Dan Gould

What a charmless Christian you are. Guess that's why you referred to them as "camel jockies"-they're non-Christians, they're condemned to hell, who gives a shit, right? And exactly how do you know that Islam is a crock? HOW do you KNOW they aren't enjoying their 72 virgins at this very moment???? Oh, that's right, the King James Bible tells you so. You do more to keep people away from YOUR so-called "saviour" than you've ever done to bring them to "Him", preacher man.

I completely disagree with those who bemoan the lack of "personalities" on the men's side. If you're a serious fan, you should be watching for shotmaking skill and exciting competition. Tennis does not need modern day congenital assholes (Nastase), super brats (McEnroe) or petulant man-children (Connors). But then again, I guess that's why I rooted for Borg and Lendl against those obnoxious jerks. As for the issue of racquet technology: it is completely wrong to say that the size of the racquet is the cause of the problem of too much power in the men's game. Oversize racquets (110s) are designed for recreational players. NO professional or even semi-serious amatuer, uses an oversized racquet. They also don't use the ultra-stiff racquets that allow recreational powers to hit with greater pace. They don't need help with power, and they don't need an extra big "sweet spot" either. Professionals use midsize (90-95s) racquets which are only slightly larger than the old woodies. That is not to say that modern racquet technology has not created racquets that produce more powerful shots than wood models or the earliest composite frames. But I would argue that the greatest difference is that with the advent of modern racquet technology, tennis training changed and young players were taught to hit the ball as hard as they could, and because of that, over time, bassline pounders have been created at the expense of all-court players.

My memories are dominated by: 1. Before the first shots of the Pentagon were available, hearing, I think, Peter Jennings, say, "Oh my" and describing reports of smoke rising from the building. That really brought home the fear over what was happening and what might happen next. And of course at that point the towers stood so the full extent of the destruction wasn't yet realized. 2. Realizing that my sister worked a block and a half away from the WTC (I had known she worked downtown but not exactly where) and beginning to worry about her safety. She still cannot speak about what she saw that day and continues to have nightmares about it. 3. The worries about getting friends and family to our Wedding just eleven days later and the surrealness of sitting at the airport afterwards, US Army personnel at the security checkpoint and the place almost entirely empty. It was later that I realized how much our Wedding had meant to friends and family to see that life goes on and that there can be joy and happiness again. I was not prepared to watch the 9/11 film that CBS broadcast later, but a friend taped it for me, and I've been thinking that tonite might be the time to sit down and watch. Still not sure if I'm ready, but ...

A short work week. King Fleming: Weary Traveler Misty Night Stand By Chris Flory: Blues in my Heart Jimmy Forrest: All The Gin is Gone Ronnie Foster: Live at Montreaux Frank Foster: Manhattan Fever Basie is our Boss Herman Foster: Ready and Willing The Explosive Piano of/Have you Heard George Freeman: Introducing with Charlie Earland Sittin' In

Well, Harold, had to happen at some point. But Schilling goes tonite, and for Baltimore, I believe its the kid who shut out the Bombers last time. As for "Cowboy Up," Millar started using it last year as you remember. I didn't know what it meant either, but apparently its something that rodeo cowboys use when its time to suck it up and get the job done. Personally, I think he did a better job this year, borrowing the line from the film.

I'm sure he will, Evan, I'm sure he will ...

I don't think he's been back, but I did get a message from Marty that power was finally restored in Boynton not quite two days ago. 'Course, now we've got Ivan to worry about.

That's it, Eric takes care of all tips in the future! As far as that "don't tip the owner" rule goes, I can see that the boss is doing fine, he needs no tip from me, but once you start tipping, how do you stop? But he's a good barber with a steady business, and he doesn't have employees. He told me the other hair stylists pay monthly rent on their chair, so his overhead is easily taken care of, he pays no employer taxes since they're all independent contractors, and he even gets a dollar or two on every haircut they give. Nice job if you can get it ...

CNN was running an article reporting (I believe) an AP piece that he had been beaten. But no confirmation, of course, and no one knows when the losing episode might air (they film five a day, so who knows how many were in the can before he got beat, assuming the report was accurate?) http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/09/t...y.ap/index.html

I've heard the 'don't tip the owner' rule but I ignore it. My barber charges $17, I give him a $20 bill. Unfortunately, come January, his price will go up to $18 and at that point I will need to have a single or two on hand when I go. As far as general prices go, you can still find barbers that charge $10 is smaller towns like Tallahassee Florida, but they're a dying breed. And as far as European prices/tipping practices, I'm not surprised by what ubu says. Here in south Florida, many restaurants "automatically" add an 18% gratuity to your check, because so many European tourists simply assumed that the tip was included in the bill, and would therefore leave no tip at all. Different strokes for different folks, but here at least, you still tip regardless of the price of the service, and the tip on food service is not assumed.

