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'86 Honda Prelude with 82,000 miles on it. Sometimes I think I wouldn't mind a small truck, but as I walk & ride a lot and it's reliable I've been sticking with it. My bike is a '76 Raleigh Record (I'm the original owner.) As it turns 30 in May this may be the year I get a new bike. Probably something with fatter tires as I don't handle the bumps in the road as well as I used to!

Hmm, I just downloaded 9-29-94 form DGMLive and I'll just have to respectfully disagree. Thanks for the tip Greg.

They are not the same. A bootleg (assuming it is not a pirate) is rarely a perfect substitute for an artist's officially released works. There are cases when official releases later make bootlegs obsolete or use material that was bootlegged in some form, such as Coltrane's "One Down, One Up" or the various Dylan titles in the bootlegs series. But if for instance one has an interest in early '70s Van Morrison, the live boots "Wild Night" or outtake collections compliment more than replace "Tupelo Honey" and other studio works. A burn of an official release creates unauthorized supply that musically at least perfectly substitutes the legit product. And if you grab art at Wallmart.com then an additional step has been taken to replicate it. When you burn (example) "Kenny G Plays Ayler" for a friend, it means that your friend will not search out a copy of it at the CD General Store. What used to happen before burners was that your frugal friend would search for a used copy. If he couldn't find a used copy a decision had to be made. He could either keep searching for a used copy at another store or the same store for weeks-months-years, or if he got impatient he'd break down and buy a new copy. Burning CDRs of legitimate titles lessens the chance that someone will "break down" and buy the title new, thus lessening the chances of increased artist compensation. Furthermore, when people burn titles or shuffle tracks to an iPod and sell the disc back, it increases the supply of used discs, also lessening the chances that new sealed versions of the album will be bought because of frugal shoppers like myself.

Minor quibble here about the "a site like Dime" part. Dimeadozen bans torrents anytime a show includes one legally released song. The bootleg site Dime is anti-piracy. Except for the fact that they explicitly say that they don't host any files, just use a "tracker" and that questions of violating copyright depend on your local copyright laws. You're right that they ban torrents of legally released material ... but are they really anti-piracy when they allow the sharing of audience or soundboard recordings, regardless of whether or not the artists approve? Seems to me they really want to have it both ways ... and God bless 'em for that! What you've described has nothing to with piracy. A pirate is an illegal copy of recordings that are available commercially. Whatever the ethical problems that exist at Dime, they do not condone piracy.

Minor quibble here about the "a site like Dime" part. Dimeadozen bans torrents anytime a show includes one legally released song. The bootleg site Dime is anti-piracy.

Yes and those of us who buy the sets as they come out.. well no deal... What do you offer us Mosaic? A low set number, just for you!

Just yesterday I ordered 2 Selects (Bechet & Amy) and didn't save $5 as one is "new" priced and I spent the other $5 on the Jazz Times sub. Looks like at least one big box will be bought next month! For those who didn't get the e-mail these pages might be helpful: RVG list List of Conns -edited to provide better lists-

For about ten minutes of my youth I had similar feelings. Partially because I was a history major, but also just because I was young & stupid. Luckily one of my professors (who was one of those great teachers you feel fortunate to run into in life) frequently suggested various works of fiction to better understand history & life. I think he knew enough that sometimes there's more truth in fiction than there is in non.

It was along the lines of David Thompson's big scoring game. His teamates "insisted" he score big in an attempt to win the scoring title. It worked for The Admiral, as he won the scoring title averaging 29.8 to young Shaq's 29.3. If you recall some of the things that Shaq said about Robinson during the Laker years, it probably goes back to that night.

As someone else who has done volunteer and non-profit work, there comes a time to say no. There also comes a time to resign some obligations. Chances are these functions will continue on without you just fine. Your absence may give someone else the opportunity to feel a sense of accomplishment rather than you getting to hog it all for yourself. Give up some of that stuff! You'll still be doing good work without having to do ALL the good work!

Wagner may not have been anti-tobacco but against not getting paid an amount to his satisfaction for appearing on the card. He had been featured on another set of cigar cards 10 years earlier and also on cigar boxes. He also chewed tobacco at least for part of his career. Aside from being skilled on the field he apparently had a good mind for the business of the game.

