Kevin Bresnahan

Nope. Not even if you live in the US:

It's very noticeable on Lee's forehead. He looks a lot more "surprised" in the second shot.

Wow - I never noticed that before! I wonder when/why they did it? Did they completely re-shoot the shot?

It's always amazing to me how quickly the dialog changes in the NFL. After the Chiefs beat the Patriots at the Foxboro season opener, the general consensus was that Smith & Reid were bound for the Super Bowl. I don't necessarily believe that this losing streak is all on Smith. Eric Berry got hurt during that season-opening win and many (most?) felt that this was a huge blow to that defense. That might be the biggest problem the Chiefs have right now. I watched some of the Giants/Cheifs game and that Chiefs defense looked nothing like what the Patriots faced in week one.

I thought Blue Note's 13 track "complete" version of this date sounded pretty good for what it was. It's just an OK location recording. The best remastering in the world isn't going to fix that.

I got to see him several times before he retired but it was a long time ago. The thing I most remember about him was seeing a drummer playing with gloves. It was unusual.

"Capra Black" is streaming for free on Amazon Prime (if you're signed up for it).

I had a Billy Harper fan club CD. It was a CD-R and it eventually became unreadable. I wrote Billy's fan club manager several times to ask for a new copy and they completely ignored me. I doubt that his fan club's website is even manned anymore.

I can't imagine Picadilly Circus without it. When I visited there in the 90's, I had to go back twice to get through the whole Jazz section. I bought quite a lot of CDs that trip. The bonus was the Dunkin' Donuts across the street.

I agree that the demand seems to be there. I think that going to CDs exclusively in today's market is a mistake. There are not a lot of us dinosaurs buying CDs these days... and certainly not at $17/disc. Sorry to say, but Mosaic doesn't seem to be following the latest trends in the industry, which appear to be reflected in their own sales of LP-only box sets.

There is no battery on the motherboard? That's weird. Most desktop motherboards do. Sometimes a RAM stick dies and causes blinking lights, but most machines will start to boot anyway. Does the machine start to boot at all or does it refuse to turn on completely? Try pulling the RAM and re-inserting it. If there are multiple sticks, try swapping their locations. BTW, there's usually a sequence to that blinking light that indicates what's at fault. Did you look up the service manual for the machine to see if they talk about the blinking light sequence? If it does start to turn on before the light starts to blink, try turning it on and keep pressing F2 on the keyboard to try and get it into the set up screen. There should be a way to run tests from there.

Sometimes, the bios battery on the motherboard dies and causes those blinking lights. If there's a watch battery on your motherboard, try replacing it. Also, sometimes a brown out can cause a protection circuit to kick in. Try holding down the power button for a minute or two before letting it go. It might re-set the protection circuit.

Quite obviously so... but Mosaic has produced quite a few LP boxes recently and they all seem to have sold out. if the secondary market's prices are any indication, there is still demand for most of them. About 15-20 years ago, they would have been crazy to produce LP sets. But in today's market, they're almost crazier not to. Quite frankly, I might be interested in this if there were an LP option. Also, I should have said, "offered it in LP & CD" like they used to back in the early days.

Wow - my old hometown of Holyoke, MA makes the list? That's pretty amazing considering the non-existent Jazz scene there.

i don't understand why they aren't doing this in vinyl as well as CD. They seem to have been doing OK with these vinyl only sets. Why not try it with a "big box"?

Benny certainly talked much more than I remember from his last visits. He did ramble a bit too much... they ended up only being able to play 5 songs in a 70 minute set. But when he played, he still had it. I think his wife is right.

It looks to me like it's only a matter of time before these discussions yield nothing more but name calling, destroyed on-line friendships and forum bans. Not really necessary on a Jazz discussion forum. I would agree with you if this was a different kind of forum, but we are typing this in a forum labeled, "Miscellaneous Music".

I don't think a bunch of us chatting on a forum are going to solve this problem. I also imagine that if we keep at, it's going to get uglier rather than calmer.

