RF in Fenway as it's so damn big. For all the attention The Wall gets, you make a mistake fielding RF and you're giving up triples. Must been fun to play out there after a rain, and it was soggy out there all spring. You lose part of your platoon and it means you lose a player on the bench who might be used as a key pinch hitter. It means having to reallocate roles when you lose the piece of the puzzle unless the player called up can handle the roles of the previous player. And when the Sox lost the other part of the platoon in Pena, it hurt because that meant Nixon was playing vs. lefties. Not what you want happening unless the team can blow out the lefty starter so by his 3rd at bat he's facing a righty. Just a platoon player?

I met her once as she's from Eugene OR, though not having cable tv I had no idea who she was. I was volunteering at a wildlife rehab center and I came in to take over as shift supervisor. I headed to the ER as that's where you go first to see who needs critical care. I was told to be quiet as I entered with the previous shift's super as there was filming going on in there. I was then asked by the previous super if I ever watched Animal Planet. "No, I don't have cable." "Well, have you heard of the Crocodile Hunter?" (Pause) "Um...no, I don't think so." (Disgusted with me) "Oh well, this is Terry Irwin and she's the wife of Steve the Crocodile Hunter." She was very nice and not bothered at me not knowing who she was (in fact, I think she was mildly amused by it.) She was filming the feeding of some baby birds on a small camera. The best part was she was very much in control of the chaotic scene and took over tending to the ER for the next few hours, and as the center was often understaffed it made my day much easier. A year or so later I saw them on their show while in a hotel room. Crikey, in just the first 15 minutes of the show the guy damn near died 3 times.

It's his CRAMPS that make him lose the match, brother! It was noted during the match by the commentators that (I believe it was) Patrick McEnroe happened to be nearby on Baghdatis's side of the court and reported seeing the muscle(s) twitching during the cramping. It was painful to watch!

For awhile they had a web site that would show 3 live songs from the most recent show during their European tour. (They won't being doing this on the US tour as Daltrey nixed it.) Sometimes they were pretty respectable (not $250 a ticket mind you, but not terrible), other times it was awful. A clip of "My Generation" with Pino on bass will make you fully how crucial Entwistle was to the band if you didn't know it already. Daltrey seems to strap on an acoustic more often, even on songs that he never used to do such as "Naked Eye." He also sometimes wears glasses, so it's a very different look from the nonstop microphone twirling. Townshend has taken to vocal improves on some songs, such as "Naked Eye" and "The Kids Are Alright" that I don't care for at all. A scat singer he's not. I last saw The Who in '82 and they played "Tattoo" which was about as special of a moment one could have gotten in '82, so I let that be my final show. After all, it was the Farewell Tour. But if someone feels compelled to see them and doesn't mind the prices that older bands charge go for it. They've been a band without Moon longer than they've been a band with him. And while I'm far too cheap to pay over $50 to see anyone (so I don't see many dinosaur shows) I don't begrudge the elderly bands that can get away...um, I mean charge that. I don't really expect them to give up music and take up a trade instead. I'm not optimistic about the new album. I've passed on picking up the "Wire & Glass" EP as an import, though I probably will make an effort to at least hear the new one when it comes out on Halloween. After all, while there hasn't been much out of him for the past 20 years or so, once upon a time Townshend was the most important artist in the world to me.

An MIA fund eh? "You put all of our retirement money into those discs?" "No silly, not just discs. See, big boxes and booklets with black & white pictures. And look, each numbered by hand." Beats beanie babies!

The son of a friend went through the same thing successfully a couple of years ago. I wonder what the percentage is of young 20 years olds who get hit with this as it seems like so many know someone who has gone through this. Well hell, as one of those idiotic fantasy owners I now feel the Red Sox injury bug pain deep in my heart. Pabelbon came out after just 1/3 with a "right shoulder injury." And ya know, he is a right handed pitcher, so that's not good. Don't have more details than that generic report. Hope to hell it's something minor, but the things have been going for your team I fear the worst.

