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In a recent Sports Illustrated article Damon made a point of mentioning that the extra money that the Yankees gave him paid for his mansion in a gated community in Florida. Owning a mansion free & clear was a big source of comfort & satisfaction to him. To his credit he didn't quote Latrell Sprewell.

According to the notes for Miles Ahead Miles overdubbed his fluegelhorn to previously the previously recorded orchestral parts on "Springville," "Miles Ahead," "New Rhumba" and "I Don't Want To Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)." The orchestra sections were recorded in May '57 while the overdubbing took place in August '57. This is a thread made for Mr. Fitzgerald!

Yep! I always wondered why the Yankees, and Rangers were so quick to trade this young player who hit so many homers, and drove in so many runs...Make him your catcher Frank! Well, I see he finally gave in.....for his money, I'd play all 9 positions! With your bad back you better lay off catching. You should listen to me, I was once premed! While I agree that it looks bad when players do this from what I've heard Soriano is helpless in the OF. It sounds like a 3rd grader with a glove that's not even broken in might fare better. He might turn RFK into a hitter's park when he's playing the field.

Oh, I forgot about that. Hmmm.... That it does. I understand why some don't like it, but I did. As for worst Oscar winner since ______, I'm amazed at the number of critics who are letting Kramer Vs. Kramer slide on by. Though maybe that's more a case of Oscar injustice for winning over Apocalypse Now.

It wasn't random - she chose the blanks. (But is a bit ambiguous, which led to a spirited debate here in the office.) The way I remember it (which may be wrong) was that she says something like "just grab any old box of bullets off the shelf. How about those over there." The owner, with whom she was arguing with, asks "do you know what type of bullets these are?" She says yes, but I got the impression that she really didn't, that she just wanted to get out of there. I'd have to see the movie again to see if she's really looking at the box that she picks.

I think you ran into a mis-price. CDU & Amazon have the list at $11.98. CDU's regular price will be $9.75 but they currently are on sale for $8.39.

They were blanks. The kind that are used for starter pistols at track meets. No bullets, they just make a bang.

Always with the political eh?

Always great to learn of a high quality more modest option out there in these type of threads, thanks! And Malcom Addey on the credits too eh? I'll put it on my hunting list.

Because of the way the folks at Penguin do things not a one has a review in the latest book. (No, I don't feel that dependent on their reviews, especially given how great Tomcat is compared to their 2 1/2 stars, just pointing it out that's all. Hee hee hee.) It's starting to be a habit now to say "Well, thanks to the Mosaic I won't be getting..." But I'm looking forward to a quite a few of these. And it's great that It Might As Well Be Spring is back in print again!

I forgot that Costello played "New Lace Sleeves." Either that, or I tuned in late. I'm definitely going to check these out. I wish they could have swapped in The Clash for the The Plasmatics. I have a cassette of both The Clash's appearance (during their Bonds Casino run) and The Jam. "Funeral Pyre" gets cut of during the credits with "hotel accommodations provided by..." Hell, I'm amazed I can't remember the hotel! If I remember right Tom interviewed Charlie Manson within a week of The Clash. Quite a week!

Many happy returns. Don't eat your cake in your garage!

As it's in the garage I'm guessing you have either paper wasps or mud daubers. The wasps are "wasp waisted" right? Paper wasps have nests that hang from the ceiling. As said earlier, either knock 'em down at night or use a spray at night. Run like hell after either. Mud daubers are interesting critters in that they will paralyze spiders with their sting and drop them down the mud tube nest (look on the garage walls for the nest tubes) as fresh food for their young when they hatch. If they killed their prey with the sting the corpse would rot. Instead the victim stays fresh & alive and is eaten alive. If only they'd evolve to invent little refrigerators! Yellow jackets or meat bees will go for the bottle trap shown earlier. Coke works greats for these sorts of traps. Everything likes Coke, and Coke kills everything. Yellow jackets usually nest in the ground though so I'm guessing they probably aren't your problem. There are also hornets and wood drilling stinging creatures. If you see a neatly drilled hole in a board that the flying stinging insect enters & exits, this is most definitely a spray and run like hell situation. I've had cases where the hornet kamikazied just a few inches from my feet out of it's drilled home. Be careful with fire, especially in your garage! I'd avoid that option if I were you.

