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Many happy returns!

That's terrible. These guys have no clue. Last I looked, the Yankees had a winning record. They're giving paper-bag headgear a bad name!

Ordered a bunch of music over the past week or so. It ought to keep me busy for the fall. Some of this music I have on MP3 and am finally getting around to acquiring the discs. (Keep in mind, I didn't order much of anything over the summer) 1. Steve Lehman -- Manifold 2. Steve Lehman -- Interface 3. Blue Mitchell -- Big 6 4. Albert Ayler -- Spiritual Unity 5. William Parker Quartet -- Sound Unity 6. Don Cherry -- Where Is Brooklyn? 7. Rob Brown -- Crown Trunk Root Funk 8. Wadada Leo Smith -- Year of the Elephant 9. Bulk order from an Organissimo member: Goodman ,Benny – Small Groups 1941-1945 (Columbia) Herman ,Woody – Complete 1948-1950 Capitol Sessions (Definitive) Shaw ,Artie – Highlights from Self Portrait (RCA/Bluebird) Taylor ,Cecil – Trance (Fantasy/Black Lion) Café Motmartre with Lyons, Murray Turrentine ,Stanley – Look Out! (Blue Note) Baker ,Chet – Lonely Star (Prestige) Baker ,Chet – California Jam Sessions (Definitive) Baker ,Chet – Complete 1952 Fantasy & Pacific Jazz Sessions (Definitive) Brookmeyer ,Bob – Small Band (DCC) Davis ,Miles – Relaxin’ With Miles (Prestige/OJC) Evans ,Bill – Waltz for Debby (Riverside/OJC) Evans ,Bill – Sunday at the Village Vanguard (Riverside/OJC) Parker/Gillespie – Diz ‘n Bird at Carnegie Hall (Roulette/Blue Note) Parker ,Charlie – Legendary Dial Masters, vol. 1 ( Dial/Stash) Marsh ,Warne – Live in Las Vegas 1962 (Naked City) Morgan ,Lee – Tom Cat (Blue Note) 10. From another Organissimo member Giuseppi Logan Quartet ESP James Zitro - Zitro ESP New York Eye & Ear Control ESP 11. Ted Sirota's Rebel Souls -- Propaganda 12. Ted Sirota's Rebel Souls -- Breeding Resistance 13. Chicago Underground Trio -- Chronicle 14. Roy Campbell -- New Kingdom 15. Roy Campbell -- Ethnic Stew and Brew 16. Julian Priester - In Deep End Dance 17. Daniel Carter, Reuben Radding - Luminescence 18. Chet Baker -- Chet 19. Denis Gonzalez -- Catechism 20. Ornette Coleman -- Change of the Century 21. Ornette Coleman -- The Art of the Improvisers 22. Ornette Coleman -- This is Our Music .... and a new bookshelf from Overstock. (Hope that arrives first)

Tennis at 1 a.m. ... Happens every year with this tournament. Works for the west coast, I guess. ... and the city that never sleeps. ... what the hell, why not ... (Go Fish)

bumpity bump with prices slashed!!

bumpity bump. Any and all offers for trade welcomed!

PM sent on: Goodman ,Benny – Small Groups 1941-1945 (Columbia) $5 Herman ,Woody – Complete 1948-1950 Capitol Sessions (Definitive) 2 CD’s $10 Shaw ,Artie – Highlights from Self Portrait (RCA/Bluebird) $2 Taylor ,Cecil – Trance (Fantasy/Black Lion) Café Motmartre with Lyons, Murray $6 Turrentine ,Stanley – Look Out! (Blue Note) $5 not the RVG Baker ,Chet – Lonely Star (Prestige) $8 Baker ,Chet – California Jam Sessions (Definitive) $4 Baker ,Chet – Complete 1952 Fantasy & Pacific Jazz Sessions (Definitive) $4 Brookmeyer ,Bob – Small Band (DCC) $3 Davis ,Miles – Relaxin’ With Miles (Prestige/OJC) $6 Evans ,Bill – Waltz for Debby (Riverside/OJC) $6 Evans ,Bill – Sunday at the Village Vanguard (Riverside/OJC) $6 Parker/Gillespie – Diz ‘n Bird at Carnegie Hall (Roulette/Blue Note) $6 Parker ,Charlie – Legendary Dial Masters, vol. 1 ( Dial/Stash) $5 Marsh ,Warne – Live in Las Vegas 1962 (Naked City) great music bad sound $2 Morgan ,Lee – Tom Cat (Blue Note) not the RVG $5

I pretty much watch baseball and that's it. ... Some ESPN news during the day, but zero cable or network news programming. The occasional DVD, but that's pretty rare, too. Can't say the TV is never on, but it's rarely on during the day, and at night if it is on, it's baseball, so ...

