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This is happening where I live and I see the same arguments on Facebook. "How can they tear down such a historic house?" But when it's pointed out that the house went up for sale and no one talked about buying it to preserve it, they all shut up quickly. Everyone's for preservation until someone asks you for money. There was one tiny house by the beach that caused a lot of angst. This place was tiny - a 2-story ugly box that was maybe 1,100 sq.ft. It had 4 tiny 9 x 9 bedrooms on the 2nd floor and a single bathroom on the 1st floor. Fun! It reportedly had some old knob & tube wiring. Double fun! The new owners bought it for $2.2 Million and went for approval to tear it down. People asked the town to stop them. Yet, diagonally across the street, another, similar building was torn down and replaced with a modern beach house without a peep from anyone. The town knew they couldn't do anything about it so it got torn down. The mansion that's there now looks pretty good, better than the old house in my opinion. Old isn't always better.

Bottom line - nobody cared enough to preserve that house. Nobody. End of story.

Already the title track`s intro gives away some magic of Charles Mingus arrangements ....

Architecture forum: "Hey! What's all this brouhaha about some famous jazz guy's master tapes being erased. It's such ugly music. I don't see how erasing this changes anything historically ... and, you know, it's not like you can't find music like this all over the place anyway."

That "rare draft" of Lil Hardin Armstrong's autobiography, isn't that something that Chris Albertson had access to (and/or had been given) after Lil Armstrong's passing?

Oh yeah, the Mario movie. Watched that with my granddaughter. It was fun. Sorry for invading your presence.

Jerry Gonzalez & The Fort Apache Band - Moliendo Café (Sunnyside, 1993) Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Congas, Bajo Quinto – Jerry Gonzalez Tenor Saxophone – Carter Jefferson Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Joe Ford Piano – Larry Willis (!!!) Bass – Andy Gonzalez Drums, Claves, Guacharaca, Guiro, Congas – Steve Berrios

I'm sure they're huge, but I don't know anyone who watches that kind of kitsch. If they do, they certainly don't bring it up in my presence.

Parks and Recreation is the extent of my exposure to Pratt. That was good and that was enough.

But as you pointed out earlier, Guardians of the Galaxy 4 and Super Mario Brothers?????

Disagree and if umps have any say in such a change, they should resist. I'd accept a challenge system but no "do your strikeout motion NOW" in their ears. Umps are not supposed to be judged on their strike calling on pitches within a ball's width of the edge of the zone and that is fine by me. Correcting that technologically isn't needed AFIAC,

Same here. In fairness to the guy, pop culture has become much more fragmented than it used to be. Instead of there being a smaller group of celebrities whom everyone knows, there are now zillions of celebrities whom are recognized only by certain segments of the population.

Robots? I'd rather have humans up their game. Is that asking too much?

Definitely interesting

Sound quality is fine for a live recording, does not detract at all though it's not audiophile, and the music is fabulous. I had not known about it either, which is why I was so late to the game on it. Simmons and Donald both in great form on it.

Original LP

Zoot Sims and Bob Brookmeyer “Tonite’s Music Today/Whoee” Storyville/Muzak 2 cd set

I did not know about this. Having checked up on it, it looks really interesting! A family affair. How does it sound?

I don't recall ever seeing a Chris Pratt movie. I wouldn't recognize him on the street. This is the modern idea of a silver screen star?

But if, for example, you prefer earlier Cannonball? I haven't ordered anything but the Shelly Manne is closest to being sooner rather than later.

Ry Cooder & Manuel Galban - Mambo Sinuendo (Nonesuch)

I've heard the term "McMansion" since at least the 90s. Used in my family's neck of the woods (Fairfield County, CT) to refer to new construction that is over-sized relative to the lot, and often designed in a horrid Faux-Colonial style. Sometimes built to replace legitimate Colonials from the 18th century, for good measure. More generally used to describe new homes built for people with far more money than taste. Edit to add: Also used to describe spec house developments in wealthier towns. Those were for people who had more money than taste and didn't care that their McMansion was like a Levittown house on steroids, with each floorplan in the neighborhood exactly the same.

The Bob Mover/Walter Davis Jr. CD just arrived yesterday so I haven't had a chance to hear it.