The Windows activation process generates a key that is a combination of several key components in your machine. I forget how many of them it uses but this key locks your Windows 7 installation to that machine. When you take your hard drive and put it into another machine, it reads the hardware and compares it to this activation key and if there is too much difference, your Windows 7 installation becomes invalid. They did it so that you could swap out a peripheral or two, but multiple swaps (or a motherboard swap) will likely invalidate the installation. I don't know if you could re-install it onto your old hard drive in the new machine, but if you do, you may lose some of your old data. A safer bet is to mount your old drive to a working PC and get what files are there backed up. If you use another Windows machine, you won't be able to access most systems files, but your documents should be accessible. A Ubuntu (Linux) machine with your drive mounted externally should be fully accessible. For your wife's laptop, if she's using it mainly to access the Internet, Ubuntu is definitely the way to go. It makes almost all laptops much faster. Just an FYI - you can make her laptop or any machine "dual boot" so that when you turn it on, it will ask you if you want to boot into Windows or Ubuntu. You'll probably find yourself booting into Ubuntu all the time.

Swapping your hard drive into a new mainframe might work fine. As Scott says, you might need a few drivers changed but it might be easy since it's the same model. But the main problem with this is that it will only work for 30 days or whatever time limit Microsoft put into the Windows 7 activation program. Your Windows 7 operating system will no longer be valid. You won't be able to do any updates and there's a chance that after a certain number of re-boots, it won't boot into Windows 7 any more. I would try to find a new power supply on eBay and swap that out. It's an easy swap - a few screws and a few easy to swap electrical connectors. Take pictures before you start and maybe have someone take a video as you remove the old one. They sometimes route cables in weird ways. The other option - and this all depends on what you want to use this machine for... Is buy that $105 machine, get it up & running with Ubuntu (Linux - free) and then take your old hard drive and mount it in an external USB hard drive case and use it as an external drive. I use Ubuntu on all of my machines in my house except one that my daughter uses for Microsoft Office presentations. Which she really doesn't even need since Ubuntu comes with Libra Office which will open and allow you to edit all .doc, .ppt & .xls files.

John Lamkin used to be the house drummer at Wally's Jazz Cafe a long time ago. Dating myself here...

Tomorrow night in Boston - Benny Golson at the Scullers Jazz Club. It should be a good one. I do wish that they'd list the rest of the band.

For those who don't want to click on a twitter link: "Anyone that believes that I would be so insensitive as to make crass statements as were published clearly needs to reconsider, and also realize how sensationalist "journalism" works. Those isolated statements were part of a greater dialog and were not meant to make light of the issue. I spoke for over an hour and yet, none of those parts of the interview were used. What was printed was juxtaposed and made to look very disrespectful and harsh. I was making a point, NOT saying it as OK. Each statement had entirely different meaning. Many of the negative responses have been from persons that don't know me or who have never been interviewed. I have always been an advocate and die hard supporter of women's rights and it is unfortunate that the article projects otherwise. My apologies for the miscommunication. Had my thoughts been published fully, it would be clear what my position and thoughts are. I never imagined that I would be caught in the middle of such a controversy. However, those that know me, know where I stand. It is apparent that very few people know what actually happens during interviews. Complete statements are extracted, omitted & highlighted for effect and shock value. I have refused speaking to journalists for this reason & this last one should have been one of those times." So basically, Greg Osby is claiming that he was quoted out of context, as many of us probably expected him to say. I guess this is why some famous people bring their own tape recorder to interviews - so they have their own copy.

Dmitry - it sounds like you're asking for context. Context might help soften the impact of these words, but in the end, they are terrible. I suppose maybe an audio recording of that interview might help as well. Spoken word does not always translate well to print, especially the emotion behind those words. Maybe Osby was trying to be a comedian when he said these things? If that is what he was trying for, he should stick to playing saxophone.

You might get it from her if you tell her that she can have the scarf.