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FWIW, Coltrane was clean during the last decade of his short life, his most creatively productive period—putting lie to that ridiculous no junk, no soul nonsense.

She wants to pay for your groceries with her support card, and you give her cash. Which she uses for heroin.

Sooo...not a big fan of Miles Davis then huh? Uh, Davis was a purveyor of bebop, then cool jazz, then modal, then fusion. Never smooth. But as it happens, I'm not much of a Miles Davis fan. I think it probably has to do with his attitude and with the enormous status afforded Kind of Blue, which is the favorite jazz record of people who own one jazz record. The other reason I dislike him is that he gets credit as being a tremendous trumpeter when really his main talent was putting together a great band and self-promotion. He flubs notes all the time. One of my favorite stories about Davis is when he was first starting out, he was in on a session with Diz and Bird. Diz was playing piano and Davis was on trumpet. Can't recall the song at the moment, but Miles couldn't get his part down, so finally Gillespie had to get up from the piano, fill in on trumpet when necessary, and sit back down at the piano. Sure, Davis was like 18 years old at the time, but I still get a kick out of it. Cool jazz was partly reaction against the feverish tempo of bebop, which was purposely made difficult to play to separate skilled from the unskilled. It came about in the late 40s. Smooth jazz was made in the depths of hell in the 1970s for reasons known only to Lucifer.

Smooth jazz is a pox on our nation and culture. It's the single most insidious form of music ever introduced. If people ask me what sort of music I listen to, I used to say, pretty much anything but country. Now, I say, pretty much anything except death metal and smooth jazz. It's interesting to me that, jmeck, you call in to question the Steely Dan reference, but say nothing of Kelly Clarkson. Am I to infer then that you are a fan? For the record, I like Steely Dan, Michael McDonald, and I think "Since U Been Gone" is a fine pop song. Remember when that came out and it was every indie band's ironic favorite? Ted Leo does a fine cover.

^^My bad on Gateway I. ^It's a fair point you make, Rando. I think you've hit on exactly what 3CDC is for, to provide cover for the city and corporations to make moves that neither could make without more severe blowback. But that advantage comes with some disadvantages, like an unresponsiveness to neighborhood concerns. And really, calling that a disadvantage isn't really accurate. It's actually the central idea. I've probably gone a bit far in saying that it's inconsistent, but you do have to recognize the tradeoff. The Lemmie/Luken regime essentially decided to outsource a good deal of the planning function, and 3CDC is the spawn of that decision. Literally, that's what the Economic Development Task Force recommended. The City wanted to cut the budget, public-private partnerships was the phrase that pays, and the corporations were willing to throw some cash on the table, but not just hand it to the City (not unreasonably). They wanted to maintain a measure of control. But don't think that this money couldn't have been handled in house. The main advantage, really, is a flexibility in hiring and firing that the City doesn't have. But the expertise is the same. It's not like 3CDC is staffed by a race of real estate super-robots. Munitz came straight from the city. I'm not sure that 3CDC is doing these projects from start to finish either, certainly not single-handedly. Maybe I am missing something. They end up dealing with the City, just like any other developer. Their scale is certainly an advantage. I don't think there is anything socialist about the City making investments. It's not socialist at all, but rather capitalist. You might read Rise of the Entrepreneurial State in one of your courses. If not, and if you are interested, I could loan you a copy.

Is there any reason NOT to trust them so far? I'm just not sure I understand the skepticism towards 3CDC...is it because it's headed by a bunch of corporate execs? I'm guess I'm sort of a skeptic by nature. But, in this case I think it just makes sense. Look, 3CDC is doing a fine job, really fine stuff‡. But that doesn't make them infallible and there's really nothing lost by keeping an eye on them. That they are a quasi-governmental entity operating outside the auspices of the city means they are harder to hold to account. That concerns me. From a pragmatic standpoint, they have done well, completing projects and making things happen in a neighborhood that makes neither easy. But if you look down the road at what they want to do, complete more residential projects, and whom they want to do it for, upwardly mobile young folks and upscale empty nesters, and what those folks tend to bring with them, stuff and cars, it's not hard to see that push may come to shove. Streets like Pleasant seem vulnerable, is all. As an aside, it seems inconsistent to me to bemoan the castration of the City's planning department while at the same time be all rah-rah about 3CDC. ‡ Though I must say that I think Gateway 1 and the Via Vite building are just terrible.

