Peter Johnson

Hey, Jazzmoose--I got all four of your PM's! And, probably doing the same thing, Conn5000 will have about 5-10 identical PM's from me!!! Peter J

PM's don't seem to be working. I'm getting a "mail failure" or other such error...and got four identical PM's from another member!

Jim, I think that's the way I'm going to go, despite all the other great suggestions. Adding a burner, usb shit, etc. to this Inspiron is going to be like putting cologne on a pig . And we need to upgrade anyway. Thanks, everyone, for your thoughts--and Dan, the minute I get a burner, I'll let you know so I can moderate a blindfold test!!! PJ

Thanks guys--I knew folks here would have thoughts on this! Okay--a couple of follow-up questions. My USB action is dodgy--I have a port, but it's unreliable. I've NEVER been able to troubleshoot it. Sooooooo.... Can I connect a CD burner and/or external hard drive via a) ethernet pc card; B) serial port; or c) parallel port? And... Is 80mb of RAM enough capacity to convince my OS (Windows 98 first edition) to run a CD burner? After these questions, I'm laying odds that the next response is going to be, "Buy a new fecking computer!!!!!!!!!!" Thanks again, Peter EDITED to say that a quick search on ecost.com showed me a 2-port USB PCMCIA card for 40 bucks, spyder slim external burner for 100 bucks, and a small 40GB hard drive for 120 bucks. Under $300 to make my computer do everything I want? I can dig it--if you guys concur with this solution!

My wife and I use a 1996 Dell Inspiron laptop as our primary (only!!!) home computer. With DSL, it's great online; and suffices for the rest of our stuff. But as it's aged, and programs have gotten more complicated, the 2G hard drive is filling up. In addition, since we've gone digitial (photography), all of our pictures are stored on the hard drive with, I'm ashamed to say, no backup! Can't burn the files to a CD (see the blindfold test thread ) because I don't have a burner, and I don't have a tape drive or anything. Many files are now bigger than one floppy (!), and that's slow and cumbersome anyway. I know there has to be some kind of web-based storage service. I'm looking for a situation where I can have an allotment of, say, 10 gigs, where I can store pictures, documents and other things as a backup. Not necessarily a mirror of my current configuration (although that'd be nice), but files. Does anyone know of or have any recommendations for such a service? Thanks in advance for your thoughts!

*blows dust off his copy of Blue John* FINE. I'm flying to Seattle this afternoon, so I will listen to this on the trip and post some thoughts about it, for any interested, when I return. I mean, 400 some-odd board members can't be wrong, right?

This shit is TOO CRAZY! I haven't thought about that game, Commodores, Vic 20's, Radio Shack, whatever, in years! Thanks for giving me the opportunity to geek out with y'all. Jim, we need a geek'ed out smiley!!!

Back at ya! PJ

Just placed an order (thanks, Cheap-CDs.com!) for McDuff, "Moonrappin'" Gene Harris and the Three Sounds, "Live at the It Club" v. 1 & 2 Bob Belden, "Black Dahlia" Can't wait to get them!!!

Hey Jazzmoose--check your p.m.'s! PJ

Berigan said, Hmmmm, I resemble that comment...

If I can't stand Lush Life and have to sell it, this thread must be deleted at once (or the street price of Lush Life will continue to plummet!) OKAY, back to our regularly scheduled thread. How about this: Herbie Hancock, "The Prisoner", three stars? What the feck? This is definitely a 4-star session. And check it: Riiiiiiiight. Meanders? Come on. IMHO Prisoner is intricately and meticulously arranged, and I don't think it meanders at all. Is that docking Herbie the star? But it's another one that REALLY gives me consternation. Bennie Maupin, "Slow Traffic to the Right"--TWO STARS!!! Shitefeckers! That is definitely a 3.5-4-star record; very greazzy, with some nice slow early electric funk jams with Bennie moving seamlessly from bass clarinet to sax. Pity it's not available on CD. "I'd love to give the world a burn"--sorry, Coke--if only I had a burner.

Vibes said, Vibes, when I first heard this record, I had the same reaction. Not nearly as strong in "dislike" as "A New Perspective," but a similar "why can't they at least try to sing words?" I can appreciate the vocal skills, but it just wasn't my thing. BUT! Whereas "Perspective" has not grown on me too much (other than the great cover), I've really grown to enjoy "All That's Good"--probably because it contains some solid grooves and isn't quite as "heavy" as "Perspective." Maybe give it a couple more spins--try to get beyond the vocals?

Fine. Be that way! I'll listen to Blue John to reevaluate and perhaps I will be made to eat crow tomorrow! But hopefully no -_- will be occurring!

Wow, Tom, The Natural Essence must be in HEAVY rotation at your pad!

If I had to pick one: Mobe. But I'd rather say: Mobe, Morgan, Mingus, Monk, Miles and John C. In no particular order.

jlarsen said: I respectfully disagree, and have to say I'm with tjazz on this one. I finally got a copy of Blue John after looking and looking. It arrived in the mail, and I ripped open the package and put the CD on with bated breath and shaking fingers. "New John Patton!" I thought to myself. "That I've never heard before!!!" Turned on the player. Put in the disc. Hit play. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...*snort* Whaaa? Boring! Ahhh, must be an outlier. Skip to the next track! zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...uhhhh.... Well, suffice it to say that it's not on my top ten list. Or fifty. Or hundred! I guess I can say that I "appreciate" the record, but for whatever reason, it just doesn't do anything for me. And I love Patton's other records! Go figure.

Conn, why do you only rate this 3 stars? I ask because I've been thinking about picking up a copy of it lately.

Dan said: Agreed--should be chosen by one person to add to the mystery.

Dan, how about this: - Those with the capability to do so can do the burns; then, - Send something like 2-5 burns to those of us who can't do burns; and - We (who can't do burns) in turn can pick up the postage and labor of mailing them on to individuals. Does that sound workable as far as spreading around the labor and cost, or just overcomplicated?

First press of Andrew Hill "Grassroots" (Division of Liberty) on wax, great condition, for $5.95 over the weekend!

At least I'm technologically handicapped! Sorry, couw, couldn't resist!

Link ain't workin' for me, RT!

Greg, if you think of it I'd love to get the name of that "goo". Thanks.