NEW DISCS ADDED 9/29/08 Prefer trades, but sale prices listed also. FREE DISCS AVAILABLE ... (one per transaction. scroll to bottom) Looking for free jazz or bebop/hard bop, Blue Notes, OJC's and the like. All discs are in excellent condition. Amazon gift certificate preferred for sales. (PM me for amazon address). Shipping costs will be added on sales. ------- Amendola, Scott -- "Plays Monk" (Longsong) - $6 Armstrong, Louis -- The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings, Vol. 1 (Legacy) - $5 Baker, Chet -- "Carlifornia Jam Sessions" (Definitive) - $4 The Bad Plus -- "Prog" (Heads Up) Signed by Ethan Iverson and Reid Anderson ... Dave King was sick and couldn't sign it - $6 Bennink, Han and Douglas, Dave -- "Serpentine" (Songlines) - $6 Binney, David -- Cities and Desire (Criss Cross)- $8 GONE Brahem, Anouar -- Thimar (ECM) - $6 GONE Braxton, Anthony -- Quintet (London) 2004 (Leo) - $8 Braxton, Anthony -- Sextet (Victoriaville) 2005 (Rastascan) - $8 GONE Braxton, Anthony -- Six Compositions (GTM) 2001 (Victo) (4 discs) - $20 GONE Brotzmann, Peter -- The Dried Rat-Dog (OKKA) - $12 Brotzmann, Peter -- Berlin Djungle (FMP) - $5 Brotzmann, Peter -- Never Too Late But Always Too Early (2 CDs) (Eremite) - $15 Brotzmann, Peter -- Machine Gun (FMP) - $15 Clusone 3 -- Love Henry (Gramavision) - $6 Clusone 3 -- Rara Avis -- (hatOLOGY) - $15 Clusone Trio -- I am Indian (Gramavision) - $5 Colley, Scott -- "The Magic Line" (Arabesque) - $12 GONE Cooder, Ry and Farka Toure, Ali - Talking Timbuktu (Hannibal) - $5 GONE Dolphy, Eric -- "Dolphy Sound" (Jazz World) (2 CDs) - $12 Douglas, Dave -- "Charms of the Night Sky" (Winter & Winter) - $5 GONE Douglas, Dave -- "Songs for Wandering Souls" (Winter & Winter) - $5 GONE Douglas, Dave -- "Mountain Passages" (Green Leaf) -- $6 Douglas, Dave -- Witness (BMG) -- $5 Dutz, Brad -- "When Manatees Attack" (pfMentum) - $5 Glover, Frank and Sifferilen, Claude -- "Siamese Twins" (FGA) - $5 Haden, Charlie and Gismonti, Egberto -- In Montreal (ECM) -- $5 GONE Hemingway, Gerry - Waltzes, Two-Steps and Other Matters of the Heart (GM Recordings) - $15 Hiromi - Time Control (Telarc) - $6 Masada String Trio -- Azazel (Tzadik) -- $6 Mehldau, Brad - Anything Goes (Warner)- $5 Melford, Myra -- Even the Sounds Shine -- $6 (hatOLOGY) GONE Melford, Myra -- Alive in the House of Saints (hatART) -- $12 Moore, Michael -- Home Game (Ramboy) -- $9 Moore, Michael -- White Widow (Ramboy) -- $9 Romano, Aldo -- "To be Ornette To Be" (Owl) - $6 GONE Romano, Aldo -- "Non Dimenticar" (Polygram) - $6 Sclavis, Louis -- Napolis' Walls (ECM) - $6 GONE Sclavis, Louis - Acoustic Quartet (ECM) - $12 Sclavis, Louis - Les Violences de Rameau (ECM) - $12 Sclavis, Louis - Rouge (ECM) - $18 Speed, Chris -- The Clarinets (Skirl) - $8 Texier, Henri -- "An Indian's Week" (Label Bleu) -- $20 Vandermark 5 -- Simpatico (atavistic) - $6 ON HOLD Vandermark, Ken (Sound in Action Trio) -- Gate (atavistic) - $6 ON HOLD Ullmann, Gebhard -- "Ta Lam" (Songlines) - $5 Ullmann, Gebhard -- The Clarinet Trio - "Oct. 1, 98" (Leo) - $8 Wheeler, Kenny - Gnu High (ECM) - $4 GONE Young, Lester -- In Washington D.C. Vol. 1 (OJC) $6 ON HOLD Young, Lester -- In Washington D.C. Vol. 2 (OJC) $6 ON HOLD Young, Lester -- In Washington D.C. Vol. 3 (OJC) $6 ON HOLD Young, Lester -- In Washington D.C. Vol. 4 (OJC) $6 ON HOLD Young, Lester -- In Washington D.C. Vol. 5 (OJC) $6 ON HOLD (or all five for $20) Zorn, John - "Bar Kokhba" (Tzadik) (2 CDs) - $8 ON HOLD FREE STUFF Polwechsel 2 (hathut) - FREE WITH ANY TRADE / SALE ON HOLD Coltrane, John -- "My Favorite Things" (Rhino) - FREE WITH ANY TRADE / SALE ON HOLD Helzer, Rick and Golia, Vinny -- "Fancy Meeting You Here" (Nine Winds) - FREE WITH ANY TRADE / SALE

