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I misread that as The Voice of Revival Tires and couldn't understand what y'all were talking about. I am probably one of the four people Revival Tires would like to go to Hell.

The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra Salutes.....Boxcar Willie! Slim Gaillard, Slim Whitman....The Songs of Big Mama Thornton Jon Hendricks scats Eddy Arnold

I've been a Houston fan since the time they were the Colt 45s! One they should have listed was trading Rusty Staub to Montreal. He was an all-star player there, and a local favorite for the Louisiana fans like me. In those early days it seemed like every time they traded somebody, that player became a star for another team. Mike Cuellar went to Baltimore and was one of that 4 man rotation that were all 20 game winners (the last time that happened, probably!) Now I am in the DC area and a Nationals fan. Too early to call the Soriano deal a big failure, in my opinion. Conventional wisdom is that he'll be a free agent after this season and sign with the highest bidder, but you never know. Wilkerson is a good guy and I wish him well with the Rangers.

Well, it takes more than money, I think. He'll be a king in Houston for the rest of his life if he returns or even retires, but not so much if he goes to Boston. At least that's what I thought I heard Gammons think out loud.

Nobody much follows the AL East anymore, but is anyone counting out Toronto just yet? Wild card is as likely to be Detroit as anybody East. Clemens got a good offer from someone he might not be able to refuse: http://www.theonion.com/content/node/48399

I think Bonds will just pass Ruth and retire soon afterward before passing Aaron, don't you? He looks like he's playing in so much pain. What was his point with passing Ruth? Ruth will always be a greater icon in baseball history. How many seasons did he spend pitching? I thought he held some pitching records for many years before he ever was the home run hitter. He changed the game. Passing Ruth meant something for Aaron at the time, but what is the point now for Bonds? I just don't see it. Is it all about spiting his enemies in the press?

Nice article by Ryan, Mr. Gould! As I was reading about comparing athletes from different eras, I was also thinking about comparing musicians from different eras. Slippery slopes.

I am pretty disoriented right now. Last week we saw Yankees Red Sox 3 times on ESPN. This week who are these teams? CHICAGO has a team? Who knew from TV?

Try to hit him in the knee? Steal his cream? Blur his clear?

I liked Lowe a lot but he wasn't a very good boxer...

One of the best here! What's the code for an animated gif in the avatar?

"Internets!!! If I use them, that'll give my business a competitive advantage!" Silly reference to George Bush mentioning "all those Internets" in a speech of his.

Space considerations in the magazine? Anyway, when counted up it's more like 16 cds. Never mind. Those are some great artists to recommend to the general public. Not to be taken too too seriously. Maybe in the future they'll have more space for more comprehensive coverage.

Me a couple of years ago visiting one of San Francisco's bars

How many individual cds are actually in this list? Some were 4 cd sets, etc.

Some varieties of trees, like cypress, have "knees", which are protrusions from the root system above water level. See the first footnote at http://www.uga.edu/srel/cypress.htm I bet it's something like that.

If you run disk defrag, be prepared to have it take a couple of days.

Who's on Ragged but Right? Skillet Lickers?

The label has done some important releases of historic Cajun music, particularly Dennis McGee, Leo Soileau, Moise Robin, Blind Uncle Gaspard and Delma Lachney, John Bertrand, stuff from the 20s and 30s, so I applaud them. If anybody at Yazoo is listening, the big hole is the lack of Leo Soileau's string band music, and a comprehensive treatment of the Hackberry Ramblers. As for the set prompting this thread, I see Joe Bussard all over the place on that one. I know he leases stuff to Nevin now and then. Not sure what in the world to make of Nevin's attitude toward a 1972 recording he made of Dennis McGee and Sady Courville done in Joe's basement for Morningstar Records, before he was at Yazoo. I have heard it, Joe has the session tapes, and my Cajun friends and I cannot find anybody interested in releasing them! The McGee family wants; the Courville family wants. Nevin says he doesn't have the masters, do what you want with them. Arhoolie doesn't want. Can't figure out the hesitance.

The piano Mal Waldron played on the Five Spot recordings with Eric Dolphy and Booker Little was "tuned differently," I believe. Great performances.

This is why I say I didn't understand the premise of Drew's article.

Thanks! I will try Goldwave. For the Mac user, somebody on another board recommended this: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Does anyone here know how to create 30-40 second mp3s that fade out at the end? Preferably, is there a software I can use to edit 3 minute mp3s I already have and get them down to 30-40 seconds? I have a license from 2 of the top record companies producing Cajun music to post such clips for educational/promotional purposes at my Web site: http://npmusic.org I currently use MusicMatch Jukebox version 9. Thanks.

From the Hinkley you are in easy reaching distance of the following restaurants Citronelle, maybe DC's best world class restaurant Galileo, one of DC's best, a four star restaurant. Obelisk Pesce Johnny's Half Shell Sorry I don't know more about Adams Morgan, only that locals go there more than Georgetown.

I agree, Johnny E. I would try the Hinkley Hilton. It's actually the Washington Hilton on Connecticut Avenue, but that's where Reagan got shot, so it goes by that name. Walking distance to Dupont Circle with some of DC's best restaurants, and Adams Morgan down Florida Avenue. Metro at Dupont Circle.