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This time when I pass Hank Aaron, I'm going to post 756 in the baseball thread! Sorry 'bout your headache Jim. I hate those oopsie-shi... moments, but the beast is up and running again. Thank ya!

Seems like a valid point, but there are always people who come late to the party. For example, as of a year ago, my jazz collection consisted of a few Miles albums, and a few Coltrane albums. Am I looking in the mirror? I have a few years head start on you but not that many, and yup, that's where my jazz collection started too (as it does for many.) Once I got going there were still too many "basics" too pick up one disc at a time than to jump right into Mosaics. There are continually new people coming to the party. Hooray hooray! I'm telling ya, if we could convince Mosaic to give just a nickel a disc that came their way from organissimo it might be an amount one shouldn't sneeze at. Nice post Jeffrey.

Well I'll be durned, good to see ya. Not to put you over the edge, but you might want to take along George R. Stewart's Earth Abides for reading material. If it's as bad as you fear, it may give some helpful pointers.

If I switched from dsl to a cable modem, I'd then go ahead & get cable tv. But that probably won't happen unless they slash prices on the cable side. That's a team worth paying for! We get a few Blazer games for free, and I'm not sure they're worth that. Amen! If they had ala carte I would hooked on long ago. Instead I spend the money on CDs. Not a bad trade.

Nope. I'm the last person on earth who hasn't gotten cable or a dish. Unless perhaps there's a small tribe of others out there... I just refuse to pay for it. I do rent the HBO shows on DVD, but otherwise, even though I'm a sports fan, to hell with it.

So you spell your name funny, that's OK. Cruise & Shields reproduce on your day - what a gift!

Happy Birthday to the King! Woo hoo!

Jazzbo must at least be in his 90s then.

Ugh! Well I now feel I got off easy filing 20 pages worth of Form 1116. My agnostic inclination fades when going through bs like that and now hope there's a special place in hell for the monkeys & their typewriters who thought up that blasted form & instruction set. You have my deepest sympathies. Tonight - I get drunk in celebration that I'm done with 'em for another year.

Not having any experience with monthly mortgage payments of $177,400 I'm not sure if there is a cut off point, but mortgage interest is deductible on American tax forms (Schedule A.) Even if he isn't allowed all of it, it would be better than the standard deduction. So financially it probably makes sense for him to get a mortgage even if he can pay cash for the place. Also, keep in mind his endorsement deals cover the mortgage payments even after taxes, never mind investment income or tournament related money. I'm sure if his back went out tomorrow and he could never play again he could still afford the house. I'd think the lender looked into that too, but one never knows. I understand your preference towards cash payments though, I'm that way too. Rather than be considered a nut I prefer to think of my way of thinking as charmingly eccentric.

He handled the Big Hurt quite nicely with 2 on after falling behind 2-0. Frank sure looks strange in those dark green pjs.

During that time the number of subscribers of satellite radio has increased. Any chance that all free stations have a slight decline? I don't subscribe to satellite radio but I wonder if that's where jazz will end up for most of the country, as jazz is such a narrow interest. Sirius offers 3 flavors: Contemporary jazz - Modern jazz & fusion. Smooth jazz - A sophisticated sndtrk of smooth jazz instrumentals & vocals. Pure jazz - The classic sounds & styles of jazz masters, past & present XM offers more wordage as to what they're playing: Real Jazz - You know the real thing when you hear it: Louis. Ella. Duke. Dizzy. Monk. Bird. From the amazing Jazz pioneers of the '20s to the young lions making history today. Watercolors - Sophistication doesn't shout. These cool, contemporary Jazz instrumentals and hip vocals create a muted musical backdrop. What more could you ask for? Maybe a chilled martini, on the dry side... Beyond Jazz - This is the home of modern, plugged-in jazz. Beyond Jazz is where you'll hear the Lords of Jazz Fusion, The Stars of Modern Electric and Acoustic jazz, The New Jazz Singers, Techno Jazz, Acid Jazz, The Jazzy Jambands. The Future of Jazz is here so come join us in A BRAVE, COOL WORLD Frank's Place - A rich celebration of the Great American Songbook with a little help from the Sinatra Family. It's The Chairman from A to Z -- along with his friends Tony Bennett, Ella Fitzgerald, Mel Torme, Nat King Cole, Count Basie, Johnny Mathis, Louis Armstrong, Rosemary Clooney and many more. Like I said, I don't subscribe so haven't heard any of the above. But I fear that may be where it's headed. Free radio will mainly be talk, country and garbage, with a few interesting hold outs in scattered places where there are enough dollars to support it.

