J Larsen

I could never understand the mindset that led one from "you're cheating on me" to "I'm going to kill you".

Mny - Pat is a childhood friend of mine and is doing a PhD in medicine at Stanford. I'm in the mid-to-later stages of a PhD in physics. But I have to admit I've been in the mid-to-later stages for a while. I had a couple false starts and a major left turn in my research. I still have two or three years to go before I'm considered a "slow" PhD, thanks to my fast start.

I figured as much, but he's been there quite a while himself. At least eight years, and maybe more like ten. I guess those degrees can take a while to finish! In my field, most people get their PhD in five or six years if they're going to get it at all.

Mny, this is a longshot, but do you know a guy named Pat Divine? He's finishing a PhD MD at Stanford.

I collaborate with a couple guys at Stanford, but it's a very recently formed partnership.

Geez, I spent a good portion of these years learning math and physics. I did take a couple years off to fuck around, but it was exceptionally unproductive fucking around; i.e. go to work, leave work as early as possible, call around to see who wants to go out for drinks and catch some djs. Repeat 730 times, then return to school. I did have some fun doing that, but I really didn't do much to "grow as a person" in my years away from school. Being 18 was sort of cool because I had an incredibly hot girlfriend back then. Unfortunately, she turned into a speed freak when I was 19 (which is part of what inspired me to take some time off school).

Baby back ribs and collard greens!

Thiss thread inspired me to borrow a copy of Genesis "Foxtrot", depsite my extreme anti-Phil Collins and anti-Peter Gabriel stance (a result of their 80s solo material). I was fairly impressed. It certainly has about a million times more "artistic value" (for lack of a better term) than anything I ever expected to hear from a Phil Collins project. For me it was like listening to a solid bop set from the 70s and later learning that one of the sax players was Kenny G. It was a bit stunning and made me feel slightly dirty.

Many newer amps don't have phono stages, hence the need for phono pre-amps. If your amp came with phono jacks in the back, you don't really need a phono pre-amp, although if you're dissatisfied with the way records sound through your amp you might still want one anyway.

I have to say I was underwhelmed by the new Radiohead on my first couple of listens, but it's really growing on me - fast. There are a couple duds (esp. the "we suck young blood" song), but all in all it's a very impressive record. Some very intelligent lyrics to boot. I can't believe I'm getting into a modern rock group. What's happening to me? The more musical common ground with the gf, the better, I guess.

It's like city street rock, but faster. Unless it's LA freeway rock.

Free for All was my first Blakey, and it inspired me to quickly expand my collection of his BN output. All of the Blakey albums featuring Shorter are easily recommended. It's hard to go wrong with this period of the Messengers. Free for All remains my favorite Blakey feat. Shorter record, likely because it was my first one.

You can get this on pay-per-view too. $3.95. I was considering it the other day, but I was afraid it would be on the hoakey side. Based on your recommendation, I'll order it the next time I feel like watching something. Thanks.

Can is about as far as I go into prog. Tago Mago and Ege Bamyasi still spun a bi in my house, but not as much as four or five years ago.

I'm very surprised that Giant Steps was mentioned before Dodo Greene.

If you like the first one, "DLS is Dead" and "Buhloone Mindstate" are both well worth checking out. I actually like "Stakes is High" a lot as well, but some people found that album a little less accessible. Not quite sure they're "modern rock", though!

I have to say I'm a bit surprised that Diz only has 58% of the vote!

Bird/Diz/Roach/Mingus/Powell

I got an email the other day from a "Ms. Eve" with the subject line "Die, die". Who the hell is going to open that?

I agree on most counts, except I actually like Stop and Listen and Davis Cup. I think part of why I like Davis Cup is that I had no expectations for it at all when I got it. I had never even heard of the record before, I just happened to see a used promo at Kim's for $5 and picked it up for the hell of it. If I had been seeking it, expecting it to be some monumental record, I probably would have been disappointed.

Nope. Last time that was said about an Anaheim team, my Giants blew their best shot at a WS in my lifetime.

Don't worry, Late. Don't let it get out, I've never been a big fan of The Sidewinder. In fact, the fact that The Sidewinder was my first Lee Morgan delayed my appreciation of his music by at least a year.

I might have liked it more had my expectations not been so high.

I can't get into the Braith conn or the Blue Mitchell discs, and I'm fairly indifferent to the Dizzy Reece cds. I'm also not much of a Three Sounds fan. I love Mobley, but Thinking of Home was a let down for me. I haven't given up on any of these (except maybe Braith and the Three Sounds), but they've yet to move me.

I'd say it's more like bumming about stepping on a hyperdermic needle on the beach.