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Thanks for the album cover, Couw . Should I post the picture on a separate thread and ask what you think these guys are doing?

Is it perhaps a spammer? They would benefit greatly from multiple email accounts.

I haven't even heard the Gil Evans box yet, but Plugged Nickel just blew me away more than the others. To hear an entire weekend of sets, with the widely varying versions of the same tunes, to hear Tony Williams treat time as if he's Einstein(It's all relative), Wayne Shorter's passionate playing, etc. is just amazing. When it first came out I looked around and saw it selling for $119.99 at one place, and I thought that was too much. I then saw it a few days later for $99.99, and I was about to spring for it, but I got too busy to hit the store that had it. A few days later I popped into a store that had almost no jazz, just to peek around, and lo and behold, for $69.99- I bought it immediately!

B-3r, Jim Sangrey made a great point about reporting this piece of s***. It's one thing that you owe the taxes and they snatched your money, but they should act ina professional manner. Calling you a liar is way, way out of bounds no matter what you owed or what the situation is with them. They owe you a duty to be fair and act professional at all times- I'd report this slimebag in writing, too, so that it would help ensure a response. Jeez, they couldn't set up a payment plan? I had a situation about 15 years ago with Social Security where I owed them $ , and they gave me a payment plan that I could handle- it's a damn shame that the state folks won't do that as well. Count me in for a contribution also- this website is fantastic, with a lot of great people on it. B-3r, you do a great job running this site- my humble thanks.

I always had a major soft spot for 'Agharta'- to me, it seems like the music hits you like a runaway freight train at times, at others it glides softly. The way the band shifts on a dime between the two extremes always knocked me out. But I do love 'In A Silent Way' 'KOB', etc. It's soooo hard to pick one...

RDK, Beautiful girls, but do you ever get to eat that burger? Your arm must get tired holding that burger up!

Dmitry, Do you ever check out ZigZag record store? It's on Avenue U & maybe 23rd St., right across from the post office. They sometimes have some decent used jazz cds(very mainstream) at a cheap price. I'm usually at the park every Sunday afternoon, from about 2:00 to 5:00. Thge pix were taken by some guy who just happened to come by that day and asked if he could photograph us.

Here's a link to a picture of me on the web with my pals playing handball at the local park. I'm the guy with the moustache, glasses, gray hair & Muddy Waters t-shirt: http://community.webshots.com/photo/122113...122117317dQMYDX

Cream- they opened my ears to improvisation with the live stuff(I'm So Glad' live is still spectacular to me today) Jimi Hendrix- great songs, revolutionary guitar The Doors- a visit to the dark side...

Catesta, If I'm not mistaken, Tony was dealing with an obnoxious lawyer who refused to return Tony's deposit. Tony had a couple of henchmen drop anchor very close to the lawyer's house and proceed to blast Dean Martin, etc. at very high volume, so high that the lawyer couldn't even entertain guests on his deck. The lawyer still didn't want to return the deposit, but his wife talked him into it.

In my own admittedly limited viewing experience, I find fighting in hockey to be moronic, not much of a notch up from wrestling's idiotic displays. As Patricia noted in an earlier post, Olympic hockey is a lot more fun to watch. You can have hard checking, but when the game stops for fighting it's gotten out of control. Hockey players are enormously talented athletes, but the fighting aspect prevents the proper exhibition of speed & skill that could be displayed. Gretzky was very outspoken on this issue in favor of banning fighting. B-3r's point about expecting players to act like adults is a very good point.

If you want to get an idea of a fair price for the Mosaic sets, please keep in mind that the out of print sets frequently sell for far more than they did at the time of issue. One thing you could look at is what a particular set went for on Ebay to get an idea. Another is to actually put it on Ebay- you'll probably wind up with the best price you can get for the set. If someone is coming to you with an offer that works out to $10-$15 per disc they are probably trying to take advantage of your unfamiliarity with Mosaic sets. Another thing to look at is the Mosaic threads on this board and the Ebay craziness thread for information.

What about Sinbad? I played one of his standup performances(on video) for a multi-generational crowd on a Thansgiving and everyone was howling- no cursing, no sexual stuff, but good old belly laughs all around.

Dmitry, I know nothing about laptops, but just be careful if you're shopping in Brooklyn. There's a lot of places that advertise incedibly low prices but specialize in bait & switch tactics. One place on Coney Island Avenue(I think the name is Sunshine, they're right near the Kent movie theater) was actually nailed and paid a fine. Be wary...

For #666, let's invite Miroslav Satan, especially if he's playing for the NJ Devils!

Jazzmoose, The NYC tabloids would have a field day with Satan playing for the Devils! 'Satan Scores, Devils Burn' 'Satan has a Hellish Game'

Chris a, Hardbop= Heaney, your favorite reviewer..

The set is up to $62.00, a bargain for 11 discs of Rahsaan. Get your sniper ready, Evan- good luck getting it!

Do we really need a paean to 'The Great One' that doesn't mention Jackie Gleason? Hardbop has been too busy hanging out with Chris A. & Stanley Grouch, quaffing a few and roving around NYC, beating up electric bass players & threatening Fender Rhodes players.

I'm dying to see what happens with Adriana and the FBI(The puke scene from last season was stunning, it was so unexpected.). Christopher would just explode!

I bought a couple of discs yesterday from this guy on half.com. His prices are very good and he has a huge collection to sell. From what he says, the discs should be in almost pristine condition. Definitely worth a look, but watch your wallet!

Congrats, now you can do double duty(doody!) on the diapers!!! Enjoy and best of luck!

I may be wrong, but I think the only recording of that group to hit cd so far is 'Echoes of an Era', with Chake Khan added asa vocalist. I don't think the instrumental dates have been issued on cd yet.

When the feds come to question you about your highly shady stock transactions, you do have an obligation to answer truthfully under the law. Martha Stewart did not answer truthfully and also doctored records to back her false story. Imclone crashed quite a bit after the Waksal revelations, paired with the FDA not approving Erbutex. It's about impossible to determine which was worse for the stock price, but both were certainly harmful to the share price and cost many investors lots of $. Martha Stewart avoided that with her 'hot tip'. While technically not insider trading, Ms. Stewart is barely on this side of the law on that one.