Big Al

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You forgot the apostrophe in "rat's ass." Ah, shit. I mean, shoot! Here, ' have one of mine. Sorry 'bout the color, 'tis all I could spare. Sure, but you couldn't give me one of those last two you used?

After trying to watch some of his later HBO specials I sort of feel the same way. I think he started to take himself too damn seriously and stopped being funny in order to play the role of some kind of "courageous" truth teller. Most self-conscience truth tellers are usually bores as are the people who cheer them on. And that, friends, is what we call irony. How so? Yes, I'm also interested to hear this one explained. Eeesh... here we go. It's simple, I, obviously, do not agree with the initial post and felt it was in questionable taste. The follow up post supporting that post makes the statement, "Most self-conscience truth tellers are usually bores as are the people who cheer them on." I felt (and feel) you were the pot calling the kettle black. Not trying to start a flame war, but you asked. That's cool.

In addition to that, the mom from the Spy Kids movies (Carla Gugino (sp?)) has a small part in this film where she spends most of the time walking around in nothing but a thong. Try watching a SK movie after THAT!

This would be a Mosaic Select: The Complete "Train Wreck" Sessions of Tyrone Washington

After trying to watch some of his later HBO specials I sort of feel the same way. I think he started to take himself too damn seriously and stopped being funny in order to play the role of some kind of "courageous" truth teller. Most self-conscience truth tellers are usually bores as are the people who cheer them on. And that, friends, is what we call irony. How so? Yes, I'm also interested to hear this one explained.

The first in a series of threads just talking about jazz at a simple level. I'll start other threads in this series at irregular intervals (i.e. whenever I feel like it) and I invite you to do the same. I was listening to Herbie Hancock's "Blind Man, Blind Man" the other night and realized how much I'd forgotten how much I really dig Mobley's solo on this song. Now, I love Mobley anyway, and dig just about every solo of his: the way he bobs & weaves and never loses the groove. Here that style is brought to perfection. Having Tony Williams goad him from beneath, letting Mobley not only ride the groove but take it and run like hell with it, is a treat that I wish had happened more often (they never recorded together other than this, right?). So, anyway, this is my favorite Hank Mobley solo. How about you?

Man, I'm bummed that it looks like they're not going to carry Bill Evans Theme from VIP's. No, really, I am bummed!

You forgot the apostrophe in "rat's ass." Ah, shit. I mean, shoot!

Pity George Carlin died before he had a chance to comment on this.

I would consider his stint as the narrator/Mr. Conductor on "Shining Time Station" and Thomas the Tank Engine as one of those moments. My son only knows Carlin as the narrator (and up until recently, had no idea that Ringo Starr was in a famous rock band years ago!), and we both think he was the best for that show, second only to Ringo. He Americanized the show, for whatever that's worth, and was very believable in that role of narrator. When he's older, I'll play him the "Seven Words" routine.

Amen! And I love their recent work more than their earlier stuff (pre-DN). It seems like this thread has turned into a discussion of what went wrong with the music industry's handling of rock. I'm not sure anything went wrong with rock itself. It's become a little harder to find these days, but rock is still being made loud and proud. To paraphrase that great "rock band" Tenacious D, "You can't kill the Rock, the Rock will live on!"

Just my two cents: I'll never understand how someone so angry, so bitter, so unrelentingly negative about damn-near everything could make people laugh. Seems to me that as he got older, the more bitter and caustic he got. Now, obviously, I disagreed with a lot of what he said, but that isn't what turned me off of him: it was the fact that instead of letting his audience in on the joke, he turned the audience INTO the joke, laughed at them instead of with them, and then laughed even harder when the audience paid a lot of money to hear his "major, psychotic hatreds." Hell, if he knew there was a thread dedicated to his passing, he'd piss on that and the fans would just eat it up. RIP? Only if you wanna, George. If I offended anyone with this little rant, well.... in the spirit of Carlin, fuck you. I'm not here to make anyone comfortable, I'm not here to make anyone happy campers. and I certainly don't give a rats ass what you think.

Interesting list and great idea for a thread! However, I think you and I would absolutely bore each other to death if we ever got together to listen to jazz: your list is far more adventurous than anything I have in my collection. But I do have ALL MUSIC, and that's worth it right there!

Have you ever considered publishing a book of your photos? Seriously.

