Dan Gould

For the dogs, we just bought a dental hygiene product that's disguised as a hard bone. Each end has stiff toothbrush like bristles. The dogs want to chew on the ends, the bristles do the work. Seems to work so far, the instructions do say that its not a toy and that chewing should be limited to five minutes at most, and there is the risk of bleeding. So we have to remember to give it to them with some regularity. Care-A-Lot Pet Supply carries them.

My guess is that this is all of a piece with the cost of living in New York. I wouldn't expect a NY veterinarian to charge what someone in the suburbs would, because their overhead is that much more. Iirc, we paid about $400 or a bit less for a full dental cleaning about two years ago.

I've heard both of these but its been a while. I should pull them out again before responding but my best recollection is that the one with McPherson is the better date, but both are solid. The Lorez Alexandria comparison isn't bad, particularly the Early In The Morning Argo date. I'd say they have a similar affinity for the blues, but I really should give them a listen again, its been so long. I'd assume that Jazz Beat is another of those Andorran outfits but when you think about Concord owning the Fantasy material, this is probably one that gets a pass because it will never see the light of day. So you can pay your money indirectly to thieves with a relatively clear conscience, or you can always PM me. But my best guess, knowing a little about what you look for in jazz vocalists, you'd dig her.

Maybe, but part of the genesis of bop was the cutting competitions, so for better or worse, direct competition is an element of modern jazz. What I was referencing more specifically was the critical perspective that frames the analysis and appreciation of jazz as a zero-sum game, i.e., in order to praise Coltrane, we diminish Mobley. If one is the heavyweight champ, the other must be the middleweight champ, etc. A lazy approach. Too limiting. Too boring. I can recognize and enjoy the genius of Sonny Rollins' work side by side with the different genius of Hank's work, without having to say one is better or rank them in some fashion. I think you misunderstand the "middleweight champion" label. It didn't have anything to do with "laziness" "limits" or perceived "boredom" or any implicit or explicit derogation of Hank's talent. It was about Hank's tone, which was neither heavy nor light, which Hank called a "round sound". I'm also not sure that the critical perspective is as "zero-sum" as you assert. Coltrane and Rollins became the best known saxophonists of that era, and maybe Hank paled in comparison. But any evaluation of Hank in that manner became less and less common as the CD reissue era surely brought about a critical re-evaluation of Hank's music.

Very exciting news for the former (and still) Gene Harris Fanatic - for no particular reason I searched by Gene Harris at Amazon and stumbled across this listing. My first instinct was 100% WTF? because at first glance the thumbnail image looked like an image of Gene's biography that was published a couple of years ago and I figured it was just an Amazon screwup. Then I googled the label. This is the first in their Heirloom series of unreleased, historic recordings. I wonder what may be next. You can click on Artists ->Piano and choose Gene Harris to see more about this release and hear an extended version of "In a Mellow tone". I tried to get a link working to CD Universe which is beating Amazon by about $5 on the price but the box at the top of the page isn't working right. Sixty minutes of unreleased, live Gene Harris! Woo hoo!!!

Once you download his .rar files, you'll need to extract them back to the MP3 format, then you can burn them to disc if you want. I have found that you can fool Rapidshare and download again and again. Simply close the Rapidshare browser window. Turn off or unplug/replug your cable or dsl modem. When it cranks back up again, Rapidshare won't know that you just downloaded a file and will allow you to download the next file immediately. Conrad, I'd say you should post the download links as soon as you can since March was supposed to be your month. You can always open up the discussion threads after you've mailed discs to those who request them. Also, if you've compressed your files, be sure to post a link where people who don't know have the capability of decompressing rar files can go for the software.

I'm glad to hear that you're about to begin work on the new album but I have to say I'm a little disappointed that its not a concert recording. Any chance that you make it a two disc set with a live show on the second disc? If not I really hope that the fourth recording is live.

Chico Escuela.

And they are grateful for the opportunity.

I've never heard it but I've been curious enough to think about finding a copy just to use for my next Blindfold Test disc. Well, there goes my plan.

I've liked her since she truly looked homely in Square Pegs (which brought to the world's attention the undeniably good looking Jami Gertz) ... she looked fine in Honeymoon in Vegas, too. On the other hand, I once listened to a group of women positively go off on her looks - this was at the height of Sex and the City and I just held my tongue and figured this was motivated by nothing but jealousy. She's not a classic beauty and she's undoubtedly in her decline phase, but "unsexiest woman in the world" is ridiculous.

I think the players did the right thing sticking up for the trainers and coaches, but from what I've read MLB feels like it was made out to be the bad guy when they didn't make the call to eliminate those folks from the pool of revenue that gets divided. Youkilis made it sound like the conference call was to blame, that nothing was in writing even if the players understood that the coaches would get taken care of ... but in the end they are on their way, the game got played today so I got to see a ST broadcast, and the coaches and trainers are going to get a minimum of $40,000 each (with equal shares, the revenue may allow for a bigger payout, which is even better for guys like the bullpen catcher, who works for $30,000 a season).

I've never heard it but I've been curious enough to think about finding a copy just to use for my next Blindfold Test disc.

I like the fact that he acknowledges an infamously misheard line by singing "There's a bathroom on the right" during "Bad Moon Rising".

http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...7&hl=mobley

Jazztimes had an extensive article that included a lot of quotes/info from the Sicklers about Hank's final years. One quote I remember said that when Hank was sober, he could still summon up the old magic. If I remember correctly the cover had a Mosaic Images print of Alfred and Hank in the studio. I added it to Jim's thread with the scan of the Musician article, but after doing a search, it seems like this is the place where this piece, which I referenced above, belongs.

Here is a short piece in Jazz Times, dated April 1999. Some other recollections from Don Sickler about Hank's last years.

http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...4&hl=Mobley

In the end, we might as well embrace the fact that we can find more items at better prices than the best stocked Borders of 5-10 years ago online. We can find OOP titles that we want on Ebay Stores or Amazon Marketplace at the same price that your local used CD store used to charge - if those titles had happened to walk in that particular store. We lose the 'joy' of browsing, but I think most of us are already used to using the Web to find out about new titles/reissues that are coming or have arrived. In the end, we still come out way ahead in this Brand New World.

Well, I compared it to the laugh track because like the musical accompaniment, it was used to punctuate certain moments in the story - comedic or dramatic doesn't really matter, the purpose is the same. But mileage does vary a great deal - when I catch a TZ marathon, I am struck by how consistently good the stories are, with the real clinkers standing out among such gold. And there's no nostalgia at play because I only saw them in syndication starting sometime in the '70s. But I tell you what, next time I watch, I will try to pay attention to the music.

OK. As they say, YMMV.

Definitely agree with Chuck and I personally think that Poppin and Curtain Call are among the best LPs of that era of BN history, even if they weren't released at the time.

Got the mags. Send the scanner. Send the mags. I'll do the scanning.

I like the show, but I agree that the music may have been the best thing. It was of a consistently high quality, while the episodes were hit or miss. Obviously not every single episode was a "classic" but I'd say it had to be "consistently high quality" to sustain its appeal all these years. "Hit or miss" doesn't exactly capture that, and I'm just astounded that anyone could find greater pleasure in the music than in the stories themselves. In all seriousness I can't say that I have ever made note of the music at all.

I heard that the hour format was forced on Serling by the network and he hated it. (BTW, I always thought the music was perhaps the best thing about the series.) You can't be serious that the music was "the best thing" - or else I'd have to guess you aren't that much of a fan. I mean really - the music is good and all but its like saying the best part of M*A*S*H* was the laugh track.