Jim Dye

I'm really looking forward to this, guys. Thanks for making this happen!

Holy Cow! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...4&category=1078

A friend just hipped me to this. Nice grooves. I have to give it a good deep listen, though. A potential AOTW?? B)

I picked up the 3 most recent Columbia Monk reissues for only 20.98 including tax! You can use this coupon in addition to the "3 Sony midlines for $24" sale! Ends tomorrow. 8/24/2003

Glad you picked it up. My favorite Hutcherson. If you don't know, the track listing on the tray card is incorrect. Tracks 1-3 are reversed with 4-6, or something like that.

And go Cleveland! Butch made the correct call. Holcomb is a fellow MTSU alumni.

Go Titans! If the defensive backs can do the job, Tennessee will make it all the way. McNair is looking GREAT this year.

Odd. I just logged in using IE and I can see everything again. I was using Mozilla Firebird as my main browser. Must be a bug in Mozilla. Well, glad to see i'm not the only Gino fan! I just bought his first album from 1973 on eBay for 99 cents! Check out this cover!

Weird. I can't even see the following posts when I bring up this thread. Only when I choose to reply, can I see what is posted below. A glitch? Anyway, I got into Gino from my father's collection as well. Sure it's a bit over the top, but some of it really smokes!

What happened to my original Gino post? That's weird! I see it when I search forr all my posts, but not when I bring up this thread. Can anyone else see it?

I think that posting graphic images of injured children and or adults is in poor taste. It shows no respect for the victims. It's bad enough that they had to endure the horror of the bombing, is it really right to broadcast pictures of them bleeding and dying all over the globe? Sure, it gets the point across, and maybe that's what it takes to get the message through our thick jaded skulls. The bombing was a horrible horrible, outrageous act. The picture you posted and the footage I saw on television really saddened me. At the same time, we have become so accustomed to violence today, that nothing is going to shock us, even though it should. I don't know, Greg. I think I understand where you are coming from, but I just don't think that it's right.

That's cool, Peter. I can respect your commitment to anti-censorship. Actually, the more I consider it, the more I tend to agree with that position. It's hard to know where to draw the lines. I guess the best way is to let everyone draw the lines for themselves.

Well, I'll have to take your word on that one. I remember you making a promise to Dan Gould that you would not come here. Maybe I have it wrong, but that's how I remember it. I was the one who started that polarity thread over at Hoffman, so you can blame me for ending your bliss. Now it's just a "Single Small Picture" eh? Seems like you gave it much more importance than that in the other thread. Especially since you boldly stated that "THE PICTURE STAYS". You can't have it both ways. If it is just a small picture, then why post it in the first place? Plus, I wasn't just talking about you, although you started it. Hey, If you don't like my use of the term "frenzy", maybe you'll like this one. I sure do.

