BruceW

3rd quarter and Lakers have game well in hand. Houston didn't show up today.

Yeah, should be interesting. Think they shot this stuff last year anyway.

Jim, GREAT IDEA! :bwallace2:

Right, Pistons made same mistake for four years and never learned their lesson. Sorry, what is STFU.COM Yeah, but those Celtics just didn't know and learned their lesson on the way to that championship. Agreed, but I think it is more Denver's hunger than Billups' proving anything to Joe. Billups was just the missing piece to make the team championship caliber. AI was useless. :bwallace2:

Man, I'm telling you, the Lakers just don't get it. There is NO SWITCH that you can turn on and off. :bwallace2:

Did they or did just Kobe show up? He could have used much more help. AND will they lose Kobe and Fish for the next game; Fish for sure, that was a wicked decking he put on Scola.

Thanks Guys, good to be back. Denver really beat up the Mavs last night. I have never seen Dirk take so many "awkward shots" even if he is trying to get a foul. Man, he scores but he sure looks bad. Right now, I think Denver could "take" the Lakers in 6. Ne Ne is in great shape for a change and KMart is really to beat up on people. I just plain have to wait to see what is up Joe D's sleeve. Orlando is probably going to take Boston. But now, we have Cleveland, the team which is hungry and ready to fight to the last man for that title. Sorry Paul, it is not a Big Ben, it is a set of vibes

Hi Guys, Have not been to active on any bulletin boards for awhile. Had some setbacks but am still alive. Of course, the Pistons demise did not help my enthusiasm for posting either. Anybody care fo speculate on "what happened to the Pistons?" Somehow, I can't help thinking Joe D has an overall plan for the Pistons return to the top. Ai will definitely be gone. Yep, that was a great Boston-Chicago series. Denver seems to be emerging as a power?? BruceW :bwallace2:

Hey Guys, Anybody have the new Band In A Box - 2009??? Would like to know how those jazz tracks add to the music. Is it as good as they say?? Is it worth updating from BIAB 2006?? I heard the sound was really good and the drums sound like real drums and the bass likewise. Even some of the horns sound like real horns. I'm asking because from here on out I will probably only be making videos and BIAB will be my band. I can hardly move my vibes and my closest "live" musician friends have died off. thanks, BruceW p.s. I am still recuperating from the Cryotherapy on my prostate cancer. Seem to be on track to full recovery.

Yep, Now, would you like to see a replay at the French? I definitely would.

You misconstue what I mean by luck. Nadal and Verdasco was anybody's match. Nadal did not have such an easy time as you would make it out to be. They both fought a hard battle and the last point could have gone either way had Verdasco hit a better shot. That was how close it was and luck does play into that when it is that close. This is not a knock on Nadal's talent, but call it like it is. Nadal just about did not make the Finals period. On the flip side, I don't think Fed was mentally prepared to go another five setter with Nadal on the hard court. Too bad, but hey, this was a match made in tennis heaven.

The FED will be back. They also said Sampras was dead before he won his 14th. Federer is younger than Sampras when he won his 14th, isn't he. Don't count him out. Nadal will get his wins, but the Fed is not through. Somebody said earlier he needs to get a coach to straighten out and strengthen his weaknesses against Nadal (or anybody for that matter). WHY is nobody harping on how lucky Nadal was to get to the Final in the first place??

AT LONG LAST I CAN MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT I HAVE LONGED FOR. I have had the heart attacks, the four hand operations, the foot cramps, the leg cramps, the three heart procedures (for stents) and now... In regards to my cancer situation. I have had the cryotherapy and then had complications. I have had infections and now only have one left to clear up. The additional operation I was expecting to have has been ruled out because the medication and rest therapy is working and working well. By February 1st, I plan to begin my regimen of restarting my practice and retraining of my vibraphone skills, hopefully including some vids. In seven months, I hope to have regained most of my abilities in playing the vibes. So thank you again for all your support. BruceW :bwallace2:

I just noticed this thread in which I never answered your question. Sorry, it must have been during one of my "illnesses" and I was not on the computer much. Anyway, Hi Impossible, how you doing? You are probably playing up a storm by now. Your question, YES, I play with the vibrato ALL the time. I would never be without it unless the motor was burned out. I'm real old school, Milt Jackson type. The vibes are just so pretty with that vibrato and kind of flat to me without it. Yes, mallets can really make the difference, especially on the smaller bar type vibes. It is now Jan 2009, Obama is President and all my musical abilities have gone down the tubes. So I trying to get the energy to "restart" again. I've even forgotten some chords and chord types. Man, I'm rusty, but give me seven months practice. Do you have anything we can listen to?? :bwallace2: Pistons are average this year. BruceW

I haven't seen hardly any Piston games this year. They are no longer top TV draw out here in California. Cleveland has taken that spot. Pistons don't even seem to make Sportscenter much and that is bad. But if they stay hot, they get put back on the TV schedules.

That's funny, didn't somebody say that same thing last year. How quick we jump ship. EVERY TEAM goes through a loss spell at some time every year.

I remember my first VHS experience, an old piano key top loader VCR with a wired remote that only stopped and started the recording or playback. The wire was about 6-8 feet long and that was it. You could not sit way across the room. We used to edit out commercials by watching very closely for signs of a coming commercial and clues for when the commercials ended. We still have VCR's in two rooms, both are combination VCR recorders and DVD playbacks. Don't have a DVR yet. These are mainly for my wife's usage. BruceW :bwallace2:

Iverson still proves to be a bad addition to the Pistons. Bad trade, Nuggets get floor general and Pistons is a selfish private.

Hate I missed that. Didn't know when it was. Don't know when a replay is. I respectfully ask you to pm me also with some of the highlights of the ending. Thanks

Well there you go... I said it five days ago and the ugly "me" has raised his ugly head already. And he will probably say I wanted to see my family. Bullshit, all that money everybody is paying owns him and makes him obligated to practice with the team. He just doesn't get it. I hope they dump him asap and that he never wins a championship, he deserves to not win. He never grew up.

I am dusgusted. Did not see the game you mentioned but understand the pain. I feel it. The question is: HOW COULD JOE D HAVE DONE THIS?? I mean, Detroit is not the only team, preparing cap room for the very near future. Did Joe do this? Has he written off this season? What about the morale, man, it can get pretty low the way they are playing? Ai is NEVER going to practice the way "teams" practice. You would think he would get it through his thick head what the main reason is that his teams have never won a championship. Pistons now have three teams to go through to get to the Finals; Boston, Cleveland, and New Orleans. Crap

Well, Like I always say, maybe Joe D knows something we don't. And why not, look who he is and what he has done. Pistons beat Lakers soundly. Who'd a thought it at this point in the season?? Well that good for us

Don't count on that, Bruce. AI has always been an AI facilitator. That is funny, that is also why AI has never won a championship...

Pistons needed a change because the chemistry had stagnated. I really thought Sheed was going to be the first to go but.... Then I would have expected Billups because he seemed bored with Detroit. I think Joe D saw that plus all the financial reasons. Joe D also has great young talent in the wings at Billups positiion. It's no coincidence that the Nuggets are undefeated so far with Billups on the floor, he's one of those players that makes everyone better, which AI is unable to do. I think it is obvious Billups played last year to a degree that would get him a change. He got it and seems happy. AI is not a good trade "team wise" for Detroit but can put the pill in the basket. If the rest of the Pistons maintain their chemistry they will be alright even with AI putting up the pill. But in the playoffs, AI will have to be team facilitor or the Pistons will go down again.

I still think AI was a bad trade for the Pistons. He is just not team oriented.