Dan Gould

As far as Zora and Uncle Joe go, I think she's got a thing for guitarists!

Speaking of Lynch, Tribute to the Trumpet Masters is very nice.

Nice to see One Flight Up gettin the treatment.

I noticed recently on Alan Lankin's site that he's listed as having a new CD due on Concord, duets with, among others, that famous daughter who inspires such mixed reactions round here.

Clearly, I did not pay enough attention while living in the south (hey, it was Tallahassee, anyway), but the map clearly shows that "pop" is an upper midwest thing, and its "coke" in the south.

Does it get any better? Yanks swept by Boston in the Bronx, for the first time since September of '99. Its gonna be a long flight to the west coast for the so-called "Bombers" who have Zito and the rest of the A's troika to look forward to. Sox lost the season series last year 10-9; already they are 6-1 after just two series. How long before a Steinbrennerian explosion?

Maybe this applies more in the States, where "pop" is typically heard in the midwest and south ....

I was all ready to try some Fanta Apple soda, but alas, like the famous Altoid mints Rooster was crowing about, they've yet to make it to south Florida.

Anyone with the farmer brown gig would want a bag with a larger opening, doncha think?

Jim, I don't think its ebay worried about proper channels, its ebay denying their problems and resenting people who are trying to improve things but because they call attention to the problem, the bosses don't appreciate it. Its kind of contradictory-they want a "community" of users, but resent it when honest members try to point out the frauds.

Maybe he's too tradition-bound in an Eddie Jefferson way, but I heartily recommend Giacomo Gates.

Jim, There was an article in the Times not long ago which described a group of self-described Ebay vigilantes who try to spot fraudulent auctions and scare the unwitting bidders away. Amazingly, ebay opposes their efforts, and if I recall correctly, have even threatened their status as ebay members, all for doing what your instincts are telling you to do. I say, contact the would-be buyer as soon as possible. As far as whether or not fraudulent ebay auctions are out of control, I have no idea. My father is a total technophobe, still uses a non-electric typewriter, and he's constantly warning me about the things he reads about auction fraud-he thinks its endemic, he'd probably even go so far as to say that more than half of all listings are fake. But I always remind him that I never bid very much, and I've never heard of someone listing an album they don't actually have, so the worst thing that happens are poorly graded LPs. And, I remind him that its high end items like vintage guitars or "new" electronics that tend to be fraudulent, not jazz LPs.

Big Congratulations to Jim and the whole Alfredson clan!!! And happy to hear that a difficult birth turned out fine for everybody!

I voted for Fast Times, but I think Sangrey's choice is actually better. Anyone who votes for Breakfast Club should be taken out and shot.

Sorry to hear this, Tom, hang in there and don't let the creeps get you down!

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?