Dan Gould

What an extraordinary clusterfark if the judge rules that jeapordy attaches. In that case, say hello to Hall of Famer Roger Clemens (no finding of guilt, they'll vote him in) but hopefully that a-hole will speak in front of an empty dais. I think its ridiculous though to say that jeapordy attaches. They barely started their case, and the mistake was rectified by ending this trial. The prosecution won't make the same mistake twice, there is no reason why he can't get a fair trial next time. So even though the judge is going to ridiculous lengths to get a bullet-proof verdict, if he says he can't be tried, then he's a closet Yankee fan.

Too bad for him jeapordy doesn't attach and we just get to do this all over again in a few months. Only putting off the inevitable though at the same time I have to say that the judge seems to be falling over backwards to make sure that nothing gets in front of the jury that could jeapordize a guilty verdict on appeal. Basically Rusty is padding his bill because now he charges Roger again for his time during jury selection, which took quite a few days last time and will take quite a few days next time. Its good to be Rusty.

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Well Hardin is at least as shameless as Baez, in fact he is more shameless because Baez spouted what most people believe were lies in his opening statement (that the father sexually abused Casey and that two of them found her dead in the pool and covered it up). Rusty, however, is going straight for the provably false in his opening statement. From the Houston Chronicle's blog entry: http://blog.chron.com/clemens/2011/07/clemens-defense-counters-governments-claims-in-opening-statements/ This is a flat-out lie. When the committe completed its pre-hearing work, and had the information from everyone, he was explicitly given the chance to cancel his testimony. He explicitly said he wanted the chance to talk to the committe in an open hearing. They knew they had evidence against what he had said in public and expressed to him that he didn't have to testify before the committee. That is all part of the public record and was widely reported at the time. This is really pathetic, and I wonder if the prosecution will make an effort to deal with the claim during their portion of the trial. I guess it will depend on how much of an effort the defense makes to question the validity of the hearings themselves.

Rusty Hardin is even more stupid than previously believed: Clemens defense plans to question validity of House hearings This goes beyond a "kitchen sink" defense into the patently absurd. And on top of that, isn't it essentially an admission of guilt? "Yeah, I lied, but Congress had no right to ask the questions so it shouldn't matter."

Don't forget Brownie too!

It reminded me about history repeating, first as trajedy, then as farce. Has anyone seen the photo of the asshat before he nearly killed himself, standing on the metal table built into the railing? How stupid can you be? Honorary recipient of a Darwin award except he didn't fulfill the entry requirements. And it happened just as I was watching "1000 ways to die" on Spike.

I was going to say, how were his eyes? Better than his ears.

And yet his widow says that while relaxing between sets at a club in Japan, the recording came over the sound system and Gene told her "Oh my god, this is the first album I ever recorded, right after I got out of the army" and the owner of the club brought him an LP to sign and it was that very one, with the tinted cover photo of a beach scene. I agree it doesn't sound like him but you have the man himself saying it was him ... so who to believe?

Sounds like a really interesting project in that there are two more volumes available for download (one of which is alternate takes, not new music), plus video and "music minus one" tracks for all instruments, which should be pretty cool for aspiring musicians. Also got a strong review in JazzTimes and 5 stars in DB - for whatever that is worth.

Sounds like a follow up to his Sharp Nine release, Tribute to the Trumpet Masters. I am definitely interested in this one, thanks for mentioning it.

Hmm, live video streams and plans for a record label. Sounds like the owners of Small's should sue for stealing their business plan. Thanks for the link, Guy - I should start paying attention to Iridium's performance schedule to see who of interest is playing.

Good for you (and him) James. I hate to hear stories of dogs denied human contact but I bet he is highly adoptible and will eventually accept and crave pets. At least he's going to get a lot of love for the rest of his life.

Well I did snag this and will be sure to report back. One factor that worked in favor was that the seller offers a money-back guarantee so should it not be demonstrably "the" Gene Harris, I will only be out shipping both ways, about $4.50 probably. But I've done some more thinking about this mystery and for one thing, there is no "courtesy of Blue Note Records" or for that matter, "courtesy of Jubilee Records" or any licensing statement either so the likelihood of it being licensed seems more and more remote. For anyone interested, here are the key facts that I may have not laid out clearly. Jubilee Records put out two LPs by the Gene Harris Trio - Our Love is Here to Stay (1955) and Genie In My Soul (1959). Janie Harris says Gene identified the former as his first recording session, and to the extent that it sounds kinda like OP, it seems like it is him. And I'm not going to doubt what Janie says Gene told her. Genie In My Soul however is a real odd one. There's a white guy pictured on the back, and a bio is given that is completely different (went to Julliard, plays in Boston). And the piano really doesn't sound like him. Janie seems to think that it is him but has never said that Gene specifically identified the LP as his, and it seems strange that in 1959, with their growing success on Blue Note, that he'd record with a different band for another label. If it actually sounded like Gene I might believe it but I have suspected all along that there was a second Gene Harris who made at least one record. So ... the question is which Gene Harris recorded this unknown 45? I am really hoping it sounds just like Gene and doesn't match the Blue Note recordings of the tunes, because then I will have rescued a forgotten recording to the delight of discographers everywhere.

