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I think the decline in great pop music occurred because of the popularity of the singer-songwriter, which I guess for the most part started with The Beatles. As a general rule, I think that singer-songwriters sing pretty well for composers, and write pretty well for singers. I have no difficulty believing that a good singer can perform a song better than its composer.

JETman, I don't know about evolved, but some of us think that TTK is indeed unique and cool!

Happy Birthday freeform83!

Thanks Dmitry!

My mom would watch him when I was a pre-schooler in the 50s. I remember once she sent away for one of his exercise gadgets, which was a rubber strap that attached to a doorknob. RIP! PS - The LA Times obit mentions the Glamour Stretcher, and I think that was what my mom got!

BeBop, part of the appeal is that Amazon is offering the service with no minimum. It already offers groceries in the UK and Germany.

I have only one Singers Unlimited album, A Capela, which includes Michelle and Here, There and Everywhere; and for those two songs I would have to agree!

Amazon has a pilot program in Seattle delivering groceries with no delivery charge on a weekly basis. FT says that they will soon expand nationwide. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bb320f30-2715-11e0-80d7-00144feab49a.html#axzz1BuLsh6Iu

That was my first prog rock album, summer of '71! I liked it a lot, but their immediately previous album called If I Could Do It All Over Again I liked even more.

Isn't that funny! As I was reading the OP, Julie is Her Name was my first thought as well.

Here's a nice remembrance of the days of Cookie Gilchrist and the Big 4. http://www.tsn.ca/columnists/alex_walling/?id=349445 ***** Emmanuel Arceneaux has tweeted that he intends to sign with Minnesota. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=350561

Ron, of course what you say makes sense. But I don't set the bar so high. I'm just looking for ten albums I can recommend to my friends. I was generally unimpressed with my new recordings throughout 2010, and I was surprised last month as I went through my new CDs that there actually were ten I can recommend.

OK, TTK! I'll add it to my wishlist.

Now that enough time has passed for the thrill of ownership to have worn off, I'm wondering if those of you who have this can comment on the quality of the episodes. That is to say, I like Cassavetes and I like jazz, but is that enough? Are the shows any good? I'm giving a little thought to spending my LivingSocial $20 Amazon gift card on this. Amazon's price has risen to $20.99. http://www.amazon.com/Johnny-Staccato-starring-John-Cassavetes/dp/B003Z3C728/ref=wl_it_dp_o?ie=UTF8&coliid=I19BTJECYXMEUO&colid=RVSBV717YT9

You're welcome thedwork!

Stamps DB Brandon Browner has signed with Seattle. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=350432

I got mine today and it went through without a hitch. I have a fairly lengthy wishlist left from last month, and I'm going to wait awhile and mull it over before I spend it.

BW, LivingSocial is punishing you for getting the free card!

Chris, that's my laugh of the day!

Stamps DL Tom Johnson has signed with New Orleans. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=350176

My LS account now says: Your credit card will be charged within 1 business day.

Amazon's refund was credited to my account yesterday. Add to that $32.97 the $20 Amazon gift card from yesterday's LivingSocial deal, and I've got $52.97 to spend! It's burning a hole in my pocket, as my late mother used to say!

Re the Sansa clip+: Amazon offers a $4 discount on the devices described as "bulk packaging". Since the likelihood is high that I will throw away the box, I figured that it would be a good way to save money. But yesterday I noticed that the 2 gig (but not the others) is now listed as "refurbished". Makes me wonder.

FFA, there was a comment to the New York Times article that said that there would probably be a delay as their computers filtered out all of the people who ordered more than one using different credit cards. But that was speculation. When I went to bed last night, over 1,300,000 had been sold with seven hours to go. Maybe we should have a thread about how you spent the coupon!

1,259,929 sold so far.