Why the Record Industry Doesn't Stand a Chance BY JAMES LILEKS c.2003 Newhouse News Service Forget Napster. The newest place to steal -- sorry, "share" -- copyrighted materials is Earthstation 5. They claim 22 million downloads of their software, offer digital copies of movies still in the theaters, and boast that no one will be able to shut them down. They may have a point. They're located in the Jenin refugee camp on the West Bank. You can imagine the discussions in the Recording Industry Association of America's legal office: "You serve them with papers." "No, YOU serve them." (Pause) "OK, we'll send an intern." Earthstation illustrates the problem the record industry faces: It's a big planet, it's wired together, and it's filled to the gunwales with pirates. You've heard of Napster? So 2001. Now there's Kazaa. Now there's Grokster, whose corporate location in the West Indies just screams, "Come and get me, copper!" There's Blubster, another music-swapping program provided by a company in Spain. The day there are two servers in Greenland, the second will be devoted to letting 20-somethings in a Vilnius dorm room download Metallica songs. The recording industry hasn't just lost control of its product; the product itself has lost its reason for being. The CD is as dead as the album, and for the same reason: Most bands have one or two good songs, a couple of so-so numbers and a half-dozen tracks of dreck you'll never hear again. We all know what CDs cost -- you can get a hundred blanks for a sawbuck. So why does the disc cost almost 20 bucks? Well, there's the cover art, the distribution, the advance to the artist, the cost of catering a five-week recording session for a band made up of ultra-vegans who eat only imported Irish loam, and of course the all-important $19.99 PROFIT. You can't begrudge them a profit, of course. It would be nice if it trickled down to the average recording artist as well, but let's not be silly dreamers here. What really plagues the industry is an antiquated business model that requires putting out 10 tons of overpriced junk in the hopes that 3 ounces will make 11 tons of money. But no one wants albums anymore. They want songs. Unfortunately, they want them for free, and that's where the RIAA steps in -- with hobnailed boots. They've threatened file-sharers with huge fines for each download, meaning that kids with 30 gigs of "shared" music could face fines equal to the gross domestic product of sub-Saharan Africa. The downloaders insist they have the moral high ground; they'll complain about the cost of the product, the unjust contracts musicians sign, the shoddy treatment the industry gave Blind Willie Simon in 1937, etc. They'll sniff that the musicians should give away the product and make their money touring, which is akin to saying restaurants should give away food and make their money selling souvenir forks. They'll craft shaky analogies to libraries -- as if the public library lets you take a book, make a perfect copy, and give it away to 4,982 people. It's all a justification for the Internet's eternal problem: No one wants to pay for anything unless that something is nekkid women. And even then they'll complain about the price. So what's the solution? Congressional hearings, of course. That'll fix everything! The creepily named Senate Government Affairs' Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations will soon hold hearings on the RIAA's dilemma. But get this: The subcommittee's chairman thinks the RIAA is being "excessive." And he's a Republican -- Sen. Norm Coleman, a Minnesota solon who admits to having used Napster himself. Coleman has a point; copyright laws permit fines up to $150K per tune. There's no sense in suing some kid eleventy million bucks for file-swapping songs. On the other hand, no one is going to stop stealing music unless he's scared of being arrested, sent to jail and forced to share a cell with a smelly old hippie who sings Mungo Jerry songs all night. But there will never be enough arrests or convictions to stop the hard-core downloaders; there will never be a technological fix that someone won't find a way around. Copyright violations will cease when enough people decide they're morally wrong, when the old explanation -- "But Ma, even senators do it!" -- doesn't feel right. When the Internet is governed by reason, decency and conscience. Never, in other words. See you in Jenin.

Well look who is back! So much for dramatic promises of staying away for a while. I just enjoy the other aspects of the board too much to let this crap get to me. Plus, I wanted to participate in the blindfold test, so here I am with my tail between my legs. Come on, let me have it! SERENITY NOW! is my new mantra. Just a couple of comments. Greg, you keep bringing up that fact that the only reason you came here was that people were talking behind your back. How does one talk behind someone's back when they are posting on a public forum? A forum that you knew existed! You chose not to come here when BNBB shut down. Sure, people made some jabs at you when you were not around, but you had to have known that would happen. Especially considering the sparring that went on at the BNBB. What did you expect? Next, all this talk about not censoring the board is fine and dandy. However, i'll bet anyone here that if there was an abortion thread and someone started posting graphic pictures of bloody fetuses, that you'd all be losing your fucking minds. I think the picture posting frenzy went too far. Maybe I'm just a wuss, but I thought it was in poor taste and actually did more to hurt your arguments than help them. I disagree that a political forum would be dull without all the heavy-handedness, but many of you enjoy the fighting. Heck, maybe I enjoy it too in a twisted kind of way. Anyway, it looks like you all have spoken here and that the majority of you just choose to ignore what you don't want to see. I can respect that.

Absolutely out of control in that thread. I'm outta here until things calm down.

