Dan Gould

Or maybe, "Not to be crying, dispensable third-world brother in the great revolution. We are being sure you understand how important is the return of the empty socialist space crates to Moscow in order to serve the people. Your waiting will be brief, our Marxist leadership collective is saying. In the meantime, please to enjoy this copy of degenerate western filth -- is Playboy for you! 1964 pet of year!"

I can just imagine the conversation the Soviet cosmonauts had with the poor guy before they left him behind: "Please to be waiting patiently, comrade African cosmonaut. Now is the glorious time for you in the socialist struggle, for which we all sacrifice. Please to not drink the vodka. Dos Vidanya."

And wouldn't NASA be fascinated to study him to learn more about the long-term implications of space flight? The truly frightening this is that people WILL believe this and get sucked into the scam.

Yeah, I gotta believe this is a spoof of the scam letters. Otherwise, I tell you what, forget NASA, get yourself into the Nigerian Space Program-they pay GOOD! 20 million US dollars accumulated in flight pay and interest? And anyway, he hasn't made any of his flights since he was stranded up there, right? The scary thing is, there are dumb asses who will fall for this, just as they fall for the more believable oil-profit-skimming-civil servant stories.

I've not even scanned this thread-I do not wish to know what 80s songs my friends actually think were good.

I would agree, except that "We didn't start the fire" is, to me, at least as annoying and lame. Apparently "Seasons in the Sun" would make the list for the parents of their target audience. Now that I see the list, I can safely pass up the TV show.

If Jack Tracey produced, wouldn't it have been his call on editing Gilmore out? As David points out, maybe they weren't that great .... its not like Gilmore was excised from the entire album, he has solos on some of the issued tunes. For all we know, the only edited track is the one that showed up on the comp., in which case, is it really worth it to hope for an Elite reissue, at $6 more, for a single tune with complete solos? Paging Jack Tracey ....

Shouldn't "I Write The Songs" be on that list, if not at the top? I have no idea why Sounds of Silence would make the list. It may not be classic, but its not Top 50 worst songs either.

What's round on the ends and high in the middle?

Another vote for the Mel Rhynes, Bernstein shines on these (Kojo, I believe, is a tribute to Wes, so .... maybe there's something to this Montgomery comparison?

Happy birthday to a nice guy and talented photographer!

Someone better tell Alex to get ready to spill the beans, then!

And FYI, I expect couw to beat most of us here in the U.S. Glad, and a bit surprised, to report that I am, too (or is that also?). Some of those were tough!

Don't worry about it, Mark, the pictures are awesome!

Man, dragged by a bus-you're lucky only the bike got smashed. You should definitely nail them for the repairs.

"Orchestral Sound of Jazz" ... Is this the K-Tel Orchestra, slumming?

Newsflash: A-Rod waited til his last at-bat to scratch out a single, just so he could have an up close view of Giambi striking out. SOXWIN!!! SOXWIN!!! SOXWIN!!! And came back from a 4-1 deficit to win 5-4!!!!!

What about the head of hair on the Sox' Johnny Damon??!!! No time to post a pic, but he looks like an extra from Mel Gibson's Jesus movie And apparently, Sox fans are showing up in the centerfield bleachers with wigs and beards and calling themselves Damon's Disciples. Ya gotta love it!

I agree, but George Wallace can be pretty funny. I like the mileage and good nature he takes out of his name, and he also does a funny bit about banks and especially their asking you whether anyone else is authorized to make deposits. Who put this ten thousand dollars in my account??? Take it out!!!!

I don't believe so, Bertrand, though I'm not a discographer; but it does make the date more noteworthy. I think of this date as being close to a Horace Silver Quintet date, with Brooks, Blue Mitchell and Junior Cook involved. Kind of like the Blue Mitchell BN date following the breakup of that version of the Silver band. Of course, it doesn't have Horace compositions ...

Man am I glad to know there's a Homeowner's Association meeting Tuesday night.

Sunshine, high 80, low in the upper 60s, til further notice. Gotta love south Florida!

Yes. I've seen a very funny clip of him impersonating Jimmy Stewart narrating a nuclear war.

Understanding that the Gilmore solos were cut out originally?? One of the better Blakey Limelights, and y'all don't want it because of a decision made by the record company 40 years ago. Your loss.