Dan Gould

Anyone else watching this show? There are definite similarities between this and Idol, but I think the overall talent level is much higher, and the entertainment factor is much greater. Some real talent among the contenders, and at least there's greater variation in approach to the craft, as opposed to the melisma infected "singing" on Idol. I didn't watch the whole season, but I have to say that Alonzo Bodden is a terrific talent and should definitely win the vote. I also had a soft spot for the cro-magnon dude, Jay London. And the Sicilian girl was easy on the eyes. Not sure if she was funny or not, I just noticed she was easy on the eyes.

Tooter, again, no email received.

Sounds good to me. I'm ready to ship at a "Moment's Notice" as it were.

Tooter, Not a problem, but I haven't received an email yet, so you might try again. dangould@hotmail.com

Not too long ago I got to this in my A-to-Z safari and its definitely a winner.

Thanks, Claude. Is it safe to assume though that at the worst case, if I borrowed an LP and burned at high speed, and it turned out my CD player had troubles, I could take that burn and re-burn at a lower speed? I mean, if the errors aren't on the disc but in the playback of the disc by certain machines, I assume I can always reburn from the master copy at a lower speed.

Update: The list stands at 25. Thanks to those who offered but at present I am prepared to handle all burning and shipping. I shipped to far flung members dutchmanx, White Lightning, and Marcus Oliviera on Monday; European shipments will be made pending the continued slowing of the discussion thread, with American shipments to follow. Further signups still accepted!

OK, I understand aversion to "higher" burn speeds, but as technology races ahead, have you noticed how the possible speeds keep heading up? So my question is, aside from a generalized fear of audio errors or disc failures, is there any compelling (i.e., actual, demonstrable failure rate) reason to keep burning audio CDs at, say, no higher than 12x, when 48x would make my burning time oh so much shorter?

Don't take this the wrong way, Dmitry but she looks like an unhappy Czarina, about to send someone to Siberia.

I'll have to check my dinged up LP box to see just how nice the notes were, but I seem to recall a lot of words and pictures, like this was a real "deluxe" Roulette issue, the kind of verbiage that would make for a super-thick CD insert. That's why I'd be surprised if they reproduce the whole thing. Then again, it is the centennial, so how can they not?

The Count Basie Story was one of those box set things, with a real nice booklet, if I recall correctly. I wonder if the booklet will be fully reproduced or not-I'd be surprised if it is. And if I remember correctly, these were, essentially, covers of the Decca hits by the Basie band of the Roulette years, which makes it kind of cool on its own terms.

I don't think Shrdlu is remotely "respectful" in the way he regards the beliefs of anyone who doesn't 100% agree with his personal beliefs. In fact, he's downright disrespectful.

Tony, you might want to track down the Magical Trio dates, with Ray Brown and either Elvin or Blakey behind the kit.

Koko is cool, but I'd much rather be called T-Bone.

Any more willing souls?

Not necessarily, Claude. But we've still got more Jesse Davis: From Within Second Nature Young at Art First Insight The Setup Miles Davis: Quintet (Giants of Jazz) with Blakey, the Ascenseur Pour L'Echafaud soundtrack Transition Jazz at the Plaze In Person Friday Night at the BlackHawk Complete Saturday Night at the Blackhawk Complete Kind of Blue Miscelleneous Miles At Newport 1958 '58 Sessions Volume 1 (BN) New Miles Davis Quintet Cookin'

And the court has ruled: Let Love Rule Court lets ex-teacher, pupil she raped, can reunite Friday, August 6, 2004 Posted: 3:25 PM EDT (1925 GMT) SEATTLE, Washington (CNN) -- A judge in Seattle on Friday lifted an order that barred contact between former school teacher and convicted rapist Mary Kay Letourneau and Vili Fualaau, the now 21-year-old man whom she was convicted of assaulting when he was her student at the age of 13. Letourneau was released from prison Wednesday and, within hours, Fualaau petitioned the court to lift the no-contact order, saying he still loves her. The order was part of her sentence in 1997. The prosecutor's office said the court took into consideration that the victim is now a legal adult, and determined there was no legal basis to prevent contact between the two of them. The couple's daughters, ages 5 and 7, live with Fualaau's mother, and he mostly lives with family friends. Fualaau is unemployed and didn't finish high school. Letourneau was a 35-year-old elementary school teacher in the Seattle suburbs when she began having sex with the sixth-grader. She was already a mother of four at the time. At a 2002 civil trial, Fualaau testified, "We had sex in the gym, we had sex in the girl's bathroom and we had sex in her classroom." When Letourneau was arrested in 1997, she was already pregnant with Fualaau's daughter. Though she professed her love for the boy, a judge sentenced her to six months in jail for second-degree child rape, and ordered her to stay away from him. A month after Letourneau was released, she was caught having sex with Fualaau in her car. She was sent to prison for 7 1/2 years, and gave birth to Fualaau's second daughter behind bars. As a sex offender, Letourneau will have to register with the state and receive court-ordered treatment. Author Gregg Olsen, who has been closely following the case, told CNN, "So many people see this as a love story and want to see them together. I do want to remind people that he was 12 and 13 years old when this thing happened, and his life has been profoundly impacted by what she did." Olsen said he met with Fualaau three weeks ago, and found him mature following such a troubling past. "Everything bad that could happen to a teenage boy, which is what he was at the time, happened to him," Olsen said.

Wow. Can't say I'm totally shocked, I was kind of surprised by how he looked when I saw him in one of those Behind the Music VH1 shows. RIP, Super Freak.

I believe that for the Anita O'Day LP, a couple of cuts with the Sounds appeared on a comp. and the O'Day tracks appeared on the Mosaic, but, and perhaps this isn't common knowledge, at least half of the original LP was a regular Sounds record, just the trio (with Roy Eldredge sitting in on one or maybe two tunes). So, that's why I wonder about "extra" tracks.

What do you mean, extra tracks? I thought they were putting out original vinyl transfers? Or are they digging into the vaults for unissued material? and most importantly, if there are unissued tracks, are they with Anita or are they instrumentals?

I think for a time pay had a lot to do with it, because wasn't it true that Duke used his composer's royalty payments to keep the band on salary even when there were no gigs?

That's OK, usually I let these things go. But I'm trying to get my post count up without resorting to girlie pics.

Sad news, and the obit is a bit more complete than most, but there was a thread about this when it happened.

I actually agree with Alex here, provided that her release came about because she served her full sentence for violating the earlier order when she was released the first time. But the government has the right to set conditions if her release is coming early. But if she's paid her debt, I don't think that limits should be set on what they do now that both parties are adults.

Sorry, Guy! No, wait, that's Brownie ...