Dan Gould

I haven't had the chance or cash flow to pick up Volume 2, but Volume 1 got a lot of play time when I grabbed it last year.

Mark down your calendars now, fellow South Florida residents: April 12, 2006, its Benny Golson and the Eddie Higgins Trio! Can't say anything else on the schedule grabs me very strongly - the only well known talent would be Tierney Sutton on November 9 and the Woody Herman ghost band on January 11, but this finale to the season has got me tingling with anticipation! Definitely hope to see Evan and Marty there, and maybe David Gartner too?

And besides "Jane you ignorant slut" and "Dan you pompous ass" let us not forget the moment in Airplane when Jack Kilpatrick says, "Shana ... they bought their tickets. They knew what they were getting into. I say, let 'em crash."

Yes, and we'd certainly appreciate further assistance from the Braves over the rest of the weekend, then we can root for the O's against the Yanks with a clear conscience. I always laughed at Sports Illustrated's review of Kingman's baseball skills:

its had pretty positive reviews in the New York Times and elsewhere, too.

Its quite scary that those lyrics are starting to ring bells in my own old head. But its got nothin' on Ray Steven's "The Streak".

From today's New York Times: I found this rather amusing, so I wonder what our British friends think of the Beeb's changes? Its funny to compare this seemingly modest leap into modern technology with the way local stations in the States compete on their weather reporting prowess with Doppler 6000-this and Doppler whatever-that, and 3-D representations of radar ... never occured to me it might trigger motion sickness in viewers!

(and because I grew up with it, I don't care about the "shlockiness" of "Midnight Train" ... heck, I even like her singing that Hallmark-Card-Set-To-Music, "You're The Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me". )

This was buried in a review of the JVC Jazz Festival in today's Times: Hope his treatment and recovery goes well.

Interesting that Something Else is referred to as by Cannonball and Miles. I can't imagine this is how its marketed here, given the Japanese fixation on preserving the albums exactly as they were originally presented, so why would the writer add Miles as co-leader?

Yeah, and BIG Papi won that round. But you guys get a shot to exact some revenge at Fenway starting Monday ...

You mean the Bleeker Bob who Kramer and Newman tried to sell albums to?

Just to be clear, the former is not a "Permanent Ban" as my friend coined the phrase. The latter, however, most definitely is.

Well, til last night Kenny Rogers was an all-star, and pitching like it. What I've missed is who you are replacing Drese and Astacio with ... I know they weren't doing very well, but ...

You got that right .... now I just go on poor unsuspecting Walgreens managers!

The one in Orlando? If so, I've been there and have to agree, but unfortunately they're all (at least the ones in Texas) starting to look like that now. ← No, the onein Boynton Beach. Much closer than the one in Boca Raton, but worthless for the aforementioned reasons. Fortunately, the Boca store is much bigger, too.

Paul, some failures are so egregious they simply have to trigger a chain-wide banishment!

Mark, are they permanently banned because they've done you wrong or for socioeconomic reasons? "Permanently Banned" does not refer to choosing not to give $$ to a particular company because you hate their business practices. Its about no longer shopping at a particular store or company that you have previously shopped at, due to gross incompetence and/or a refusal to make good on their failures. I forgot that the closest Borders is on the permanently banned list. It has a pathetic-sized jazz section, and when I stopped their looking for a Fathead/Ray Charles release a few months ago, I asked at the "Help" desk about it. The name escaped me for a moment, and she ended up latching onto a different title, one that was not to be released for another week or two. In the meantime, on the "Title Sleuth" computer, I had found the title I was looking for, and it showed that there was one copy on hand. I tried to explain and get her to look for that title, but she continued to insist that the title I was looking for would not be issued for another week and to come back then. She then brusquely dismissed me and went on to the next customer. I walked off, but not before spotting the manager at the front of the store and telling her why I would never ever step inside her store again.

A friend of mine has certain expectations with commercial establishments and when those expectations are not met in an especially egregious manner, or are not met on a regular basis, he places those stores/restaurants on the Permanently Banned list. Some bans are location specific (certain Boston Market restaurants) and some are chain-wide (Miami Sub). Why do I bring this up? Two reasons. First to declare that WALGREENS is the first entry on my Permanently Banned list. Why? The handling of the film from my Boston trip. You see, I took quite a few shots in "panoramic" mode but when I got the film, none of the pictures were developed that way. I questioned this, and was told that someone would double-check the film and call me back. The next day, I was called back and told that none of the shots were "panoramic" and that I should have my camera checked and fixed. This surprised me, but I came back to pick up the film and the CDRs of the rolls. I get home and pop the CDRs into the PC and what do I find? Panoramic shots, clear as day. I went back to the Walgreens and told them what had happened. They put the CDR into the Kodak film kiosk, and there it was, plain as day, panoramic shots next to non-panoramic shots. Unmistakeable. I showed him the same shot in the form they had developed it ... and he still denied that these were panoramic shots. He then manipulated the image into a 4X6 and showed it to me, assuring me that this was what was on the disc and what was developed and printed by them. I went and stormed out of the store and headed to the nearest CVS Pharmacy and told them what I was dealing with. She took one roll, picked a shot and printed it out, and how did it come out? Panoramic. So, now, because it is a reprint, I am looking at .99 a shot to get the pictures in the form Walgreens should have developed them in in the first place. To make a long story short, the manager refused to compensate me in any way for their incompetence, and so, Walgreens is on the Permanently Banned list. So, to get back to the purposes of this thread, what companies are on your permanently banned list? Believe me, it helps to vent! ... I've got a feeling there's someone here who has Bananas Records on their permanently banned list ...

But Al, the Sox road record, even after the sweep of the Indians, is like 18-20 or something. Its not the road record that's a problem, not at this point, its consistent starters! That'll be the downfall of the Rangers, not the team's performance on the road. Meanwhile, one more dip on the Steinbrenner roller coaster, while the Sox creep within 1 of the O's. With Schilling a couple of rehab starts away and the other starters recovering their early season form, I got a good feeling right now about the defending champs!

You're not an antique shopper then!

For Valentine's, I bought my wife Season 1 of Mork and Mindy and she's been loving it.

If that italics thing at the bottom indicates that people are in the middle of posting, we got a whole bunch of posts coming up ... 8 members posting, and little old me. Did I beat anyone to the punch? BTW, the Mae West line WAS included, as it was actually spoken in the film.

I guess Yankee fans had to enjoy last nights late inning explosion, but doesn't it still have to give pause, considering: Johnson was back to being awful after two excellent starts; The D-Rays still got 18 hits; It was, after all, the D-Rays that coughed up all those late inning runs?