Dan Gould

Here's my problem: I don't hate Roy, I don't necessarily love him. But I got a problem with his bleating reaches for the upper register, like on that Verve three LPs on two CDs reissue of about ten years ago. I'd be much more interested in this one if I knew that any propensity to do that was generally kept in check.

I've bought several nice albums from Atomic and never had a problem. A few observations/questions: How was the remainder of the LP aside from the first thirty seconds? Its clear to me that a combination of VG+ and "visually graded" has the strong potential for being in worse condition and as someone stated above, you should bid accordingly. I'm glad to see a Frenchman brought up the possibility of a deaf psychotic French dealer, because honestly, my first reaction was that this was the stereotypical response of a haughty, superior French dude. He's going to tell you all the reason you're wrong, and then give you a refund "anyway". When he clicked "send", believe me, he was thinking "Stupid American." Finally, I do not have an expensive TT or even use my turntable for pleasurable listening. It set up in the office and hooked up to the PC to make audio transfers. So, I tend to be much more forgiving on mis-grades so long as I can clean the record up digitally and get rid of all pops and clicks. Massive skipping is another thing altogether, but most VG+ LPs I've bought have turned out to be very listenable.

Although it doesn't appear this had anything to do with the crash, I find this statement odd. Are there any pilots who can confirm this fact? When I was involved in producing aviation English course materials, I wrote a question along the lines of a pilot of a private one-engine plane giving a mayday call for an engine failure asking for a vector to the nearest airport and one of our expert consultants, a pilot, basically said that if you're in a single engine plane and it fails, you fall out of the sky and can forget trying to reach an airport. engine failure - > no airspeed -> no lift - > plane stalls Glider pilot here. This conclusion is wrong. You can't win the world gliding championships in a Cessna Skyhawk but it won't fall out of the sky just because the engine goes out. By the way, Boeing 747s, 767s, etc. can glide too: http://www.askcaptainlim.com/questionsviaemail.htm That link demonstrates that I am much closer to the truth than Lidle: Lidle says "7000 feet"="glide for 20 minutes" This Captain says you lose height at "2500 to 3000 feet per minute" That means at most three minutes of glide. And BTW, if my fall is at a rate that my altitude is cut in half in one minute, that sure as hell feel like "falling out of the sky." Edit: Even at the slower rate of 2500 feet per minute, the passenger jet losing engines at 35000 feet only stays up for 14 minutes. So as I suspected, Lidle was quite wrong.

Just be thankful Clem didn't apparently know or hear that Lidle was a scab, too. That might really set him off.

News flash from "the grief counselor": Rich and famous people don't have families or friends who love them. Their deaths are unimportant. Joke about it all you want! Rich people SUCK! They're arrogant too! We should boil them all for soup for the homeless and hungry, but the homeless and hungry shouldn't be forced to eat them! So its better if we take all the money from the rich people and any of you other fuckers I don't like and give it all to the people I do like!

Although it doesn't appear this had anything to do with the crash, I find this statement odd. Are there any pilots who can confirm this fact? When I was involved in producing aviation English course materials, I wrote a question along the lines of a pilot of a private one-engine plane giving a mayday call for an engine failure asking for a vector to the nearest airport and one of our expert consultants, a pilot, basically said that if you're in a single engine plane and it fails, you fall out of the sky and can forget trying to reach an airport. engine failure - > no airspeed -> no lift - > plane stalls maybe you're thinking of a helicopter? they don't have wings. No, and how do you think helicopters achieve lift? Here's a hint: Rotors ARE wings.

From ESPN.com's report: Although it doesn't appear this had anything to do with the crash, I find this statement odd. Are there any pilots who can confirm this fact? When I was involved in producing aviation English course materials, I wrote a question along the lines of a pilot of a private one-engine plane giving a mayday call for an engine failure asking for a vector to the nearest airport and one of our expert consultants, a pilot, basically said that if you're in a single engine plane and it fails, you fall out of the sky and can forget trying to reach an airport. engine failure - > no airspeed -> no lift - > plane stalls

Rod, I'm surprised you'd make such a tasteless remark in the aftermath of a man's death.

Welcome Larry, and please let us know when these shows are available.

Wow. What a terrible way to go ...

I tend to keep the sound off during baseball, so I've only ended up seeing the Indians spot. Talking a Cub fan out of a tree is pretty funny though.

Back to the subject at hand. Were 78s always produced in mono?

Detroit vs Mets Detroit in 6.

Republican? Beg pardon?

