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The complete Kahil El'Zabar/Ritual Trio Sound Aspects recordings. Include all 5 albums (Sacred Love, Another Kind of Groove, The Ritual, Alika Rising and Golden Sea) I can't find these records anywhere! Why did I ever sell them?!?
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LOL Geez...I forgot about that! Sorry to dredge up those bad memories! FWIW...I don't see Greg posting with much frequency at the Hoffman board. Plus, there are a lot of nice people there.
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Hey everyone, There is a nice guy over at the Steve Hoffman forums asking about RVG polarity issues. I don't know enough to comment intelligently on the topic. Would anyone care to give him a rundown? http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/showthre...&threadid=16982
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This thread gets my vote for the all-time greatest thread hijack. Seriously, some very interesting reading here. Thanks Mnytime and J Larsen!
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The NASCAR point system works like this: The winner of a NASCAR race pockets 175 points. From there the points given decline in five-point increments for places two through six, points awarded drop four points per driver for positions seven through 11 and three-point increments separate drivers' points for finishers in 12th place or lower. The best case scenario for Driver A (2500 first place finishes and 2500 tenth place finishes) would net him 772,500 career points. The worst case scenario for Driver B (3000 3rd place finishes) would net him 825,000 career points. Driver B wins for career points in any scenario. Plus I didn't even take in to consideration that Driver A often did not even finish some races. However, I still believe that Driver A is the better driver. It's all about the checkered flag.
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What Mnytime said. The object of a race is to beat the other drivers to the checkered flag. To do that 50% of the time in over 5000 races is really an accomplishment.
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Now that S.W.A.T. Has finally made it to DVD
Jim Dye replied to BERIGAN's topic in Miscellaneous - Non-Political
Not me! Here is a picture of me dressed up for Halloween in 1975. B) Oh, and the jacket is a beige barracuda. -
Just made the cutoff! 131 I guess I do know shit from Shinola
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LOLOLOL Hell Yeah! You GO SS1!
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Congrats on the baby, Tony! My son turns 1 on the 5th of July. You'll love parenthood and won't believe how fast the time will go... Welcome back!
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Alright! Joe M is in the house! Now, all you have to do is zoom your avatar in to Maini's belt line.
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Only one word can describe last night's game 4. FUGLY!
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I'd like to see my friend Bill Fenohr start posting again. He's a member here, but has been busy lately.
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Anyone familiar with this guy? I just returned from a lunchtime trip to my local used vinyl shop and returned with an interesting record. Rufus Harley - A Tribute To Courage (Atlantic) Rufus Harley - Bagpipes, Flute, Soprano and Tenor Sax Oliver Collins - Piano James Glenn - Bass Billy Abner - Drums Robert Kenyatta - Conga Side One: 1. Sunny 2. A Tribute To Courage 3. Swing Low Sweet Chariot Side Two: 1. Ali 2. "X" 3. About Trane Produced by Joel Dorn and liners by Detroit's own Ed Love! I spun a couple tracks on the turntable at the shop and it really sounded pretty good for a beat up promo copy. What can you say for 6.99? I looked at allmusic.com and saw he recorded 3 or 4 records for Atlantic and one for the Ankh label. I'll give it a good listen when I pick up my turntable in a few weeks.
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I'm going to be on the west side of the state of Michigan at the end of this month. I'm hoping to get over to Grand Haven with my family and catch Organissimo on tour. Unfortunately, I think your gonna be in Vegas, Chuck. Otherwise, I'd like to meet you too. Maybe sometime we can have an Organissimo Board hang in Detroit or Chicago. Get a bunch of us to go to the Velvet Lounge to catch Fred or Ken.
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http://www.super-dickmanns.de/
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Spied a thread over at the Hoffman board and thought I'd spread the joy over here. Happy birthday Ray! I say for a present, we all pitch in and give him a new avatar. That one still creeps me out, man! All the best on your birthday.
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Well, I'm going to give it a shot. I don't have to pay for shipping since the guy lives near where I'll be visiting in a few weeks. Can't complain much for $41 bucks....
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I may pull the trigger on this. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...item=3027415664 Could I set this up so it wouldn't eat my records? Or would I be better off getting an old Dual?
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Who the hell is "Musicboy"????