Winning ten of eleven before the break can really do wonders for your position relative to everyone else, but I still believe this is a high-water mark. Lester and Buchholz could be out til mid-August and Lackey won't be. Heaven help us if Beckett breaks down, then it will be 2010 all over again except it will be pitching injuries more than injuries to key everyday players that will kill the season. But they can't survive long without Lester or Buchholz, no matter how they've hung in since Buchholz went down. And no one knows when they will be healthy again. But neither will pitch in July and I have my doubts about a good chunk of August. Biggest disappointments are obvious - Lackey and JD Drew. At least Drew goes away after this year but I really wish he'd go away by the end of July. Its clear Reddick can outhit him and is more than fast enough in the outfield to handle RF as the starter. Biggest surprises that aren't that huge of a surprise: Ortiz and Beckett. I'll admit I wondered whether Papi would have another slow start but he didn't, and all credit to him for making changes at this late stage (that is, deciding to try not to pull everything particularly against lefties.) Beckett I've always thought has the ability to dominate the way he has, and he's still fairly young.

Seconded. I may have boring, pedestrian hard-bop tastes but this is the indispensible Herbie-on-BN for me.

I'm sure the ballpark is a refuge - but isn't the greater challenge after the game, and when he closes his eyes at night? It sounds like he is OK but I wouldn't make the conclusion off of him hitting a walk-off homer.

Thanks anyway - I just found the track list for Genie In My Soul which is the second Jubilee release by the "Gene Harris Trio" - neither of these tracks are on it, and neither track is on the earlier Jubilee Our Love is Here to Stay which Janie Harris told me Gene definitively stated was indeed his first recording, when he got out of the army. So if we eliminate the Jubilee LPs as the potential source, it actually gets more confusing. The Sounds did record "I'm Beginning to See the Light" on the Moods LP but their recording of "It Might as Well be Spring" came out in Japan in the 70s on the Introducing, Volume 2 LP. So I am not even sure that it could be sourced from a BN session in the first place. So maybe the possibilities are: 1. Gene did a session while the band was under contract to BN but didn't make any effort to hide his identity to stay on Alfred's good side. Doesn't really make sense because I don't think he had the reputation to justify it. 2. It came from a Jubilee session, and might have been recorded by the Caucasian Gene Harris pictured on the back of the second Jubilee LP, but not issued on the LP that was released. 3. The Ellington number was licensed from BN and so was "It Might as Well Be Spring" since the recording was on the session tapes, just not released on the Introducing LP. I think I may have to snap this up in the blind hope that it really is an unheard Gene Harris session.

Stumbled across a 45 by "The Gene Harris Trio" playing "It Might as Well Be Spring" and "I"m Beginning to See the Light". Pretty sure these titles are not on the two infamous Jubilee "Gene Harris" LPs but I know the Sounds did the Ellington number and I'm pretty sure they recorded It Might as Well Be Spring for BN too. Its Stereo-Gems 124 to be exact. So did Stereo-Gems license material from BN? Doesn't really make sense since it seems that BN did pretty well with Three Sounds 45s. Anyone know? Chuck or Jack? As always, thanks in advance!

Jeter should enjoy it because the next press conference of note will consist of him saying something like "I just work here." and "Joe makes out the lineup card, I bat where they tell me to bat." and the piece de resistanze: "Yes I intend to play through 2014."

Hard to go wrong with his records; I am definitely a fan. If one trombone isn't enough you might look for Bone Structure co-led by Ron Westray, (it also has the advantage of Marcus Roberts in the rhythm section at a time when he seemed to have stopped recording with horns) or Head to Head, co-led by John Allred.

Are you saying that some of us have less stringent definitions of the term or are you making the utterly insignificant observation that people standing trial hope and pray that they get a jury of dullards who will only listen to what the defense says?

Well Jim I am glad you puzzled it out now rather than doing the face-palm thing after the reveal if you hadn't gotten it. But between the instrumentation, the fact that they did a Plays Horace Silver LP and the recent, seemingly endless discussion about the source material for that over-dubbed LP, I really figured you'd get it sooner.

And this is the crux of the matter for many juries. They don't have a clue what reasonable means, or they think it means no doubt or whatever the hell their Oprah-polluted minds think is right. Now we are hearing from at least one juror that if it weren't a capital case, they would have convicted her. This shows that they completely ignored the judge's instruction that they are to determine guilt without regard to the potential penalty. Its jury nullification when they allow the potential penalty to effect their judgement in the guilt phase. On top of that, the same juror made a comment that if they only could have considered other charges - well where the hell was she? They also acquitted on two lesser included offenses which did not carry the death penalty. This proves to me that the jury did an unfortunately typical job, allowing inappropriate factors to outweigh the important ones.