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Certainly possible, and it definitely would be good if the govt. would issue some hard rules. However, the rounding is "supposed" to be done at the very end of the transaction after tax, so it would be harder to game the system. Also, people paying with debit/credit (which is probably around 75% of transactions) will be unaffected by the rounding. I guess we'll see. The Canadian public doesn't seem fazed so far...

So this caught my attention: No more Canadian pennies They will remain legal tender but will no longer be minted. The rules seem a bit convoluted. If I understand it, debit/credit card transactions and on-line transactions can be to the penny, but shops will have to round up or down to the nearest nickle when a customer pays with cash. I know this has been discussed off and on in the US (and I thought there was a thread on it or at least a few posts, but couldn't find anything). While there are surely a few wrinkles to be ironed out, it's probably for the best. It's a relatively sensible solution -- and thus won't be adopted in the US for another 20-30 years...

Well, not the world's greatest bargain, but perhaps of some interest: Greenaway box This is a Peter Greenaway box of his early shorts and his first full-length film The Falls. I'd probably rather just rent it myself (I used to live near a DVD shop that definitely would have stocked this (Facets) -- a lot less likely now and NetFlix still won't ship DVDs in Canada -- it's streaming only ).

Well, I liked the Barney Kessel material (El Tigre) and some other material. I suppose it is true there is a fair bit of material that would never have been reissued except in the context of a complete set.

Not sure -- probably a bit over 100 but almost certainly not 200. It does depend a bit if all the different sets of the Detroit or Chicago Jazz Fest get added up.

maybe something like this: kjfgh Ok, it looks like indent might work. Thanks.

So apparently, you can't get tabs to show up in the posts, and if you type a whole bunch of spaces, it gets condensed to 1 space. This is not ideal for the poetry forum, where sometimes you would like to move words over so they line up properly. I saw something like     &nbsp from another forum that would move text over (with non-breaking spaces), but can't figure out how to implement it here (bracket)code(bracket)    &nbsp(bracket)/code(bracket) doesn't work. Any suggestions or a different workaround would be appreciated. Thanks. Eric

Just learned that Adrienne Rich has passed away: obit Kind of sinking in, and I'm getting a bit bummed out. She was my favorite of the feminist poets that came to prominence in the 1960s and 1970s, although I also liked much of the work of Audre Lorde. I went to hear Rich at a reading in the early, early 1990s and had her sign a copy of The Fact of a Doorframe. This was in a bookbag that was stolen and was probably the most upsetting thing to have lost of the various things that were stolen. I suppose I could have gotten another autographed copy at some point, but it wouldn't have had the same connection. I should say that I am more than a casual fan, as I have 12 of her collections, including all of them since The Fact of a Doorframe, with the exception of the very, very latest (and presumably last): Tonight No Poetry Will Serve. I probably should try to snag a copy of that in the next week or so. Edit to add: So I pre-ordered a paperback copy of Tonight No Poetry Will Serve and even found an inexpensive signed copy of Dark Fields of the Republic (have a copy but it was a bit beat up -- so I can justify it ). Time will tell if the dealer will honor this order or jack up the price because of her passing. Here's a poem that tries to draw connections between the literary and the personal/political, forcing (perhaps) a re-evaluation of War and Peace when viewed through the lens of women's experience. The Novel (from Time's Power) All winter you went to bed early, drugging yourself on War and Peace Prince Andrei’s cold eyes taking in the sky from the battlefield were your eyes, you went walking wrapped in his wound like a padded coat against the winds from the two rivers You went walking in the streets as if you were ordinary as if you hadn’t been pulling with your raw mittened hand on the slight strand that held your tattered mind blown like an old stocking from a wire on the wind between two rivers. All winter you asked nothing of that book though it lay heavy on your knees you asked only for a shed skin, many skins in which to walk you were old woman, child, commander you watched Natasha grow into a neutered thing you felt your heart go still while your eyes swept the pages you felt the pages thickening to the left and on the right- hand growing few, you knew the end was coming you knew beyond the ending lay your own, unwritten life. (1986) A more comprehensive examination of the poem may be here: Yawp and Peace

I believe Wall Street Journal has been subscription-only since they went online. Much more regional example - Chicago Sun-Times is about 20 per month. I found I don't really miss going there, though I used to read many of the articles. Their loss I guess. I don't know whether Robert Ebert's reviews count toward the 20 or not. It probably depends on how you try to access them.

I'd be surprised if I could identify even 10% of my tracks -- first, most CDs only get a listen or two and second, I have a terrible audible memory (or whatever you call it). I've gotten fairly good at identifying visual artists (painters) but even after all these years, I am hopeless at hearing musician's voices or what have you. Decided to opt out of BFTs since they just weren't any fun for me, and basically the shuffle idea doesn't hold any appeal either, since I would always be having to stop and look to see what piece was playing.

