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Chuck, I won't say anything about Baja, I'll let TTK tell you what he thinks!

Judging by this group, I would say that the titles most in demand will be anything recently announced to be going out of print!

The Austrians are also hardcore limited government types, aren't they? That school of thought that says the markets will take care of themselves if we just eliminate government from the equation. Which is true, I suppose, as far as it goes. It might leave large swaths of us in ruin, but oh well. paps, Austiran economics does not consider justice (which to me as a Catholic is a fatal flaw), unless you want to believe that whatever the market decides is just. What the Austrians are correct about, in my view, is analyzing and predicting: If you do ABC, then XYZ will result. For example, I believe that the public should be aware of the interviews on CNN and Fox with Ron Paul and Peter Schiff because I believe their predictions are the best available. You can see them on YouTube. In their analyses, the Austrians don't tweek the proposals of the Keynesians, they say that the Keynesians' proposals are going in the wrong direction and will make things worse. They also say that it was the Keynesians who got us into this mess in the first place. That is why they want to abolish the Fed, not change Fed policy. (I know, the Fed was established in 1913 and Keynes came along later, so Keynesianism and private central banking are not identical.) By the way, in response to your original point, it's good that you agree that the Austrian analysis is, as you say, "true". I believe that the govt should start with Austrian economics and then make exceptions to the policy to ensure justice. (At present [and for many decades] the govt has based its policies on erroneous thinking, Keynesianism.) For example, slavery exists in the Sudan and I believe Uganda. Suppose a Sudanese capitalist suggests to Nike that with slave labor he can make shoes just as good the ones currently made for paltry wages by the Chinese for less and pass the savings on to Nike. The Austrians would analyze the proposal and tell you if it is correct. The Austrians would not deny its accuracy because of the repugnance of slavery. It would be for the govt to (in my view) place an embargo on goods made by slaves. But that would be a justice decision, not an economic one. For another example closer to home, the Pope in the Gay Nineties was Pope Leo. He wrote an encyclical in 1891 called Rerum Novarum which is the basis for Catholic social teaching. He details three wages: 1) the living wage - what a young bachelor right out of school needs to support himself, with expenses such as a very small apartment, transportation to work, food and clothing, etc. 2) the family wage - what the husband and father needs to support himself, his wife and his children, including buying a home. 3) the just wage - the family wage plus a little more to enjoy life and save up for a better life. Now in America today, there are many people who make less than a living wage. I haven't seen a figure on it. The federal govt used to keep track of what a living wage was in various parts of the country, but that practice was stopped during the Reagan administration. But we know that the govt said a couple of weeks ago that 31 million are now on food stamps, and the food stamp program is for people with jobs who don't make enough to feed themselves. Now in my opinion, this is an unjust situation. I believe that the minimum wage should be the living wage. I believe that if a businessman cannot afford to pay his employees enough to live on, he shouldn't be in that business. For example, in this area of North Carolina, a McDonald's franchise (just the franchise, not the building) costs $2.5 million. So having borrowed to purchase the franchise at that price, the franchise owners hire Mexicans and blacks and occassionally teenagers at less than a living wage. I believe that if the minimum wage were a living wage, the franchisee could still successfully operate a McDonald's, but the franchise would probably be worth less than $2.5 million. Ot to put it another way, if the antebellum plantation owners had said that they couldn't grow cotton without slaves and still make ends meet, they were told, in effect, "Then get out of the cotton business". All this is to say that in my view the current situation in America is grossly unjust, but this unjustice is a result of govt policy allowing for the concentration of wealth in the hands of a few capitalists rather than a result of Austrian economic analysis. (By the way, we Americans are given only two choices - capitalism, which is the concentration of wealth and the means of production in the hands of the few capitalists [in America today, one percent of the people own more wealth than ninety percent combined.]; and socialism, which is the concentration of wealth and the means of production in the hands of the govt and its few leaders. The more I read about distributism, which was an idea promoted during the Depression by GK Chesterton and Hillaire Belloc, the more I like it. Distributism calls for widespread ownership of land in particular, and corporations/factories so that we do not have the concentration of ownership.)

Lala: Various - The Very Best of Prestige Records, disc 1 This is a new 2-CD compilation celebrating Prestige's 60th anniversary.

I talk about the Austrian economists not because I agree with everything they suggest, but because nobody else around here talks about them. Moose, your article reminds me that one of the things I have always (since 1974 in my case) liked about the Austrians is their total rejection of the "It can't happen here" syndrome.

