Dan Gould

Great news, David!

38, and aside from the gut, quite healthy. Which is a good thing, cause I haven't seen a doctor in about 6 years. (In fact, its easy to date the time, as it related to my brother's bone marrow transplant-I had to have a full physical in order to be approved as the donor.) I was healthy as a horse then, and nothing's really changed, except for the weight, which, thankfully, Chuck will be reminding me about for as long as I'm here. But, like Peter, I am definitely beginning to feel that the peek is long passed, and its only a matter of time before something starts to go haywire. Of course, if I got rid of the weight, maybe I could keep that day from coming for a bit longer?

Is something going to happen after 1 year and four months? Is the world going to come to an end? The more I think about it, the less I think that serious "tightening" of the time between tests is really necessary. (though I do think that Nate, and also Marcus, should get their ducks in a row earlier than usual, simply because of shipping time, especially for Marcus from South America.)

1. I've already suggested that we move shipments up a bit, but this requires that signup threads start earlier, too. Such a schedule of shipments-you're assuming that people are all ready to start shipping almost immediately. Wait til its your turn, and you start obsessing over which tracks to include or their order. The compilation process can be time consuming, and at least people have time to work on them with the master list. 2. A poll of favorite tracks-no reason it can't or shouldn't be done. 3. Limitations to CD sources-absolutely not. It is a blindfold test regarding musicians and performances. And if you can't get the particular track, at least, considering the amount of music that has gone into print on CD, you can easily start finding music by the artist in question. In fact, we are not limited to LP or CD sources-private recordings are also fair game.

Same here.

Wow, not even couw went out on a limb like that and declared himself not a fan of either Miles OR Cannonball.

Who wouldn't trust their own ears? Heck, I'd trust your ears ahead of theirs almost any day of the week.

Oh Brother! Wonder where my mind was when I posted... Well, Silver's Sister Sadie has been known to be instrumental in finding salvation.

Its apples and oranges and there's absolutely no validity to the claim this person is making.

Except that its "Sister Salvation"

couw has hit it on the nose

PM sent; we'll see if it got there.

And yet that article that was posted from the Sunday times mentioned that Spielberg told Benny that he loved his work and his favorite tune was I Remember Clifford. Heck, assuming that was true, take an extra three minutes to establish that the Father's name was Clifford and he always loved the tune, Benny leads off the set with the tune, and Hanks sits at the table while a tear falls. He's remembering his Dad with his favorite tune, AND he's triumphed against adversity.

Is that how they answered the phone? Hello, Cafe Waaaa"???

Well, for a wild card entrant, Martina couldn't dream of a better opponent-a South American clay court player who thinks grass is made for picnics. Against a legend, who's surprised she'd choke? Nevertheless, nice to see the old girl competing. Too bad the odds are huge against her having a tournament like 38 year old Jimmy Connors had at the Open in, what was it, '92?

While I doubt wesbed's pitch would be green-lighted in a million years, I am disapointed in Jazzbo's description of Benny's scene. Killer Joe is a funky enough tune that it sounds like the least they could do is let him play more and show Hanks at a table, bopping his head. Or even looking bored while the rest of the crowd is popping its fingers. Something, anything, to show why his character's father might care about jazz or getting these autographs.

Just be thankful its not Huey Lewis and the News, "If This is It"

Only if you belong to the Church of John Coltrane.

There's something wrong with the sound of the Marcus Roberts solo discs?

I know that some participants have complained about new BFTs arriving too quickly, not having time to give them the proper attention. On the other hand, other would be compilers have noted that they may anticipate shipping sometime in the first Kerry Administration, at the earliest. Our current compiler, EKE, ended up shipping a bit early, and this makes me think: Since compilers know how close there turn is and therefore have plenty of time to think about their discs and get ready in advance, is there any terrible loss to soliciting addresses further in advance and shipping further in advance? While people may have more than one "new" BFT in hand, it would also give them more time to do their listening prior to the actual start of the discussion. If we understand that compilers ONLY start discussion threads, then I think we could keep things straight, while actually giving everyone more time to listen before discussions start, and also keep things moving so that we can move steadily through the list and people won't wait quite so long to get their shot. Thoughts?

Among the tunes I put on my Wedding Day compilation: I'm Old Fashioned (Coltrane's version) Until I Met You (aka Corner Pocket) Blue and Sentimental (Ike's version) I've Got The World on a String It's Crazy (not sure which musical that's from) 2 Degrees East, Three Degrees West Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby ******************************* Congrats on the Nuptials!!

Do I count? My wife bought a Father's Day card for our "son," Coltrane, to give to his "Daddy". In case you've missed the pics before, here's one shortly after we adopted him. Its amazing how quick they grow up!

My Brooks Brothers Day: David "Bubba" Brooks: The Big Sound of Bubba Brooks Smooth Sailing Polka Dots and Moonbeams Roy Brooks: Beat Tina Brooks: Minor Move True Blue The Waiting Game Back to the Tracks 211

I believe that if you want to receive payments, you need to give up the bank account number to get your $$. At least those transfers are still free.

I can't imagine why, for these purposes, your classmates wouldn't prefer Paypal payment if it were available. Unless, that is, its really your 50th Reunion, and you don't anticipate that anyone will know what the hell Paypal is anyway. And judging by our own Christiern, people in that age cohort are online, too ...