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no idea here either...

this is a dangerously addictive thread idea : Geri & Woody Allen Joe & Jane Fonda Joe & Helen Hunt Rosemary & George Clooney (ouch!@#$%^) Maria & Maria Schneider (couldn't resist... it's legal in some states now ) Charlie & Holly Hunter Beaver & Barbara Harris Joe & Michelle Williams Glen & Julianne Moore Hank & January Jones Kim & Lucky Thompson

totally agreed w/ fasstrack and jsangry re: Cable Guy. crazy underrated gem. and yeah, Carrey was excellent in it and hilarious. while i don't wanna take anything away from Carrey (i'm a fan...), in that particular role a large part of why he was so successful was that he was playing off of the always perfect (almost always anyways...) Matthew Broderick. he's one of the best "straight man" players i can think of in film. in Election, You Can Count On Me, and The Cable Guy, all excellent films, he plays something of a milquetoast character caught/trapped in a situation not necessarily of his own making. he plays this perfectly every time and allows the more 'colorful' characters to use him as a springboard. and since i'm here, imo maybe the worst comedy i've seen in recent memory is It's Complicated. it was insulting, simplistic, stereotypical wannabe dramedy. worst of all, it was nearly completely unfunny. i think i laughed lightly maybe once. the film pissed me off actually and i remember leaving the theater angry.

i remember enjoying some of his playing (and the music generally) on Nicholas Payton's Payton Place. the two tracks that were wearing their "Davis 2nd great quintet" tendencies on their sleeves were my favorite tracks: Concentric Circles and Paraphernalia. it's been quite a while since i thought of that record...

i'm jealous! this new clip below made me smile even bigger than the 1st two i posted above. what a beautiful thing (the trading fours/twos especially...):

:tup even though i'm one of the folks who "prefer to hear her in a specific context," i totally agree w/ your post. way to go...

I'm seeing a playlist of 26 movie trailers. hey Jim R. it's an embedded vid from youtube of the trailer for Marty. works ok for me. not sure what's up. if others also have trouble i'll delete. just wanted to share a taste of my favorite Borgnine film...

sad news. great actor. this amazing, beautiful performance will always be my favorite of his: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2bXMwyfSWw&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL66C5D6237B0BFCDA RIP Ernest...

i can see your point. but from where i sit, it's easy to understand how someone could allow themselves to be marketed in a manipulative way if they find out it can generate a lot of money for themselves. not saying it's right, just understandable.

nothing to write home about. always good to hear Ribot though and partly due to that, this sounds like it coulda been a T. Waits backing track w/ his vocal taken out and Krall taking her turn. Waits karaoke. the results being similar to Krall's earlier cover of the Waits classic "Heart Of Saturday Night." mainly ok but forgettable. by the way, i'm no Krall hater. i think she's a good singer and in the right context an excellent pianist. my favorite recording of hers is still her debut Steppin' Out. a very good record...

"Jazz is our/my religion," eh? i guess i define religion differently. jazz is a style of music. quite a wide tent. but it's music. imo, calling it a religion is an insult to jazz...

agreed. it only seems like "not much" to someone not following the logic thru. using a 5 star system, deleting a full star as they did to your Gayle review, represents a 20% difference. that is huge. i'd do the same. it makes no sense and is wildly rude to the writer who spends their time getting things as they want them. they should either use the rating submitted by the reviewer or not use the rating system at all. if the ratings i submitted were consistently altered without my permission i'd be pretty damn angry... i've written for a few places and only one of them (Blurt-online.com) used a rating system. they never altered any of my ratings or words. my one review printed in STN had no rating and AAJ had no rating systems while i was writing for them; though they messed w/ words a bit (but in a pretty professional way...).

just knowing this is happening makes me glad to be alive. i assume other guitarists on the board here may have a similar listening trajectory: Scofield has been a personal hero of mine since the early 80s, and Rosenwinkel has been my favorite musician for the last 10 years. this is just such a beautiful thing. something of a "Return Of The Son Bass Desires." the set up within the band is kinda cool too; ie - Sco has his longtime foil in Stewart and Ben Street (amazing bassist...) has been tight w/ Rosenwinkel regularly since about 2000. cool dynamic. kind of "two of a perfect pair." it ties together a 30 year arc of music listening in my life. it was actually pretty emotional for me to watch these vids. seeing these guys play together is, for me, like pure joy. that doesn't happen too often... i wish i could see it live but the schedule doesn't look like i'll be able to. if anyone here on the board sees it please post a review for us JULY 2012 Date City Venue / Band Hollowbody Band Tour featuring Kurt Rosenwinkel, Ben Street, and Bill Stewart 01 MARIBOR, Slovenia — 02 KRAKOW, Poland — 04 CORDOBA, Spain — 05 PARIS, France — 06 ROTTERDAM, Netherlands — 07 VIENNA, Austria — 08 CASTELLAMARE, Italy — 09 PERUGIA, Italy — 10 MAROSTICA, Italy — 12 GARANA, Romania — 13 COPENHAGEN, Denmark — 14 Aarhus, Denmark — 15 SAN MARINO, Italy — 17 MOLDE, Norway — 20 BATUMI, Georgia — 22 GENOVA, Italy — 24 LANGNAU, Switzerland —

things that will disappear in our lifetimes, eh? hopefully not, but on my weaker days i'm not so sure:

Rosenwinkel

Bubber Miley.

one of my favorite scenes of all-time. don't know why it didn't come to mind earlier. the guy playing opposite Brooks is perfect: "Over what period of time we talkin' 'bout?" the "nest egg" scene is great too, but i couldn't find it.

"Dude you know I'm not racist but these [insert group name] followed by fucked up conversation" "Super Bowl comes around, everybody can go."

It's a great film and a great comedy, and a better film than most mentioned, but it's not necessarily as funny as many of the others, I mean in a belly laugh way. bingo, Pete. hit the nail on the head. and talk about actual lol, that clip you put up of Living In Oblivion is hysterical i will have to rent that one...

agreed. that's some fucked up shit man