While I am sure that 3CDC realizes that historic properties are the area's core competitive advantage, they might also feel that further higher end residential development will inevitably require a parking solution. I don't think it's unreasonable to be concerned that they'll use secondary streets as alleys; I don't see why you'd blindly trust 3CDC. Here's where thomasbw says how streetcars will reduce parking requirements.

I'm not going to attempt a Steely Dan defense, but it should be noted that he is identifying particular elements he likes, in this case the backing vocals of Michael McDonald. And I think he's right. Of course, I've got "I Keep Forgetting" as my ring tone right now.

Rather than introduce a new thread, I thought I'd put this here. If I didn't know Klosterman wrote this, I'd have sworn it was jmeck. http://www.esquire.com/features/chuck-klostermans-america/klosterman1207

That yellow and green PCC is very close to the old Cincinnati livery.

I think the line to UT, though interesting, is far less important than several others. Take the 1, it'll get you there from downtown in 5 minutes. Unless, of course, UT is the site of high speed rail connection. At which point, it's a no brainer.

The entire point of the anecdotes were to show that anyone can bring up counter-examples if the only criteria is personal experience. Thus, "Sorry you had a bad experience, but that doesn't mean the whole system blows." Besides, he was refuting the argument of David, which was that the other forumers probably don't remember fights, cursing, etc, at which point experiences to the contrary aren't anecdotes, but empirical data. Oh, and claims of a better education are not the same as proclamations of superior intelligence.

Big Potbelly fan here. Tasty sandwiches, much cheaper and better than most of the competition. I'll eat there more than anywhere else on the square.

FWIW, I went to Woodford, Anderson Place (which is now Parker), and Walnut. Those were all non-terrible CPS schools.

Dude, you should really just go. Like, tonight. It's not like you need to know the secret code to get in. I imagine they'll have that at Speakeasy.

Oh, Mt Carmel.

I didn't mean what you think of Sam Adams as a beer or whether it is a micro, I meant whether it qualifies as an Ohio beer. Read thomasbw's first sentence. Most of the production happens at the Liberty Street brewery, but it's understood as a Boston beer.

How do you classify Sam Adams?

Well, Clark and Withrow University received honorable mentions in that US News report. Taft is much improved as well. CPS just won't be able to compete with private schools in some areas, though. Like St X in football or Summit in recreational drug abuse. Take it easy, that's a joke.

Whenever I hear the word "heritage" I think of the scene from O Brother... where Pappy O'Daniels opponent and KKK member yells to the crowd "That's not my heritage and culture!" shortly before being run out on a rail.

^No department head salaries.

They still publish Ohio Valley History, jointly produced with the Filson Historical Society of Louisville. They are undertaking a big project of digitization to make their materials more easily available.

It's been a real pleasure listening to the guys on 700 today, old-timers and not so old timers, from the field and the booth, reminiscing about Joe. It was great listening to him all those years with Marty, and his laconic style actually spoiled me for analysts who think they need fill every second of air. He really let the game come through the radio rather than forcing it. I don't think it was a practiced style, certainly not a polished delivery, just his nature. And while the later years saw some decline, it was still great to hear him on a game, and it made for some great calls. I forget the scenario, but I'll paraphrase one of my favorite Joe calls: "Fly ball to right... under it is soandso, going back, bbb, byebye, byebye ball." After a pause, Marty clarified, calmly, "that was a home run." He'll be missed.

^Seconded.

Really? I'm seeing it, but maybe the auditors site is not allowing links. If you care to look it up, the address is 333 Ludlow Ave. www.hamiltoncountyauditor.org