It's time lose the personal insults. Even though Politics has its own separate forum, it still is a part of the board as a whole. It does spill over to the other forums. Is it too much to ask to be civil to one another? Can we not disagree without calling one another vile, or sick, or a fat fuck or an idiot or...you get the idea. It's tired. It takes away from the positive aspects of the board. I don't think that any one of us would talk to someone in person the way we do here in cyberspace no matter how much we disagree with them. My 2 cents

Why hang around here if you're tired of talking about jazz? You could easily go to the triumphtheinsultdog.org forums, or the donrickles.org forums!

I really dig the Gillespie and Peterson duet record.

Well, here is how another board i've been to handles it: We require a special registration to post in the Heated Debates forum (political/religious topics). Due to the nature and content of these types of discussions, you must understand that access to this forum is a privilege, and not a right, and you must agree to the following rules. The administrators and moderators of this forum will not be filtering the restricted forum for content, except for cases that violate any of the rules listed below. Opinions of all types are acceptable, except as listed below. All messages express the views of the author, and neither the owners of this forum or Jelsoft Enterprises Limited (developers of vBulletin) will be held responsible for the content of any message. The owners of this forum have the right to remove, edit, move or close any thread for any reason. The following are rules that are specifically for the restricted forum. Note that these rules do not replace the general forum rules, but rather, they are in addition to those rules. No obscene behavior, flaming, insulting another. If you have a problem with another member, deal with it privately. No curse words, vulgar slang, etc. We want this forum to be for users of all ages. No endorsing acts of violence or terrorism against any party. No blanket statements about any particular group of people ('All members of this religion are idiots'). All threads regarding politics or religion must be posted in the restricted forum. All opinions and views regarding political/religious topics must be kept in the restricted forum. Differences of opinion must not carry over into the other forums. Again, you must understand that people around the world participate in this forum, and that their views and opinions may be different from yours; in some cases, totally opposite. Everyone has the right to their opinions, and just because you totally disagree with another user, you do NOT have the right to flame them. Any forum with political/religious topics is, by nature, going to have heated discussions. Heated discussions are fine, as long as they do not cross the line into personal insults or breaking any of the rules mentioned above. Any posts that do not meet these criteria may be arbitrarily deleted or moved by the web site team, and the user will be banned from the restrictd forum. THERE ARE NO WARNINGS AND NO SECOND CHANCES ON THIS FORUM. YOU BREAK A RULE ONCE, YOU WILL BE BANNED FROM THE RESTRICTED FORUM. That's a little extreme IMHO, but then again, maybe we could use a little heavy handedness if it makes this board a more pleasant place. Once again, I'm reminded of my favorite quote from "A Fish Called Wanda" Cleese: "How Interesting! You're quite the vulgarian, aren't you?" Kline: "You're the vulgarian, you fuck!"

Last night, I happened to catch a great film on TV that I always heard about, but had never gotten around to watching. Being There I was absolutely enthralled. Peter Sellers does such an amazing job with this role. Melvyn Douglas was great too. I missed the first 20 minutes, so now I'm going to have to pick up the DVD. Wow. what a great film! Speaking of Melvyn Douglas, I see on Amazon that Hud is finally making it to DVD this December. 'bout damn time!

This week, I just revisited one of my favorite rock albums of the past 15 years or so. Bob Wiseman Sings Wrench Tuttle - In Her Dream Bob is a member of the band Blue Rodeo. This is his first solo record from 1989. There are several songs about world events here. a couple about the French bombing of the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior. But the most stunning song on the CD is called Bhopal (Drifnet Plan). It is a scathing indictment of Union Carbide and all the events that led up to this tragic accident. I'll post the lyrics when I can find them or when I get home later.

If you are using Photoshop 7, 6, or 5.5, you can do this. Go to the file menu and choose "Save For Web". From there it gives you some options and actually shows up to 4 previews so you can choose the amount of compression that is acceptable. I use jpeg compression at 60 (out of 100) quality. Good luck! Can't wait to see some of your work.

Hey, it's got a couple of SMOKIN' Jerome Richardson solos!

3 Sony titles for $24 bucks going on until the 24th.