I decided I ought to track down some of the best of the CD reissues of the Everest catalogue before they disappear. I found this super cheap from a UK seller: I'm trying to source the cheapest Orchestral Music of Eric Satie, but in the meantime, I found a bargain on Roge's Satie's Piano Music, so I snatched this up as well:

Robert Kroetsch The Puppeteer. This is a sequel to Alibi and is even more explicitly "pomo," which certainly explains why this book wasn't that well received. Definitely not his strongest novel. I'm also working my way through Martin Murray's City of Extremes, which is an examination of Johannesburg. I have a few more weeks left before the book review is due!

You might be the target audience in fact, i.e. people of a literary bent with limited practical knowledge of baseball. Many reviewers who are versed in the sport are quite offended by some of the contrivances, like people in the dugout who simply wouldn't be there during a game and so on. I think it is a genuinely difficult question about how "accurate" one must be in fiction. I suppose one can do whatever one pleases (it is fiction after all), but then be prepared for blowback from those who say X or Y simply couldn't happen because everybody knows about rule Z which prohibits this action. I like my fiction to be fairly plausible but it doesn't have to be nigglingly accurate. My basic impression is that this book wouldn't make it up to my standards. However, I won't read this because I don't read books about sports, full stop.

Just as I predicted. On the release date (today), Amazon's price is $123.85 but they're out of stock. However, Marketplace reseller "Germany" (which I believe is actually Membran) has it for $39.30. I bit, even though, if history's any indication, the price just might drop further than that going forward. Amazon resellers Same here. Thanks for pointing this out. It might go a bit lower, but it's hard to imagine a 30 CD set going for much below $30. Shipping is a bit higher for me, but still a good deal considering the alternatives.

I'll try to check this out. You might be interested in this disc Rattle-Bream that is a bit more guitar-focused but includes Takemitsu's To the End of Dream. Rattle is conducting with Julian Bream soloing. I'm going to have to admit that I ordered this disc but simply haven't had a chance to listen to it properly. Maybe I can dig it out and listen tonight.

Looks interesting. Does Rattle play entire pieces or just segments? As an aside, I do enjoy BBC Radio 3's Discovering Music where they break down segments of the piece at length, but then do play the entire piece straight through. I've learned quite a bit when I've had the time to listen to the entire program (not as often as I would like).

I think "Rolling in the Deep" is quite good, but this is one of my favorite parodies. Even my wife, who is an Adele fan, thinks it is hilarious.

because i know you're a man of good taste, you really need to give Esperanza more of a chance, especially when it comes to her bass-playing. just cannot believe that you wouldn't appreciate her talent as a musician. I have heard her live and on disc and am completely unimpressed. Can't imagine anything that would make me a convert, but I suppose stranger things have happened.

I think it's the Membran gnome:

Fun while it lasted. Anyway, Woodson sounds like he has a plan for success -- I definitely prefer defensive-minded coaches -- but one that has no chance of actually succeeding given the players he has and the Knicks management.

