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Dan Gould

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  1. There were probably dozens unless I am mis-understanding your question. Off the top of my head, CD releases pre-Conn: Lee Morgan Tom Cat Hank Mobley Far Away Lands, Straight No Filter Jackie McLean Tippin The Scales (Lucky me, I became a mad collector around early 1988 as these were easy to find as they appeared, even pre-internet )
  2. Chuck's story reminds me of the early Seinfeld episode, where Jerry, George and Elaine are at a party out in the suburbs and George gets hit on by a co-worker and Jerry and Elaine end up stranded. Jerry gets summarily dismissed by another party goer with "yeah I think I saw you once. You talk about a lot of every-day things." (turns away) Larry's summary is spot-on, and if Chinen had met Alfred, I suspect that's all he could have said to him. Whatever, Chinen brings nothing to the table as a writer or critic/thinker as far as I am concerned.
  3. I will probably just watch Amazon for updates, plenty of time and while I pay for Prime I don't really order so much that its a "great deal," every month, probably just break even on saved shipping in your average non-holiday/birthday month.
  4. Google has a ton of retailers showing the June release date from Cellar Live/Reel to Real.
  5. WOH! I just looked though and the Amazon page I found says it was available last week and now unknown when it will be? I am sure that will be rectified and this is definitely a pre-order title for me - more Carmell Jones, and Land presumably pre-Trane influence. Too much Trane-Intensity in his style for me (I know, horrors!). (Although I just listened to some samples of a Savant release that is almost all standards and didn't sound too bad).
  6. Is there a way to get this with the saxophone edited out? I know I'm in the minority here but I am happy to hear the rest of the band (I can't imagine Mabes going too far "out") but Garnett is just not my cuppa. I also have to say that price point earns a . OTOH if this means Reel to Real is planning two Left Bank releases per year TFN, I'll be happy.
  7. Yeah but when you can hear it on the radio, see it on TV, and get it on your phone, just approve the damn appointment. This is Florida, not New York, where they threatened $10,000 fines for administering dosages to ineligible people.
  8. I am not a fan but this is not about the governor. He announced the change, effective Monday, when I had a booked appointment. Publix isn't following the plot and they are on my shit list.
  9. Now I'm pissed. Got a call from Publix to verify appointment. Told I am not eligible as far as they are concerned because the state website isn't caught up and still says 60 years old or proof of co-morbidity, even though the Governor made the announcement and it is all over the news. So now I have to wait for the website to update and I suspect (being a pessimist by nature) that getting an appointment won't be nearly so easy, and will continue that way for weeks to come.
  10. They are bred specifically to perpetuate the "foundational Appaloosa" line. Appaloosa's have been cross-bred for so long that there is a movement to preserve the breed thru breeding of verified lineages. So the adults, two males (one intact, one gelded), two mares, (one 23 and officially retired), and a four year old who is the daughter of the 23 year old and will be ready to breed in another year, are all registered with the authorities that make these distinctions of "foundation Appaloosa". Beyond that they are bred for recreational type use - the very first baby went to a facility on the east coast of Florida that combines "senior living" with horse therapy. She basically gets loved on all the time. Some are getting trained as show animals but there are so many kinds of competitive showing. I think one is being trained for "shadow" work. Basically they learn to follow their trainers steps without being ridden. A big part of the success in terms of good-looking and acting babies is that the stallion is almost all white - meaning that he can throw off babies with lots of color to almost no color at all, like him. The same mother has had with him an all-white mare but also an extreme leopard color colt. Also, this stallion is one of the most mellow intact horses you'll ever meet, and his sons have been especially mellow too. Also he is under-sized due to abuse suffered when he was younger, but his lineage must have some big horses because he keeps making big babies.
  11. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mitch McConnell Brittany O'Connell
  12. Off Ghost's topic but is it really accurate to say that 52nd Street had "Fallen" by 1950?
  13. I just got an email headline from the South Florida Sun Sentinel that the Gov. lowered the age to 50 this morning (I was hoping he'd stick to five year increments instead). To my shock and amazement, I was able - practically instantly - to book Moderna for Monday evening at the Publix nearest the house, with follow up also auto-booked for April 19. Unfortunately, neither I nor my mom's home helper have been able to get her booked, and Publix doesn't even have Lee or Collier County available in their pull-down menu. Will have to keep working on that.
  14. If I were in charge those names would be under consideration but even though my wife says she has no ideas yet, they aren't going to get much consideration.
  15. Yours Forever DeBeers Adolphus Busch
  16. Cute but is it really plausible someone singing that tune doesn't know it? I could see it going down like that on American Idol, maybe.
  17. So I am starting to get deeper into this as I need to figure out if I can afford to pay someone with what I have raised (just over $500) or can even find a freelancer to get it done for a fee in that neighborhood. I reached out to some companies, no dice, no way they'd be that cheap. So I suddenly thought of Craigslist. I've encountered two people so far. First says he's cheaper than all the rest, no hourly rate, flat fee, blah blah blah. I send him email describing what I want. He texts back a couple of times and finally says $200. Keep in mind that his lowest cost option for businesses is a "one page presence" for $199. I say, for everything I want? Can you send me a link to something similar you've done? He says LOL I won't jump thru hoops for $200. Then my phone rings. (I told him not to call during work hours.) I decline. He calls again. Decline again. Now he texts: Pick up your phone. (Pro tip: don't tell a potential client what to do.) (Also starting to feel like this guy sends texts like that to his girlfriend.) Now he texts me about how I am complaining that its too cheap? Well, yeah, I think you'll do some BS job for $200 that I could figure out myself. Finally told me to go waste someone else's time. Gladly, pal. Second guy seems a bit more professional and understanding, but his offer is $1000, 1/2 up front 1/2 at launch. Now I just need someone willing to do the work and make it good, for closer to $500 than $1000.
  18. I was not a fan and therefore I have only categorized him as the guy with a sock on his schlong.
  19. I continue to have a nearly-impossible time wrapping my head around the fact that Flea might be something more respectable than the guy who performed with a sock on his shlong.
  20. And apparently the EU is keeping AZ vaccinations on ice even longer? And that's based on 37 instances of clots per 17 million doses? I also was reading that each day without vaccinations would lead to a certain number of deaths - like 10,000 not vaccinated one day, 15 would die eventually. Even if that were 100,000 vaccinations not done in a day = 15 deaths, that's way the hell worse odds and results than 37 instances of clotting out of 17 million doses. Mind-blowing and as much as our European friends worried about the deaths and suffering in the US, I'm afraid that we're going to be as close to normal in the coming months (as normal as can be expected) and the EU is going to still be suffering.
  21. https://www.discogs.com/Mary-Osborne-Marian-McPartland-Vi-Redd-Lynn-Milano-Dottie-Dodgion-Nows-The-Time/release/6190077 Yeah, there are two more releases as Dorothy Dodgion per discogs (both 1970s Ruby Braffs) and they don't connect her to Dottie as another name she used.
  22. Yes that is the unisex term for less than a year old. Filly would gender-specific, as colt would be if she were male. They become yearlings (unisex) after first birthday. Here's another shot taken this morning but without the sun streaming, to get a better view of her coloring. You can see how the black hair at her neck is less thick than it looked like on her first day. Fortunately no matter how sweet she gets, I don't let myself get so attached to the babies as to not want to cash in on whatever price gets negotiated. Edit to add: It really astonishes me to even try to imagine how this thing was folded up inside her mother a couple of days ago. As big as she looked before birth, it doesn't seem possible she would fit.
  23. That is sad news ... not enough recognition but a fine player and composer.
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