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I'm talking about where people put their money, time and energy toward an event - not the performance aspect.

Sports is the American opera.

Yeah, I'm with Dan on this. I did radio work from '74 to '87 and if I had done the first take as lackluster as Shatner, I would've been asked to liven it up some... and if I had mouthed off in the studio, I probably would've been tossed out. The guy wasn't asking for something unreasonable. Kinda reminds me of the famous Orson Welles radio bit. Alas, Shatner taking advantage of his notoriety. Still, it's funny...in its Shatnerian way. Rod --- Now playing: The Parkays - Get It

Harmon the Mute could be a great opera.

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Clocks are big, machines are heavy! SPIZZ!!!

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Smooth jazz isn't dead - it just swells funny.

Oh! You probably mean ZIYAAFAT - probably the funniest name for a restaurant. We comment about that place often, but haven't been there. Yelp reviews weren't so great. Give Ruang a thai!

Ruang Thai They used to run a great place much closer to me - about 2 miles away - called Tukta Thai, but the one brother took his wife - both of them very sweet people - to Plano to open this place. They spent WAY too much money opening it and it'll take a while for them to get it back, but the reviews are really good - as they should be - and people are discovering it. When they opened on my birthday last year, they called us to let us know things were up and running. We'll be visiting again this Sunday (and take a gander at the llamas down the street afterwards ).

Prolific session guitarist Big Jim Sullivan has passed away at the age of 71. Big Jim (real name: James George Tomkins) had played on over 1000 chart singles during his career and also pioneered the use of technologies such as the talkbox. He played guitar on singles for the likes of Tom Jones ('It's Not Unusual'), Engelbert Humperdinck ('Release Me'), Thunderclap Newman ('Something in the Air'), Rolf Harris ('Two Little Boys'), Frankie Vaughan ('Tower of Strength'), Dusty Springfield ('You Don't Have To Say You Love Me') and The Tremeloes ('Silence is Golden'). He also played on albums for George Harrison and Frank Zappa. He was one of the most sought after and decorated musicians of the 1960s and 1970s, and during a 1973 interview, Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore had this to say about him: more

Thanks again! Mostly uneventful and relaxing day, but a surprise for dinner: We were gonna head out near JSngry way to a favorite Thai restaurant that had been open exactly a year when I decided that 30 minutes of after-work traffic would just be too much, so we went to a local Italian restaurant only a mile away. When we got there, there was a sign on the window saying that they were celebrating their opening 30 years ago and they were rolling back their menu to 1982 prices (!) (just for the 1st and 2nd of the month). So, out of sheer luck we were able to have a main pasta dish complete with salad and 4 huge Italian rolls for 6 bucks each at this pretty fancy place. Maybe we'll go to the Thai restaurant up north in 29 years to see if they have the same kind of deal.

I guess that this must be the future of jazz? "Tomorrow: Kenny G on his audience, the demise of smooth, and his burgeoning comedy career"?

I prefer chunky jazz.

Thanks everyone! Right now, I'm agreeing with Jim's statement - mostly because I'm still trying to wake up - I came across this again in my collection - a downbeat dated from the day I was born. It's a Thursday date...which seems to be a bit odd. Funny to read the articles of that time. Hey! and only 35¢

This might've been at the Hollywood Club in Harlem with Donald Lambert. Monday nights were a regular time there for Morris and Wellstood and some others - with Tatum sometimes showing up. This may be the LP you're referring to:

Well, this is almost correct in the sense that a sibling is not really the parent, but, in the end, there were not as many children created as they were once meant to be.

The Magic Band, 29/9/2012

Because I made a mistake. It happens.

DJ Amir Abdullah has started his own label in order to re-release the Strata label LPs. Originally, only a handful of releases, he has access to 5 times as many unreleased albums that will find the light of day. I love this era and its sound and so I'm looking forward to these. You can check out excerpts from the Kenny Cox album below here. You probably know him from his late 60's/early 70's LPs for Blue Note.

Rain Dance

Fun version of the Castro-Neves tune Até Londres with the Quarteto em Cy!

I've been trying to revisit an interview with him on Fresh Air from about 3 or 4 years ago. Can't find it. I seem to remember that they had an archive that you could search, but I can't seem to find it either. Not my day. I'm guessing that some of the interview will be rebroadcast this week, but it was a very pleasant one that I'd recommend hearing if any of you have the chance to find the whole thing.