Ok, I am going to put items for sale into two lists -- Near Mint and VG (where there are very minor marks on the CD or even fingerprints I had trouble cleaning off, but no problems with playback). In most cases, the CDs in VG are basically VG+; I can always go into more detail if you would like. The rating applies to the CD only, so a near mint CD can also be a spine cut for example, though that's not the case with most of these. Sorry if a handful of these were listed in a previous sale. I'm still getting organized and still unpacking from the move. VG 16 Art Blakey Orgy in Rhythm (BN Conn) 12 Kenny Burrell-Jimmy Smith Blue Bash! (Verve), partial mark through UPC & CD tray glue coming loose 11 Bill Carrothers Armistice 1918 (Sketch) 2 CDs and thick booklet 4 Ray Draper w/ John Coltrane Ray Draper Quintet (OJC/New Jazz) 9 Duke Ellington The Jaywalker (Storyville) 9 Duke Ellington At the Cotton Club (Storyville) 2 CDs (minor marks on CD2 only) 6 Art Farmer Out of the Past (Chess) 18 Don Friedman A Day in the City (Riverside), some sticker residue on cover art 5 Coleman Hawkins Night Hawk (OJC/Swingville) 2 Milt Jackson Reverence and Compassion (Qwest), spinecut 15 Budd Johnson w/ Charlie Shavers Ya! Ya! (Black and Blue Sessions) 13 David Murray For Aunt Louise (DIW) 10 Pharoah Sanders w/ Hamid Drake Spirits (Meta) 6 Johnny Hammond Smith w/ Lem Winchester Talk that Talk (Prestige) 25 SF Jazz Collective Inaugural Concert Tour-Ornette Coleman (2004) 3 CD limited edition No. 1459 out of 3000 very light marks on CDs 1 & 2 (more like VG+) 25 SF Jazz Collective 4th Annual Concert Tour-Monk (2007) 2 CD limited edition No. 1502 out of 3000 very light marks and fingerprints on CD1 (more like VG+) 5 Soundtrack to Simply Heavenly* (Sepia) * Bonus session included on CD - Bertice Reading accompanied by Art Simmons Quartet, Paris 1956 5 Terem Quartet No, Russia Cannot Be Perceived by Wit Near Mint 4 Cannonball Adderley Cannonball Takes Charge (Capitol), spinecut 5 Josephine Baker The Fabulous Josephine Baker (RCA Living Stereo), nearly entire album sung in French, hole in UPC 3 Art Blakey Holiday for Skins (BN Conn) 24 Donald Byrd & Doug Watkins The Transition Sessions (BN Conn) 2 CDs 11 Kenny Dorham, Curtis Fuller, Zoot Sims, etc. Jazz Committee for Latin American Affairs (EMI TOCJ-50166), obi included 5 Herb Ellis Meets Stan Getz, Eldridge, Art Pepper & Giuffre (Lonehill) 15 Paul Gonsalves & Ray Nance Just a-Sittin and a-Rockin (Black Lion) 7 Dexter Gordon Love for Sale (Steeplechase) 5 Grant Green Matador (BN) 18 Slide Hampton Drum Suite (Mosaic) 7 Stefon Harris & David Sanchez Ninety Miles (Concord Picante) CD + DVD, hole drilled in case 5 Coleman Hawkins The Hawk Relaxes (Moodville 2005 RVG remaster) 7 Andre Hodeir The Vogue Sessions (Vogue) 7 JATP Hartford, 1953 (Pablo) 10 Hank Jones & Tyree Glenn Quintet/Sextet Complete Recordings (Lonehill) 2 CDs HOLD 6 Milt Jackson Invitation (OJC/Riverside) 20 Steve Lacy-Daniel Humair-Anthony Cox Work (Sketch) 4 Shelly Manne Plays Peter Gunn (OJC), spinecut 11 J.R. Monterose T.T.T. (Storyville) 5 Sonny Rollins Road Shows vol. 1 (Emarcy) 10 Sal Salvador Music to Stop Smoking By (EMI TOCJ-50196), obi included 4 Les Spann w/ Julius Watkins Gemini (OJC/Jazzland) 25 SF Jazz Collective 2nd Annual Concert Tour-Coltrane (2005) 2 CD limited edition No. 135 out of 3000 6 Orchestra Poly-Rythmo de Cottonou-Dahomey The 1st Album (Analog Africa) 8 Sorry Bamba Vol. 1 (Thrill Jockey) 7 Stokowski Conducts Bach, Tchaikovsky & Dvorak (9th Symphony) (Dutton) Thanks for looking. Feel free to PM me with questions. I'll try to have a bunch more listed this weekend, a mix of rarities and gap fillers for your collection.

I think of it this way, I would definitely rather hear bassoon in jazz than bagpipes (particularly by a guy who wasn't really in control of the instrument) and I don't really want to hear bassoon in jazz. Just saying...

There's a good country song there just waiting to be writen. It's weird, I loved spending time at the library (and actually volunteered there and then had a "real" or at least a paying job there while in high school). But I never felt the need to have encyclopedias at home -- maybe because I was at the library so much...

I don't know about all that (Google+). All I know is that for my needs, Bing searches suck ass. They virtually never return what I am looking for and certainly never on the top page or two. I always have to go over to Google and then usually Google Scholar. (I wouldn't even look at Bing but the IT folks in the office have made it the default -- go figure.) I guess we'll see how it all plays out and if Google rolls back Google+ or not, but I can't imagine ever becoming a fan of Bing.

No doubt ! (lots of Mosaic listening time coming up ). Factoring in though my current Mosaic churn rate of about 2CDs of a box per year. I try to listen to the entire box set within a month of when I bought it, then it could be ages before I get to it again -- two CDs a year sounds about right. (Didn't come anywhere near this with the Fats Waller on JSP, but I am really making an effort on lots of newly-purchased classical box sets. Just picked up the Tennstedt and Cantelli EMI sets -- 20+ CDs of classical music warhorses. My listening is probably 85% classical these days!) I did find that ripping Mosaic sets and putting them on portable hard drives made it more likely to revisit the music.