Dan Gould

Well, let my first post on my return be to wish Moose a very happy birthday! (Actually, I'm not "back" until tomorrow afternoon, but it shows how I can't stay away for long-I'm at the public library in my parent's town, checking e-mail and Organissimo, and not necessarily in that order!

I'm headin to New York bright and early tomorrow morning to an Internet Free Zone otherwise known as the Gould Family Homestead. So, here's hoping everyone stays safe, has a fine holiday and gets lots of music from Santa! See ya when I return to the 21st Century!

And here's the difference between a musician's and a nonmusician's ears: I don't hear a great deal of "quirkiness" or "perversity," I mostly hear the standard hard bop framework.

What??!! Did Chuck get a copy of the Clearwater set?? (Where's the "no fair" smilier?

This was discussed once at Board Krypton. I didn't hate the LP, not by a long shot, but I do recall that Bill Fenohr opined that Leslie had everything except "chops and ideas" or something like that.

The Sounds left BN in 1961 or so, recorded two albums for Verve and three for Mercury, then three more for Limelight before returning to the fold in 1966.

I've done it for over three years, CDs and CDRs alike and never discovered any sort of problem. My question to you would be, do you remember what tune you were listening to and go back, or do you start the CD all over again everytime you start the car?

Well, what the letter says is that they didn't buy the company outright, they are making payments, that's what this means: But I wouldn't at all be surprised that the purchase agreement also explictly assigns those pre-existing debts to the prior ownership. But the problem with this statement is that even if the new ownership gets support from the artists, sells CDs and makes its monthly or quarterly payment to the prior ownership, there's absolutely no guarantee that the prior owners intend to use this money to pay off their debts. In fact, only a fool would believe that-they've got cash out of the business and surely have no intention of honoring the debts they racked up, short of a court judgement. To me, the question is, was the business failing due to slow sales or a revenue sharing plan that was too generous to artists to be sustained, or was the business predicated on fraud from the start (sell CDs on consignment, pocket the $$, don't pay the supplier)? If that's the case, it would be apparent to the new owners when they studied the books, and then, in my layman's opinion, you might have a case against the new owners for colluding in the fraud.

Funny, but pretty pathetic to have typos and mispellings all over the place.

Maybe I'm missing something, but why not relegate all "answers" to a dedicated answers thread? Then those who are interested can post sure answers any time-- no one is forced to look at the answer thread until they are read, the person who compiled the disc can post the answers after a reasonable time, and stragglers are not left out in the cold if they can't "keep up"? I think you're confusing different issues. #1, this is the thread for discussion and guesses. In the interest of not giving things away, it is asked, or, really, expected, that those who know particular tracks will post links to a resource like AMG so that people who don't want to know the answer can skip the link and remain "in the dark". #2, there will be a dedicated "Answers and Further Discussion" thread, started by Jim S. when he chooses to post the answers sometime over the weekend of beginning of next week. As for the suggestion about no activity on this thread before answers get posted, I think its really up to the test giver to make the call. Things tend to wind down on the initial discussion thread naturally, even if there is some level of action here. Furthermore, if there are stragglers, they should still be posting their initial impressions/guesses/commentary to this thread whenever they get around to it, so a requirement of silence here may not be workable anyway.

Note, however, that like a row of men at the urinals, all are strenuously avoiding even a sidelong glance at any "packages".

Actually, I did have a thought of slipping in Gene Harris' version of "I Can't Stop Lovng You" in the middle of the night, see if anyone was listening.

To get back on the specifics of the thread subject, I can tell you that when I got my start at WTNT-Tallahassee, a country station, the Program Director suggested that I come up with an alternative to "Dan Gould" because, I assumed, the hick country listeners wouldn't take to a Jewboy on their station. So, looking for a name I thought wouldn't be hard to remember, I used my mother's maiden name to become "Dan Cunningham;" this led the jock who I followed to refer to me as "Richie Cunningham's little brother."

Now Ann Arbor looks good yet its last in the polls ... I suggest we give this thing through the holidays, but right now it looks like everything is on hold until Chicago decides.

Some being of greater Mass than others.

Its been a while, but my impression of Tower is "no"; Virgin in Time Square was OK but pricey when I was there last. I can't imagine the Jazz Record Center NOT being worthwhile.

Looks like a new poll is in order Actually its a well argued point, Ed, the one thing that would concern me is that the event would need to coincide with a gig, and I wonder how far in advance that notice could be given?

Very nice job guys on a personal favorite of mine. Thanks, Happy Holidays to All, and I eagerly await the new CD!

I vote for Chicago with St. Louis as alternate.

Please vote for one but also post a list in your order of preference, so that #1 and best alternate can be determined. That will give us an idea of the true consensus of the board, pending the decision of the Chicago Festival management.

The poll was flawed from the start due to incomplete information-no one knew that Chicago would turn out to be an option because the band might play the Festival. It was also flawed because I did not include the specifics of when St. Louis would be most attractive-the week of the IAJRC convention. So, hold your horses, Paul and stay tuned.

Happy Birthday, John!

13 to 12 and the vote is now concluded? Give me a break.

Paul, if Lansing were a city of any significance, I wouldn't be opposed. The point is to justify a trip by making the trip worthwhile in a number of ways. I think people are more likely to make a trip of 500 or 1500 miles under those circumstances than to go to some backwater for a day or two. And who says we have to split off to do other things? If we go to St. Louis, I can imagine a pack of Organissimos raiding the blues/jazz record show or attending the movies or lectures, or going to O'Connells for burgers. Or for that matter, a group of us might want to join you at the Chicago Art museum. No one says that socializing begins and ends in a bar. And by the way, St. Louis has hardly been eliminated. Its being held in abeyance pending the decision of the Chicago Jazz Festival, just as Lansing is.

I would think its the two extra tracks on the OJC: Do Nothing Til You Hear From Me and Keep it Moving (Take 3)