Dan Gould

I've been thinking about another way that we might be able to share and discuss favorite music with each other. Its inspired by a recent addition to Cadence magazine's regular columns, "Flying Blind." In Cadence, it goes like this: Reviewer gets copy of CD but no information on the band, the recording, etc. Reviewer writes his usual review, including guesses about the musicians. Here's my thought of how this could go: 1. Participants sign up for their opportunity to share favorite albums. 2. Burns are distributed to participants. 3. Participants post their observations of the album in question. 4. The answers are revealed. Here's the most important part: 5. Participants who enjoy the CD are honor bound to purchase a legitimate copy. Participants who do not enjoy the CD are honor bound to destroy their copies. So, the whole idea here is not to pick OOP or super expensive Japanese pressings. Participants should choose in print recordings which are easily found at retail or internet outlets. In fact, participants might want to give general descriptions of what they want to offer, so if someone's interests don't include "modern mainstream" or "free improv" they can safely skip an offering. I realize the obvious risk here: We're announcing our intention to distribute copyrighted material. But I also think that #5 above does a lot to minimize that, if people are truly committed to following the rules (and considering how many people do say that when legit reissues come out, they purchase them, I think we're a fairly honest and ethical bunch). In fact, this idea actually leverages the cheap technology and the reach of the internet to create sales of music which might not otherwise exist-something that the music industry has tried to deny but ought to actually be thankful for. The other potential drawback of course is the possibility that people who already find themselves hard pressed to keep up with the BFT won't want to add something new to their listening pile. So what do you all think?

Sorry Jim, you can always delete it if you want.

Sorry Mark, but its impossible to hold all four of those opinions simultaneously. The only option I failed to account for was not guilty on second degree murder. But I figured anyone believing that can go for #2 anyway. And speaking of which, no one yet believes he's innocent, a handful think the state has not met its burden of proof.

Look, Court TV has covered it exhaustively, and why not? Its there purpose. Otherwise, CNN.com has posted an article on each day's doings, and that's about the extent of the media coverage from where I stand. And considering the facts of the case and the fact that the case is entirely circumstantial, it seems to me the people on the jury have an extremely difficult challenge, one that few juries ever get. On that basis alone, getting the opinions of board members seems like a reasonable thing to do. And like they say, not interested, then don't open the thread.

Well, it might not be spectacular or innovative, but the events surrounding the murder make this a very interesting case. Not to mention the fact that the case is entirely circumstantial, and I think the interest level jumps even more. But to each his own.

Well, the legal/strategery reasons are obvious: all the lies he told that would be used to impeach him. His only chance then would have been to have an emotional breakdown on the stand, pledging his undying love for his wife and that he could never have killed her or the baby. I think a man accused of such a crime without all of the baggage would probably jump at the chance to testify. Like, say, ...... Dr. Richard Kimble

The jury's deliberating, so you better vote quick! I know its a circumstantial case, but his behavior while his wife was "missing"-selling her car, talking to a realtor about selling the house, altering the baby's room to a storage room-is just too much. Added to the lies he told, the extramarital affair, I can't help but believe he did it.

It was. Maybe its time to adopt the BFT signup method to the AOTW? One advantage here might be that people could announce their future picks far enough in advance that people could have plenty of lead time to either give some listening to the album or get it in hand well in time for the discussion.

Thanks. Don't think that Bethlehem made it out in that since-aborted series of reissues.

I know this will make Chuck abhor me even more, but here's the way I've tried to look at those Spanish labels with the dubious ethics: If they're ripping off new reissues, avoid them like the plague. If they put out obscurities that would otherwise never be seen or are hard to find on ebay, I'll consider them. Case in point: The recent reissue of Rusty Bryant Dot recordings. I had one of these on a noisy LP and was shocked to find Rusty blowing very nicely (and rather Pres-like) on a group of standards with a band of west coast mainstays like Gerry Wiggins. So, shoot me, but I'm happy to have the complete west coast Dot sessions in decent sound. So that brings me to one item in their latest batch: Complete Frank Rosolino Quartet featuring Sonny Clark. One date therein is with Sonny, the other is with Lou Levy. It looks like the Levy set is from a Mode album last put out by VSOP. My question is, does anyone know what the Clark date is? If its another VSOP reissue, then I'll surely try to hunt it down (AMG isn't helping). But if its something more obscure and less easily attainable ...

Tell that to Garth Brooks!

And a tad grayer than the last picture I saw!

Tony, Cables sounds fine, and that's coming from someone who isn't a fan. So now you really have no excuse!

Mike, I'd like in for #40-whatever. This time, no complaints about too many blues!

The Vanguard reissues: Great music that shouldn't have been put out as comps.

Polls open at 7 am, and close as late as 8 or 9 pm (never before 7 pm). So many people go to vote before or after work. I'd imagine that employers would be understanding if one went to vote at lunch time and were a bit late getting back.

I liked Robin Williams in the flick about the creepy photo shop dude.

OOPS, my bad!

UP, cause this CD is flat out terrific! Morgan may come straight out of Bird, but I just love his tone, so expressive, soulful and personal. Great tunes on this, too: two Monks, two Coltranes, and an excellent cover of "All Blues". I'd heard when Morgan had a stroke a couple or so ago, but I was surprised to learn in the liners that he actually was gigging again about six months after. Clearly, his playing has not suffered the way OP's playing did after his stroke, and I really can't recommend this set enough, to Morgan fans, or anyone wanting to check him out.

Well, if I'm not mistaken, the Four Freshman and this set are the first Mosaics for vocalists, aren't they? Myself, I wouldn't at all mind a Joe Williams Roulette Mosaic. There's some good stuff in there, aside from the two sets that came out on the Williams/Sweets reissue a few years back.

Maybe the hyperbole is in direct relationship to the fact that these albums are known to have been originally aimed at the pop side of things? In other words, Michael knows this one is a tougher sell, so he's pushing it a bit harder.

I realize this may be considered a "political" issue but electoral incompetence is non-partisan, so I figure it belongs in this forum. So my question is: How well organized was your voter precinct? Was the wait long, short? Do you have touchscreen machines or something from the last millenium? Did they work without a hitch? And do any of you have precincts located in Churches? I do, and frankly I think its wrong. Voting should take place in public buildings, schools, etc. Not churches, where I found three different signs encouraging me to pray for my country and for my leaders. I also had some woman walk down the line telling people, "pray before you vote!" to which I had to respond, "Excuse me, this is America-we may choose to pray before we vote, or we may choose NOT to pray before we vote." That shut her Christian Fascist mouth pretty quick. But I digress. How did the machinery of elections work for you? While the touchscreen system seemed to work well, it was ridiculous that there were only three machines for my precinct. The bottom line-I was in line ten minutes before the polls opened, there were about thirty people ahead of me. I didn't complete the ballot until an hour after the polls opened.

Maybe people would if you gave us a label.

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