Matthew

Love the look of the book! I've always had trouble reading a facsimile of the first folio, I'm impressed you can make it through without any headaches!

Preston School of Industry: All This Sounds Gas

Preston School of Industry: Live at the Riviera Chicago

Essays: Montaigne

Another pitching staff down the drain...

XTC: Oranges and Lemons. I think this is my all time favorite album! To my mind, it describes someone on their deathbed, looking back over their life, and meditating on its wonders and trials. Not so much a rock opera, but a looking back in kindness and acceptance of life and all it has to offer.

The Clientele: Music for the Age of Miracles

Unbelievable, still find it hard to grasp... and his daughter also, plus a friend and her mother. What a sad happening. So many images going through my mind, but the one I keep returning to is this one:

Grateful Dead: Dick's Picks Vol. 35 8/7/71 San Diego, CA & 8/24/71 Chicago, IL

Porgy and Bess: Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald

Duke Ellington: The Reprise Studio Recordings

Duke Ellington: Ellington Uptown

Duke Ellington: Blues in Orbit

Blood Count. There are times when I'm jolted out of my complacency about Ellington, one of those occasions was when I listened to this yesterday.

Inspired by Mr & Mrs. Duckworth: Duke Ellington ... And His Mother Called Him Bill

Scope: The Buck Hill Quartet

Carole King: Tapestry

The Old Ball Game: How John McGraw, Christy Mathewson, and the New York Giants Created Modern Baseball by Frank Deford

Off Topic: I always hated Tom Landry for starting the practice of having the coach call the plays...

Agree on Kapler, hardly anyone here in the Bay Area is okay with the hire -- his lack of response to the sexual harassment stuff as a Dodger, plus his being the puppet for the GM Zaidi, has pissed off the fans to no end. Bochy was probably the last Old School manager, he wasn't too keen on analytics and he didn't like the front office interference. Given that, it was time for Bochy to move on, it's a different game now.

Just my opinion: I've never been impressed with the Mets managerial choices, they seem to be on the weaker side for a premier franchise.

Still trying to process all the information that is coming out, one thing that seems universal is that Houston is now a despised organization and that Jim Crane is escaping with total lack of respect inside baseball but also with a World Series championship. The GM, Jeff Luhnow seems to be a real jerk, blaming everyone but himself. Does this stop electronic cheating though? I doubt it. Whats to stop a team from having someone off-site watching the game and just relaying the call in real time through some kind of communication system? Don't see how Beltran stays, but hey, it the Mets we're talking about! If I'm Alex Cora, I'm planning a vacation for at least a year, if not more.

Gary Peacock: Tales of Another

Dusty In Memphis: Dusty Springfield

I Don't Want To Hear It Anymore -- Dusty Springfield