That's a good thing. Head for the 3 x 3 or line that has the most numbers already filled in. With each blank, check and see the possible numbers that could apply to the square based upon the intersecting lines and 3 x 3 square. You can then in pencil write the possiblities very small and proceed down the the line or in the square. Some people prefer to write what the number can't be. As you proceed further along you'll notice things like there's only one more row/column (in the whole puzzle) that doesn't have a 5 in it or something like that, so you can work on those too. Developing a system helps. When writing down the possible numbers in a square I always place the 1s, 2s, etc like this: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 within the blank square.

No mail today. MLK Day.

Once strictly by coincidence I rented Red River, Winchester '73, Night Of The Hunter & A Place In The Sun all within the course of a few weeks. She made such an impression that I made a point of renting movies to see her in ones that we hadn't seen, such as Executive Suite and A Patch Of Blue, along with re-renting ones we had such as Lolita & Night of the Hunter. It'd be fun to see clips of her bawdy appearances on Johnny Carson, as I was too young and stupid at the time to know what a great actress she was. I hope they do a 5-10 minute piece about her on the Oscars. She deserves at least that.

There are 2 Vince + Bruce DPs. #9 9-16-90 Madison Square Garden #17 9-25-91 Boston Garden Haven't heard either. Some complaints about #9 mainly because some wanted a different night of the run chosen. Same complaints about Boston too. That a common complaint it seems.

Thank ya sir! I probably won't order for another week or two (been buying too much music the past few days) so I'll likely pick one of the ProjeKcts (Soundscaping in One sounds great) you mention or pick between Cap d'Agde or Philly depending on my mood at the time. I noticed they no longer give source info (at least I don't see it) about the KCCCs so thanks for the tip about Cap d'Agde. I can handle great show/not great sound but I do like to know beforehand. Love the 11/14/2003 download! Already taken 2 trips with it. Keep 'em comin' guys!

Except that 2009 doesn't exactly have a full new class either. And if Rickey somehow manages to play a game in the majors, he won't even be on the list either. And as much as he loves the game he'd probably play for free if anyone would take him. Not that he deserves to be in the Hall, but Julio Franco is going to be at least 52-53 before he is eligible. Maybe older! He makes me feel so young!

Pick up In the Court of the Crimson King, Larks' Tongues in Aspic (or Red), and Discipline. Those should give you a nice introduction into the group's 3 most important periods. Guy Thanks Guy. I was starting to wonder how many "ignore" lists I was on! If you wanted a sampling of what the various incarnations sound like live Cirkus-The Young Person's Guide To King Crimson Live is a great way to go. It might be tough to find and it currently is sold out at Discipline Global, but I find it has terrific sequencing and I still play it even though I now have many discs of full/fuller shows from various eras.

Thanks! I've come to the same conclusion regarding the '74s, I just needed a nudge. As far as KCCCs I have (by year, not #): 71 - Detroit 72 - Jacksonville 72 - Summit Studios 72 - Beat Club 74 - Central Park 95 - Broadway 98 - P4 in SF 01 - Nashville For my next order I am going to get one of the '74s, Zoom Club '72 and probably one more. I was leaning towards something more modern ('81 onward) but honestly I'm open to anything old or new. For live stuff from the '81-'84 band I have Absent Lovers & the DVD. I'm starting to think that isn't enough. Any club KCCCs that I don't own that you especially love? At this point I'm quite the Crimslut as I enjoy all eras.

You mean Zoom Club '71? (Zoom '72 is a KCCC.) Ah, so do you rate Zoom '71 as being better than the '71 KCCCs that are available? (I only have Detroit of those available.) Also (as we're back in the Kcorner and not specifically talking about the live downloads) I still don't have the '74 Mainz or the '74 Heidelberg KCCCs. For no really good reason I intend to pick up the Mainz ahead of Heidelberg (I like to mix eras with orders, so one will at least have to wait.) Any opinions about these releases (from anyone.) I have everything else live from '73-'74 that has been officially pressed and while part of me worries about getting too obsessive, the other part says "why not?" (I've got a long way to go to match my Dead or Miles collections.)

