Kevin Bresnahan

I have read many stories that Hank wasn't very reliable later in his career and looking at this: https://www.northseajazz.com/en/program/1978/friday-14-july/timetable/ it does not appear as if he made it. Even if he was one of the "surprise guests" on Sunday, he would not have been on the main stage, which would probably be where they made their recordings.

It looks like Downbeat agreed with me. There was ballot stuffing last year. Why else would they be limiting the vote to subscribers this year? They looked at the numbers and realized there was someone, somewhere, with a bot that skewed the vote. Makes last year's vote that much worse. Funny thing is, I dropped Downbeat after last year and now even I can't vote for Hank!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/a-jazz-legend-said-he-was-in-desperate-need-of-money-his-friends-had-questions/2019/07/10/440e76ec-99b6-11e9-830a-21b9b36b64ad_story.html?utm_term=.75733296cd34 I am not feeling so good about donating to this fund. I am most upset at the Jazz Foundation for not doing their homework before issuing their statement confirming the Burrell's financial situation. Oh well, live & learn.

Celebrating my 32nd wedding anniversary tonight so I'm opening up a 2014 Pahlmeyer Red. James Suckling gave it 97 points but then went on to say that it has a nose of iodine. WTF? I mean, really WTF??? Drinking iodine is at about the same level as running with bulls in my book of "things to avoid".

Boston rush hour traffic is thick but not slow at all. Brakes here and there but usually you can cruise along nicely. What threatens my life on a regular basis is the distracted driving, usually texting while driving, that has become a huge problem. I've witnessed these idiots (who probably think running with the bulls would be fun) driving down the road with both hands and both eyes glued to their cell phone screen. It's why I gave up my motorcycle.

It always strikes me as odd when people voluntarily risk their lives for something as dumb as this - running with bulls? Why? As a matter of principal, I tend to avoid things that could result in death. I don't swim with piranhas or alligators. I don't run through lightning storms with a metal rod in my hand. Generally, I avoid things where one of the possible outcomes is "death" and this is from someone who drives in Boston rush hour traffic on a daily basis so I know of what I speak. I avoid death nearly every day.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Running_of_the_bulls "Overall, since record-keeping began in 1910, 15 people have been killed in the bull running of Pamplona, most of them due to being gored." Year Name Age Origin Location Cause of death 1924 Esteban Domeño 22 Navarre, Spain Telefónica Goring[15] 1927 Santiago Zufía 34 Navarre, Spain Bullring Goring[15] 1935 Gonzalo Bustinduy 29 San Luis Potosí, Mexico Bullring Goring[15] 1947 Casimiro Heredia 37 Navarre, Spain Estafeta Goring[15] 1947 Julián Zabalza 23 Navarre, Spain Bullring Goring[15] 1961 Vicente Urrizola 32 Navarre, Spain Santo Domingo Goring[15] 1969 Hilario Pardo 45 Navarre, Spain Santo Domingo Goring[15] 1974 Juan Ignacio Eraso 18 Navarre, Spain Telefónica Goring[15] 1975 Gregorio Gorriz 41 Navarre, Spain Bullring Goring[15] 1977 José Joaquín Esparza 17 Navarre, Spain Bullring Suffocated in a pile-up.[7] 1980 José Antonio Sánchez 26 Navarre, Spain Town Hall Square Goring[15] 1980 Vicente Risco 29 Badajoz, Spain Bullring hit[15] 1995 Matthew Peter Tassio 22 Glen Ellyn, Illinois, USA Town Hall Square Goring[16] 2003 Fermín Etxeberria 62 Navarre, Spain Mercaderes Hit by a horn[17] 2009 Daniel Jimeno Romero 27 Alcalá de Henares, Spain Telefónica Goring[18][19]

NFL Football is different today - at least at the Patriots' stadium. There are cameras everywhere and if you get caught doing something wrong, they pull your season tickets. There is a 20 year waiting list. This stopped a lot of the fights. I agree that they were bad in the old days but modern technology seems to have cleaned it up a bit.