Jim Dye replied to Rooster_Ties's topic in Miscellaneous - Non-Political
Musicboy has only posted here 8 times. 8 times over a period of 6 hours and 19 minutes on May 19th. It's amazing the amount of feathers one can ruffle in such little time! What lessons can be learned from this unfortunate incident? Maybe we need a poll! My vote would be for this: Don't fuck with the O-board. :rsly: :rsmile: -
Looks like the separation was mutual. Carlisle burned too many bridges within the organization according to the Detroit Free Press. Brown is not a bad hire in such weird circumstances. I don't expect him to stay long. Maybe long enough to get Darko and the team playing well together. He'll be gone by '06 for sure. Carlisle, Pistons' management clashed Saturday, May 31, 2003 BY DREW SHARP FREE PRESS COLUMNIST The only thing more surreal than Saturday's impromptu press conference announcing the apparently amicable divorce between Rick Carlisle and the Pistons was the 48 hours leading up to it. ``Surreal isn't the word for it,'' said Pistons team president Joe Dumars. ``It goes beyond unbelievable when trying to describe everything that' s happened to get us to this point.'' Larry Brown, the recent Philadelphia 76ers ex, is coming to Detroit. Carlisle may very well wind up in Cleveland. And a city coming off the euphoria of its first Eastern Conference finals appearance in 12 years tries to understand how a coach who won 100 games faster than any of his predecessors in this franchise's history could fall into disfavor with management so decisively. ``This was the best course for everyone involved,'' said Dumars. ``I can't really go into any specifics as to why this happened. It was just agreed that it was in everyone's best interests that we all move on and move forward.'' There were a myriad of irreconcilable differences that led up to this mutual separation, but the bottom line is that Carlisle alienated far too many people within the Pistons' organization with his frequent churlish behavior and obstinate coaching approach. He ticked off the wrong people. He treated certain factions of the organization with utter disrespect. He rejected overtures from practically everyone in the organization aimed at improving his communication skills, particularly in regard to younger players. Dumars will understandably take the hit from the same critics who for the last month blasted the possibility that Carlisle's status could be in jeopardy as ridiculous and irresponsible. That's his job as the front man for this organization, but parting company with Carlisle was a decision endorsed by everyone within the Pistons' basketball brain trust from top to bottom. Dumars had decided not to extend Carlisle's original three-year contract, creating a situation where Carlisle could be interpreted as a lame duck next season. He wasn't sure if Carlisle could ditch the stubbornness and surliness that got him into this predicament, but he initially thought that Carlisle had earned the chance to prove that he learned the error of his ways. But Thursday, it was determined that Carlisle wouldn't get that chance. Too many bridges had been burned, too many sensibilities had been offended, too many concerns remained. The Pistons contacted Brown, who was just days removed from the Philadelphia job, through back channels, gauging his interest in the job, if any. Dumars wouldn't have made a final decision on Carlisle unless he was certain that Brown was his guaranteed successor. According to league sources, Brown agreed to take the Pistons' job Friday afternoon at a salary that could surpass $5 million annually for five years. Carlisle was notified of the team's decision Friday evening at his home in South Carolina. He later leaked word of his firing to ESPN.com's NBA reporter, Ric Buecher, who reported it early Saturday morning, sending the Pistons into a frenzy of premature denials. The original plan called for only Dumars to address the media, but Carlisle asked to go out with Dumars, creating a bizarre scene in which the man who did the firing looked more uncomfortable than the man fired. This was a Carlisle that was rarely seen -- engaging, humorous and self-effacing. Had he better communicated that side of himself to his employers and players, he might not have found himself in this position. Perhaps he was too insecure as a first-time head coach to let people see that side of him, but it was refreshing, although unfortunately for him, it came too late to save him. But it may help him land his next job. Carlisle was auditioning for his next employer. He knew the press conference would be covered live nationally on ESPN and the sight of he and Dumars sitting side-by-side and showering each other with praise might ease fears of other general managers. It will help Carlisle only if he has indeed learned his lesson. It doesn't matter how many regular season games are won or division championship banners are raised, if you are branded as acting disrespectful to people in the organization and unwilling to change, you are going to create problems. And, in this case, it created problems that Carlisle couldn't overcome.
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Do People With Big Heads Scare You?
Jim Dye replied to JSngry's topic in Miscellaneous - Non-Political
I've always thought that Lawrence Lessig had a big head. Then again, one would expect Harvard Law professors to have large heads... -
I was wondering if this might be a decent cheap turntable. http://www.vestax.com/products/bdt2500.htm It's a Vestax BDT2500. It has the phono-amp built in which would be perfect for me since my pre-amp does not have phono. Plus I want to do vinyl to CDR rips and I could probably just hook this baby straight up to the soundcard. Any thoughts?
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Spied a new BBS from a signature link over at Jazz Corner. http://pub75.ezboard.com/bcomprehensivejazzexchange The more, the merrier, I say!
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I just found this smilie at another board. How about adding it to the mix. It's the most musical smilie i've seen yet!