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This clip is quintessential Bruno. The whole thing is great, but I especially like the last couple of minutes when he's interviewing a designer about the fashion show he has just produced. With just a few leading questions, Bruno gets the guy to completely contradict himself time after time. Bruno's final question: "Do you think consistency is important?" Designer guy: "No." That explains it.

I think that Baron-Cohen's brain definitely works in some Kaufman-esque ways. I also think that, like Kaufman, he takes his acting and getting into character pretty seriously. I was checking out a DVD of "Da Ali G. Show", and in the commentary he talks about the fact that they have to plan ahead for each of his characters. He has to grow his hair and moustache out for a few months to properly cop the Borat look. He also talked about the fact that the suit he wears for that character has never been washed/cleaned, so it has some SERIOUS funk going on with it. When I see him invade others' personal space as that character, I often think about the olfactory assault the person is enduring. Another of my favorite characters of his is Bruno, the flamboyant über-fashionista who infiltrates the fashion world and the whole metro-sexual thing. As far as the Borat movie and the Jews, I agree that the outrageous, over-the-topness of the depictions is designed to illuminate the idiocy of that kind of bigotry. At the same time, however, I can understand how those scenes could push some uncomfortable buttons for Jews.

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You are correct! Very funny, and at times, the glimpses of "real" people in America are more than slightly scary.

I enjoy the Guinness here, even though it's not like having it in its homeland. A couple of places in town serve these: Quite tasty!

That's some pretty fancy footwork! Two questions: 1. That doesn't look like a B3. What kind of organ is it? 2. The bass sound on the pedals doesn't sound like most other organ pedal sounds. Is she just using different registration on the organ, or is she running the pedals through some kind of outboard thing?

True enough. As I was reading the thread, I was trying to remember that Pink Cadillac. Then when I clicked on the video I flashed back to doing time in the Bill Tillman band and slamming that one out in lotsa D/FW clubs, circa '89 '90. But you're right, the girl can definitely sing!

Every time I load an album into iTunes, I create a new playlist for that album. I type it myself, and use the artist/group name and then the album title. example: Bill Evans- Interplay Makes it easy to scroll thru the albums on my computer, and also easy to look thru on my iPod.

Hey, I bought a couple of the Black Lion Dexter sides from you several months ago! How soon they forget...

But like, Dude, you don't understand. American Spirits are like totally natural. I mean, it comes from the earth! So, those are almost like good for you.

Wow! I hadn't heard about the "roll-out" grass field before. I'd be curious to see some footage of the process of bringing the field in and/or taking it out.

Should that be Art Pepper? I'm not a Pepper Adams historian, but he was born/raised in Detroit and most of the recordings I have are recorded in NY. I would put Art Pepper in a list of West Coast (geographically) players who aren't excessively "cool".

There's an organization called the Western Jazz Presenters Network. Their website is: http://wjpn.org The mission on thier site says: "The Western Jazz Presenters Network (WJPN) is a coalition of jazz presenters in the western region of North America. The Network is dedicated to mutual support through networking, collective block-booking of touring jazz artists, professional development and advancement of the full diversity of the jazz field." Here in Albuquerque, the Outpost Performance Space, booked by Tom Guralnick, is a member of WJPN. If you can get in touch with him or one of the other members, maybe that could be a starting place. Good Luck! Hope you make it out this way.

I didn't start until 1984. Funny, they displayed the title of the tune (Fanfare for the Common Man) as "Come On Man". Hehehe. Also mis-identified Bob Belden as "James Bolden"!

I like the GM/CB quartet stuff (as I also like the quartet with GM and Desmond "Two of a Mind"). As was mentioned on this and the other thread, these guys have a great sense of counterpoint, and give and take in their playing. The fact that they are both really "making the changes" helps that counterpoint sound almost pre-composed. I also like GM's arrangments. A few years ago I did a concert of some of these arrangements, and gained even more respect for GM's writing by digging in and transcribing what he wrote. One thing I have to be careful of: If I start actually paying attention to the rhythm section while listening, it kinda drives me nuts that there is so little interaction between the soloing horn(s) and the rhythm section. That definitely contributes to the chug-chug-chugging that was mentioned earlier. Also, the fact that the drummer never(?) goes from brushes to sticks is at once endearing but a little frustrating. It keeps the lid on the energy a little too tightly. But of course, that's all by design, so there's no point in carping about what something like this is, when it is so good at being exactly what it is.

Sadly, not very close. It was a huge hotel ballroom for some kind of big charity event. She was pretty much surrounded at all times, but we did try to meander over to her corner of the room for a closer look. You know, real cool like...

Playing a private party gig at a hotel ballroom, and we take a break. In the outer room, where the cocktails and hors d'oeurves had been served, there's Dom DeLouise picking over the leftovers (sounds like a cliche, but there you are). We chatted with him and he was friendly, and pretty subdued; definitely not "on". Other gigs: Kris Kristofferson, Morgan Fairchild (back in the day ), Timothy Leary, Paul Schaffer, Willie Nelson, Carol Burnett, Florence Henderson. (Man, that list would make an excellent dinner party!)

Saw the Javon Jackson group that he's calling the "Superband", featuring Nat Reeves on bass, George Cables and Jimmy Cobb. A nice set with tons of swingin'. Great to hear GC and JC!!!

Good News, Greg!!!

Any of those dates Fantasy/Prestige dates from the '50s is good. For more recent stuff, I have Silk Road, and remember it as being nice, but not essential. There are a couple of Jazztet sides with Benny Golson, but they are more recent ones. Anybody know anything about those?

That, and because she was so cultured.

BM, I think what clem was pointing out is that some folks might take offense to using the word "gypped" (that being a reference to gypsies), and that using the term would be like using the offensive "jewing..." Other than that, I never know what the hell clem's talking about.

Thanks, everyone! It was a pretty good day: A little teaching, a little golf, then dinner with my lovely fiancé and checking out some local music. Cheers!

And because musicians are oh-so-busy, the term is usually shortened to just "shedding". As in, "So man, like, what kinda stuff have you been shedding lately?" or "Man, like, I gotta go shed that a little."

I know that John Park was a Texan, coming from Houston and eventually moving to the Dallas area for the last few years of his life (died in '79). He toured and recorded with the Stan Kenton band in the early '70s. Beautiful alto sound. Maybe some of the other Texans on the board (Sangrey?) can shed some light on what JP did around town.