Dan Gould

Considering that Mosaic has never done anything close to a set that involves music released as recently as 2009 I won't hold my breath for the opportunity to decline a purchase. Nevertheless I thank you very kindly for leading me to check out discogs and the discovery of something by Fathead that I am definitely on the hunt for now.

Thom advises he is fighting with the server company and about to go ape shit on them. Hopefully this gets straightened out soon.

I just emailed him. I couldn't reach the page either.

Thank you but I did it of my own accord so no reimbursement needed. Basically just prepaid what I would have in 2024. With this near-emergency motivating a good deal of contribution activity, I figure I am good until 2025 now. I would not be interested in any sort of "anything goes" forum and would prefer to be part of the Organissimo site especially if it will get an upgrade/relaunch in the future.

JazzDepot.com which is the label's direct sale website lists 10 releases and I think that is all of them. So ... pretty readily available if not necessarily at a discount.

Great recordings but aren't these pretty easily available? Not exactly archival if the definition is "not recent".

My final comment: Commentary of any kind prior to the broadcast of this film is a solution in search of a problem. And, the fact that this movie "could never be made today" is an indictment of today, not the movie.

And this has to do with a movie or comedian's act HOW? My comments relate entirely to comedy, where nothing should be sacred. So who is punching, up or down, in Blazing Saddles? Cleavon Little's character is established as the hero, morally, intellectually and in all ways superior to the racist buffoons. So I would have to guess you think he's punching down?

Clarification: Humor must be allowed to be offensive.

I've seen about 1/2 a dozen 'reaction" videos on youtube, recorded by black people, who laugh uproariously at that scene. Nobody has ever reacted negatively or suggested that the word used offends them. That's above and beyond the fact that humor can and must be offensive.

100% NO to the latter. Bresna was contrasting paid membership = no ads. No pay, ads and presumably a wonkier website. Like Allmusic apparently does.

If the software supports it and Jim brings it on, do we have 93 members willing to pay $20 per year? It isn't much but I don't think we have 93 people who post regularly. Lurkers would need to pony up. Not sure how much of a Free Rider problem we'd have. A football forum is a bit different, I think, from this one.

@Jim Alfredson Please keep the forum apprised of the state of fundraising as the year goes on; alternatively we could all try to remember to remind people in the first week of the month that the monthly "down time" is coming up, and see if we avoid it happening.

And you really think those "new football viewers" are in it for the long haul, or is that until Swift breaks up with him? Sorry I think you have a better chance of bringing new listeners to jazz thru Kenny G then you do of new fans of football thru Taylor Swift and her never ending relationship woes. Speaking of, why exactly would someone want to date her at this point? Don't you have to know you will be the subject of her poison pen sooner or later?

The game was OK; I had no dog in the hunt but decided on the second or third view of Taylor that my true rooting interest was in knowing that 80 million or so Swifties were left crying in their soda pop and that didn't happen. Normally I'd say only a few days to Pitchers & Catchers but the Sox will be awful again so ...

I would hope this isn't actually political because anyone with half a brain should understand why any sort of discussion of Blazing Saddles should focus on the acceptability of the humor is the most ridiculous thing you have ever heard ... I don't know, this month? Year? https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2024/2/6/bsqld5iwc4cb9khemw1gyqt10njp50

Yet the writer has Green as a "respected figure in NY ever since ..." which I take it to mean he was unaware that he had moved to Detroit some years before this gig. (Although, I guess, " ... ever since" could refer to the ongoing respect for Green in NYC after he established himself there.)

I agree about the deficiencies in the website but never had an issue reaching it ... I do go there when I find potential musical targets on discogs especially if our own Ken Dryden provided the review (Yanow is trustworthy in this regard too).

When I saw the subject line of the post I thought, another vault recording be released? Then seeing the review all I can really say is ... OUCH.

Well thank you Al and you nearly did fool me ... but there was a piano run maybe around 1:10 or 1:20 that finally said to me "this is GENE, you dolt!"

When I started with hearing aids I heard complaints about the cost of batteries. While I didn't start with aids at Sam's it didn't take long to discover that they sold blister packs of 36 batteries for all of $6.95. That price is $8.95 now. So really really dirt cheap and they last approximately seven days before the tone starts going off. What I find mysterious is how different ears drain batteries at different rates, although my hearing results were very similar for both ears.

I just checked and all is fine. Hoping we get some more engagement soon. 1 also but Big Al has never acknowledged my post. But I am 100% certain its the title track of one the Three Sounds Limelight recordings, Beautiful Friendship.

Only that headphones - the kind typically used in a work environment for the phone - never worked well with a behind-the-ear Aid. I don't know high quality headphones but for me to use one and retain hearing aids anyway, it would need to be oversized and fit well over the ears. My current aids have the ability to be finely adjusted across the spectrum like an equalizer but I rarely use that.

Thanks to all for their suggestions, thoughts and prayers.

Well, I have.