I told y'all not to order yet. (I ended up ordering too.) I haven't gotten this email yet but a friend of mine did. "Dear Dead Head, This weekend an order was placed at www.GDStore.com using your email address. Unfortunately you reached a page that was not intended to be viewed by the public, as it contained preliminary information for a product that is still under consideration for release. Grateful Dead Productions has not made a decision regarding pricing, full track listing, or mix for the Winterland 1973 Box Set, so the product has not yet been finalized for release and we have no further information about when this product will be available. Your order will be voided and the full amount of the charge will be credited back to you as soon as possible. Once the pricing, full track listing, and mix are decided we will make further information available by email, at www.dead.net, and at www.GDStore.com, so keep your eyes peeled for future announcements. We appreciate your interest in the Winterland 1973 Box Set and apologize for any confusion. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch with us at customerservice@gdstore.com GDStore.com" Pay attention to your credit card & make sure they reverse the charge. Things aren't the same since they outsourced operations to that Dave Matthews whatever it's called east coast outfit.

I knew this would happen. Oh my god, they killed chef! Those cult bastards! Trey & Matt might have some fun with this. Lots of possibilites... Maybe even use it to continue to rip on Scienlobotomy.

Not jazz, but Don Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart).

Though the point system is a little different, it might be less messy to do it at Yahoo fantasy sports.

Interesting - the link above no longer takes you to the musictoday site but now the front of the gdstore. As noted the "hidden page" was successfully taking orders (I went ahead and got the usual confirm from the Dead store.) I reckon fairly soon they'll make the official announcement. I'm sure someone will post here when they get the email for those who aren't on their mailing list. If you aren't might be a good time sign yourself up for some official Dead spam. Release date is targeted as May 1st. They are not saying how limited it is this time around. I'm guessing it may be a little less limited this time around.

Just in case anyone likes to fight crime in their spare time: Derek Trucks Band Equipment Stolen.... Emergency - Please Help In the Atlanta area, please be on the lookout for the stolen gear. . The Derek Trucks Band's equipment trailer was stolen last night in Atlanta. 1) Two blackface Super Reverbs, 1965 preferred, 1964 through 1967 acceptable. Must have original transformers; everything else will be tweaked by me to Derek's spec. Speakers not important - keep 'em if you like. As long as the cabinet and baffle board aren't busted, I don't give a shit what it looks like. 2) One 1974 or earlier Ampeg SVT head. Must have original trannies. Looks not important Not looking for the oldest production with the 6146B output tubes, please. Here is a list of the key items that were in the DTB trailer. This is not a complete list but these are the items we're most likely to spot and hopefully recover. 1) Pearl 5-piece Drum Kit (Black) Serial numbers: 652623, 642341, 83233, 6526231, 652163 2) '66 Fender blackface Super Reverb with Weber DT-10 speakers. Serial number: A13225 3) '65 Fender blackface Super Reverb with Pile Driver speakers; has external bias and plate voltage testpoints on rear next to line cord. EXT speaker jack has been converted to a line output. Serial number: A06896 4) Hammond B-3 w/custom Leslie foot switch Serial number: pending 5) Leslie cabinet, model 147 Serial number: H25474 6) Hohner Clavinet model E7 Serial number: 3447 410 7) Yamaha Motif keyboard Serial number: IHO1189 Cool 1974 Ampeg SVT Bass Head Serial number: 112149 9) Ampeg 4X10 bass cabinet Serial number: pending 10) 4 LP Congas in soft bags 11) '96 Matchless Chieftain 2X10 combo amp Serial number: pending 12) Mikes: 3 Shure SM57 2 Shure SM58 Shure Beta 52 2 AKG 460 3 EV 406 Neuman KM184 2 Sennheiser 421 Beyer M88 2 AKG C414 EV RE20 13) Furman-PL plus power conditioner Serial number: 7Z37 14) Drawmer DL441 4 channel compressor Serial number: 706 15) 3 DBX 160A compressors Serial numbers: pending 16) TC Electronics D2-Delay Unit Serial number: 3107455 17) Yamaha SPX90 effects processor Serial number: 26308 1 Cool Tascam DAPI DAT recorder Serial number: 580001 19: Midas Mixing Console Serial number: 173052 0324011056 20) Tascam 8 track model DA78HR Serial number: 100101 21) Tascam 8 track model DA38 Serial number: 270262 22) Tascam 8 track model DA38 Serial number: 40369

