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Yes indeed. In the meantime the poster could chose based on whether he's currently more in the mood to hear Lester Young (Columbia) or Ben Webster (Verve.) Which again suggests that this isn't an either/or but both.

Yo, The Sopranos thread is over here. Good luck with the timing of the shipping. You might want to attach a small bell to the shovel in the meantime.

Dots! Little Orphan Annie and her blank circle eyes used to really creep me out.

Matador and some of the other indie labels keep pumping out vinyl releases. I know a couple of people in their early 20s who passed on the download and are eagerly awaiting to get Radiohead's latest in that format. It worked the same way with The Decemberists last one. For the older folks packaging is where it's at. These things are harder to copy. Stones singles box. Another Columbia jacket collection - this time Aretha.

They did have burners though and so a lot of people made CD-Rs and sold their official CDs back to the store. And that goosed supply so other people could buy titles used rather than new. So I would say "digital replication" rather than just digital downloading was a major cause. But you are so right about video games. There's only so much time in a day and many games are so involving. I wish the chart at the top went back a few years earlier. Mick Jagger said the following (last year I believe): "...people only made money out of records for a very, very small time. When The Rolling Stones started out, we didn’t make any money out of records because record companies wouldn’t pay you! They didn’t pay anyone! Then, there was a small period from 1970 to 1997, where people did get paid, and they got paid very handsomely and everyone made money. But now that period has gone. So if you look at the history of recorded music from 1900 to now, there was a 25 year period where artists did very well, but the rest of the time they didn’t." I don't know if he's right, but I thought I'd put it out there out there. I suppose he's talking more about the artist end of things though. Also as far as the chart goes, both in the early '80s and then when CDs first came around were 2 periods were many felt that music overpriced. Regarding the former I recall the Tom Petty Hard Promises cover referring to the jump in price from $8.98 to $9.98 (he fought against it.) The higher price equals about $24 today. There is so much music available today it almost can't help but be cheaper.

Not much of a glove man. He didn't even use it. Given the earlier context, here's what I was expecting (check around 22 seconds) regarding The Flip.

Oh that's right, you saw the San Diego edition of Ozzie didn't you? It's a cliche but oh so true, in almost in every game he made a play where you'd lose your breath, or shout, slap your head etc. Seeing those warm ups on grass (er...grass playing field) must have been something.

"My father played softball until he was like 62 years old. That was a great role model for me" - Omar Vizquel, 43, to be 44 in a couple months while at training camp for the White Sox. I recall seeing him in fielding warmups as a rookie in the Kingdome. I was sitting on the first base side a little high up but not nosebleed seats. I was shocked at how loud his throws into the 1st baseman's glove were given what a little guy he was. 22 years later he's still going. It would be a hoot if he could play another 2 seasons and have a shot at 3000 hits. Quite an accomplished career anyway for a "glove" man.

With the cultural exchanges when visiting Ulster cousins in the early '70s they were amazed I wasn't familiar with T. Rex. Other than "Bang A Gong (Get It On)" there wasn't much radio play where I grew up in the Midwest. Meanwhile I couldn't figure out how they hadn't heard of of Grand Funk. Perhaps "We're An American Band" had something to do with it? Yeah, so what? Perhaps Slade took GFR's place in the UK, as I recall hearing them often while visiting. One of the earliest 45s I bought was GFR's cover of "The Loco-Motion." My cousins' influence won out as I'll still play The Slider but own no Grand Funk outside of my 45.

I was wondering that too. I hit baseball-reference which claimed he weighed 185 (and 6'0" for those who do BMI in their head.) Uh huh, sure... Googling the story it comes up as 267. So David's picture is spot on.

Types of childbirth. Well, except for those crazy people who have them underwater...

Happy birthday! Thanks for some excellent blues & classical recommendations (and other genres too, but those 2 stick out) and for helping out with the board.

"Honey, I have mono." Wife has a very distressed look, wondering how you got mono (assuming she doesn't have it.) "Oh no no no, not that kind of mono dearest. I bought the Beatles mono box for a song!" Wife is now relieved & thrilled at the happy addition to the CD family.

