Dan Gould

I was just recommending these to John. Great covers show off his vocals on these.

It's interesting that the club failed (which I presume had a liquor license to drive profits, or at least keep it solvent) but the label, in this day and age, is so prolific and with actual CDs being pressed. To get free shipping on the Magnarelli/Moore disc I threw in Weeds' Code Blue, his Jackie McLean songbook disc, and a recent Scott Hamilton trio release. Looking forward to all three.

So much for caring about playing spoiler. So the Sox end up at 108 wins which immediately brings me back to Opening Day when they took a 4-0 lead into the 8th inning at Tampa and the bullpen blew it up, surrendering six runs (four charged to federal disaster area Joe Kelly who shouldn't sniff the post-season roster). Excellent foreshadowing of a season-long problem, and a reminder that if they hadn't failed so egregiously in the opener, the record would have been 109-53 and Cora would have tied Ralph Houk for wins by a rookie manager.

Well the other three games featured opponents who just didn't care about trying to be competitive. Cubs beat a team that at least pretended to be interested. Anyway weird to have not one but two games where its not elimination, just lower seeding at stake. I think the Cubs need to win just to get a break in the schedule, so many intense games down the stretch and hardly any off days anyway. Out of these four will come the NLCS competitors. I don't think the Braves can compete with any of them.

Yes but I am referring to Clapton's vocals. I feel he copied (as best he could) Otis singing too.

Ralph Moore with Mags? I'm all over that! And definitely curious about the tenor duo thing that should already win art design awards.

I can't say I knew he was still around but this is very sad news. (Does anyone else hear Otis as the biggest vocal influence on Clapton? Whenever my wife plays Clapton I think Otis when he sings.) I recently tossed in a lowball offer on an Otis CD on a Discogs order, it was called Live and Awesome and to my surprise it was both.

Yeah, the 80s wasn't working for me but I saw that Ervin thing on AMG and was curious. Definitely liked that track!

I was actually going to cite Dex as another more appealing tone. Dex mixed a bit of Jackie Mac? I don't know, I heard it as more sour than Dex. I'll listen again I've bookmarked the vid. Again didn't hate, the familiarity of the tunes certainly helped.

Thanks for the recommended intro ... listened yesterday, didn't hate it, didn't love it. I agree he swings, but you know how much I prefer more of a blues feeling. In addition his tone wasn't really appealing to me the way Hank or many other tenors appeal.

I was thinking the Yankees should go with Severino in the play-in game since he's clearly pitched better recently, and in addition, Happ may not be the best option as I heard that the A's have a harder time against righties than lefties. Which is why the Sox are holding off on the ALDS rotation - if its the A's it will be Eovaldi in the rotation with E-Rod in the pen, and the opposite if its the Yanks. And yet Severino is listed as starter for Sunday. Might be just because nothing is set yet with home-field but still ...

Doesn't Bill Barron fit into Lon's HAAG concept (Half-Assed Avant Garde)? That is, inside/outside guy? If he's more like Joe Hen than Tyrone, I might give a listen some day.

Well a short schedule today but two games are crucial to how the final weekend shapes up: Yanks wrap up against the Rays this afternoon, a win and their lead is back to 2 games for hosting the Wild Card play-in, but a loss and the lead is 1 with three to play; Struggling Cubs host Pittsb. tonight, with a half game lead over the surging Brewers (thanks a whole f-ing lot, Cardinal LOSERS). Cubs have to win four in a row, realistically, to not fall into the wild card. They get the Cards while the Brewers get Detroit. I'm sure the Cardinals will regain their mojo now to complete their rat-fuck of the Cubs. (And what the hell was that runner doing last night after falling down around 3B? Dumbest base running since Merkle.) And Ralph Houk can sleep soundly wherever he is. Red Sox needed to sweep the Orioles to have a shot at 109 or 110 wins for rookie manager Cora. Now they have to win two of three at home against the Yanks just to get to 109 for a tie and I don't see it happening with the Yankees playing for something and the Red Sox giving everybody rest whether they need it or not. And all for nothing, if Sale doesn't get his stuff together. Throwing in the low 90s last night? WTF? A pedestrian Sale means a short post-season, no doubt.

