Dan Gould

I don't think this is properly described as a "compilation" which implies a variety of tunes from a variety of recordings. In fact its a two-fer, combining Green's second recording, Space Flight (Argo) which was led by organist Sam Lazar, and Iron City (Cobblestone). This is the kind of release that makes it harder to reject out of hand these Andorran labels, as the Argo recording isn't easy to come by and I don't know of any CD reissue of any kind. I'm just glad I have a CDR transfer from a friend, otherwise I am sure I would have snapped this one up long ago in order to hear that Argo LP. Edit to add that if anything is "dodgy" its the AMG review which claims that these recordings come from the latter part of his career. Space Flight is one of his earliest recordings and is closest to his strong roots in blues/R&B.

I'd go to that. Yeah but $40 each for me and the wife is kinda steep, especially when there are three different seat sections but no difference in pricing. I'm sure I'l regret not going later.

Cobb is in south Florida this weekend for a Coltrane tribute group-thing with Javon Jackson, Peter Washington and Mulgrew Miller. I kinda wish I could go, for Cobb and for 'Grew.

Strangely enough, aside from jealousy when he married Christie Brinkley, I've never objected to Billy Joel personally, only to the wild inconsistency of his output. Same with Elton John.

I figured you did but it seems that the "Oooh, I got a package!" response has led a lot of people to click on those links and completely forget what was drilled into their heads long ago: don't open attachments from people you don't know, and even with people you do know don't naturally assume that an attachment is safe. Otherwise we wouldn't get so many of these in our inboxes unless enough people continue to take the bait and get infected.

I am getting dozens of those a day, from DHL and every other shipping company - usually with an attachment guaranteed to have a nasty virus or something embedded. DELETE!!

Well I know that the live version is much, much superior to the original studio recording. Kinda (well sorta really really really) scary to think that "2017" isn't exactly deep into the future anymore. I wonder if Joel will be on tour in 2017, playing "Miami 2017".

No matter of how much of his catalog I find aggravating there are many other "hitmakers" of the era that make me gag more. I hadn't thought of a Harry Chapin comparison, I was thinking he was sort of a James Taylor singer-songwriter who played piano instead of guitar. I agree with Tom's opinion of Songs From the Attic but I really don't understand why Dmitry rejects "Seen the Lights go out on Broadway", certainly one of the best songs written in response to then-current political disputes (NY Daily News headline when Ford said no federal bailout for NYC "Ford to NY Drop Dead"). Well, at least it was much better than "Allentown".

"non-operative" yet "additional opinions" are being obtained. Has to give Phils fans a little pause. Three years/45 million left on his contract. That's a lot of money for a middle-infielder if he stops performing like he has in the past or starts to average 100 games a year rather than 150.

Its possible it was Normals that I visited in 1996 when I went to Johns Hopkins to harvest bone marrow for my brother. Doesn't say much about its stock now but I recall finding the Wynton Kelly Verve LP with the comic-looking cover and Horace Silver You Gotta Take a Little Love which I was glad to see had no vocals and wouldn't get a CD reissue for about a decade. Both in good shape at very reasonable prices. And I know my eyes were bigger than what I was willing to take on the plane.

Actually, Nomar's prime was really stolen from him by the wrist injury which happened at age 27. The three seasons before he slugged .584, .603 and .599. After he lost all but 21 games to wrist surgery in 2001, he slugged .528 & .524 in his last two full seasons (isn't that astounding that his last two full seasons came at 28 and 29?) and then aside from one good season in L.A. that was it. Pretty sad - if he hadn't gotten drilled by that pitch and managed to stay in Boston his entire career, he'd surely end up as the second greatest SS in the Nomar - A-Rod - Jeter triumvirate. In fact, given that A-Rod became a third baseman, he might have come out at the best since Ripken for offensive force at SS.

Seems like the Phils have some injury issues. Entering his age 32 season, is Utley starting his decline? If he misses time for knee surgery, it will be a second season in a row. I still figure him to be a force but these injuries make you start to wonder. Plus, Dominic Brown is out with a hamate bone injury. His game isn't hitting home runs, is it? Because hamate bone injuries are well known for sapping power at least for a period of time before there is full healing.

Too sad to contemplate.

Perk Up was a nice 'surprise' CD reissue back when, but I don't think I've seen the Atlantic that was issued at the time. I do have Boss Sounds which has the same front line but Russ Freeman instead of Wofford on piano. May have to go looking for that other Atlantic - thanks for the rec., Larry.

"Newstand" dates are always a good four weeks before the "published" date. I bet Larry has some inside info.

And people wonder whether China might get into trouble with its own real estate bubble.

Then think about the subtle but critical changes that would make it applicable to "communities" like the Hoffman forums.

I keep hearing that Mike Cameron is going to be a trade target now that he is proving that he is over his abdominal problems from last year (and in the words of one scout, "I don't see a 38 year old") but here is hoping that the Sox hold onto him. Three lefty hitting outfielders, and one of them an injury-risk, plus Ortiz having such trouble against lefties - Cameron ought to get a lot of playing time and could be a great asset off the bench as a pinch-hitter, too. One of the advantage of having such a big payroll is being able to afford a 7.5 million dollar back up. They better be overwhelmed if they give him up, and even then I don't want to see it happen. There aren't any trouble spots on the roster so there is no reason to give up your #4 outfielder and back up DH.

For me, the rule was pretty simple: Ben + Kenny = PURCHASE

I think there's a place for it - I often program a Houston Person Highnote release when we have guests for dinner. Its pleasant to them, and if the conversation bores me I can concentrate on the music.

Who claims "objectivity"? Its all opinion, but Penguin is very idiosyncratic to its authors while AMG takes the approach almost of a Consumer Reports type publication - if you like this, you'll probably like that. Its a buying guide, not a way to start arguments. Penguin is good for raising my blood pressure, not spending my disposable income.

All things considered, wouldn't it make sense then to test out your reeds, find the ones you can work with, then make sure you've got an "almost there" or "close enough" reed in the instrument when you hit the bandstand? In Hamilton's case, then we'd be spared the endless "WTF" and worse expressions he makes.

Interesting - my wife and I looked at them but didn't try them, maybe we will now. I know our old dryer could use the help, when I do a week's worth of polo shirts, a couple of pairs of jeans and dockers, it takes up to two full cycles of drying time, and I'm dialing it way past the "More drying" mark to the maximum time setting.

I expect he will sound very good but based on prior experience, I would say the odds are even better that at least one time during the night, he will frown very sharply at his reed.

If you define it as "for a relatively long period of time, listened to over and over again" I could identify many, like Soul Station, Blue Hour, Six Pieces of Silver. I am sure I can think of many others but for me, the reality is that for the most part its been many years since I pulled out those old favorites, due to a couple of factors: Hundreds or thousands of LPs or CDs bought since I first purchased those original favorites, and my musical interests evolving toward blues/R&B. I've recently done some digging into the archives to pull out six or eight CDs at a time of favorite artists I've been neglecting and what was interesting was that, as great as the music still is, its been imprinted on my mind so well that there was no 'sound of surprise' anymore.