Dan Gould

The Electric Company Sesame Street Barney

I couldn't believe that with those two barbs, they still gave 3 stars. Must be grading on a curve, eh, John?

That's true, and I'd be thankful if the Sox had managed a win, but with the loss you took over the wild card so ... You know, here's a great opportunity to help ourselves one way or another, since one of the two teams ahead has to lose, and we can't even beat KC. But since I still want to beat the Yanks - or at least not let them coast to the Division title - yeah, keep on beating 'em, please.

Sample Questions From The Application: Dan, you sly dog. You already have the application. How did you get one? You must have some real clout. Of course, after the Sox last three games, I can understand how you might be willing to go to extraordinary lengths to get your hands on one of these. Let me know if you need any help. Oh and by the way, the answers to all the questions are "agree". Don't tell anyone I told you that. It will only hurt your chances. Up over and out. Aren't you endangering your own membership by giving out these answers? Well, I guess not: the sale of one's soul is, after all, a permanent non-reversible transaction.

You won't read 'em on vis fred... MG Yeah, you put these on the Disc 2 discussion.

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Well, it's definitely cleaner than the old one, don't you think? Cleaner in terms of the overall page design? Or are we talking about the logo design? Its the logo that isn't grabbing me.

Sorry Jim, but I don't like the design. Colors are OK.

What's that Diz album - can't read the little writing. MG Closer to the Source. Should have been named Closer to the Crapper.

Try American baseball, named after the law enforcement group.

I'm not 100% certain, but I believe it was KoB, probably winter of 1988. Christmas of '87 I received two Columbia Jazz Masterpieces samplers and I know that "So What" was on it and that my first purchases came from favorite tracks on those albums, specifically Satch Plays Fats, Satch Plays W.C. Handy and Time Out. So I have to assume that KoB was in there as well. As far as the rather popular item Bitches Brew, I bought that the following summer when I was home from Graduate School and had a full-on Jazz Fever. Didn't know what I was getting but my brother (who was in high school and involved in the jazz band) advised me to go for it. The only record I sold faster was

Can't refer to any of his leadership dates, and frankly, I am not even sure about his playing specifically on this one: but I can tell you that if you're in the mood for a record that harkens back to classic Blue Note hard bop, Soulmates is extremely difficult to beat.

WOW!!! I GUESSED ONE CORRECTLY!!! AFTER 39-1/2 BFT'S, I FINALLY NAILED ONE THAT I ONLY GUESSED AT!!! THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE!!! WOO HOO!!! That's it! I'm taking the rest of the day off!!! Congratulations, Al, but I also have to tell you that the "Wayne Shorter" connection was entirely in your head. There, that ought to deflate you a bit.

I can't figure out why you think of #3 and #8 as "funk".

Truly a pathetic waste, of just about everything.

I trust most will be as honest as you are, MG, but I have to say at this point: WTF???? Yes, I put this thing together on the PC, and after I had made final choices and sequencing decisions, it was time to rename everything "track001" etc. So I burned a new CD after doing that, and it was at that point that I discovered that when I put it in the PC, names were showing up. So, I right-clicked on each wav file, chose "properties" and discovered that the info was on the second screen - I think "general". So I deleted all of that and that was when I started burning CDs, and when I played them, nothing popped up to identify tracks. I did discover that in Nero, my burning program, those old file names would still appear - but I assumed it was some sort of minor artifact and it certainly wasn't showing up on the burned discs I put into the PC. So, how ironic is it that on a BFT I designed with "WTF" tracks in mind, I'm the one going "WTF?" As I say, I hope everyone is as honest as MG and keeps the secrets that are apparently contained within these discs.

I must admit I was intrigued by the positive review this got in the NYT.

For having just downloaded and listened, a couple of pretty good guesses there, Al.

Yeah, but I got spam from Jazzhole Records today. They seem to have a different idea about what it means.

They came out of bankrupcy extremely quickly last time, because the majors couldn't let such a major retailer die. Whether they are willing to let it die now is the question.

If Wikipedia is the standard of cultural knowledge 150 years from now, we are in deep, deep trouble.

That's the amazing thing about this game - they sucked coming out of the break, and here they are on a ten game winning streak.

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Good news for White Sox and Red Sox fans, and those who think Jonathon Papelbon should be the Rookie of the Year

Really? Now it seems like every other monthly message talks about how they don't do that and everyone else does.