So you believe that Mussina is actually needed? I mean, never won 20, never came close to a CY, six over priced years and no championship, more of a six inning pitcher than ever, 38 next year, and 8-7 (or 7-8, I can't recall) lifetime in the post season? I think the smart thing is to roll that money into the bid for the Japanese pitcher, and trump the market by adding both Zito and the Japansese guy. So what if the payroll is 240 mil? Fortunately, the Yankees tend to be loyal and they'll probably do exactly what you suggest ... to their ultimate distress.

Is that really your desire Dan? My desire is for him to fuck off and die.

a noble, useful task. perhaps people are implying, plainly, that you oughta do yr own damn research if you are so so sooooOO concerned about it, & don't expect those of us who been there already to tutor yr digital ass. i'm hoping this is a plain enough response. Clementine R.T. Towers Lasker Nevins Addey Bussard III (a prince) And I hope this is a plain enough response: FUCK YOU ASSHOLE

As I thought I made plain above, these are not my recordings. Someone else made the transfers of the original 78s to digital. I am playing with the digital versions using Goldwave. Your suggestion had me intrigued so I took the first track, which I had edited for pops and amped up the signal because it was recorded low, and I saved it as a mono file. There's definitely an improvement in signal to noise, though its subtle. However, I think this is a way to reduce the noise bed without using the software's NR function. That cleans up the recording nicely but it definitely leaves it sounding a bit compressed and squished.

So I guess the guy with the extensive collection of 78s hasn't invested in a mono cartridge for best playback. Oh well. I got these old blues 78s comps he's put together which are pretty cool and has lots of obscure tracks (including two tracks off of B.B. King's short-lived label, Blues Boy King, which fetched $100 last time on ebay) but I wanted to do somethng with the fidelity. I still don't get how a stereo cartridge would put a pop in one channel and not both, but ... Now I need to decide about noise reduction. Some of the tracks have such a prominent sizzling noise floor ... sorry Allen, I know how you feel about that stuff.

I'm cleaning up the pops and clicks on a CD of 78 transfers, and I've realized something odd: They are mono recordings (obviously) yet the pops always show up in the wav form much more pronounced in one channel or the other (or only in one channel). How is this so? Would a stereo cartridge take a click and put it to one channel instead of both? I realize this isn't that critical, but I have to say I find it very surprising.

Brad, IMO, there's no doubt that George will be extra upset if the Mets go to the Series, let alone win it ... but knocking them off the back pages wasn't the purpose here. The only difference between now and the era of the revolving door manager's office is George's willingness to calm down and listen to other points of view. In another era, in the time it took George to make a decision, he would have fired Joe, hired his replacement and re-hired Joe.

Its official: Joe still has his job. Interesting that George is passing on Piniella. I really thought that George would jump on the opportunity to bring him back, and now its likely Piniella never comes back (if he's serious that he only wants to manage one more time). Is it now official that Joe is a lame duck with one more year to go? If 2007 starts like 2005, will Joe get fired mid-season? I guess George's "baseball people" convinced him that it was pitching, and young pitching that was lacking. I'm afraid that means that the Yanks may not only go all out for Zito but will go hard for the Japanese pitcher, too.

Jim Caple wrote a pretty smart column on why the Yanks should trade Jeter instead of A-Rod. Among the reasons: They'd still have an outstanding shortstop. There's no whiff of desperation in dangling Jeter, and no stench of being a headcase who'll never perform in the limelight. So teams won't try to hold up the Yanks because they're desperate but would give up plenty to get Jeter. Too bad it would never happen - it would be alot easier to pry top-level prospects and awesome young pitchers if you offered Jeter.

Now the Post is reporting that Joe is safe. Then again the same article says that Piniella is interested in the Nats and he's already announced that he has no interest at all in a rebuilding situation. So.... We may have an answer today, as there are indications that Torre will hold a press conference at 1 pm. Stay tuned!

I'm going to go Tigers-Mets. I don't see how the Cards pitching can keep the Mets from outscoring them, and the lack of a proven closer will hurt them sooner or later. Edit to add that they had to use their best starter to wrap up the DS which puts them in an even worse situation heading into the LCS. Tigers are not only hot again, but they were an awesome road team so being the wild card won't matter. On top of that, the A's subpar offense is due to return and if the Tigers keep pitching the way they did, nothing will stop them from bringing a championship to a deserving old baseball town. Wait a minute ... the Mets winning the WS would make Steinbrenner's head explode and he'd completely blow up the team and the front office. Go METS!!!