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Jim Rome Irving Berlin Sofia Loren

We made a veggie pizza at home last night that was pretty damn tasty. But all-time has to be the stuffed spinach pizza from Giordano's in Chicago. Made even more satisfying as it gets delivered when it's 10 below outside (with a generous tip for the guy risking his life to bring it, of course).

I watch a little tennis maybe twice a year. But this was a pretty entertaining men's final. Apparently I'm not the only one to notice the resemblance between the champion Roger Federer and Quentin Tarantino:

uhhh...... Woody Guthrie Chubby Jackson Father John Hardon

Sent a li'l something via PayPal a few days ago, just after the forum came back online. Thanks again for a great place to hang!

I took a look at Bud's website and it shows all of his gigs cancelled from July 6 - August 12. Hope nothing's wrong.

Our dogs have been hunkered down all night. I never messed around much with fireworks. Blow a few digits off of your hands, and where does that leave you? A trombone player? No thanks!

Oh, FFA, you're so gor-MAY!!!

Long career in Nashville. Story Here.

Go to the second link in the first post; the one that takes you to the Funky16Corners page. You can scroll back through the various shows. For each show you have the choice of listening to or downloading either the one long mp3 file (like in the first link) or download the Zip file. You'll get a folder with mp3's of individual tunes. When I put them in iTunes, they opened with titles and artist names included. Looks like tons of cool stuff from the various shows. Enjoy!

I hear ya. The WZ quote was merely a "stop and smell the roses" kind of metaphor. (Letterman asked WZ if his losing battle with cancer had given him any insights into the meaning of life. WZ's response was, "Yeah. Enjoy every sandwich.") But you knew all that. The bigger issue is, when did you get so uppity that you're too good for a slice of Mrs. Baird's?

"Enjoy every sandwich" -- Warren Zevon

Rich Little Frank Gorshin Fred Travelina

Rip Van Winkle Rip Taylor Rip Torn

Apparently only on BMG Japan I only have it on vinyl. Worth the extra import bucks to have it in your collection IMHO.

Try "Live from the Showboat" Or "Phil Talks With Quill" (Gene Quill) Or some of the "Little Big Band" things with Hal Crook and Tom Harrell. (Edit: apologies for all the duplicate posts earlier. Last night it didn't look like my posts were showing up...)

Great to be back! Thanks Jim and everyone for your hard work gettin' this thing back up and running!

A vinyl-only release?

And besides the general Goodness of that whole clip, I'm guessing it wins the award for the longest trombone solo ever on Soul Train. Except maybe the time they did "Albert Mangelsdorf Day" back in '73.

Glad to hear things are getting better. Do Take Care!

Gene's was longer...

Notice, the clip ends just as Lew Tabackin is stepping into the fray...

Nice selection. Picked up Louis Armstrong Complete Hot Fives and Hot Sevens. I've had bits and pieces of this, but glad to be complete. Thanks for the coupon heads up!

Maynards chops certainly survived their share of abuse. But there was even harsher activity going on on the inside. MF played with a "dry embouchure", meaning that just before he would play he wouldn't lick his lips, he would dry them on the cuff of his shirt. This would give him a good "grip' on the mouthpiece. The combination of that and how his lips pressed on his teeth resulted in him building a callous on the inside of his upper lip. The callous had its own life cycle: There would be a point in the growth of the callous when it would allow MF to play pretty hard all night, but the callous would still be small enough that he could still play with some flixibility and subtlety. As the callous grew, MF would gain endurance, and could really scream all night, but would start to lose the flexibility. THEN, there would be a night when he would be pounding away, and the callous would crack. MF would go back to the hotel after the gig and take a long hot shower, steaming and soaking the callous, then he would...uh...remove the callous! He might mention it on the bus the next day, and that night his power and endurance would be a little down, but he would have tremendous flexibility and suppleness.. And the cycle would begin again... Nasty Buisiness!

That cover may not match the style of music or the artist, but it pretty clearly matches the lyrics of the title tune: I'm certainly familiar with those lyrics. But, come on, the album cover looks like it should be for some crappy lounge singer doing that tune, not a lyricless, avant-garde piano version. Maybe they were trying to get Cecil on the Holiday Inn circuit?