Dan Gould

I own The Mavericks CD and I don't care what anyone has to say about it, its damn fine retro country. They even make a Bruce Springsteen song, "All That Heaven Will Allow" listenable.

I think its just recently been published. I think I'm going to order through Amazon and get Shaugnessey's "Curse Reverersed" book at the same time and get the free shipping deal. (Just to be clear, I don't think that's the verbatim title of Shaugnessey's book)

I haven't the foggiest idea.

I guess when your team is the defending World Champions, everyone gets on the bandwagon and wants to see them. There were three games in the south Florida area against the Orioles and the Marlins that I tried to get tickets for, we had plans to go to one game with my wife and another with her brother and two kids -- and I was only able to secure a single seat for myself for the March 24 game with the O's, despite being online the moment tickets went on sale. On the positive side, we do have plans to get to Boston in June and I was able to score two pairs of tickets for June 14 and 15. The seats for June 14 are something like these: And best of all, we got Green Monster seats, the coolest seats in baseball, for June 15. BTW, that is the interleague series against the Reds-what are the chances that Junior Griffey will be healthy and playing? It'd be nice to see a future Hall of Famer, but given his recent history, we're almost resigned to the assumption that he'll be hurt by the time June rolls around.

dan- you really don't have to write EVERY thought that pops into your head...... Perhaps, but do you have any other suggestion why ham was dropped from the menu?

Well, I may be more retro than you, but with EA and Hazeltine, if I saw that at Borders or was placing an order at Cadence, I wouldn't hesitate, myself. Bill Fenohr usually gets all Criss Cross releases, maybe he can shed light on it.

Interesting .... do you think its possible that Boston Market dropped ham in south Florida due to the relatively high proportion of Jews in the population? I had assumed that it was a chain-wide change, so if it wasn't, what would make them change it here? Maybe there was just less demand for ham in this area and therefore they just went ahead and dropped it. Of course, that doesn't explain dropping romaine lettuce from the sandwiches!

I also liked the mac and cheese and spinach, and I agree that the sandwiches weren't bad, what I never understood is why they dropped ham from the menu. I'd go to Boston Market about twice a month for lunch, but lately, the final straw was the changes they made to the sandwiches: shredded iceberg instead of the nice leafy romaine toasting it like they're trying to compete with that other, hipper brand. That, and the fact that the last sandwich I got came with not one but two slices of "tomato" which could hardly be called that: they were both lily white and utterly disgusting. How a restaurant could use them was totally beyond me.

Hi Dan, is it good Kharma if I take this.... Cheers, Tjobbe EDIT what I can additionally offer to the board is Along came Jones - New York Connexion (with Eubanks, Allen, Locke and more) Send me a PM with your address and its yours.

I'd be very interested in what else this article had to say about Hank during this period. I think I've heard on this board that Hank found the pickings pretty slim when he went to Europe, but I'd like to know more about this era. any chance we can prevail upon you to transcribe the article for us like Jim did himself not too long ago?

OK, that must have happened when I was buried in work two weeks ago and wasn't looking at Politics at all.

I was going to put this in the Offering section, but what the hey, I'll just Pay it Forward: Herb Ellis, Roll Call on Justice Records. Mel Rhyne on organ here, and fair warning: Johnny Frigo is on violin. But trust me when I say this is a very fine CD, with Ellis giving some of his nicest blues-oriented performances I've heard (and while I'm not a big violin fan, Frigo sounds perfectly fine to me). Its also the first time Ellis recorded with an organ. I talked myself into buying this yesterday and of course discovered that I already have it as soon as I got home. So my misfortune can be someone else's gain. That's how kharma works, right?

In lieu of a Hoffman Forum approved PM, I'd like to publicly point out that the correct phrase is "peace of mind."

In other words, Tom, you consider the Politics Forum to be something like the crazy aunt who lives in the attic, or the red-haired bastard stepchild: Something to be kept hidden from all casual acquaintances and only revealed to people who "join the tribe". Clearly you're quite proud about what goes on in the Political Forum, just like everyone loves their crazy aunts and their red-haired bastard step-children. As far as your other point about "politics" not being the focal point of the board, and by extension, Organissimo the group, that's just plain silly. Can you point to a single individual who has come to this board exclusively to post in politics? Even 1ngham, while posting in Politics at a rate to challenge Johnny for board leader, still manages to post about jazz elsewhere. And if you're point is really about what gets posted in Politics, and how opinions get expressed, well, doesn't that say a lot about the way the politically minded are arguing their points? And doesn't that say something about why politics might not really have a place in a jazz BB? You know, when I announced my departure from politics, it took some adjustment at first, but I quickly realized this was not something that was truly necessary to my enjoyment of the board. I think it would be a mighty interesting experiment to disable that forum for a couple of weeks or a month, and just let people deal. I wonder how many current political posters will discover that they really didn't have to post in politics. And really, what would the harm be? So you don't talk politics here for a couple of weeks. If the demand remains high, Politics goes back into action, and you guys have at it. There'll be as much politics to discuss a month from now as there is today.

