Dan Gould

Yes, it may be depressing to read about Billie's drug bust, but this man has led an interesting life. He's not just a cop who hassled Billie Holiday, and I'm glad that you called attention to the article. There's no need to delete.

Someone's gotta let old PD know about this, I know he's spent a long time finding all of Carmell Jones' recorded output.

Agassi won the French once, in 1999. Certainly as a baseline pounder, his game was more suited to clay than grass, but he didn't come through very often. I've certainly grown to admire Agassi a helluva lot more than I did when he was all about the denim shorts, the hair, and "image is everything."

Actually, he said in his press conference afterward that its a sciatic nerve problem in his back. He thought it was a hip problem for a while and then found out what the true problem was. He had a cortisone shot that helped out earlier in the year but it really flared up on him. Its too bad, because it sounds like it will take a minor miracle for him to compete in best of five matches at the remaining Slams. I guess he stayed out there through the last two sets because he knows he won't be back to the French again and didn't want to go out on an injury retirement.

I know a lot of people hate her Blue Note album but I actually like it, and its got some nice Grant Green and Ike. Does she sound OK or did you just see that she is still gigging?

Just saw the end of the match, Agassi bounced in the first round, 6-0 in the fifth. Is this the end? Its not that I expected him to win or anything, but to lose in the first round to some 23 year old ... I guess the assumption has been all along that this would be his last year anyway, its too bad this is how its gone. Better luck at Wimbledon and the French, Mr. Steffi Graf! Meanwhile, I think Federer and Nadal are looking like the favorites, and I have a strange feeling that Miss Henin-Hardenne is going to complete her comeback from her injuries and win it all, even though I'd love to see Miss Sharapova win another slam.

← Just be aware that It Might as Well Be Spring is one of those early Roach performances, and more than a few people here think its too "rinky dinky". Not a problem for me, and Ike Quebec is terrific on this, but since you've been all revved up based on his later recordings, thought I'd give you fair warning on this one.

Dan: maybe you didn't notice that several of the European subscribers only got their #25 sets four or five days ago (also I assume a few are still waiting?) - thus John is perfectly in schedule, as far as I'm concerned! ←

First of all, I'm in! Secondly, I may be confused, maybe we've gotten out of the groove due to the recent extended delay, but I thought signups start when the discussion starts, and shipping is sometime around the posting of answers to the current BFT? Since there will be sub-distributors in the States, I think its a very good idea to get things moving sooner rather than later. Sending PM momentarily

Thanks for posting this, Mike. Normally I'm reading the NYT on Sundays, but my schedule isn't allowing it. But since you posted the link, I was able to catch the article.

Actually, you did (see above). That's why I objected.

I also find it hard to believe there are people who don't recognize the talent that Phil Hartman had.

Let me ask you this, have you used your thre year old again to make these sorts of decisions?

You know, I've been thinking about my own "don't get enough respect" thread dedicated to Houston Person. My wife and I saw him this winter in Fort Lauderdale and it was a tremendous show, though the greaze wasn't quite as thick, since he brought a pianist with him, no organ. So we got more of the American Songbook tunes that he's been doing on his Halfnote albums. We definitely weren't complainig though! Houston's a master, and with Teddy Edwards and Stanley T. gone, no one who digs big toned tenor should sleep on this guy.

Check out this Ebay auction. There's a link to Jack's cut, though I'm a bit afraid to click on it. If someone has more guts than I do, please report back. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...4728933928&rd=1 Then the same dealer offers this Burt Reynolds album, also with a sound sample link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...4728941368&rd=1 Be afraid. Be very afraid.

There's a Louis Smith BN with Cannonball that's worthwhile, and he's recorded quite a bit for Steeplechase. He's a solid, if not particularly original trumpeter. Donald Byrd might be a good comparison: usually nice playing, not necessarily the very best though, y'know?

The problem with five-card draw is that there's almost no skill involved. Either you're bluffing or you aren't, but it's nearly impossible to ascertain what the probability is of this because you can never see any of the cards in a person's hand. Stud and hold-em type games introduce a lot more skill into the game. ← So you say, but it was good enough for Paul Newman and Robert Shaw and the whole MASH gang, too.

I have to ask, whatever happened to simple five card draw? That's the only poker game I've fooled with and the only one I'm interested in? Does anyone even play it anymore? I guess its not tv-friendly.

Oops, my bad.

All of these are excellent recommendations, but don't skip his later recordings either. This one, if you can find it on 32 Records, is quite nice:

I'm board, too.

Well, Vonzell is finished, though I think she's talented enough to have a future. I've started a job with evening hours, so I haven't seen the last two episodes and won't be watching the final either, but I do think its an interesting matchup, country vs rock. Isn't this the first time since the inaugural year that there's no black performer in the final? I think it will be real interesting to see who comes out on top, just considering the voting patterns of past seasons. On consistent performance, I would rate Bo ahead of Carrie, though I haven't been as down on her appeal as some people are. On the other hand, I think the odds favor Carrie because I suspect the audience skews younger, and that will work in her favor. In fact, if this show were on in the mid-late 90s, when country radio was so huge, I'd have rated Carrie an overwhelming favorite. But I still think she'll win.

Actually, according to the Carmell site Mike Fitzgerald linked above, I'm Gonna Go Fishing is the A side, "Blues March" was the B side. Strange too that the site lists "Sad March Part 1" and Sad March Part 2" as the other 45s that were issued from The Remarkable Carmell Jones. Maybe they stuck one of the two Sad March edits onto the flip side simply because they'd already edited it down? Maybe they changed the title so that it wasn't clear that they were selling two 45s but only three tracks, so people would buy the "Fishin" 45 and think they were getting a new song?