I'm not willing to rank the Miles sets, but I would file Cellar Door under "I'm very happy I have it." You can get for a few pennies shy of $36 (w/ free shipping) if you join yourmusic.com. (You could always join and quit soon after if you don't want to mess with monthly $5.99 discs and a music queue.) To me it's worth a good deal more than that. If you like the live material on Live-Evil then it's a no brainer. (Nudge nudge.) And it is exciting to hear the band w/out McLaughlin. Terrific set (push push push.) Not to knock the Jack Johnson set, but it's easier to throw on a couple of discs of Cellar Door than face a bunch of outtakes spread across discs.

I intended that (taking what was good, tossing the rest) as a compliment. Too many take the wrong parts and throw out the good stuff. I guess I'm wrong but I got the impression from your earlier posts that Nirvana invented something completely original. Which I don't think is the case, though I love what they came up with.

It looks like I have 40 bootlegs of Nirvana, so yeah, I like(d) them just a little bit. But as far as being an original ground breaking band....um, I don't know about that. Part of the appeal was a lead singer who was a terrific screamer, who could play guitar in a raw but not necessarily technically proficient manner who at his best wrote lyrics that were often confusing (the best kind), a big goofy bass player and finally settling in with a pretty damn good drummer. They seemed adapt at borrowing the good parts of better bands and tossing out what didn't work. They listened to a lot of Beatles in their van on one of their tours, and it shows in a number of their tunes (believe it or not) at least through Nevermind. Later on Kurt became overly obsessed with the whole birth process and focused way too much on sickness & diseases, but hey, when you have a catalog smaller than Hendrix's and you croak too young those kind of things stick out. I hadn't intended to read it but a friend insisted that I borrow his copy of Heavier Than Heaven (the Cobain bio by the same guy who did one on Hendrix.) I have a feeling Mr. Grady hasn't read it, otherwise I think he'd be a little more tempered in his opinions of Cobain. It's not a hatchet job by any means, but it certainly makes him very human, especially where the desire for fame vs. art is concerned, along with a very unhealthy appetite for escapism through drugs. All that said, the version of "In The Pines" on Nirvana Unplugged is magnificent. Even better if you can see the video where Kurt takes that breath before the shiver. It's legendary stuff, and it's why Nirvana fans can go on a bit about how tremendous it is.

I take it you guys haven't heard of this book. Guy Yeah, I know someone who has read that & more (I suppose.) She almost gets violent when you mention Mother T. I think I'll forward the story to her. And I'm imagining her reaction *might* be that Paris is too good to play her. Mother T. and the Make A Wish foundation both set this person off like you wouldn't believe. I find it fascinating.

Seems like a no-brainer that they'd remaster these. I'd buy 'em. There are lawsuits up the wazoo between Apple & EMI and god knows who else. Though I tend to support those who have the masters, avoid Proper and other sketchy labels blah blah blah, here's a case where I say to HELL with Apple & Capitol and the Dexter ECHO ECHO ECHO boxes. Find the Dr. Ebbetts boots. High quality needle drops of whatever you like - UK mono, UK stereo, German stereo, US mono or stereo...to hell with Naked or any of the other official crap. Trade for them at 30 cents a disc plus postage. I bought the UK, US & German vinyl long ago, but the Dr. Ebbetts series is so well done I can't imagine bothering with any official compact disc product, especially after that Nekkid debacle (or the inferior BBC, or the cut & paste BS on the Anthology series.) This post was brought to you by alcohol. Dr. Ebbetts info link

You know what happens when you "assume", don't you? Umm... yeah. But in this case what other logical explanation is there? That they have 500 or 2000 boxes and a few cases of beer and some of those magic markers that smell really good down at the warehouse. Hey, that's a party in CT!

F@&#kin' hippies!

Yes indeed! Another Mosaic set that features him is the Carmell Jones Select. He's on 3 albums, or 1 CD and another 4 or 5 songs.

I'll say. I almost went to order another one!

Hey man, can't you read? This is a Curt Kobain thread!

Having missed out on the McLean Mosaic and seeing as I'm too cheap to bid on eBay for OOP sets, all I can say is: It's Time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A nice looking bunch. And that they're in June rather than Octoberish is a nice switch too.

It used to be hard to find them here in Eugene Oregon. For a time Fred Meyer (now owned by Krogers) was the only store to stock them but now Albertson's does too, and maybe even Safeway. Talk it over with your grocer. Seriously, those guys who stock shelves can make good pickle things happen.

We've switched over from the big Claussen dills to the smaller ones too recently. Claussen for dill, Vlasic for sweet is the rule here. I sometimes think about trying some small label micro(?) batch, but just never get around to it. I've had a bad episode (just leave it at that ) with someone's homemade pickles to the point of where I'd be a bit fearful to get back on the homemade pickle horse again.