Dan Gould

Getting back to this, it occured to me that the unknown title I mention might be "Ray's Idea" but the track times do not match. Is Ray's Idea usually a feature for Blakey? This one is, with the band coming in only in the last minute or so of the 3:25 track. I guess we could assume this is the unknown track Brownie lists from Claude's discography, but he lists it as unissued and without a track length, so it leaves me wondering whether this is a totally different tune? And it gets more curious because now I've realized that Marty has different tapes of the same concert, but while the tracks seem to be the same, on one tape, "Close Your Eyes" is 12:45 instead of the 12:15 Brownie/Claude list (and another tape is 12:15). So perhaps one was edited?

Chris, nefarious or not, your point was as I described it - that things may be better, but some people still have caveman views on race. Number one, you might have taken a shorter section of the article (its not news that newspapers in 1912 wrote such things, it happened outside of the south, too), and then made your point with something specific from the current day. The fact is, outside of neo-nazi and white supremacist websites and newsletters, this sort of casual racism in print doesn't exist anymore. You can't force racists to change. That's an unfortunate fact. At least this kind of casual racism (racism-in-print) is a thing of the past. Now do you see why this belongs in Politics? As for Weinstock, losing my job and embarking on a completely different, more challenging and time-consuming field has put Weinstock way on the back burner, much to my embarrassment. And now, I am more inclined when time permits to work on a piece about the Four Sounds demo instead.

And what exactly is your point, Chris? That in 1912, southern newspapers wrote offensively about black people? And how exactly do you get from that 1912 article to "many of our current citizens seem somewhat stuck in time, don't they?" What, did you hear someone say "pickaninnie" today? And why would you put this here instead of in Politics, if you want to make claims about the backwardness of "many of our current citizens"?

Getting back to the games: Pavano got pummeled and Wells went seven shutout innings. I think everything will be fine.

I think the only way to get what he's looking for is to get a digital recorder and walk around NYC til you find a street musician playing saxophone.

I should probably be taken out and shot now that I realize that I've yet to crack open the HRS box since December 25.

There was nothing whatsoever in your comment to indicate anything other than a straightforward claim: Yankee fans never interfere, Red Sox fans are the scum of the earth. Glad to know your medium-term memory isn't that bad.

Fortunately they have very good security and they don't sell beer in the bleachers. They don't do that at Fenway either.

I agree, Al. I originally had that Sweets/Ben album as one of those super cheap Italian LPs with the flimsy paper sleeves, then I upgraded with that three LPs on two CDs reissue of about 5 years ago ...

Its entirely about the height of the walls. If the wall weren't three feeet there, nothing could happen. If Yankee stadium walls were that low, it'd happen all the time.

TWO WORDS, DAVE: No, make it three: JEFFREY FUCKING MEIER So give me a fucking break. One asshole swipes at the ball, the other asshole pulls a fly out into the stands for a game-breaking home run, in the fucking playoffs. But no, it happens "only at Fenway." We've never ever seen that at the Stadium. No, never.

Simpson is hysterical!!!!

Well, first of all I have to mention that winning a game Randy Johnson starts (and hitting three homers off him for the first time in 45 starts) is SWEET! As for Sheffield, the replays looked to me that he didn't actually touch him, but apparently the swipe at the ball clipped his jaw. AMAZING that Sheffield takes a moment to shove the guy before throwing the ball in! What if it had been Damon motoring around and he tried to make it home, and Sheffield's pause to hit the guy let him score?! Not excusing the fan, he's an idiot, but the sight of Sheffield hitting the guy with the ball in his hand, then going back at him with a clenched fist, was stunning. As for the umpiring, Marty said my comlaining yesterday was 'beneath me' but I tell you what, when the manager and a coach get run out, and Johnson is stewing on the mound, too, you know the home plate umpire was terrible.

"French maid"

turn into me that's the same as "playboy" which I mentioned above.

Yeah, they're definitely going more risque. Try "poker"!

"clothes" "change clothes"

"Playboy" "hummer" or "banana" (me thinks they're getting a bit more risque in their clips).

That was Vonzell with "Let's Hear it for the Boy", right? Yeah, she knocked that one out of the park, but I liked Nadia a lot, too. And the black guy with the long hair, he's pretty strong, too. But a little of the rockers goes a long way. And just to be clear, I haven't parked my butt in front of the tube religiously. Honest. I'm just waiting for that House dude to come on. Really.

That's what Simon said at the start of the season, too. In fact, I think he claimed that none of the previous finalists match up with the group from this year.

I have the American Record Society issue of this, but I definitely have to grab this instead and get rid of the ugly pink inner sleeve in favor of dapper Sweets!

Highly recommended here, though Lon is surely right that it will resurface someday. But its a real nice set.

Wasn't that the Mickaela girl, who got booted a couple of weeks back? I thought she did very well with it, I was definitely surprised to see her get the axe. But nothing is more surprising or annoying than the fact that the Russian kid who has the worst voice of any of them, not only hangs in, but doesn't even have to sweat it out in the final three. WTF? It just goes to show that there's an enormous population of teen and pre-teen girls who only care about Tiger Beat looks. So, the question becomes, why the fuck am I watching?

But those calls were horrible! It was the worst strike zone since Eric Gregg got the boot. It'll all depend on which Unit shows up tonite - the guy who pitched the opener or the guy who had to be bailed out by his teammates in his second start.

The least you can do is spell his name right. Jaret Baseball certainly is a funny game. One pitcher gets a win by throwing barely 50% of his pitches over the plate. The other one sails along, makes two mistakes, and gets beat. And lets not forget the pathetic home plate umpire, who gave Wright both of his punchouts on pitches that were at least six inches to a foot inside.