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Probably one too many, like most series.

Hey, everyone's opinion is going to differ. Me, I love the Seven Steps box- I really enjoy the George Coleman/Sam Rivers editions of the Quintet. Matter of fact, I love all three of the boxes you mentioned (Miles, Tatum, JoeHen)! Different strokes I guess! EDIT; I will add, though, that I listen to all those boxes in segments. I really can't do them all straight through. I need a little variety to keep the ears fresh.

Today is/was Kenny's birthday. A great artist who left us way too soon. I really have enjoyed his work with Wynton & Branford Marsalis, Elvin, Kenny Garrett and Sting as well as his own recordings. I have a semi-obscure session with Scofield called Who's Who? where he plays some tasty Rhodes. Fantastic musician. Very sad that he passed away so young. He had a lot of music yet to play.

Welcome to the board, chef! Nice post, but I'd be careful about referring to Kenny Garrett as "kenny g". You know how those jazz guys are..... Much love for Miles, always!

Another Subaru fan here. I've had a couple Foresters and they've been great cars, never a problem.

So are the kids still diggin' on it these days? I was quite enthusiastic to get me some good cheap hooch when I was a young 'un. It really wasn't all that complicated. Besides Cold Duck there was Sloe Gin, Lime Vodka and Seven & Sevens, to name a few. The s w e e t entry-level drinks.

Love the tune. Yakked on the beverage in high school. More than once. Slow learner. EDIT: had second thoughts on how to spell "yakked"....

And so will you if you drink enough of it......

This is strange. I was discussing this episode at work, and I must admit, it's a lot funnier in the discussion stage than it is actually watching it. Maybe I'll give it another shot. Well, the whole premise is pretty much over the top, so subtlety is not really part of the picture. Also, if you're not a fan of Steve Carrell you probably won't be able to get a groove going. No biggie really, it's just some fun escapism. TV lost to indifference is no big loss.

I liked Conan's previous show, I thought there were some funny bits. Now that he's become more "mainstreamed", I can see his sense of humor being "reigned in" quite a bit, and maybe he's allowing this to happen. I think this new gig is going to be tough for him & his fans. That said, I caught the new Leno show last week. Still the Tonight show format, I'm not sure what the hell is going on at NBC. I liked Jay as a guest, never warmed up to him as a host.

Last night at an Asian restaurant with some friends we shared some hot sake. I love hot sake, very tasty!

I put the DVD boxes in my Amazon cart and wait until they go on sale. I've picked up Seasons 1 & 2 for cheap.

Blew past 10,000 and now going for 20K, eh?

RIP I'm not familiar with her, any recommendations of her recordings?

Nice of you to do that for him. Of course, as they say, "no good deed goes unpunished". Although having a surplus of Mosaic sets is hardly punishment.

I saw the first episode of the new season of Curb Your Enthusiasm last weekend and have to say it continues to be dark and funny. I also am a fan of Weeds, but I don't have HBO so I've been getting both shows on DVD.

Yikes! Hope he's OK.

I've gradually gotten drawn in to the show over time- I love the "period" aspect, an interesting presentation of culture/attitudes/fashion/design of that time. I liked Elisabeth Moss as Zoey Bartlet in West Wing and I find her MM character Peggy Olson very entertaining. Some really interesting and striking characters in this show- it's fun to see Robert Morse (from "How to Succeed in Business...") again, haven't seen him for years. I can understand where not everyone would like the show, but I find it quite entertaining and I'm a fan.

10 more posts! Go Allen!

Don't be a hater, Glenn!

Is that another John Phillips reference? Welcome back, MG!

Hey man, it's no diss at all! If you read my first post I said I'm not really a fan of Trane tunes that are ONLY about the matrix- I think of those cycles as a MEANS to an end, not the end itself. I think Giant Steps et al were exercises to him, ideas/concepts that led him elsewhere. As I said, as far as I'm aware he never did much with those tunes after recording them, but he did assimilate the harmonic aspects into his advancing vocabulary. So I'm essentially agreeing with you, Joel! No ass-kicking from me! (waiting for Sangrey to weigh in on this........ )