Dan Gould

Well color me curious for seeing a thread like this from someone with 150+ posts, and I've never taken note of his presence. So I did a little search, and I have a few observations: What? Are you saying mellow Dead Heads are unhelpful, ego-driven and hostile? I find that hard to believe. If you crawl out of the Dead Head thread and make some jazz posts, you'll probably find we aren't quite so destined for Sainthood. All of this is said in the spirit of: Glad you find us such a nice group to hang with - and I know from personal experience that Lon is one helluva good guy.

It's going to be very tough, Paul, but I am keeping my fingers crossed for a Pats-Bears Super Bowl. That's one I can't lose.

Well, pending a physical, the RJ trade is complete, and the more I think about it, the more I believe that the Red Sox simply cannot allow themselves to be outbid for Clemens. If Dice-K was a "blocking" action against the Yanks, this would be the ultimate "block" - and if it means that Papelbon goes back to the end of the bullpen, all the better. The simple fact is that the Cashman can talk all he wants but he cannot go into the season with Igawa and Pavano as the four and five starters, with Proctor and a bunch of inexperienced (though talented) youngsters backing them up. He has to go get Clemens, or else package every one of those highly touted arms to get D-Train, or heaven help us, Johan Santana (Twins fans, I'm sure you realize that the salary inflation we've seen means that Santana can never be re-signed after this deal is up, right?). We can't control what Cashman may do with the prospects, but if we can keep Clemens out of the Bronx, it means that at minimum, either Igawa or Pavano will have important roles. A rotation of Schilling, Clemens, Dice-K, Beckett and Wakefield (or Papelbon) would be the one way the Red Sox can beat the Yanks advantage in lineup and bullpen (although if Paps were the closer again, I think that's a dead heat).

If Duke Ellington was recorded while urinating, I'd like that more than Yanni.

And that's not what I said he was. I only said he can play in this league. Are we all agreed that this weekend's results all went according to expectation? All the home teams won. At least the Giants didn't embarass themselves this time, but its still a pathetic collapse from a 6-2 start.

I'll PM my address for the cigars.

Danielle, you are not going to fit in here very well if your idea of "great music" is Yanni. Like whatever you like, but no one will respect you or your opinions if you think Yanni is great music. I wondered about you when you brought up the Big Bad Cherry Poppin Daddies or whatever the fuck they are named. That's also a piece of shit band, which is why I recommended the other CD. They play in a legitimate swing-jump blues style and don't think that they are great musicians just because they dress the part. You named some excellent musicians/tunes in that other thread. I hope that is a better representation of your musical taste.

Stefan, I can imagine how such an experience would weigh on your mind, but its important to stick with what you're already emphasizing: No one was hurt. Plus, the other people sound good and reasonable and nice when they could be real bastards in this situation, and your truck is on its way to getting fixed. A tough start to the year, but I think everything will be fine.

I just feel badly for Romo, who spent over half the season showing that he can play in this league and then dropped the snap on the FG. I am glad that they reviewed the spot on the play before. By almost a full yard that was a horrendous pro-Dallas spot. Amazing that in the past that would have stood and Dallas surely would have won given three chances to punch it in from the 1.

With our recent teen addition, I was afraid this thread was about Tiger Beat.

So Danielle, do you also listen to the "music" that your peers do, or do you mostly listen to the weird stuff that us old folks dig? And how do your classmates look at your interest in jazz? Do you get a lot of crap about it? Oh, and welcome to the forum. We could use some young blood, especially someone who isn't afraid to call us on our b.s. (you know, I just spent thirty seconds trying to figure out what is the proper way to abbreviate "bs" - capitals or no? Period or no period? I didn't want to have Alex come down on me.)

Danielle, If you like that group, I strongly recommend this CD: They play in the same jump-blues/swing style but have much more musical meat on the bones, if you know what I mean.

I was super fortunate to stumble across the SACD reissue of the Tommy Turrentine leader date, used, for only $8. And I don't even have an SACD player. Its unfortunate that "personal issues" interfered so much with his career; his appearance in that Blue Note Story DVD is painful, to say the least.

Um, guys? I've gouged my eyes out and I was wondering if someone could come and help me find them.

I should bookmark this page for the next time the nag screen pops up.

It was reported that Clemens hates Randy and that part of this was making Clemens more likely to sign. What is certain is a major bidding war between the rivals, and Clemens will have to make a decision about closing the circle vs being the mercenary he's always been. Either way, I think I'll enjoy watching the fans of the losing team really give it to him when he returns to the old stadium.

So Yankee fans - what do you think of being rid of the Big Unit? To me, a rotation of Wang Mussina Pettitte Pavano Igawa with a lot of prospects in reserve is not a recipe for overwhelming excitement about the season. While RJ had plenty of problems and inconsistency, its interesting to note that he led the team in innings pitched over his two seasons, and that as bad as his 5.00 ERA was last year, his peripherals were still quite good. I have to wonder whether the back surgery will give him a new lease on the life of his fastball (he won four CYs after he had this surgery the last time) and also where are the Yanks going to cover his 200 innings? Pavano and Igawa are enormous mysteries and to have both of them penciled in seems crazy. Two things could change all that: Signing Clemens Packaging some large portion of these prospects into a trade for someone like Dontrelle Willis The bottom line is that its pretty much inevitable that those prospects are going to be pressed into service, one way or another. Pettitte, Pavano and Mussina are injury risks, Igawa is a candidate for a neck injury from watching his soft-toss get hammered into the bleachers; even Wang carries a risk (there was an SI columnist who wrote a piece about young pitchers and the season after they make a big leap in innings pitched - they all seem to have major regressions or be at risk of injury, and Wang definitely qualifies. I will say this about RJ: every time he took the mound, there was a chance that he would dominate. The fact that he won't be out there for the Yanks makes me glad. I'll be doubly glad if they really do look for Pavano or Igawa to replace him.

Congrats.

My "to-do" list has been long, but I definitely plan to burn and listen to your BFT today.

What Lon said! And, GO JETS!!!!!!

I don't know all that much about economics, but it sounds like what you are calling for here is inflation. Artificial increase in stock prices due to demand? No, it isn't inflation. Guy What is that called? A buying frenzy? I'm sure there's a term for it. Jim is counting on a legion of money managers and stock pickers to say "I don't care if bringing those jobs home will increase expenses and reduce profits, I'm going to buy and hold MegaCorp stock!" So the operative term would be "fantasyland".

Thanks for answering a question that was neither proposed nor implied.

And I'll back you up on it. There is actually quite a bit of variety in Lowell Fulson's recordings over the years At any given one period of time, he may repeated himself quite a bit, as was common for anyone looking to repeat commercial success. If repitition of formulas for recording sessions is the basis for exclusion, then we would have to exclude almost all popular blues artists. Exactly. And Fulson continued to make worthwhile records up until the end.

That someone was me and I stand by it.