OK, correct me if I'm wrong, but exactly what has really changed? Seems to me, the big effect here is that people who have asked to have the Politics forum disabled (like me) will no longer be able to log out and take a look at the forum. For me, I would do this a couple of times a week, and it worked well as a reinforcement that my decision to leave that forum behind was a good one. You know, see some ridiculous posting, but know that I can't post a response, not wasting time thinking what I'd like to say-the stupidities inundating that forum quickly became like water off a duck's back. So, aside from completely disabling the forum for all members who didn't want to see it in the first place, what have you done? Now lurkers won't see it? Big deal, people! They were lurkers to begin with. If they ever register as members, they'll see the political forum and see this board in all its, ahem, glory. If the Politics forum was that bad, I think Jim should disable it for everyone, add a pinned announcement to the Miscellenous Forum that Politics is not to be discussed here, and see what happens. The idea that Politics will inevitably infest other forums is completely bogus, if a no-politics policy is strictly enforced. Or is someone so addicted to political vitriol that they'd turn a discussion pie vs cake into a Bush-thrashing fest? Personally, I'd think it would be a very interesting experiment to disable politics and see what happens. There are certainly many people here on both sides of the issue. Would it really kill people to have to go find a, perish the thought, a BB devoted to politics to satisfy that need?

What I find annoying, FFA only touches on: The editing within scenes that, cumulatively allow one more thirty second spot. This is especially clear on Seinfeld episodes, where little bits and pieces have disappeared. Obviously it comes back to the almighty dollar, and considering the price paid for Seinfeld in syndication, I guess they've got to make their money back somewhere. But it still stinks.

Its two separate recordings that I happened to pair up on a single CDR.

Shawn, that's not Hardbop Chris Heaney. Different hardbop, and I don't think he's expressed a huge distaste of electric instruments. So there's no reason to assume he'd hate it.

Looking through my vinyl inventory, I'd identify these as most rare: George Bohanon Quartet Boss Bossa Nova Workshop Jazz Art Blakey/Jazz Messengers Selections from Golden Boy Colpix Eddie Davis Trio + Joe Newman Count Basie Presents Roulette Lefty Edwards The Right Side of Lefty Workshop Jazz George Freeman w. Charlie Earland Introducing Giant Step Dexter Gordon All Souls Dexterity Johnny Griffith Trio Jazz Workshop Jazz Eddie Higgins Plays Music from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Capitol Ron Jefferson Love Lifted Me Pacific Jazz B.B. King Rarest King (Autographed) Blues Boy B.B. King Blues 'N' Jazz MCA Records Charles Kynard Where Its At! Pacific Jazz Sandy Mosse, et. al. Chicago Scene Argo Houston Person (feat. Grant Green) The Real Thing Eastbound Rita Reys/Jazz Messengers The Cool Voice Of Columbia Clifford Scott Out Front Pacific Jazz Bumble Bee Slim Back in Town! Pacific Jazz Earl Washington All-Stars Workshop Jazz I would add one extraordinarily rare private recording involving Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams, and another involving Andrew Hill but if I gave details I would be inundated with inquiries and these recordings are not available for trade so forget I even wrote the foregoing.

Marla, I'm lucky, I found clean copies of both of the Uptown LPs just before the time that Chuck told us that a reissue was upcoming. Glad I sprung for them, considering the delay! Speaking of the post-Philly Joe Dameronia band, are you aware of this CD: Also with Kenny Washington. If you don't have it, it might be a nice reminder of the concert you saw. Very similar lineup to the Tully Hall show. Not sure how tough it is to get (its on Soulnote), but believe me, its worth the hunt!

Marla, I hope Chuck will reply, but I know its been at least two years since he told us that at least one of the Dameronia albums was going to be reissued, and we're still waiting, wondering.

This is just like how "Talk Like a Pirate Day" got started... Hmmm. I wonder if I can convince my wife that today is Love Day? How can you not make love on Love Day?! See my message above regarding spirit crushing illness. Wait a sec, you replied to that message, so you already know about reasons to not get any love on love day. Excuse me, Love Day.

In addition to the scam Rooster mentions, the big one in South Florida - The Sun Sentinel did several stories about it - is on "local" moves: Quote a price on the phone. Show up and load up the truck. Go to the new home/apartment. Demand an exorbitant amount of money prior to unloading the truck, far in excess of what was quoted. Tell the person you're ripping off that according to the law, the stuff on the truck is the company's until they are paid, and this is what you are paid, blah blah blah. Generally, people are so desperate to get their stuff, they pay anything. another aspect of the scam is vaguely worded contracts that are signed before they pack the truck. That's where the padding of the bill starts, or the page with the final cost isn't there and is added afterward. There have been cases here where customers getting scammed have drawn guns, cops show up, and the cops won't mediate, they end up arresting the customer for waving his gun around. Just an unbelievable industry. And the worst thing: In Florida, there's a handful of these companies that operate like this as long as they can, the state catches up to them, and immediately, they're in business under a new name a week later, and a year after that, the state catches up with them again.

Someone remembers Ghost Story??? Who?? Who remembers it??? Tell me what you remember!

I'm sick as a dog so there ain't no love in my immediate future. So let me be the first to say, bah, humbug to Love Day!