Dan Gould

In Florida, hearing aids only qualified me for a landline phone amplifier which seems a lot more related to the impairment than an Ipad or Razr phone, especially pre-smartphone or blue-tooth technology (and my "smart phone" still won't interact with the hearing aids to actually get the signal from the phone direct to my ears.)

I don't think I would ever rely on a car's "safety" features beyond airbag and seatbelt. Safe following distance and constant attention to mirrors are my safety tools.

Truly an extraordinary amount of money for an untested commodity for a very long time. On the assumption he is so damn special color me pleased he's not in the AL East. And as far as their manager goes, if they would fire Roberts then I would have no reason at all to care if they win or lose and could adopt nearly the same contempt I had for the Yankees and their insane contracts and payrolls.

I am so not looking forward to any new car, if I could afford one. And I say that even though I have adopted to a certain extent the use of a thumb drive in my 2014 Kia. It works for d/ls that I occasionally purchase and recordings from the Smithsonian that are still only a hard drive - I convert to MP3 for car listening on longer trips. But with the number of CDs purchased and in the stacks .. it will suck not to have a simple way to play in the car

UP for 1-3 more participants? I plan to divide the sign ups into two groups so people know if they need to submit their selection in Janauary and I will do that around January 1.

Why would owners possibly be concerned about the implications of this? My understanding is that the current agreement states that the amount deferred is not limited, and takes into consideration any deferment because they have already stated how this will count against the CBT, and its not "two million per year now and $68 million when they start paying the deferred salary." On top of which, ownership should appreciate a player who takes a huge contract and also wants to make sure that the team can compete without going out of control on the CBT, by deferring his pay. This is just the logical extreme.

I certainly enjoyed reading this look at the implications of Ohtani's deferred salary: https://reason.com/2023/12/15/baseball-star-shohei-ohtanis-new-contract-is-a-massive-tax-avoidance-scheme-nice/

How obscure? A single recording overall, a single recording as a leader?

really? I remember picking up mine at a record show, a guy had a box of JRVGs for, I think, $15 a piece. I had to go find an ATM to supplement what cash I had brought with me. Its an absolute classic of the style as far as I am concerned.

Not that it would help me but will hints be offered to get 3 and 10?

And Dodgers require an extension agreement, so it sounds like they have to be willing to commit 6-7-8 years at the going rate for a guy that has that kind of durability issue. In terms of empires, this seems like late-period Roman thinking. <late, lamented green smilie here>

Last night I was laying on a couch or bed playing a spirited game of tug of war with a dog that had Joe Henderson's head, right down to the over-size glasses he favored. The body (I would guess in the pit bull zone) simply ended where his waist/hindquarters would have been. He had remarkable strength for a man/dog with no rear legs. Despite that and many other moments of bad weirdness, I slept remarkably well.

How would you rate sound quality on the set as a whole and the Rosenkrantz discs in particular?

Well that makes no sense but there it is.

I was going to say that this might be gut-check time for jsngrey, seeing as its with Bill Barron but he's also a dedicated opponent of Jordi's business model. But then I noticed the attached statement on the web page, (which I have never seen before on FreshSounds website and had to double check that it does not appear on the other Philly Joe release) so I guess that those of us in the States will have to wait for it to make its way into blog-land, and Jim won't have to choose between his principles and his love of Bill Barron.

Intriguing but I would like to know what the sound quality of this radio broadcast is, as the first set released was kind of rough. Another set leaves me wondering if there is another PJJ broadcast with Hank they could pair up with the Philly Joe and Elvin record.

Alrighty then ... we still have room for 1-3 more people to join in the fun so I will keep registration open. I think it would be fair to split up the confirmed group by January 1 and ask for tunes by January 20 for February and February 20 for March?

$700 Million for 10 years but apparently loads of $$ deferred, to ease the impact on the competitive balance tax. Refresh my memory but isn't Judge taking his $40 million a year, give or take, every year with no such allowance? I give Ohtani credit for thinking about the impact of such a crazy dollar figure. Although the Dodgers are printing money these days.

I am deeply concerned that the best thing to happen in Boston this month will be Joe Castiglione being elected to the Hall.

Also there are no bullpen doors in centerfield that I am aware of. Seriously though he missed another what, 50 games? 32 years old next year, and has played 148 or more games three seasons in his career. Equal to the 3 seasons he played 112 or fewer. Anything to keep him on the active roster.

I wonder what the premium is to cover his Canadian taxes. They won't be inconsequential for a salary as high as he will be getting.

I don't know that the label was even trying for Reid Miles on this cover, not really but this one is not emblematic because I don't think they were ever "consistently bad" at it. Plenty of them were perfectly fine. Has it occurred to y'all that maybe Michael liked the time warp photo use, because the album was covering out so long after the actual recording in the first place? So, yeah, go ahead and go backwards in time.

Welcome aboard.

Recently received photo from the Leonard Gaskin Papers at the Smithsonian. Michel Sardaby, Jimmy Owens, Alvin Queen, July 19, 1985 at the Nice Jazz Fest Dance Stage. (Bassist Michel Gaudry is behind Owens) Leonard Gaskin Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

I know its early in hot stove season but I just have this feeling that despite new management they will get outbid on everybody and the most impactful thing maybe sending their starting RF to NY for three possible/maybe/kinda sorta usable bullpen pieces. In the future.