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Had my first listen when I arrived home yesterday. It's beautiful, not only the music, but the whole production. The pictures are wonderful surprise. I'm with the album of the year crowd.

Ditto.

Happy Birthday, KB!

Sorry, I was oit of town. I hope it was indeed a happy birthday.

I get that same warning.

I never realized she also directed that movie.

Nooooooo....CLEVELAND? (with all due respect to board members who live there) Tell me it's just a business trip! ← Mainly business, but I'm taking an extra day just to hang.

I'm leaving for Cleveland on Thursday morning, so I guess I better get my ass in gear and post my thoughts.

How very sad. I loved her, she reminded me of a great aunt I had. RIP, Anne. BTW, if you've never seen the film The Prisoner of Second Avenue with Bancroft and Jack Lemmon, do yourself a favor and watch it.

It won't matter to me one way or the other, but I'm thinkin' Spurs, and it will probably go 7.

He sounds like this.

Nope. Although, he's not getting much in the way of run support either. I think last year was the last year for the unit.

What about Cashman? His still being employed is very un-Steinbrenner like.

Maybe "dismissed" by the critics largely would be a better classification. I think his star looks, drug battles, lifestyle and "whitebread-ain't-no-miles" all helped in squashing people's interest in his full talents. I personally always felt a little self-conscious for liking Chet. Shouldn't I be diggin' Clifford Brown instead? Until I realized Chet's melodic gift and outright speed (yes, listen to him on All The Things You Are on the live set) is in a class of it's own really. ← Dismissed might indeed be the better classification. Baker is a not represented well enough in my collection. Something that needs to change, I know. I can't comment too positively on his singing, but I enjoy his playing very much. One I really, really, like...

Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen

Eddie Harris

Artie Shaw

Looking forward to this.

Have a great day!

Have a great day, Ray.

Oh yeah - I didn't send yours. ← haha The moose is left out in the cold again.

Sounds cool to me.

Nat Pierce

Shelly Manne

Was that due to personal charm or political persuasion? or do you know a bunch of rough guys who "make deals work?" Anyway, congrats! ← I'm as surprised as anyone. Every offer was at asking price or above, so the agent recommended a counter of just around 10K above and gave everybody a second chance. The lowest offer the first time around ended up being the highest offer second time around. So, yeah, drinks are on me. I'll be in Cleveland next week. Should be hitting the road and heading east for good right around the middle of July give or take a week or two.