Let's see...last night, the Reds beat the Yankees. Pirates beat the Jays. Houston beat Tampa Bay. San Diego beat Detroit. Washington beat Texas. Cubs beat the White Sox. Did I forget anyone??? Oh yeah, the big bad Cards, minus their one superstar Albert Pujols, and with a guy on the mound who any team could have picked up for next to nothing in the middle of spring training getting the win against the Red Sox...Yeah, you're right, the NL does suck! And it looks like tonight's gonna be another good night for the NL with wins for the Cubs, Reds, Cards, Braves, Brewers, Pirates, Rockies... the Fish are on top of the A's in the ninth and the Padres are leading the Tigers in the 7th..... Thankfully, one of the losing NL teams was the Nationals.... beaten by the Rangers!!!! I know, I know, they're at .500 for the umpteenth time this season. Like to think at some point this season they'll stay above .500 for longer than a day.

Perhaps it sounded like Wavy Gravy as well. But I like this line from the product description of the Air Tight Disc Flatter: Correct me if I'm wrong, but uh.... isn't that how records get warped in the first place???

would you say the answer to this question should be "yes" in the present story? I'm guessing by "similar," he means the psychic has another vision which is shared with the teacher. I can only imagine how THAT conversation would go: CPS: Were you aware of any instances of child abuse before this one? Teacher: Yes. CPS: Can you elaborate. Teacher: Yes, my psychic told me. CPS: Your psychic told you? Teacher: Yes, my psychic told me. CPS: So your psychic witnessed the child being abused? Teacher: No, she just had another vision. CPS: So, your psychic had a vision of this child being abused. Teacher: Well, not exactly; it was a child whose name begins with the same letter as the child in question. CPS: So, let me get this straight: you see a psychic and this psychic tells you of a vision she had wherein an unidentified child is being abused. And this isn't the first time. Teacher: Well, yes... CPS: And you immediately drew the conclusion that the child in question was the child in the vision. Teacher: Um, well... CPS: Has the child said anything about being sexually abused? Teacher: Well, uhh... CPS: Has the child made any motions that would indicate sexual abuse of any kind? Teacher: Well, she makes these sexually-oriented gyrations.... CPS: You do know the child is autistic, right? And the child can barely control her own movements, right? Teacher: Well, yeah, but... my psychic told me! I hope this teacher is severely reprimanded for such a blatantly stupid act.

Been making a DVD for my son's sixth-grade class that gathers together pictures from Kindergarten all the way thru 6th-grade. So, I've been trying to find popular songs from each year to go along with the pictures, not an easy task I can tell you. But there have been a few gems: "Stolen" by Dashboard Confessional. I like the guitars on this one. "Someday" by the Strokes. Nice punky sound, good lyrics about yearning. Fit well with the whole theme of growing up. "One Step at a Time" by Jordyn Sparks. I can't help it: this girl is cute, unpretentious, and I was so thrilled she won American Idol. This song is ridiculously catchy. "Move Along" by the All-American Rejects. Again, cool beat, nice crunchy guitars, cool lyrics. "Shadow of the Day" by Linkin Park. A drastic departure from their usual alt-metal Nickelback-inspiring glop. This has a nice breezy beat, ringing guitars, and lyrics that fit in perfectly with the whole "end of an era" feel we were going with on the DVD. And finally, "Cool" by Gwen Stefani. Usually, Gwen bugs the hell outta me when she tries to do her retro-Madonna-circa-1985 schtick, but OH MY WORD does it work wonderfully here! Great beat, sickeningly saccharine synths (like a ultra-rich chocolate truffle), lyrics that fit (more or less) with the theme of friendship, this song worked real well over a montage of pictures of kids and their friends.

Isn't that from a Tex Avery cartoon? Tex Avery is a likely suspect, I guess. I don't know who drew it. Someone sent it to me and I thought it was pretty nice. MG Tex Avery's "Red Hot Riding Hood," one of the funniest cartoons ever drawn. Spawned a few sequels that were along the same lines (wolf goes ga-ga for hot dancer). More info here.

Thanks for the heads-up! I'm gonna definitely catch some of these shows. Hopefully, Hubbard will be in good form. Anyone know who he's touring with right now?

You know things have gone terribly wrong when the Beach Boys are trying to give a sly nod to the Starland Vocal Band.

Even worse than Paul Weston? That picture of him on the inside of the Irving Berlin Songbook looks like a deer-in-the-headlights, or he's incredibly constipated, or he's REEEEEAALLY uncomfortable trying to swing with Ella.

I am SO glad I'm not the only one who can't stand this song.

Since getting the Parlan box for Father's Day, the Turrentine box is only a matter of time away!