Kalo

And, yes, Phil Hartman was the man!

Remember that great 1970s sitcom starring the guy from the "I Can't Believe I Ate the Whole Thing" commercials? Oh, right, there wasn't one. And people say the 1970s sucked?

I liked the last two, so I'm in for this one as well. Looking forward to it. Also, I second Sal's recommendation of Dave Chapelle's Block Party, not only for Jill Scott's fine and foxy appearance and performance, but also for Chapelle's rendition of "'Round Midnight," his recommendation that comedians study Thelonious Monk's timing, and especially for the fact that Chapelle just might be the funniest human alive!

Not surprised, so much, having read him on occasion myself. Just appalled that an assertion that Johnny Hartman had a tenor voice, for example, could get into a published book!

For my reading group: Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America, by Garry Wills. Wills is an American treasure, and this might be his finest book.

Who writes them? Well, yeah, that's where the problem starts.

Ratliff... He's the "Ratliffiest."

For a start: Who, what, where, why, when, how, ouch... Is that James Thurber and some New Yorker groupies?

And this clown writes for the New York Times!

Sad! Who the @#$% edits books nowadays?

Mine, too. Except I might not be able to wait that long!

Well, my Mom needs to have brain surgery... But I still don't like the cheesy look of the new Mosaic site.

A few years ago, an old college buddy of mine came up with this one. Not sure if it's still available. Try online.

And here's the parody of Michael McDonald as ubiquitous back-up singer: Ride Like The Wind...

Fooling around on youtube, looking for Moranis tidbits, I stumbled across this one that I'd never seen before. Check it out.

I emphatically agree to that!

I'm a huge fan of SCTV and Moranis. He was a gifted musical parodist, as this clip shows. During the same era he did some hilarious sketches that made fun of the then-ubiquitous vocal stylings of erstwhile Doobie Brother Michael McDonald, among other musical japes, such as a lounge version of "Turning Japanese.".

Cool Jim Blachard illo, though. I haven't read this yet, but plan to. Thanks for posting, aloc.

Dave Clark Five are actually the weakest of all the nominees, as I see it.

Chic was one of the smartest and most influential bands of its era, sampled by rappers as well as appropriated by Queen and the New Wave. Great songs with great grooves, innovatively produced, played by a bassist, drummer, and guitarist who were all exciting, top-notch and much-imitated instrumentalists(plus singers and occasional strings and keys). If that ain't rock'n'roll, then what is?

If I'm interpreting your request correctly, then you ought to try the Andre Hodeir discs: No. 70, Le Jazz Groupe de Paris joue Andre Hodeir, and No. 97, Jazz & Jazz. No. 39, Kenny Clarke's Sextet plays Andre Hodeir is worth a try, too, though less angular and certainly less longhair.

How did you like Underwhelminglee? Not nearly as much as Wonderfulee. (Seriouslee, the orchestral tracks on Delightfulee are a bit of a drag, and they don't fit in with the rest of the album.) Dissappointinglee.

I've been digging Jordan's Bearcat a lot lately; one of my favorite discs (so far) of the recent raft of OJCs I bought in the past few months.

This thread has convinced me of one thing: I need to hear Leeway! I know, shocking that I've never heard it before, but there's a lot of jazz out there...

How did you like Underwhelminglee?