I checked with a Detroit record dealer-don't know what his source was, but he identified it as J-V-B 58, but with only two tunes, Kenny's Sound and My Funny Valentine, so maybe it was a 45? [Mike, while I have your attention, did you see the ebay listing that had another test pressing of some obscure Transition album, with two different tunes than the ones you list? There was a posting in that Transition thread, but I don't know if you saw it or not and maybe updated your info ...]

If it were a Yugo, I'd still take the car!

Yeah, but blink again and they're back in print. I got the Bennie Green Hornful of Soul the last time it was available, either from Mr. Tanno or The Bastards.

Mike, are you sure about your dates? In a footnote to this article, written by Jim Gallert and Lars Bjorn, I found this: Interesting, also, is a mention in the article that there's an upcoming Uptown records release: Maybe that Burrell material is part of it? Maybe Chuck has some inside info?

Okey dokey. Swept the Angels. Two out of three from Texas. Swept the A's in Oakland. That's 20 wins in their last 22 games. 2 back in the East; 5 up in the Wild Card. Did you hear about the T-shirts Kevin Millar distributed this week? Borrowed a line from "Tombstone": Tell Them We're Coming (front) And We're Bringing Hell With Us (Back) Cowboy Up!

FWIW, last year she was cast in an off-broadway show about Janis Joplin and got killer reviews.

Hey! I don't care what you say - I'm countin' it! Go for it-you're definitely entitled! Glad you enjoyed the discs ...

No "In Between?" or "Space Book?" On the one hand, I could say, "not yet." On the other hand, I could say, "Hey, Booker only had one solo, so don't I have enough of it already?"

Are we talking about cassettes or reel to reel? Not that it matters, but in the same way that you feed your LP audio into the burner, you need to feed your tape source in and you should be good to go.

I have to say, I heard about Brown right before going to bed the night before the hurricane arrived, and it was the first deep belly laugh I'd had since the hurricane started bearing down on us.

When I originally conceived the BFT as a single disc plus bonus, it was because I planned to put the Plas tune on the bonus disc. When I realized that Plas still fit the theme, that was when I decided to make it a two disc-single theme BFT!

Now that things are back to "normal", time to get caught up on the music before Frances made her presence known: Duke Ellington: Back to Back (with Hodges) Ellington at Newport (Before you hammer me, I've got a bunch of Ellington on vinyl and cassette! I swear!!!) Herb Ellis: Conversations in Swing Guitar More Conversations in Swing Guitar (with Duke Robillard) Roll Call Down Home Bill English: self-titled Vanguard album Booker Ervin: Booker 'N Brass Back From The Gig Structurally Sound Exultations The Blues Book The Book Cooks Robin Eubanks: 4: JJ/Slide/Curtis and Al Richard Evans: Richard's Almanac Tal Farlow: Interpretations Art Farmer: Central Avenue Reunion Brass Shout Silk Road The Many Faces of Warm Valley A Work of Art Modern Art Listen to the Orchestra Live at Stanford Jazz Workshop Blame it on my Youth Farmer's Market Manhattan Out of the Past Super Jazz Trio with Art Farmer Yesterday's Thoughs Plays The Big Jazz Hits To Duke with Love Meet the Jazztet Blues on Down Moment to Moment Jazztet and John Lewis Joe Farnsworth: Beautiful Friendship Victor Feldman: Soviet Jazz Themes Ella Fitzgerald: 30 By Ella These Are The Blues Pure Ella All That Jazz A Perfect Match Our Love is Here to Stay Ella and Louis The Intimate Ella Tommy Flanagan: For Bird, Monk, Trane and Thad Private recording, Town Hall, NYC, 6/97

Final update: Power was restored last night at 8 pm! Back in the old homestead, slept in my own bed, now drinking my own brewed coffee ... B-) Now, I just need to get down to my office building and see what's what. But from what I've gathered, Boca Raton is still suffering the after effects, and my best bet is, no power yet. Maybe I'll have the rest of the week off!

DING DING DING DING DING!!!!!! OR, to put it in the exact words in which I conceived it, "One Degree of Blue Note" B-) Cool theme, yes? Think I'll go and edit my original post and emphasize the connecting elements ... Congrats to Mike Weil for pointing in the right direction and Jim Sangrey for bringing it home!

Players, tunes, composers .... as I said, just tweak Mike Weil's theme.