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I wish all spam were as inoffensive as this. If this were a thread about a topic I was interested in, and someone posted that he is in the business, and that anyone interested could learn more by visiting his site, that wouldn't bother me. In fact, I don't think that it would meet the criteria of spam as originally considered by the guy who referenced the Monty Python joke. If the post is nothing more than an honest suggestion to visit a legitimate website where one could indeed learn more about the subject at hand, I don't think that I would consider it spam. Self-serving, of course!, but not spam.

Happy Birthday ophelia! Hope the kids let you get some sleep on your birthday!

Lala: Georgie Fame - A Portrait of Chet (His penultimate album, also from last year.)

Happy Birthday Allen!

Lala: Paul Jones - Starting All Over Again (His latest, from last year.) Georgie Fame - Tone-Wheels 'a' Turnin' (His latest, from last year.)

I hope everyone enjoys the day. We've got beautiful weather here in North Carolina - warm, but not too much so.

Happy Birthday jk!

Lala: Jerry Cole & His Spacemen - Power Surf! The Searchers - The Definitive Pye Collection, disc 3

Mike Cuellar died yesterday. I'll never forget a doubleheader I saw in 1975. It was in Baltimore's Memorial Stadium, and we had tickets in the upper deck, immediately behind home plate. It was against the Red Sox. Cuellar pitched one game, and Luis Tiant pitched the other. It was 18 innings of screwballs! I had never seen anything like it, and I guess I never will. This is from the Baltimore Sun: http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2010-04-02/sports/bal-former-orioles-pitcher-mike-cuellar-dies-0402_1_dave-mcnally-orioles-fortunes-american-league-pennants He was a 32-year-old junk-ball pitcher thought to be past his prime when obtained in a trade from Houston Astros for outfielder Curt Blefary in 1968. Instead, Cuellar blossomed into a workhorse who helped anchor a storied rotation that carried the Orioles to three American League pennants, five playoff appearances and three World Series. Four times, he won 20 or more games. Seven times, he pitched at least 248 innings. His first year in Baltimore, Cuellar went 23-11, pitched five shutouts and became the first Oriole hurler (and Latin American) to win the American League Cy Young Award, sharing it with Denny McLain of the Detroit Tigers. "When Mike came, he solidified the whole pitching staff," center fielder Paul Blair said. "We had complete confidence in him, Dave McNally and Jim Palmer when they walked out on the mound. "We knew that if we scored two or three runs -- four at the most -- we'd win the game. That's a great feeling for a team." In Cuellar's first three seasons in Baltimore, the club won 318 games, reaching the Series each year. In 1969, the Orioles lost to the New York Mets in five games, Cuellar recording the only victory. "Mike was a monstrous part of the great teams we had from 1969 to 1971," said Earl Weaver, the Hall of Fame manager. "He was an artist on the mound and a player [whose acquisition] put us over the top. "Several times, down the stretch, he pitched with two days' rest, when we needed it." Cuellar's best year was 1970, when he went 24-8 and led the league in both victories and complete games (21).

Lala: Cannonball Adderley - Cannonball's Bossa Nova The Searchers - The Definitive Pye Collection, disc 2

Bertrand, I cannot offer any audiophile advice. I can tell you that when my CD player shut down two years ago I went to BJ's and found that they didn't carry CD players anymore. But I remembered that DVD players also play CDs, and I picked up a Toshiba at a very low price. So in your shopping I suggest that you also consider DVD players.

Lala: Paul Jones - My Way When I was in college, my three favorite singers were Mark Murphy, Mose Alison and Paul Jones; and forty years later I'm still listening to them!

peasant I thought that it referred to rural poverty but it does not.

In the jazz rock vein. Not too bad. There was so much put out at the time that I didn't like, I was grateful to have it.

Jim, I have that album! From 1975 as I recall, or thereabouts.

Thanks BeBop! Your site covers 3,500 mags, many foreign.

LOL! Thanks for that link, Tom, but my eyes quickly glazed over as I read what was there! Other than streaming video, is there anything that I might want to use it for?

I found a website this week that some here living in the US might find interesting. It compares the prices of 2,500 magazines as offered by 25 websites, and links you to the best deal for each mag. For example, 24 issues of Esquire for $8.00. 46 issues of New York for $5.00. I'm thinking about 305 issues of Financial Times for $99.00. I bought my sister a 10-issue subscription to Every Day with Rachel Ray for $4.45, and for myself a year's subscription to Ellery Queen for $17.05. http://www.magazinepricesearch.com/index.html

I've just downloaded IE8 (I use Firefox as my routine browser), and, given the opportunity, I also downloaded Silverlight. What have I just done? What does Silverlight do?

Happy Birthday 2010 Kyo!

sophism

Lala: Thelonious Monk - Piano Solos

Our own Frank Kimbrough has a new album out called Rumors. I listened to it last night at lala, and really enjoyed it. It reminds me of Paul Bley. The new Paul Motian album Frank likes so much also reminds me of Paul Bley, so I guess what Motian's group was doing was right up Frank's alley. I hadn't looked up Frank at lala before, and now I see that he has 12 albums there. I've got a lot of listening ahead of me. Congratulations Frank! http://www.lala.com/#album/720857415388255140/Frank_Kimbrough/Rumors

Lala: Frank Kimbrough (!) - Rumors Great album, Frank!

Happy Birthday jl!