And even stoned, it bored the living bejesus out of me. I like many of their other albums, but if I don't hear "Time" or that gawd awful whiny "Money" again I'll be a happy fellow. Forget about that Dark Side/OK Computer comparison. No guarantees that you'll like it, but thanks to yourmusic it's just a 5.99 gamble.

I'm with you, though I'm not bold enough to say never, even though that's my intent. I mean, like in 20 years when we finally get those flying cars we were supposed to have by now, maybe just maybe I'll have a cell phone that doesn't allow incoming calls.

The technological advance that's made life easier not listed by you would be <drum roll> CLUMPING CAT LITTER!

Couw has some made a booklet that is great for this purpose! Plus he's made them for some of the other box sets that some of us have as well! Couw's booklets I was almost certain he had. In fact in my original post I typed in I was going to download couw's booklets, but as it was late and hadn't looked at his booklets since I've gotten the set I erased that, just in case I was confused. (It's been known to happen.) I mean, for all I know it may have just been pages of proper glassware for dubbels and trippels in disguise. Thanks couw!

I knew I was missing out on something when I saw that small ZYX booklet. The discographical data (even including small b/w covers of all LPs) is all there but there's no essay or commentary on the sessions. What's the big US booklet like exactly? The book is the size of an LP and 32 pages, mostly in black & white but 2 pages of 12 leader LP covers are in color. Some of what you get includes: 2 pages listing the songs on the discs, with boldface print listing the leader and in some cases album titles. A page with the alphabetical listing of songs giving the disc and track number. The facing page is a full sized close up photo of Coltrane. A page listing the sessions with dates and players. A 5 page essay about his work in the '50s. 2 pages of 12 LP covers in color. Another page of 19 LP covers in black & white. 9 pages describing the sessions. Many pictures interspersed, some larger than others. 3 pages of discography. There are 4 photos of Coltrane that take up a full page and a few other photos (such as of Monk, Chambers and Miles Davis) that take up half a page. Black & white photos of Burrell and many other players in the sessions section are about 8.25 cm square. One the one hand a book this size isn't that easy to handle if looking for information quickly, but it is a nice thing to look over in a more calm relaxing sort of way.

It took me about a month as my parents visited for a couple of weeks and cut into my listening time, but I finished listening to the Coltrane box backwards just the other night. (Also listened all of the other 32 discs in my order at least twice.) I do love K2's but I'm very pleased with the sound quality of the "regular" mastering of the set, and there's a lifetime of enjoyment to be had here. Hmm, maybe I should work my way back and listen to it from the beginning to end. I did drop in First Meditations somewhere in the middle just to remind myself as to what came later. Great set and a terrific book. I think I will make some handy playlist inserts to make it easier to play albums should I be in the mood for that (not that the mood happen that often.)

Wow, the poor city of St. Louis will have to drown their sorrows in Bud as the hot rumor had him going there in the offseason. (Now see if Portland OR had a team and failed to land him, they could drown their sorrows in much better beer!) Well what the hell, good for Houston. If he stays healthy he should pass Joe Niekro's 144 wins for the franchise lead.

My bottle of that ran dry last night. Trying a Black Hawk Stout tonight.

Sale at a local independent store got me used cutouts of 2 of the lastest RVGs. Ike Quebec - It Might As Well Be Spring Kenny Dorham - Trompeta Toccata Each was $5.56. The had Another Workout but that's incoming from deepdiscountcd (meanwhile no word on the Griffin from them.) I've noticed for the past year the latest RVGs appearing as used cutouts at 2 of our independents usually for about $7. Yet another thing to factor in when deciding to pre-order or wait for yourmusic.

I ordered the set last night (along with the Stitt)! A few years ago I found a used JSP 4 disc Bix & Tram set for under $20. I think the sound on that is very good (done by J.R.T. Davies btw.) In fact it is good enough that I've put off ordering the Mosaic. But the inclusion of Teagarden, more music, the booklet and hope of even better sound pushed me to click the order button.