Just for kicks I thought I'd list the home & away averages for batting titles won by Red Sox players. Just to note to the Red Sox faithful I am not implying that these guys are less worthy or anything like that. I just thought it might be fun to see (if you're a stathead.) Retrosheet doesn't have splits for Teddy Ballgame's '58 title or any seasons before that. Give 'em time. Batting titles won by Red Sox players. (Please forgive the primitive formatting.) Home / Road averages 2003 Mueller-- .342 .309 2002 Manny--- .336 .360 2000 Nomar--- .375 .370 1999 Nomar--- .378 .331 1988 Boggs---- .381 .331 1987 Boggs---- .411 .312 1986 Boggs---- .357 .356 1985 Boggs---- .412 .322 1983 Boggs---- .397 .321 1981 Lansford- .363 .314 (strike year) 1979 Lynn----- .386 .276 1968 Yaz------- .284 .316 1967 Yaz------- .332 .321 1963 Yaz------- .316 .326 As becoming of a "no doubt" Hall of Famer Yastrzemski excelled in any park. Though in this case 2 of 3 years his average was better on the road most of the time he hit better in Fenway. There were at least half a dozen years where there was a about 60 point difference favoring the home park. 1/2 a dozen in 23! years played that is. I think we all knew Boggs knew how to work Fenway. Obviously he can hit anywhere too. How about Manny in 2002! He slugged a wee bit better at home. Fred Lynn (a favorite of mine) was born to hit in Fenway. Throwing out his 43 AB season of '74: Home / Away 1975 .368 .294 1976 .360 .272 1977 .313 .215 1978 .312 .283 1979 .386 .276 1980 .345 270 I think he had a terrific career as he got on base, had a good glove in centerfield and gave you mid-20s home runs consistently. And had he been less fragile many of those seasons where he was hitting 20-25 HR he would have come closer to popping 30 (when it meant something.) But you can see the Angels should not have been disappointed when Lynn hit in the .270s for them. And actually in the 1st full (as in non-strike) season with them in '82 he hit .299. This post has been brought to you by Retrosheet, a Hall of Fame time-wasting site.

Ooooooooooo, thank you (I think ) for the warning. And here I was intending to buy one of the soundscapes next. By the way, everything you said about Asbury '74 was true. And even more. It's earth shattering stuff. I hope Bev and all other fans of this era are able to download it.

Just as Fenway was in Rice's day a hitter's park. No it did not completely explain the man. He was a hard hittin' fella he was. But the cold hard facts of the lifetime batting average suggest that somehow or other, he hit for a higher average at home. And as you know it's not just the Monster that can help the average but it's that delightful right field as well. And this is why I let it all hang out and didn't cherry pick the numbers. I was just laying out the numbers for all to see. I am not against Rice getting into the Hall as I am not one of those who wants to make it place for just the likes of Ted Williams and those who are so far above everyone else. But I also won't be greatly disappointed if he doesn't get in either. I would rather see Trammell get in ahead of Rice, but that's not going to happen. If Trammell gets in it will be by a vets' committee when he's very old or dead. Although he didn't quite have the home run power of Rice I would love to see Dwight Evans at least get a respectable percentage of the vote as he was a more complete player than Rice. (He may have been dropped from consideration, as I no longer pay attention to the rule changes with voting.) What a glove and a cannon on that guy, plus he was a very patient hitter and hit into fewer double plays (a bug-a-boo for Rice.) The percent difference knocks maybe 20 homers off Rice's lifetime total if he was in a neutral park, maybe more if he was an Oakland A for his entire career. Or maybe not. After all, he would have be able to face Bob Stanley.

I agree. And while I think Goose is more deserving that Sutter, I was glad to see that for once the writers looked at player's peak rather than being enamored with a long hanger-on career where "magic" numbers were reached. Hello. (Where's the wave emoticon?) He's wrong though. Most hitters from (for example) the Dodgers, Padres and Athelitics do better on the road. Most Rockies and Red Sox hitters do better at home. Park dimensions that are out of whack with the league norm have a tremendous effect on player stats. He was very strong. He may have lost home runs at Fenway because of the wall, but he did hit 54.4% of his career total there. He also lost fly outs to left field as the Monster ate those up & turned them into to hits so his batting average improved. Here's his home & away HR totals: Home Away '74 01 00 '75 12 10 '76 12 13 '77 27 12 '78 28 18 '79 27 12 '80 11 13 '81 10 07 '82 09 15 '83 16 23 '84 17 11 '85 11 16 '86 10 10 '87 07 06 '88 09 06 '89 01 02 Total 208 174 Sorry it doesn't look sharper - I've forgotten how to format tables.

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