The Magnificent Goldberg

Leon Spencer - Where I'm coming from - Prestige orig Leon Spencer - Bad walkin' woman - Prestige orig MG

Willis Jackson - Headed and gutted - Muse orig Willis Jackson - West Africa - Muse orig MG

Ramon Martinez Ramon Morris Ramon Novarro

It figures. MG

KRS1 Andre3000 E45

A couple of threads overnight started me thinking about this. Larry Kart posted a bit from the Chicago Tribune here http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...st&p=733062 And Jim Sangrey followed it up with a new thread here http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...c=38415&hl= There's a huge difference in what "local" means between these papers, of course, but they're still geographically focused. So, yes, there's a good deal of unintentional humour in this kind of journalism. And, as Jim pointed out, a lot of love, too. What strikes me most about this kind of journalism is that it's very focused on the real concerns that people have - more than the national papers do, these connect very intimately with people's quality of life. I got a good illustration of that when we moved here a couple of years ago. The local paper (can't recall the name, it's free and I read it when I go to the cafe) was campaigning about the fact that the county council had demolished the public toilets (which were admitted to have been in a bad state) several months before , but hadn't replaced them. A few months later, the council put up new toilets in a different location (and so could have put the new ones in before demolishing the old ones). Victory! Not a big issue? No. But it's people's quality of life that is enhanced so it's important. And I wondered whether a locally based blog could have the same impact. There isn't a local blog for Tonyrefail, though there is a forum - here's a recent thread about the local shops' Christmas decorations (about the only thing of interest lately) http://www.tonyrefail.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=927 - But I guess there are a few around. What is your experience of the effectiveness of local papers v blogs? MG

Should I change my avatar? MG

The number of great jazzmen you just don't hear about amazes me. I'm most grateful for all that's been said here. MG

Thanks. MG

I LOVED this bit - Well, I found Gladewater on the map, with a pop of about 6,500, but no Greater Pritchett at all (though there's a place called Pritchett without a dot on the map). So, what's the pop of Greater Pritchett, Jim? MG

Now about 14 hours late. I must say, the fact that it's catching up slowly is as strange as it being late in the first place. MG

Alvin "Red" Tyler - Heritage - Rounder UK Bu Pleasant - Ms Bu - Muse promo Red Holloway - Red Holloway & Co - Concord Jazz (Bellaphon) Jimmy McGriff & Groove Holmes - Come together - GM (twofer reissue) MG

Indian love song - Bo Rhambo (and others) (and yes, I know) MG

We've had Ngasaki early in the thread. And if I can't have Moscow, you can't have Madagascar. MG

Not again! Oh, all right - I suppose Moscow IS west of the Urals. I did prefer it in asia, however MG

Road to Morocco is just about OK since Bing was slightly a bit jazzy - but we ARE looking for tunes at least done by jazz bands (What about "Ahab the Arab"?) Little Niles - Randy Weston MG Little Niles was Randy Weston's son. It's nothing to do with the river! Yes. http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...st&p=733004 MG

AAAARRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!! How could I have forgotten Egypt land - FRED JACKSON!!!! MG

And where, precisely, is "The land of Oo-blah-dee"? Certainly not in the Americas or Europe. MG

On the road to Mandalay - Dunno who MG

In a Persian Market - The Skatalites MG

Pyramid - MJQ MG

Joshua fit the battle of Jericho - Baby Face Willette MG

Java - Al Hirt Java Jive - Inkspots MG

Mission to Moscow - Benny Goodman MG

Moon over Burma - Gene Krupa MG