I love KD but I am incapable of listening in the ways that Joe does.

Sad but completely appropriate. Fact remains the defense has strong bases for appeal: allowing the civil suit deposition to come in, and the number of other victims allowed to testify in the second trial. Part of me can't wait for the trainwreck of a statement that his wife is about to put out. The other part wishes she could go serve time with him. I think she knew all along and has stuck with him regardless.

Wow. And they play three starting tonight in Fenway. I'd say if that's an MLB record then the Mets may be relieved of that ignominy soon.

Well on the one hand the Twins came thru for the Yanks and beat the A's to keep the lead at 1 1/2. Playing four against the Rays in Tampa would be much more worrisome with only a 1/2 game lead. And they avoid Schnell or whatever his name is, the presumptive Cy winner now. I still peg the Yanks to host the wild card but if Didi is out for the season the road thru October got a lot harder. Has anyone indicated if he is taking a long-term risk by getting the cortisone shot and trying to play?

So common long before the turn of the century, particularly in Europe. But are they common now? Or priced cheaply? Even at $70 the box set is not poorly priced, for good digital transfers and booklet, containing 4 LPs, vs LP costs individually which are unlikely to be minus ticks and pops. Especially if you're shipping to the US.

Really? The Nistico-Benny Bailey starts at $18 on discogs; all but one shipping from Europe. The Goykovich higher than that, all copies outside of the US. I got interested in the box sets due to the existence of the Horace Parlan with Wilton Gaynair - that's $24 right now, all plus international shipping. If I recall from the liners this was a musician's label with modest distribution, modest print runs, and modest success.

https://www.amazon.com/Ego-Recordings-BAILEY-NISTICO-GOYKOVICH/dp/B007TNKJA2/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1537644967&sr=8-2&keywords=the+ego+recordings+of&dpID=51gNy8FMzML&preST=_SY300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch I think I got mine for about $30 from jazzmessengers but it doesn't look like they have it anymore.

The Yankees certainly need to get the rust off Chapman, assuming he's really 100%. As far as the Sox bullpen goes, if they could use Wright as the bridge every time I'd feel a lot better but I don't see that happening in successive games, or not very frequently. Kimbrel seems to have regained a little command recently but whether he can keep that up for a month straight is whole 'nother thing. And if Mookie hadn't hit the homer, you were going to see Kimbrel in the 8th with a two run lead and that would have been an adventure or a nightmare.

The saying “possession is nine points of the law” is an old common law precept that means one who has physical control or possession over the property is clearly at an advantage or is in a better possession than a person who has no possession over the property. Even if a person is the rightful owner of the property but has no possession over it, the person who is in possession will be in a better position should the property ever be subject to challenge. This is especially true with adverse possession. However mere possession alone does not grant the possessor rights in the property superior to those of the actual owner. This adage “possession is nine tenths of the law” is not a law but a logical rule of force that has been recognized across ages. https://definitions.uslegal.com/p/possession-is-nine-points-of-the-law/

I only knew of "Masshole" in the context of childish Yankee fans posting on baseball boards. Not that I doubted it existed - and here we have it in its purest form. Then where did the expression "possession is 9/10ths of the law" come from?

If I had that chance I'd have picked his brains about the unissued Sounds recordings. And the ill-fated session with Gene on organ and Grant on guitar. I had a pleasant email exchange with Michael back when I got the only existing copy of the Four Sounds demo and sent him a transfer. He seemed genuinely pleased to hear it but said he'd never include it in a reissue, too different from their other recordings. Anyway obviously done much for the music we love so cheers to Michael on a milestone b-day.