Dan Gould

How about that stalking song dedicated to Paula? That's gotta be on youtube as we speak - if they'll allow it.

Allow me to be first to say that the kick-boxing horse trainer is the finest looking contestant of all-time.

We have different people.

Surely not the first or last such statement, but this comment is especially stupid:

OTOH, have you considered that in fact Britney is "role-playing" the ten thousandth performance of "child star achieves great success, can't handle it, descends into booze & drug pit of despair"? Sure, that's a given. But not my point. OK, and my reaction to the fascination with Brit doesn't have anything to do with "conformity" or enjoying someone "pay the price" but rather that it is nothing other than the same instinct to rubber-neck at the site of a car wreck.

That can't be! Haven't you heard? They only hound Barry Bonds!

Of course it is easy to just excise a tiny portion of a huge company that doesn't add anything to the bottom line, but the fact is that when you are looking for huge savings, you have to look at where you spend huge dollars - and that is the pop side of things. My guess is that at worse, the pace of reissues slows and what was scheduled for early this year might be the whole kit and caboodle, spread out over 2008.

You're right of course, I was too lazy to make sure - but most of those recordings did sound more like an LA Modern/RPM record than a Chess!

I have not tried those "Down Home" comps but the title of this Ace release certainly goes with what Aric is talking about: The Traveling Record Man Here's another name in the MODERN whose recordings we should be grateful for: LOWELL FULSON. Heck, since he recorded in LA and sent the masters to Chicago, and Maxwell Davis did alot of the arranging, those Chess recordings are practically MODERN recordings anyway. But as great as the Chess stuff is, the Bihari recordings in the 60s are every bit as essential, imo.

Now, if she'd only replicate this cover:

OTOH, have you considered that in fact Britney is "role-playing" the ten thousandth performance of "child star achieves great success, can't handle it, descends into booze & drug pit of despair"?

Keep it up. Ignore the blackouts. Keep going .... You said you were blocking my posts with the ignore function. You have to be honest with yourself first Dan. yeah well, no more free rides for an a-hole like you. How's that anger management class coming along? How's that health problem?

Keep it up. Ignore the blackouts. Keep going .... You said you were blocking my posts with the ignore function. You have to be honest with yourself first Dan. yeah well, no more free rides for an a-hole like you.

Keep it up. Ignore the blackouts. Keep going ....

You don't really expect the loser spam artist to respond, do you Jim?

The Kenny Cox reissue very much fits but I am not at all certain that Manhattan Fever belongs in the "advanced hard bop" the originator of the thread is seeking. IMHO, pretty generic, if well-played hard bop, it could have been recorded five or ten years earlier.

I have to say I was surprised to see a bit on Headline News about this event. Its so rare to see TV news take note of a jazz artist who's died but obviously OP crossed over into the popular culture like Miles and Dizzy and a few others.

Forget about the Cowboy's failures and who is to blame or who called it ahead of time - let's go back to T.O., wearing dark shades and bawling like a pussy at the press conference! Jeez, just when you think you know you know the dude, he shows you something new. Next time someone asks him about Romo, I think he's going to say "he had my at 'hello'" or perhaps "I can't quit him".

Big Al calls it! The Cowboys looked good for awhile this season, but something sure changed. GB/NE looks like the likely scenario. I'd love to see a Brady/Favre matchup. I'm sure that's what the league wants too. Keep an eye out for questionable calls next week in the Frozen Tundra (what's the long range weather forecast? Any hope for a repeat of Saturday's game?)

an oldie but a goodie.

Shouldn't complain, Paul, I'm much happier to face San Diego than Peyton next week.

Gotta say that old Weiz is a wise man here. Screw the rich and beautiful in the stands. Give me a championship game played in football weather.

Allow me to take the opposite side. My thoughts on today's popular music: ... to infinity.

Definitely a different letter. It is strange that there is no mention of payoff for the scamee or the scammer - but maybe what they are trying to do is to secure personal info prior to the "transfer" of funds for dispersal to there charities.

I think Jim is referring to the pre-Liberty era BN. Surely you aren't comparing quality control between Lion/Wolff and "Dr" Butler?