ghost of miles

The Afterglow program featuring the Cole CD is now archived for online listening: Nat King Cole at Carnegie Hall '49 ...also early and late sides of Miles accompanying a vocalist (Sarah Vaughan and Shirley Horn) and a couple of obscure Artie Shaw sides with June Hutton.

If NY loses tonight, it puts intense pressure on both Phil Hughes to throw a great game tomorrow and on the Yankees lineup to come up big against Cliff Lee in Game 3. And they can hit Lee--people forget that they tagged him for a few runs in Game 5 of the WS last year (lost largely because AJ got blown off the mound) and that they hit him quite well in a game against Texas this year (granted, that was when he was having his back problems). He's not invincible...just 95% of the way there. Still, I think NY went into this series with only one non-Lee game to give away...would hate to see it be Game 1. And much respect to C.J. Wilson, btw... Posada was wise to note what a good pitcher Wilson's become earlier this week, when everybody kept asking him about Lee. EDIT: 5-0 in the bottom of the 4th and CC's pitch count approaching 100? Yeah, I think this one's pretty much lost.

Andrus '10=Derek Jeter '96?

AJ's throwing Game 4, actually. Well, 90% of my long-layoff fears were confirmed by that first inning--one of the worse I've ever seen for CC. NY's lucky they got out of it with only 3 runs given up. Sure does add to the Rangers' "You gotta believe" vibe.

CC looks waaaaayyyyy off in the first inning so far.

Steep uphill climb for the Yankees tonight, coming off five days of rest and facing C.J. Wilson in front of what will undoubtedly be a super-pumped-up Rangers crowd. Yankees better try to win in 6. If it goes to a 7th game, Cliff Lee + Rangers "you gotta believe" factor will take Texas into the WS.

No problems with blowitoutofhere either. I usually go through the vendors listed above--Newbury, Movie Mars, and Import CDs--and blowitoutofhere seems to be just as good as them. Leeway, I had a similar, truly awful experience, also with a vendor who has "Books" in his title, who also sells CDs, and whose title begins with a name similar to that of a popular cartoon bird character.

I don't know, but did you catch the "Emerson Foote called" line? Emerson Foote I've been meaning to check out THE HUCKSTERS for some time, as it's been cited as a MAD MEN touchstone before...I think it's still up on YouTube, actually. Guess who else was serving on the board of the American Cancer Society (which called SCDP in the last episode after Don's ad ran) in 1965? Conrad Hilton. Not sure he'll be the white horse in the season finale, though (if there even is one). Lots of speculation about Disney, the 1965 World's Fair (both of these stemming from the "Tomorrowland" title), and the photos that have circulated showing Don and Megan by a swimming pool, with Megan apparently holding baby Gene. Agree w/you about Slattery, who also directed "The Rejected" from this season, correct?

I could probably get you a Xeroxed copy of the article as it originally appeared in the magazine, but I don't have any DBs from that year myself.

No doubt because of the presence of Sheriff Sangrey! America's safest cities

I saw this live when I was a kid and recently went looking for it on YouTube--sure enough, it was there: Ali, Frazier, Cosell and studio brawl

...makes me kind of miss Howard Cosell too. His vocal style gave everything such a sense of grand drama.

Big Al has issued a statement regarding last night's turn of events on his Facebook page. Here's MLB.com's take on how the Yankees and Rangers match up position by position.

We re-aired Individualism: Gil Evans in the 1960s this past week on Night Lights, and it remains archived for online listening.

I dunno, man--Wilson didn't have to pitch tonight and will start Game 1, and like they just said on TBS, NY struggles against lefties and was 1-4 at Arlington Park this year. Plus Cliff Lee will pitch Game 3 at Yankee Stadium and will be on tap for Game 7 in Texas if the series goes that far. I'd say the Yankees better try to win in 6 or they won't win at all. Anyway, I think this all is just one big battle for the privilege of losing to the Phillies in the WS (though you know I'll be pulling for the Giants in the NLCS!).

Well, I'd say at this point that there's a very good chance the Yankees will be in Arlington Park come Friday night.

Lee made it through the 7th and is at 100 pitches. Real trial by fire for both of these teams tonight--and whoever wins then has two days of rest, which seems ideal to me. The Yankees, otoh, are coming off a relative cakewalk of a series and five days of rest. Even with CC on the mound, I don't like NY's odds for Game 1, no matter whether it's at Tampa Bay or Texas.

No kidding, Matthew--Guerrero scores from second on an infield grounder? Tweet from Buster Olney: Lee's at 87 pitches after 6 innings.

Boy, that was a really close call on Kinsler there in the top of the 6th... looked to me like he might've been out. Heads-up baserunning by Guerrero, though, for sure. Great game so far. Price goes one more inning, maybe? His pitch count's already over 100, although his velocity still seems to be there. Lee's at 76 pitches after 5 IP.

Many thanks, Joe--I figured that sooner or later the NYRB would run a review of Cohen's book.

February 13.

Now "The New Thing" on KMHD--Jackie McLean, Fred Hopkins, Lester Bowie so far.

One more titanic throwdown before that occurs--I'll be tuning into Lee vs. Price for sure tomorrow night.

Some great music here! I must try to get hold of that Keepin' Up with the Joneses album! Bill, let me know if you can't track it down. Right now: "The Jazz Score" on KMHD-Portland, OR, featuring the music of Duke Ellington.

12 p.m. EST. Yankees vs. Rays/Rangers will presumably follow.