On 11-10-73 they do the Playing sandwich (Playin'>UJB>Dew>UJB>Playin') that they performed only 3 times. Another has been released on DP 24 (Cow Palace 3/23/74.) The other one they played on 11-17-73. 11-11-73 is one of the elite Dark Stars, and for those who like them pretty rather than scary it is a favorite. (Hey, I like mine both ways, but this is a great one.) The Mind Left Body Jam that follows is continues the beautiful exploration finally meandering into Eyes. It's one of those great moments...shucks, I'm almost getting teary-eyed thinking about this gettin' officialized. The 9th tends to get overlooked because of its more famous neighbors, but any show that has a WRS>Eyes>China Doll can't be all bad. And a Sunshine too. If you're a '73 slut November-December is usually considered the peak (though there's plenty to love from other months too.) So to plunk down smack dab in the 2nd week in November at the "home base" of Winterland is just so divine! Especially with tapes that could really benefit from professional treatment that also contained cuts and patches. The link to the sonic process on the page makes it sound like a more sophisticated treatment than Buster playin' with Cool Edit. WOO HOO, nothin' like reliving Nov. '73 when summer starts kickin' in!

I'll be the cheap s.o.b. who tries to score it used (maybe when one of the 4 buyers needs bail money.) Kidding, kidding, it really would be one of the most delightful limited limited editions ever. Man, this is one case where the book & packaging could be so over the top. Let Paul Kantner get together with the folks who put together the Ayler box and see what happens!

No sh*t? I'm tempted to go ahead try too. This was really needed. The 1st 2 discs of 11-11 has 2 cassette gens, the epic 3rd disc has one. I had to trade (and finally download) for 3 copies to get rid of all those little pops that appear on some copies. 11-10 had vicious cuts in Let It Grow & Sugar Magnolia. Eyes & Sunshine on 11-09 aren't complete either. There's quite a bit of hiss too in all the shows and they aren't as (in old Dead parlance) crispy as other '73s. Read elsewhere someone clicked on thru and the shipping date is targeted as May 1st. Hopefully they'll make more copies than the Fillmore '69. This will be a much bigger upgrade than the '69 too. And as a bonus I've never heard 12-4-73. It's like they're reading my mind man...

It is a nice session but I bought the K2 that was released in 2004. Seems like a very short amount of time to reissue it again as a Rudy.

Someone found this backdoor page to the Grateful Dead store. It's a preorder page that is NOT ready to take your order. Not sure when they will, but here's the text. "Grateful Dead - Winterland 1973 - The Complete Recordings $69.95 When Dick’s Picks began, folks said they wanted every note of a show, and now Dick’s Picks moves to the next level, just as the Fillmore West box did for multi-track vault releases: Our next package, “Winterland 1973,” will be a 9-CD package that covers every note from all three nights of the November 9-10-11, 1973, weekend. With the first record for their brand new independent record company, Wake of the Flood, in stores on October 15th, the Dead were in a great place in late 1973, and the playing shows it. They could do it all, from country western (“Big River”) to remarkable jams (“Playing” into “Uncle John’s” into “Dew” and back into “Uncle John’s” and then into “Playing”) to amazing deep space –Sunday’s “Dark Star.” This is also acoustically special; the two track tapes have gotten a sonic bath and deep facial that has them sounding better than you could ever hope. For additional information on the mastering process of the Winterland 1973: The Complete Recordings click here All pre-orders of "Winterland 1973-The Complete Recordings" taken before the ship date will receive an exclusive bonus CD featuring the bulk of the Grateful Dead's show in Cincinnati, OH, on December 4, 1973, including the entirety of the second set and highlights from the first set. This bonus CD has been mastered from the original master reel-to-reel tapes in HDCD, and will not be made available anywhere else at any cost." As Roger Daltrey once said, "YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Here's the link (not sure how long it will be available.) Winterland details Again, do not attempt to order yet. This was stumbled upon and can't currently be accessed through the front door of the store. I AM SOOOOO HAPPY!

May your day be as great as the album whose name you nick! Thumpin' grrrreat!