Chuck Nessa

Met Mr. Pomus around 1980 when he showed up at Delmark's office while I was there. Wheelchair bound with an "handler" he was a really interesting character. It was a beautiful afternoon and I am grateful for the opportunity.

Duke played this game with his fans (an ugly bunch) where he played a few bars of Carolina Shout or his "first composition" Soda Fountain Rag. It was a friggin' routine. No matter, his touch and memory were fine. If there is a "god", let him bless DE!

Boring.

And I really like Patti Page. Time for your folks to understand this is "nostalgia", not music.

My personal car in a 1992 Nissan SE-R. Cheapo sports coupe. I love it - 200,000 miles, failing electrical system, suspension, exhaust system, etc. This is the best car I ever had! I can only drive it locally 'cause the battery will die and 5th gear is gone. If I was challenged by a guy with a 'vette (or something like that) I'd put my car and skills up anytime.

it would save even more bandwidth if everyone spoke Dutch. Much less blahblah, more to the point, and much less native speakers who think that every shitty little nuance is caught by the entire world and everyone beyond. We desperately need more talk-like-a-pirate days. Go stick your finger in a dike and save the world. I'm busy, typing with one finger here now. What's your contribution? Unless something happened, you have another 8 fingers. Details about the tasks they perform would be appreciated.

Can't imagine why this isn't listed. It is in Bruyninckx which means it must now be in Lord.

it would save even more bandwidth if everyone spoke Dutch. Much less blahblah, more to the point, and much less native speakers who think that every shitty little nuance is caught by the entire world and everyone beyond. We desperately need more talk-like-a-pirate days. Go stick your finger in a dike and save the world.

All those folks are in the boxed category.

I'm self taught and had a shitload of teachers.

I always preferred females who played double reed instruments.

Buddy took up "bad vibes" early on in his career.

Never been to Austin. Have no plans to visit Austin. Drink beer alone. Nothing wrong with that.

I never understood why he didn't make a tenor sax record. It would have "killed" a few folks here.

Very close but no cigar.

BTW, can you supply pics of him jumping a longhorn?

Former Veep and Longhorn-bandwagon jumper Dan Quayle? No cigar, but that open wrist (free for slitting) is a pic I'll treasure.

I hear you, but I am still not sure that Columbia would have marketed Monk or Mingus to the same extent, to try to push them to #1 jazz icon. They filled other niches well -- the eccentric genius niche, for example, as well as the Angry Black musician (of course Miles had a piece of this too). Maybe I am attributing too much cleverness to the marketeers. Maybe they just gave Miles a bit of an extra push, but he spoke to a vast audience (everything up to Bitches Brew) and did the rest on his own and it became a self-perpetuating machine. It would be interesting to rerun history to see who the labels would have promoted in the absence of Miles and whether it would have worked, but I'm certainly glad we have his music. How the heck do you think Monk showed up on the cover of Time! Columbia "moved mountains" to get this done. Mingus always sabotaged his own self.

Can anyone reference my Indiana mention? Rachel, Litweiler and Mark don't count.

It was W.

Neither of them is from Indiana.

You don't understand what "mechanical rights" are. They have to do with the publishing of the song and the use of the music and words, not the recording. They obviously paid the mechanicals if the song is in the movie. Welcome back Chuck!! This place ain't done been the same without ya. Notice I only posted about "facts". Don't feel any comfort talking about ethics here at the moment.

You don't understand what "mechanical rights" are. They have to do with the publishing of the song and the use of the music and words, not the recording. They obviously paid the mechanicals if the song is in the movie.