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Georges Braque Juan Gris Griselda Pollock

I was at a gig at Ronnie's in the 60s (I think the artist was Roland Kirk) where there was a lot of heckling from a drunk woman. Ronnie silenced her by saying, "Madam, you sound like you're gargling under water."

If you got there by dropping the L, where does that leave Aeneas? Virgil Jones Horace Silver Homer Simpson

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11091_Thelonious http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10426_Charlierouse

Orlando the Marmalade Cat Kitten on the Keys Kitty O'Shea

Bonar Law Paul Horn Stiff Little Fingers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stiff_Little_Fingers

"A Few Miles from Memphis: Harold Mabern, the Early Years" on Night Lights from WFIU Some great music here! First heard it last year - well worth a return visit! http://indianapublicmedia.org/nightlights/miles-memphis-harold-mabern/

Marge Simpson Ring Lardner Fats Navarro

Swiss Toni Tim Berne Basel Fawlty

Devil Woman Charles Mingus Menzies Campbell

Dennis Thatcher Straw Dogs Reservoir Dogs

A very easy-on-the-ear JRR selection. The playlist for this week's Geoffrey Smith show looks more interesting than its Porgy and Bess theme at first suggested.

Except our Prime Minister! http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/may/11/rebekah-brooks-david-cameron-texts-lol

What does "cowpat Classical" mean? I've never heard that phrase before....

Bill Evans is definitely not a dirty word.

Hartley Hare Bungle Zippy Buttons Bow Street Runners Frank Buckles

Nuala O'Loan Fi Glover Bill Cash Loadsamoney Tim Nice But Dim Cholmondley-Warner Chummy McGregor Mr McGregor Peter Rabbit

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Ah, yes. One of the good ol' good uns!

Nuala O'Loan Fi Glover Bill Cash

As an insomniac, I'm always looking for remedies. Must give that a try. Another of my ailments. Perhaps throwing Mr Cohn out of my collection would help.

One rumor is that Coltrane was nodding out, Monk called his name, and he sprung to consciousness and played a great solo, but I've also seen this account questioned. I always assumed that there was confusion about whether Hawk or Trane was to go next, but who knows. Also, as I recall Monk displaces the rhythm of the tune at the end of his solo and that may have caused a moment's confusion. The other thing that really grabbed me on that track was the way that Gigi starts his solo with a little two note lick which Monk immediately copies and then persists with like a dog with a bone. It gives you just a little sympathy with Miles wanting Monk to lay out when he soloed. I suspect you needed a steady nerve to keep your line going with such strong comping. The issue is extensively discussed in Robin R D Kelley's biography of Monk. Kelley denies that Monk "comps" at all - rather he plays counter melodies to the soloist's efforts. He says Monk does nothing to show the soloist the way and quotes Charlie Rouse who says that if you don't already have a firm grasp of the changes when playing with Monk you're lost.