Nice thought but I think so much is going to go to ebooks. We'll all be able to live in smaller houses without books, LPs, CDs, etc. And if you digitize the kids no need for extra bedrooms.

That is impressive. Pujols does clobber Oswalt. Well, actually not, since .316/.360/.575 is below his career numbers of .331/.426/.624. That really says it all right there! I apologize to Roy for doing a good job. What's most impressive is Cole Hamels has kept Albert at 3 for 20 lifetime (1 double, 1 HR). For a lefty to that to Albert is an amazing feat.

And Howard is from St. Louis. Way to start those rumors all over again. I think Pujols will quickly discover that just by ending negotiations the distraction will not end. There should be some fun Photoshops of him in a Yankee or Red Sox uniform as the season goes on. Who knows, with basketball & football facing lockouts maybe Pujols can be as big (and almost as annoying) as the "where will LeBron go" this summer.

Oregon isn't losing a single store. I've always had mixed feelings about Border's (and B&N, and Amazon) as they helped kill off a wonderful local independent store that was just a few blocks from where I live. Or rather, the wider selection and coupons & cheaper prices enticed me and plenty of others to buy from them instead of the locally owned store. Darn them! Foolishly 2 young former employees of that store opened a smaller store even closer to me and it closed after 2 years. As we have a great used books scene (so much so that Portland's Powell's failed in their attempt to open a local store) and still have 2 good independent record shops I've mostly used Borders as an excellent magazine rack and a place to go for the few days in summer when the temperatures get above 95. Unless I haven't planned gift shopping well I only buy a book or rarely a CD there w/ a 40% or greater coupon. What goes around comes around, as I have no warm fuzzies with the store, it's just always been about price, so most of the time Amazon beats them.

Supposedly there's some ego involved as some say he wants a bigger total amount contract than ARod got. If I was on the other side of the table rather than just blurting out "But Hicks was a fool!" I'd point out that some of that money was deferred and mention give a lesson about "present value of a dollar." But more to the point, I'd politely point out that thanks to bankruptcy about $25 million of ARod's money is at risk. Now I think I'll go revisit the video of that HR off of Lidge in Game 6 of the LCS from '05.

So the Mariners get him, try to make him a starter and he blows his arm out. Rather than being the fit & elegant man he is instead he's a fat bitter alcoholic in Panama for the past 12 some odd years. Glad the Yankees kept him. Back to reality (sort of) I'm foolishly hoping that Bedard (remember him?) might be healthy enough to make a difference this year. I know, I know, nothing like the optimism of spring, misplaced as it may be. And speaking of O's, even though the staff looks shaky I do wonder if Baltimore will be competitive this year. It'll require Adam Jones and some others to finally play to up to their potential, but every year has a surprise team, and Baltimore being good would indeed be a surprise.

Posnanski's take on Pujols. As often the case it's too long but it is shocking how many more players are paid more than Pujols. And look at how he measures up against the all-time greats. While salaries nowadays can be outrageous in terms of length & amount, this guy is like Ted Fucking Williams, and Ted Fucking Williams continued to contribute well into old age. A plus on Albert's side is if you've ever seen his pregame routine you know he a flexible guy (I wonder how many yards he could punt a football). I think I'd take my chances & sign the guy. Though I've set myself up for "how many rings did Ted Fucking Williams get?"

I haven't joined yet though I probably will soon enough, having discovered the joys of mini-LPs in recent months thanks to sales on box sets (Dylan mono & Zeppelin.) It sure is one well put together site.

I was 10 when it happened and it scared the hell out of me. I was just starting to get over the idea of Charlie Mansons running around in the dark. Monsters didn't scare me (much) but people sure could.

She thinks too much of it. I eagerly await word if Blockbuster will buy Salon.

I guess you can take in some movies, though despite the nature & spirituality angle I don't know if 127 Hours would be a good choice now or not. (Sorry.) All the best with recovery & rehab.

Why not? Especially with 59 not being that far away. What city gets LIX? Maybe Charlie Sheen's porn "star" can be involved in the ceremonies.