Lala: Sue Raney - All By Myself

Lala: Brownie: The Complete EmArcy Recordings of Clifford Brown, disc 2 ***** With Lala, if you want to hear an album more than once, you have to purchase it, usually for 80 cents, often less for jazz albums. So far I have purchased: Stan Getz - Sweet Rain Cal Tjader - Monterey Concerts Wayne Shorter - Schizophrenia Cannonball Adderley with Bossa Rio (Sergio Mendes) - Cannonball's Bossa Nova

Lala: John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers - A Hard Road

Tonight I've been listening to the last half of disc 4 of Coltrane's European Concerts box (which I mentioned earlier). Over to the right of the screen there is a box which lists "Albums you might like". The first one is The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Sonny Rollins. Good, I've already found that one. The next is The Complete EmArcy Recordings of Clifford Brown. Good, I've alrady found that one too. Then comes Dave Koz - Greatest Hits!!!! I don't know what the computer is thinking. Dave Koz has a lot of fans, but I can't imagine any of them liking Coltrane, and vice versa.

My understanding of the term genius is that, rather than being smarter than everyone else, it involves having a unique perspective or vision, and having one or more original ideas. So I would say that when it comes to the interpreting of a standard (or a song people other than the composer would want to play), jazz up through 1970 had a pretty fair number of geniuses. I suppose after 1970 the unique ideas were coming mostly from people who wanted to create their own sounds (and wrote their own songs) rather than interpret the songs of others. Since a number here have mentioned Lester Young and his game-changing method of playing his instrument, I would suggest that Jimmy Smith was a genius too. He created the hip stops on the organ, and invented a whole school of jazz.

See you on Judgment Day, Ptah!

Edmonton's Shannon Garrett retired yesterday. He had a solid career. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Edm...878576-sun.html ***** Burke Dales played out his option, and considered signing with the Bombers, but has decided to re-up with the Stamps. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Cal...878411-sun.html

Bill, I have no idea, and don't know how one would go about finding out, except to just recommend it to your friend and let him try.

I will be receiving Gary Burton's Passengers and Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition. I'll wait till Easter morning, and enjoy them then.

The Tigers are receiving flak because their home opener will be on Good Friday between noon and three. It's really hard to believe how out of touch the Commissioner's office could be. http://sports.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/...tsBaseball/home

Thanks for your suggestions and the links, guys! I have sent my contact this list, and she will go down and pick the first two that are in print: Mike Nock - Ondas Dave Holland - Conference of the Birds Jack DeJohnette - Special Edition Chick Corea - Return to Forever Pat Metheny - As Falls Wichita Gary Burton - Passengers Pat Metheny - Bright Size Life Gary Burton - Times Square I'm surprised that nobody mentioned what I think is my favorite ECM, Gary Burton's Real Life Hits.

Well, we're all getting older, but I never would have guessed that that was Gary Burton. I met him once in 1985, and I guess that that is so many years ago that I shouldn't expect people to look the same.

Lala: John Coltrane - Live Trane - The European Tours, disc 4

Lala: Lee Morgan - Cornbread

I have the opportunity to get two cd's from ECM's entire catalogue of 1200 titles. I know that many, perhaps most, of you are more familiar with the ECM catalogue than I am, and I would appreciate your suggestions. So let's narrow it down. I would prefer: a) songs that Jon Hendricks could write lyrics to if he wanted to. b) a band with a full complement of musicians, including bass and drums. I have enough Keith Jarrett to last me the next three or four years. Twenty years ago I got a couple of Gary Burton's that I like a great deal. Maybe a Chick Corea. Maybe a Pat Metheny. Maybe Carla Bley. Any ideas?

Lala: Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder I have had the title track for forty years on countless compilations. I'm sick of it. But this is the first time I have heard the album, and I enjoy it. I had no idea it sounds so much like Horace Silver.

I note that it has been one year since the Raleigh News & Observer published an article about shaving, which caused me at that time to resurrect this thread. Since then, I have learned how to shave with a safety razor and a brush with good creams and soaps. I have learned it all from this forum: http://www.shavemyface.com/forum/ And I have purchased nearly all of my products from here: http://www.razorandbrush.com/indexbarbieria.html I have found that the cost of traditional wetshaving is less than that of using the Gillette Fusion cartridges and gel if you only buy what you need. However, most guys enjoy the hobby so much they buy more than what they need to check out the various brands of items. I started at the bottom, and am slowly working my way up the ladder. So far, my favorite blades come from Russia, India and Egypt; and my favorite soaps come from Italy. Anyway, a year ago I (like many American men) found shaving to be a chore. I now find it to be a very enjoyable inexpensive luxury.

Lala: Brownie: The Complete EmArcy Recordings of Clifford Brown, disc 1

Like the Seattle P-I, the Ann Arbor News will discontinue its hardcopy, and go 100% online. http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CN...;show_article=1

Lala: John Coltrane - Live Trane - The European Tours, disc 3