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Wow. I've read the Foundation Trilogy many times. I guess you're not much on the "hard SF" stuff, eh? Speaking of which, has anyone here read Hal Clement's A Mission of Gravity? It was a real struggle for me to read, and I have hopes that I'll never get the urge again, but in spite of that, I think it's one of the true classics of the field. Actually, back when I was a loyal young sf fan (the 1970's) hard sf was probably my favorite. And I didn't really consider the Foundation Trilogy to be all that "hard." ("Psychohistory" sounded pretty squishy to me.) I also read Clement's Mission of Gravity and loved it, but as I only read it once, and that was in 8th grade, it's hard to say how I'd like it now. Definitely a classic of its kind, though. 8th grade seems about right as a definition of the "Golden Age of Science Fiction."

How did I miss this sad news?

Didn't know that, but I always thought he kind of looked like Andy Griffith in native drag...

I'm very late to the party, I realize, but that is funny! Makes me picture a world where Ayler played arenas and metal bands eked-out a marginal existence in alternative art spaces.

Just watched the OP and I have to agree! I was guffawing from early on, especially when they camera showed those close-ups of OP with the "I just nailed that Tatum riff" expression on his face, while the accompanying soundtrack evoked Cecil Taylor on Quaaludes.

Great stuff, Chris!

That was my reaction. "Premium" lifestyle brand, mind you! -_- Is it true that a "lifestyle" is for people who don't know how to have a life? I hereby predict that "Blue Note Dads" will be a marginally significant demographic in the 2012 election....

I thought that this Wynton shred was pretty funny. Actually, the thought struck me that this was what his normal playing might sound like to the ears of the average TV viewer!

Happy Nate-al day!

How is it? This one's sitting on my shelf waiting (along with a stack of other Blish) for me to get the urge. I always kind of liked Titan's Daughter. The Cities In Flight tetralogy is one of those sf series that you read once, and ONLY once. I vaguely recall reading Cities In Flight in the '70s as a dutiful young SF fan. And I recall almost nothing else about the four books except that, A: There were cities in them and, B: They were flying (On planets through space. Under domes?). Not sure it was worth the time.

Always kind of shrug-inducing, for me. I shrugged, too, for many years, but in the past few years I've succumbed. She improved with age. Perhaps more appropriate for the film thread.

Recently, what with the firesales on OJCs, I've cottoned to McKusick, too. That Triple Exposure is a heck of an album (Eddie Costa never hurts!).

We lost some heavyweights this year. This thread alerted me to some I was unaware of until now: Dennis Irwin? Damn! Of those as yet unmentioned, I was sad to see that Al Gallodoro left us: though he certainly had a good run and was active as a teacher and player into his 90s. http://www.algallodoro.com/

"...rather delicate-agile vein." Damn, Larry, but you have a way with words!

Why isn't the album called "Lou's Lawn"?

They both had a way with a pause, too! Very interesting. Two masters whose silences were as significant as their notes/words. I'll have to check out the film of Homecoming.

Wha? It's set in a near-future Allston/Brighton/Brookline/Cambridge! And it's actually a brilliant, moving book, albeit with numerous Pynchonesque passages of too-clever-for-its -own-goodness. Infinitely more heart than Pynchon, though!

I've been working my way through David Foster Wallace's "Infinite Jest." Until I began reading it, I had no idea that it is largely set in a near-future version of the Boston neighborhood I live in: Allston, MA. Pretty amazing so far, though I've had to spell it with other, shorter books.

Odd. I don't recall ever having seen that nickname applied to Carter, and I've been aware of him since the about 1980.

Doesn't look bad at all.

Ouch! Terrible! I regret that I can never unhear that. Say it ain't so, Alison.

It IS about the music but, for some of us, it also about the complete aesthetic experience. I agree on both counts, but I do lean more into the original artwork/aesthetic camp. I have some sympathy for this view, historical context and all... Then I thought: would you only buy books that reproduce the original jacket art? (Would you care?)

Nice tribute here.

I love "Lebowski," which I rate as the Coen's (accidental?) masterpiece, and a film that will last. As for the rest: we all have our opinions. I dislike "Raising Arizona" and "The Hudsucker Proxy." I liked some of "Barton Fink," though far from all of it. I shrug my shoulders at "No Country for Old Men" and "The Man Who Wasn't There." I received "Intolerable Cruelty" as an adequate Hollywood comedy, but judged as a Coen flick it's strictly nowhere. I actively avoided their "The Ladykillers," as I am a staunch fan of the original British Ealing Studios film of the same name, from which it was ripped-off. I truly enjoyed "Fargo," and I rate "Millers's Crossing" and " Oh Brother Where Art Thou" towards the top of the brother's output. Just my opinion.

Kenny Dorham II?