Dan Gould

Well, Grimsley admitting to using 'roids should have opened people's eyes to the variety of uses they have. And you're right about Clemens, this recent news almost makes me wonder whether Clemens' response to Duquette's "twilight of his career" line wasn't "I'll show you" but "I'll get me some steroids and show you". For that matter, Pettitte went from a strapping young man to a pretty big buck ... but the problem that we'll always have with the steroid era is that players took to strength training like never before, and without retroactive testing, or "trainers" that come clean, how can you know whether it was juice or hard work?

While the Cardinals are getting shut out, the Astros are down to their last three outs, trailing the Braves. How appropriate that these two deeply flawed teams are stumbling around when a playoff spot is on the line. I guess the '64 Phils can rest easy. But it would have been cool, for the sake of underdogs everywhere, if the Cards had completed their collapse.

Sorry, but this is just plain stupid. Do you think that the station that promotes "Motown Mondays" doesn't play Motown any other time? None of these stations "ignore" black music - people are just pissed that they don't play a wider variety than the a few "tried and true" hits. Well, welcome to the modern radio industry.

Interesting piece of information from the original LA Times report: I hate to assume guilt by association but we know that Grimsley used steroids and HGH and other things, and according to him, his source was recommended by the personal strength coach of Clemens and Pettitte? I wonder how close a friend this "personal strength coach" is to Clemens and Pettitte. That may be the only thing keeping them from some serious trouble. But regardless, this is an uncomfortably close association from Clemens and Pettitte to a known steroid-using pitcher.

What a stunning bit of news: Pedro Martinez To Have Surgery on Torn Rotator Cuff, Won't Pitch Off a Mound Before June 2007 About the only thing that would surprise the Red Sox front office was that it was the rotator cuff and not the labrum. But they certainly look smart for being so hesitant to guarantee three years and never match four. I wonder if this is a classic "Dizzy Dean situation" where a leg injury led to a change in mechanics and a screwed up arm. Boy, if Pedro was already becoming a soft-tossing nibbler, he's really going to be one now. Barry Zito and his spawn of satan agent are salivating right now, as you can absolutely positively count on the Mets outbidding anyone else for his services. He might get 18 mil a year by the time the bidding is over.

You would think that Magic 102.7 in south Florida would be one station that would have stuck with the 50s-60s model but not too long ago, they also dropped Elvis and the rest of the 50s and added f*cking disco from the 70s. There's something really annoying about any station that counts disco as an "oldie" but then again I'm just getting a head start on being an angry old fart I guess. On the plus side they've always played plenty of motown, and I've never ever known an oldies format that included Cream or the Yardbirds or Hendrix. BTW, before Magic made the switch, the most recent song on the playlist was Bob Seger's "Old Time Rock 'n Roll", which is at least 7 years younger than the rest of the old playlist but I guess it fit with the mentality of the programming. Now its just an anachronism, particularly when it comes up after "I Will Survive" or "Get Down Tonite".

The man takes time out of his busy afterlife to visit you in your dreams, and this is how you repay him?

Oh hell yeah.

I've enjoyed my life knowing very little about Mitch Albom, other than the fact that I didn't want to read his columns or books. But thanks for confirming everything that I already suspected. A thousand

And they deserve it. I'm keeping an eye peeled for the new "Live at the Kennedy Center" disc.

I'll see that and raise you this auction from the same moron. 1/4 of the front cover is gone and he calls it VG!!!

I've always thought Maxjazz releases sound quite good. I like the packaging, too, for that matter. If they can be found, all of the Landmark releases can be recommended. 32 Jazz put out a comp. of two of them, I believe. For Mulgrew with more than a trio, I definitel recommend this Novus release: Joe Henderson, Eddie Henderson, Kenny Garrett, Steve Nelson explore a bunch of Grew's compositions.

B.B. King, "Worry Worry" which became "Worry Worry Worry" in a subsequent money grubbing reissue.

I'm cool with that now, Dave.

Oh boy, you Met fans gotta be shitting bricks after Pedro's start tonite. What a disaster. At this point I don't see how you can risk starting him in the first game.

Only if I am allowed to pick "not the Yankees".

or you can download the picture and use any photo edit software to flip it around.

Then how the heck does it sustain itself? On second thought, forget I asked.

I'm sure there are a bunch of Charles McPherson sides that are pure bebop and from this period.

Unless its a narcissistic "take pity on poor pitiful me" "suicide attempt".

Over 1700 posts and still going strong. Unbelievable. Has Crouch returned since his second post?

Hey New York Fans: Gettin a little worried about the pitching staff(s) yet? Pedro looks very iffy for you Mets fans (I gotta say, that four year contract for Pedro hasn't looked like a good investment this year, and this is only the second year) and Yanks fans have to be concerned about RJ's back acting up.

I think "Misc. Music" still does the trick.

That's what I expected.

As one who has never found his way fully into Hill's music, this description has me intrigued (of all of his BNs I've kept Grass Roots, Black Fire and one trio session from the Mosaic). If Grass Roots was his most accessible, is Pax undoubtedly second most accessible?