AllenLowe

Armstrong told Evans to go see Glaser, but Glaser had no idea who Evans was, and kicked him out of his office -

hey Chris - I'm worried about that stuff behind the champagne- is Hamas firing rockets at New York?

she was one of those people who was not a "great" singer per se, but a great performer - personality as perfomance, you might say, such a powerful and individual persona as to break down musical categories - ie. pop/jazz. And, yes, it did take guts to go public in that way -

better if they get bongs -

Larry Gushee, the great jazz historian, has reported similar news - about 7 or 8 years ago he fell (while visiting in Maine) and had a bunch of stuff put in his arm to hold it together - he was just informed that the whole apparatus has come apart - I told him he shoulda got the extended warantee -

"making Doris' Day is a stretch...." I know what you mean; I tried, but she's too damn tall - everybody's got the hang of it now -

I've also been trying, through intermediaries, to get Crouch to sit for an interview - no luck so far - I have his address so I may have to send him a letter - or maybe just knock on his door - anybody have a burning bag of dog poop?

and anybody who says "and Allen Lowe" is gonna get reported to the moderators -

how about "Victor Mature" ?

think El Presidente - it's somewhat imprecise -

good question - I will bring it up -

and George - uhh, never mind -

reminds me of the old joke about the aphrodisiac for sale "that made Oscar Wilde and Lucille Ball." Guess we can add: "and Ann Savage."

he meant it literally; Haig coached a lot of singers and always got fed up with 1) temperament (very diva/leading lady) 2) lack of committment to the music (always looking for soap opera gigs). Only singer he had nice things to say about was Helen Merrill. Of course Haig may not be the best judge of women -

I think that's Marshall Berman to the right - noted academic/Marxist/critic - don't tell Berigan and Weizen - they'll call Homeland Security -

wow, he's changed - into Mother Theresa -

just found out that the singer Lula Reed died this year, don't know if this was mentioned already - fine singer (with some funky intonation, let us say) for King Records, was married to Sonny Thompson, recorded (first, I think) "I'll Drown in my Own Tears." Ace has recently reissued her stuff from the King catalog.

well, ok, just this once - now you have to dress as the lonely milk maid -

well, to quote Al Haig, "I hate singers. They all want to be actresses."

well, to quote Al Haig, "I hate singers. They all want to be actresses."

he uses different puppets -

there's a Henny Youngman/wife joke there, but for reasons of taste (and because of Weizen, who claims I have a locker room mentality) you won't hear it from me -

just to revive this thread a bit - you may recall from last week's episode (or was it the week before?) how WM and I clashed over the issue of the incarnation of minstrelsy in the 20th century medicine show, which he labeled just more racism and which I argued was a significant and positive cultural force - well, as I've been researching my blues book I came across an ecstatic description of a 1930s medicine show in Paul Oliver's book, Songsters and Saints, by - guess who? A.B. Spellman, none other. So I sent him a somewhat detailed email about what I've been working on, and on WM's response, and he reponded last night and seems quite interested in discussing the subject - so I will be talking to him probably some time after the new year -

"I think she does a lot with her instrument." that's the kind of smutty remark that has given this place such a bad reputation - at least according to Weizen - though I did hear that she did a few things with Getz's instrument -

I'm not sure I would consider that a betrayal of his friend - it seems unlikely he could have saved anyone in that position, and he would likely have risked his own life. and the article is right, in that people acquiesce every day in more benign and corporate situations. I can tell you that from direct experience, that it's hard for us to tell him he should have stood up to a murderous machine when most people I work with can't stand up to the most obvious and clearly nasty (but comparatively mild) tendencies of corporate culture -