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Brandon Burke

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  1. Well, can't say that I was too impressed. I used to love this thing several years ago. Doesn't seem like the formula has varied all that much from year to year. As I get older, though, I have come to appreciate excruciatingly hoppy U.S. beers and very dry European pilsners (Veltins, Paulaner, Staropramen, etc.). Makes Winter Welcome taste awfully sweet by comparison. Not so much a knock on Smith as it is a testament to my evolving palete. Who knew?
  2. Loud was literally the only way to hear them live as well.
  3. Any impressions yet? I'm trying my first 2003/2004 right now (haven't even had a sip yet)....
  4. I'm thinking that might be quote from a Cormac McCarthy novel. It would make sense anyways. Perhaps, I'm only saying that because the band I was in during undergrad named its first album after a line from Blood Meridian.
  5. The F*cking Champs were actually just The Champs at first. Needless to say, there was another Champs. I think the idea for the name change stems from the old joke about hitting someone in the arm. Which arm? Your f*ckin' arm! Also, there's a heavy metal cover band down here in Austin named Back Stabbath, which I find very funny.
  6. My buddy Andreas and I have something of a competition between the two of us. Whenever we hear about a completely ridiculous band name we email it to the other ad nauseum. He last got me with a psychedelic 60's band called Banana Creme Weather Balloon. Personally, I've always been partial to When People Were Shorter and Lived Near Water. That one's pretty brilliant.......
  7. I read somewhere that Henry the Human Fly was one of Island's(?) worst selling titles of all time. Funny, it's my favorite one......
  8. I saw it yesterday but it didn't sink in until the very last swell at the end of the ad. Who knew.....?
  9. Not exactly jazz but the Booker T. & the MGs Christmas record is fantastic. "Jingle Bells" is also included on the first Stax box set (the black one).
  10. Charles Ives - "Fourth of July" from the "Holidays Symphony"
  11. I agree that Scott did a fine job. Most folks tend to stick to one genre or another, and the fact that he wrote informative, open-minded reviews of records from a vast array of genres and eras is commendable. Successful or not, I certainly try to maintain that level of responsibility.
  12. I hear what you're saying but, honestly, how many people go into a CD shop and make a b-line to the Rolf and/or Joachim Kuhn section? That's the bottom line. As far as I'm concerned, it would take the initiative of a reissue label doing it 'for the music' and, unfortunately, there are only so many of them out there. And even THOSE companies tend to ride the coatails of current trends (ESP, BYG, funk jazz, etc.). That was my initial point.
  13. I very much enjoy Ted Brown Free Wheeling on Vanguard. EDIT: And the Ronnie Ball Savoy you mentioned as well......
  14. I think that's a good idea. As far as I'm concerned, AMG is most useful as a discographical source and as a way to find out about the general *mood* of a session (i.e. soul jazz, bop, hard bop, third stream, avant, etc.).
  15. Do you prefer even "The Avantgarde"? Yes, me too. Though Ole is my Atlantic fave by a country mile.
  16. I absolutely adore that first tune and, from there, the date kind of loses me. But I haven't heard it in a while since I don't work at the archive anymore and I can't/won't afford the LP. On another note, I know this has been mentioned before but is there a non-Warwick version of the Andrew Hill session w/o strings? Is it the Warwick or the TCB that has them (or both)? I can't remember.
  17. It was mentioned on another thread a few weeks ago but don't overlook the AEoC with Brigitte Fontaine on 'COME A LA RADIO'. One of my favorite records regardless of genre.
  18. I suppose it goes without saying that the 1964 Oslo, Norway set realsed on video by Rhapsody is essential if for no other reason than to see Charles take Eric's mic away in mid-solo. Great set. We're lucky this was captured on film!
  19. That scene was the cause of much talk amongst film dorks and....well....everyone. Folks had a hard time with that one. My girlfriend (at the time) was shaken for several hours afterward. I think it's a testament to Watts. She pulled that off and, in my mind, retained her dignity as a legitimate actor/actress. Again, I assert my opinion that Mulholland Drive is a less messy Lost Highway. Also, I'm not sure that the above theories really even need be cast. Lynch admits himself that he is heavily inspired the logic of dreams. I'm not sure that there is a direct correlation between the two narratives apart from the fact that the entire film flows in a -- bear with me -- symetrical logic. It begins with the diner scene between the two guys, followed by a diner scene between the two women, then everything else and from there it works in reverse order; the wowen revisit the diner in reversed roles followed by the men in reversed roles. The grandparents function as the spectres of expectation. I see it as a much more vague and Pynchon-esque situation wherein there doesn't necessarily *need* to be a direct narrative. It's is far too abstract of a situation to assign a narrative that strict. As far as I'm concerned, one is supposed to walk away with the experience of a naive Midwestern girl experincing the seediness of Holywood. Period. The rest is just the Lynch M.O.[sic]. I mean, let's get down to the real issue: "there is no band"........ Great film.
  20. If you have any interest in Nielsen, I suggest you go to the Berkshire Record Outlet site and order the 6 symphonies for $12. This is a terrific set. The 6th, which depicts the composer's heart attack, will haunt you. Done and done. Thanks.....
  21. I found Mulholland Drive to be a much better organized Lost Highway, despite the fact that they started with footage for a television series and had to work from there. Either way, I felt like a had a firmer grasp of what was being represented at the end of Mulholland Drive than I did Lost Highway. Not to mention the fact that the industial rock music in Lost Highway couldn't have been more annoying. Ughh...
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