The 2014 Savant was still phenomenal. The Hess was... eh. I expected a lot more for the price.

14 Justin Savant. Large group so if that runs out, up next is the 2014 Hess Collection Cabernet Sauvignon.

"Jeez, I brought my frames into that eyeglass store to get them adjusted 5 or 6 times. They're closed. What the heck happened there?"

Wally Traugott knew how to cut vinyl, that's for sure. He died in 2010: https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/wally-traugott-obituary?pid=146907958

If you do get back to Dry Creek, try the Lambert Bridge winery. I went there in February and tasted some wonderful (if expensive) wines. It's literally up the street from Rafanellli, so you can "kill two birds with one stone" as they say. BTW - I get you on the high ABV thing. I am finding that I'm not liking much of Turley's offerings lately. Just too much ABV in their wines. Like you, I enjoy Rafanelli's Zins more than their Cabs. My favorite Zin these days is Peter Seghesio's San Lorenzo. When his family sold their winery, he kept their original Zin vineyard and is making some wonderful Zin there. Next time you grill up a ribeye, try a Pride Mountain Merlot or Shafer Merlot. The acidity of Merlot seems to complement the rare steak better than a lot of Cabs.

I'm actually finding myself swinging the other way - I am enjoying big, bold Californian Cabs that are ready to drink now. While I have not really enjoyed many of the aged wines I've opened recently, there have been several 2014 & 2016 wines that have been simply phenomenal right off the shelf. I wonder if you need to look around a bit. Some of the big Napa names from 30 years ago are not what they were back then. Caymus is making so much wine now, there's no way they can be that cult wine that they used to be. Look to Paso Robles. Try a Justin Isosceles Reserve. Or a Daou Soul of a Lion Reserve Cab. Or go to Sonoma... try a KInsella Cab - so drinkable right out of the chute. One of my favorite Californian wineries is in Sonoma - A. Rafanelli. Their Cab is superb and it won't cost you an arm and a leg (if you can get it). Napa is a bit over rated.

I have 2 bottles of 2012 Dominus in my cellar but I just don't know when to open them. I opened one a couple of years back and it was definitely not ready. I actually hate bottles like these - I never know when to open them! Last night, I opened my last bottle of 2009 A. Rafanelli Cabernet Sauvignon. While still very good, it took a while to open up and even then, it wasn't as good as it would have been had I opened it several years ago. Aging wine is a difficult task, especially when you start acquiring a lot of wines that need some time in your cellar.

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It still bums me out that the starter of this thread, "stevebop" Steve Schwartz, died in 2017. He was one of the nicest guys you could meet and a huge advocate for Jazz.

Ah, yeah , that sounds right.

It's been years but wasn't his inability to play somehow related to an event and not a loss of chops? Was he the one I heard got caught messing with the wrong woman and got his jaw busted for it? If so, I wonder if he kept his band together because he thought maybe he could get back to playing?

I somewhat surprised that I don't still own this. I know I owned it at one point but i can't find it for anything. Time to search under Hagans or Printup.

This looks like one I would file under V for Various Artists.

My 82 year-old mom fell again last week and split her knee open. Rushed to the hospital in an ambulance. 17 stitches to close the 3.5 inch cut and she's back home alone - AGAIN. She's had 3 fairly serious falls now in the past 3 years, with one resulting in a broken femur up near her hip. She still refuses to consider moving into a senior residential apartment building. She's got all her mental faculties so we can't make her move. I was actually hoping the doctors were going to refuse to let her go home alone again after this fall but nope - home she goes. Can you tell I'm frustrated?

Thanks Dan & sonnymax. It's too bad I had to switch to an anonymous account name. Work stuff. I have to minimize my social media profile.

Add at least another $50,000, because that's what was pulled out of it at one point. I wonder why they haven't pulled out more? BTW - does anyone know how taxes work on these things? Does Kenny and his wife have to declare this as income?

They are not common but I've seen several. You'll know one when you pull the record out of the sleeve. It's a definite double take when you see it. I imagine most cutters would take one look, say "Oops" and take another try rather than press it like that but if the schedule's tight...