Dan Gould

Chuck, Did you get my detailed PM (or maybe it was a board E-mail) regarding the answer to your Weinstock questions? I wanted to make sure you got your answer even though it wasn't that illuminating.

It ought to be noted here that earlier I noticed someone posted a reference to "ad hominem" attacks in defending Ricci. I replied by quoting his "twerp" comment and asking, what was that about "ad hominem" attacks. He has now deleted that message and disabled my account. Now, I am not surprised at my banning; I welcome it. But his latest act of censorship is telling.

Cool. Glad I posted.

Ed, I am not sure if PMs are working, did you receive mine? Thanks

I apologize to all here who feel that my outburst reflects poorly on Organissimo. The comments were certainly intended as my own, even if I was objecting to Ricci's censorship of any mention of "competing" BBs. I realize that the best advice I can accept would be to wait thirty minutes before posting responses to messages that disturb me. I will try to do so in the future. I do however think it is necessary to recap the exact course of events that happened at AAJ: 1. I started a similar "Bob Weinstock & Me" thread at AAJ. 2. Ricci saw it, changed the title to help it get responses. 3. After a couple of replies, I DID thank people and ask for further help. 4. The thread then degenerated into a "pissing contest" between Chris A., hardbop and Kevin B. regarding Prestige being called the "Junkie Label" and I realized that there was little help that was forthcoming. 5. Ricci then posted a message in which he said that he "wasn't dogging Dan" but then proceeded to attack me for not returning to the thread or thanking people for their help. This was completely uncalled for, for these reasons: a. It happened around the holidays when time spent online might naturally be less. b. I DID thank people before the thread degenerated. c. Is it not both bothersome and loathsome for a board owner to post such a "I'm not dogging Dan, but here I go and dog him" BS message? So, yes, I posted the Mother of All F-You Messages. Now, with the technical problem here, I found out about Ricci's new rule. After our board came back up, I found a message from Moose referencing me being called "twerp" and I went back to AAJ to investigate. That is when I posted the two messages. They did not attack AAJ or members thereof. They attacked the owner of the site, who in his message declaring that he had "run off that twerp, Dan Gould" had shown his true colors and his true purpose for his "I'm not dogging Dan" message. The man is a world class asshole and I said so. Again, I apologize if it has brought on a flame war. I have not gone to AAJ yet this morning to see what has happened. I didn't think there would be any great problem, as the last time I was online on Sunday, I saw there were 25-30 page views of my two threads but no replies.

My feelings exactly, Mark (and Ghost)! "Brothers" can razz each other til the cows come home, but when someone else does it, we don't stand for that shit!!! Frankly, its unbelievably petty and lame for AAJ to do this and I hope many others follow Cheney's lead and delete those bookmarks.

You know, this wouldn't surprise me for the Yanks' payroll to go to $190 million dollars. Soriano has a tremendous amount of upside they'd be forsaking, but who cares to get A-Rod, right? Of course, that's another righthanded power hitter in a lefthander's park. He'd have hit sixty, easy, in Fenway. In the Bronx, he's gotta hit it a long, long way to get it out anywhere other than straightaway left. Y'all realize that it would be absolute insanity to leave Jeter at shortstop and force A-Rod to play third, right? I mean, every statistical measure shows that Jeter's range was never all that great and its been on a steady decline, while A-Rod is the best in the business defensively. If anything, Jeter should go to second or third.

Thanks! I gotta get offline so I can start chopping veggies before she gets home!!

Well, the interview is done and it was quite interesting. Bob's a highly opinionated guy and quite willing to share stories and info. In fact, he corrected several misconceptions, some of which were presented here or in the AAJ thread. However, I can't maintain my "exclusive" by sharing all the details immediately. I did answer one question though, in this thread: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...=0entry118845 Thanks again to everyone for their suggestions, and I will keep you all apprised of what happens when I try to get this published.

I just got back from my interview with Bob Weinstock. The answer is ....... None of the above, because Gitler is wrong. The date was always intended to be a quartet, not a quintet.

True Blue and Seventh Avenue Stroll are both highly recommended. The former features Kenny Kirkland, Tain Watts, Branford and Nicholas Payton. The latter just has rhtyhm accompaniment, Tommy Flanagan or Stephen Scott. The Marksman was his first CD, a bit more conservative but some pretty good blues playing on it, with Marcus Roberts also getting plenty of solo space.

Well, then, why not start your own, "The Following People Wish To Be Included In All Future Blindfold Tests," post your name and address and anyone else who wishes to can add their name and address to the list.

King Fleming's Argo and Cadet LPs are well worth tracking down; my preference overall is for the Cadet LP, Weary Traveler.

The good Doctor is right on everything except for Kenny Washington. This is a great CD.

I'm sure you do that only because Jeeves as well as the handmaidens are unionized and earn $25 an hour with full medical benefits.

No I think she realized that without genitalia, Ken isn't really that much fun.

I agree with John. People should make an affirmative offer of personal info rather than having it spread around. Plus, participation isn't always ongoing, people take a break from one and rejoin with later tests. Plus, if you're e-mailing to say you want to participate, how much more time does it take to bang out your mailing address?

According to AMG, you're wrong. But then again, on Saturday I could go to the source and ask the owner of Prestige if his company gave Oliphant a leader date. B)

I'll keep that one in mind. Also thinking of a little cross-sauceing though I'm not sure if it will work or not. What about the sauce that goes on Sesame Noodles, which starts with peanut butter but adds sesame oil, garlic, soy sauce. Or maybe I should play it safe and just make Sesame Noodles as a side dish!

Luck! February 14? Does Mrs. Gould know yet? Bring flowers and candy! For both of 'em! Actually, the Mrs. has to work Saturday, giving me time after the interview to put together the "surprise" Valentine's dinner-scallops/shrooms/peapods/broccoli in the wok. Bit of a risk, since I usually do pork or chicken. Just gotta figure out a sauce for it ...

Put me down for the usual suspects: flute; soprano, violin (though there are exceptions to each).

Both albums are highly recommended; I don't think Grant was running on empty, either.

Neither can I.

I'm pretty sure Sweets Edison was in there, too. I think a lot of people will jump on the Jazztet stuff though once again, I curse the day I went in search of those missing LPs. If I'd only known ...

No, according to AMG, that's Gene Harris AND the Three Sounds, not to be confused with Gene Harris OF the Three Sounds