Dan Gould

Guess he couldn't deal with the opening of a remake of The Longest Yard. (Definitely one of his best roles).

Or it might simply be that Carrie is straight out of Central Casting for American Idol. She's EXACTLY who the competition is designed to discover: young, attractive, talented but with virtually no performance experience, tiny home town: she was a lock from the very start. And it has nothing to do with Red vs Blue states.

Thanks for the restaurant tip, but we're only there two nights and both games are 7:05 starts, so either its Fenway Franks - or whatever new menu items they have nowadays, or else eating somewhere near the park. I would like to get there in time for batting practice. With seats on the Monster, I figure we should get a ball or two as a souvenir.

Unfucking believable. Seven losses in ten games and now we're looking up at the Jays, Yanks and Orioles, and the latest report is that Schilling won't be back til the All Star break.

While I agree that the Peter Cetera years were truly inducing, count me as a fan of the 70s hits. Chicago's Greatest Hits was the second album I ever owned (Endless Summer was the first) and I have always suspected that my affinity for the horn-driven music foreshadowed my turn to jazz 18 years later.

Thanks everyone for the advice, and Chris, we will surely genuflect there. We might even eat a pizza.

I disagree. First of all, just because a person is too young to vote doesn't make him or her too young to have an uninformed opinion. I've met plenty of 11 to 17-year-olds who thought they understood politics enough to support the president, for example, in the 2004 election. Similarly, just because a person is old enough to vote but normally doesn't do so is not an indication that one is apolitical. Supposedly the so-called "values-voters" were the deciding factor in the last election, and these are people who normally *don't* go to the polls because they believe the politics is too corrupt for them to bother. These people are Carrie's audience. They live in the South, believe in God, support the troops, and love contemporary country radio. Carrie is their ideal daughter. If she started dressing like Christina/Brittany or admitted to liking the Dixie Chicks, they'd drop her in a cold minute. ← So what you are in fact saying is that Bush really did win reelection, just as Carrie, his surrogate, won this contest. Oh and by the way, one can have exceptionally well informed opinion and support the President, whether you're 11-17 or a bit older.

Probably cuz we know nothing about the area and want to stay close by. I think my father told me that the MFA is a particularly good one. If that's close by, that may be what we do with ourselves before Wednesday's game.

My wife and I are going to do a quick hit and run to Boston in June. We've got tickets to two games against the Reds and in order to save money, we're just flying on Tuesday and out on Wednesday, and to avoid a rental car, we got a room at the Buckminster, which I understand is in Kenmore Square and just on the other side of the Mass Pike from Fenway. So, Tuesday afternoon and until game time Wednesday night, we'll be limited to walking distance from the Buckminster/Kenmore Square, and the question is: #1 (for my wife): What kind of area is it and are there any particular places we should check out (stores, museums, art galleries)? #2 (for me): are there any decent record stores in the area, particularly vinyl? I remember driving past a Tower Records on my way to the Mass Pike to get out of town after a game, is it still open? Thanks!

Give it a rest, Alex. The fact is that the vast majority of people voting for both Bo and Carrie are too young to vote in a real election or don't bother to anyway. Next you're going to tell us that Diebold ran the vote counting apparatus for Fox, too.

That was not a problem when I saw the film. The moment the movie began, it became the most eerily quiet theater I've ever been in. Not a popcorn movie - and no one was eating anything, let alone laughing.

Let's see: Schilling on the shelf and Wells either injured or ineffective when he pitches. Ramirez, Bellhorn, Millar and Renteria not hitting like they're supposed to (and until very recently, neither was Mueller). Foulke having a surpringly un-Foulke like year. Yes, we have to kick it up a couple of notches - even Damon has said tonite's game against the Blue Jays is a "must win". But the fact remains that overall, the pitching has held up remarkably well without the #1 and #2 starter (and Wade Miller is already showing that he may be the most important "acquisition" of all), and despite the hitting woes of a significant portion of the lineup, the team is very close to the top in runs scored again and is in fact ahead of the pace set by last year's record setting offense. With 2/3 of the season to go, I have to believe that Manny, Millar, Renteria will hit as they always have, Schilling will be back soon enough, and if Wells doesn't get his act together, we'll still have a superb staff of Schilling, Miller, Arroyo, Clement and Wakefield. And Foulke has been one of the most consistent relievers for a long time, so he's going to perform up to standards eventually.

Man! You have a sense of humor, how can that be??? with great lines such as.... Dracula: I'm going out for a bite to drink. Dracula: Children of the night, shut up! Ok, a flawed film for sure, but very 70's and Richard Benjamin's best role. I mean Come on, flashing Dracula his Jewish star, trying to kill him with a silver bullet in the heart , an Oscar worthy performance for sure! ← I completely agree with Berigan, and not just because I always quote that film whenever the subject of a quickie comes up with my wife: "With you, never a quickie. Always a longie."

Soul Cookin was on Argo, not Prestige.

I think its a no-brainer that what Mike says is true. "Out" people have gone beyond the tradition but haven't necessarily lost their appreciation for it. "In" people -and I'm one of the most "in" people this side of Hardbop Heaney - just can't find anything in the "out" cats to appreciate.

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! ←