Don't believe so. But the Brewers' appeal has been denied, according to ESPN.

I agree. It certainly is hard to argue that it was a "clean hit," and it probably should have been scored an error, IMO, but it wasn't, so ... too late now. I wonder how long is appropriate to wait? Given Dan's argument above, would it have been appropriate for the scorer to change it to an error in, say, the ninth inning? Or the eighth? It's a slippery slope. I'd say it's perfectly acceptable to change a score by the start of the next half inning, certainly. ... Would you agree the window has closed now?

That should definitely have been a no-hitter, IMO. Morgan was saying tonight -- and I agree with him on this -- that the first hit of the game should be a clean one. No written rule, but accepted practice. And that certainly wasn't a clean hit, from what I saw on the replays.

Rays keep rolling and the peeps are back in the park again after those pathetic crowds for the Jays and Angels. My faith is somewhat restored in the fan base and I'm looking forward to September again! Yankees on deck!

New Orleans gets all the press, but Biloxi was the center of where Katrina hit and was leveled. Many members of my family live about 5 miles from Biloxi, including my Mother, Grandmother, Aunt, Sister, Nephew and various cousins. It looks like this storm is going to veer more towards New Orleans than Biloxi this time so I'm hopeful that everyone will come through all right. Interesting quote from my Mother yesterday: "Hopefully New Orleans will be spared so we don't have to listen to them complain for the next 3 years. Here in Mississippi we picked ourselves up and got on with our lives, all they've done (New Orleans) has been to whine non-stop since Katrina". The right side (roughly 12 o'clock to 6 o'clock) is the business end of the storm, so if it makes landfall to the west of her, she'll almost surely get a ton of rain. I'm sure you're both aware of that. ... Hope all in your family stay safe. These things are obviously not to be fucked with.

Do any members live in the path of this thing? If so, they're probably not logging on here to mess around. It looks eerily familiar, this one.

Just now ordered a used copy of: Ellery Eskelin, Andrea Parkins, Jim Black -- "One Great Day" Also have on order two others from this band: "The Secret Museum" and "12 (+1) Imaginary Views"

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Upgraded to category 4 ... in other words, a motherfucker. Time to run. These maps should update as storm progresses.

20 ... duh

I love the waiter refusing him a second bottle of wine. Any Washington waiter who dared do that to a Cabinet member would find himself out of a job -- and probably out of town -- in a hurry.

Just placed an order for these two companion discs: Roscoe Mitchell and the Transatlantic Art Ensemble -- "Composition / Improvisation Nos. 1, 2, & 3" Evan Parker and the Transatlantic Art Ensemble -- "Boustrophedon"

Check the toaster. Mystery solved. It's in the mail!

Went to the Rays-Jays game Wednesday night. Good game. The people who were there were into it. But damn ... pathetic attendance. Heard on ESPN the Rays have the lowest August attendance in MLB. That's just sad. I think the sagging economy combined with a shitty ballpark in a bad location are partly to blame. They could probably promote the team better, too, with TV spots featuring local celebs like Dickie V and Hulk Hogan whipping up some excitement. But really, I got a front row seat, press box level right above the Rays dugout for $28. That's a great seat for a great price, I think. You don't have to drop $100 to go to a ballgame. Shit, I've been to movies and dropped more than $28 once you add in popcorn and watered-down soda (the biggest ripoff known to man). Anyways, just disappointed that for whatever reason, people won't go out to see a first-place team in a playoff race unless Kool and the Gang are giving a post-game concert. Weird. ... I would guess a waterfront ballpark might change that, but who knows ... EDIT: plus, now that football season is starting, I wouldn't be surprised to see interest in the Rays totally evaporate.

Meanwhile, the hunt for the shirt continues. Bags have been searched. Calls have been made. ... ... We're awaiting further evidence. Perhaps by lunch we'll know more.

... and the [citation needed] in the end, scientific work at its best... We'll get right on that.