Dmitry

BTW, did you notice that some of the photos have artists' signatures next to them? I saw Charlie Parker's, a couple of others.

Who's the bassist?

At least the above reviewer wrote what they thought. Now, try to find a negative review in the press these days! It's all amazing, indispensable and essential, don't want to offend the delicate genius.

Shoe/foot fetish? I dig. The Cars - Heartbeat City

Nice photo, Big Beat Steve. Never seen it before. Just dug this from the Internets - Jet, April 22, 1954: The actress has “midgets” Frankie Dee and Pee Wee Marquette fighting over her.

Who's on drums?

That was Us3, on a track Cantaloop. BTW, this was a Blue Note release. I bought it when it first came out, might still have it around.

What vintage were the strawberries?

Speaking of communists...my father in law dutifully maintains the tradition of celebrating March 8th, the International Women's Day - flowers for M-i-L, and, perhaps, a bottle of something other than the daily vodka. If I'm not doing anything at all dinner-wise, I've got to do the flowers, otherwise I am not looking good for a good few days. From TV, just now - Projected VD spending this year nationwide - 18.5 billion Of that 4.5 billion on jewelry, 2.5 billion on flowers, 1 billion on cards.

Rather clever, funny too. And reflects my sentiments, to a degree. http://www.weeklystandard.com/valentines-day-a-dissent/article/2006813 I haven't made a restaurant reservation yet, and it's too late now. Got to think outside the box [of chocolates], but not too outside {Amazing.net}. What plans you got?

Dyker Beach Park Clem, is that you?

One thing that REALY alarms me about FB is that they, with their algorithms, can figure out so much about my private life without me even contemplating that they might. Like when I go on FB, up pops a list of "people that I might know". And some of them I do know, a couple I conversed with just briefly on-line [not on FB]. That doesn't sit well with me.

This is not about hearing per se, but about a sixth sense...how the heck do we know to turn and look at someone when that someone is looking at us, from way out in the periphery? Happens every day when I'm driving. We all know the Beethoven wrote music after he went deaf. How would he remember what a note sounded like, when our auditory memory is said not to span more than a few seconds?! What I'm saying is that there is other-worldly, unclassified yet, supplementary sense in us. There's got to be.

Just bought this one - Is this Duke Ellington on the cover? If you have Amazon Prime, the streaming of this cd is included. I must admit, it's a rather erotic music... https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0014M0A8A?do=play&ref=pm_ws_dp_ald_bb_phfa_xx_xx

No, but I just listened to a couple of them. Forget the seagulls. This is some prehistoric stuff, Pterodactylus feeding her babies..baby.

I think I went over the line. It looks like you've taken it personally. Sorry if I caused discomfort. No hard feelings?

But the chicks dig it.They think you're an intellectual; troubled and mysterious.

Dude, he does Twis'n'Shout. He does Jambalaya on the Bayou. He does Take it Easy, for chrissakes. I'm sure for you he'll do Surf's Up. Can you do Jambalaya on the Bayou?

He packs them into stadiums. There's got to be 50,000 in that video. He plays requests routinely, from what I can tell. ...while the seagulls, they are a cryin'.

Guess what, Springsteen does a ton of covers of other people's songs. http://www.setlist.fm/stats/covers/bruce-springsteen-2bd6dcce.html And he does take requests.

Yeah, I read that you're moving to coastal Maine. How far from the beach? Good luck with your procedure!

I ended up holding off on that "New York-Addis-London" cd; it's oop and goes for $40-$50 now. Instead I purchased this cd/dvd concert recording done in LA in 2009. It's not exactly preserving the original 1960s-1970s vibe, the solos are way more adventurous than his earlier recordings. You got Azar Lawrence, Bennie Maupin, Phil Ranelin, plus a bunch of other American cats in the band. Sound is good for a live recording. The packaging isn't good, the cd and dvd are housed inside very tight cardboard envelopes, which scratch the disks, but just superficially.