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Oddly enough, I tend to use their app more than the online site, but I haven't had much in the way of problems with either, although getting around the site can be a bit clunky at times.

Doris Duke awards for 2014, $225,000 to $250,000. Some very very worthy recipients: http://ddpaa.org/artists/

Horace Pippin Scottie Pippin Philip Pirrip

A long and inspired creative life, there at some of the key moments in the history of jazz. Thank and RIP.

"The Mandelbaum Gate" is reputedly the most problematic of her novels. I haven't read it (yet), so can't speak from experience. I spent a lot of time in that Powell's in Hyde Park (57th St?) when I lived in Chicago, both buying and selling books to/from them. The stock used to be mostly upmarket items, very nice, a bit pricier than the average. Their discards are probably pretty good. I love picking $1.00 carts, store discards, etc. One can find a lot of classic literature in that way; that stuff just flies under the radar mostly. I always poke around the Strand carts outside when I am in NYC. There's another store in Brooklyn where I usually leave with an armful of books just from the dollar cart.

No Neck Joe Jughead Jarhead

The Ministry of Silly Walks Knights Who Say Ni Dead Collectors

ENCHANCE - Billy Hart - Horizon/A&M. Very tasty. Billy Hart (dr,perc); Oliver Lake (as,ss,fl); Dewey Redman (ts)(not on 5.); Hannibal Marvin Peterson (tp,koto); Eddie Henderson (tp,flh,el flh)(1,3,5); Don Pullen (p, el p); Buster Williams (b)(1,3.5); Dave Holland(b)(2,4,6,7); Michael Thabo Carvin (perc)(5)

I expect FIFA will try not to deal with it, so it will be up to the players to seriously press the point. I'm not sure what the solution is though I read that rugby helmets, which would seem applicable, are not much good at preventing concussions. Perhaps a rule change to start so that any blow to the head could result in a PK, depending on the circumstances. That should reduce a lot of deliberate hits, or at least make players more careful.

I was a teenager when Pink Floyd made its appearance. It was considered "head music" at the time by a lot of people, i.e., music to smoke marijuana by. Not a criticism; indeed a rather hallowed niche. I think what imprinted PF on the minds of American teens was that (in)famous phrase "Careful with that axe Eugene." A lovely phrase for crazed youth.

The article has whetted my appetite for this, which I began today. I'll probably break off from time to time to read other Spark novels. Yes, I noted the Stannard; now on my list. My recent used book hunt, which turned up "Territorial Rights," also turned up: I need to dip into it a bit. Also, don't forget "The Comforters"-- that first book is quite revealing and often the template for what follows. Here's the article-review in the Washington Post. As I guessed, it is by Michael Dirda, the "belles lettres" guy in DC. He likes the essays and is a fan of the novels: http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/michael-dirda-reviews-the-informed-air-essays-by-muriel-spark/2014/07/09/7f83a936-fbd7-11e3-932c-0a55b81f48ce_story.html

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THE FLAM - Frank Lowe, Joseph Bowie, Leo Smith, Alex Blake, Charles Bobo Shaw. Black Saint. Love this one.

Why would LeBron go back to Cavs? I wondered the same thing. Money aside (it may be more or less, IDK), I think it's because he was a god in Cleveland, and not so much in Miami. It's nice to be worshipped and not just applauded. But I think he'll find "You can't go home again."

Yep, totally bonkers Another thumbs up for 'Girl from Ipanema'. As mad as David Luiz's defending and just as entertaining. One of the very first Jazz albums that connected with me and I suspect that track had a lot to do with it Coming at the end of the same side as "Malcolm," there is an added cognitive dissonance-- I tend to like those!

NIGHT FIRE - John Carter Quintet - Black Saint. Excellent group and record: Carter, Bobby Bradford, James Newton, Roberto Miranda, William Jeffrey.

I wish Mosaic would do a John Carter box. I can foresee difficulties in obtaining the various rights, but such a box set would have a lot of artistic value.

Love the mad version of "Girl from Ipanema.

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I'm all in on CECMA and Lindberg.

Argentina wins on PKs! Looked like nobody waned it in the 2nd half, but maybe Argentina was just playing rope-a-dope. Stopping the first Dutch PK was huge.

Half Time To my amateur eyes, it looks like the Dutch strategy is to mob the ball and double-team Messi. The Argentinians countered by running through double teams and through accurate passing. Slight advantage to the Argentinians in first half.

Jean Jacques Rousseau Albert Roussel Russ Meyer