paul secor

Sounds like service has deteriorated since they farmed it out. Maybe they should make a change.

Definitely a great trilogy. I don't know when I'll have time to reread them, but I will try some day. I actually saw Robertson Davies on a reading tour at the 92nd Y in New York City. I'm pretty sure he was reading from The Cunning Man. Currently reading the sequel to Three Men in a Boat, Three Men on the Bummel, which is quite good. A few of the jokes are even better than the ones in the original, and I swear the Monty Python folks nicked one of the gags. On deck after this is Michael Ondaatje's The Cat's Table. For some reason I read What's Bred In the Bone and The Lyre of Orpheus some years ago and like both books, but not as much as some reviews would have led me to believe. (Actually, the reason why I read them first was that the local library had copies of those two and not The Rebel Angels, and I just grabbed them to read out of curiosity.) I never read The Rebel Angels until now. I enjoyed it so much that I'm rereading the two following books in the trilogy. Already I'm beginning to find what I missed by not reading the books in the order in which they were intended to be read.

Walter Davis: The Bullet Sides ... (Krazy Kat)

Archie Shepp: Attica Blues Big Band (Blue Marge)

Sidiki Diabate and Ensemble: Batogoma (Rogue)

Don Friedman Trio: Flashback (Riverside Japan)

Harry Carey Archibald Leach Bum Phillips

'Enry 'Iggins Alfred Doolittle La-Z-Boy

I hate it when people say (name your quarterback) never won a Superbowl. (I realize you didn't say that, Scott.) Teams win championships - one player doesn't. In the same way, when someone says a baseball manager/football coach/basketball coach won however many championships - no he didn't - he may have contributed, but his teams won them.

That poster must bring back some great memories for you, Chuck.

Mississippi John Hurt Mississippi Fred McDowell Mississippi

Robertson Davies: The Rebel Angels

Manitas de Plata (Connoisseur Society)

Matt Harvey is eligible for arbitration after this season. If the Mets want to keep him, they'll have to come up with some bucks. Not free agent money, but they'll have to pay to keep him. My take is that the Mets will use their young pitchers and work them hard, because when they do become free agents, the Mets won't pay and they'll be gone. Or they'll be burned out before then. Either way, the Mets don't care. As for the Wilpons, they've been crying poor for years. If you're cash poor, sell the team. You're in New York and if you put a good team on the field the fans will turn out, as this year showed. The Wilpons have a TV deal, and a TV deal in New York generates a lot more income than one in smaller markets. Plus, the Mets drew fans this year, so let's see the Wilpons spend some $ for a change. If they don't, this will probably be a one year shot for the Mets and their fans. They can pay $21 mil. over two years for a dud like Cuddyer, but will probably let Daniel Murphy (who's not going to have a full year like this years post-season, but who is a solid player who can make things happen) go.

Consider Bartolo Colon: http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/colonba01.shtml Didn't see any mention in there about a 50 game suspension in 2012 for using synthetic testosterone. Perhaps I missed it.

Teddy Edwards/Howard McGhee: Together Again!!!! (Contemporary)

I don't have a team in this Series. A very good friend is a longtime Mets fan, so part of me is rooting for them. Another part of me admires the way that the Royals play the game and the way Ned Yost manages his team. In the end, I just want to see some good baseball games. And last night I saw one.

Happy Birthday and all the best to you, Guy! Hope all is well.

Pete Rose looks like a combination troll/gnome these days.

And to juice at times.

Legs Larry Smith Walter Foots Thomas Walt No Neck Williams

Pa Kettle Bill Potts Joe Black

Obviously a jazz critic's dreams. If I were doing dream analysis, I'd ask if you miss writing criticism (outside of what you do here, of course).

I remember seeing it but don't remember much about it. Looks like I may have missed some interesting stuff.

Only Fox would pair up ARod and Rose as analysts. Disgusting, imo.