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What music did you buy today?
The Magnificent Goldberg replied to tonym's topic in Miscellaneous Music
A great one! I'm sure you're enjoying that one! Haven't played mine for a while. Time to dig it out. MG -
Name Three People...
The Magnificent Goldberg replied to Jim R's topic in Miscellaneous - Non-Political
Joan Plowright Sir Lawrence Olivier Jamie Oliver -
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The Magnificent Goldberg replied to ghost of miles's topic in Miscellaneous - Non-Political
I never read a Heinlein's book, but mid-fifties is exactly the common age for wishing such wet-dreams. Of course normally you talk about it with friends at pub after a few pints, or with your psychiatrist, you don't write it in a serious book. Ah, but Heinlein's books AREN'T serious. That's why the right wing politics gets up my nose; because he just slips it in and people get it into their heads without really noticing. MG -
Name Three People...
The Magnificent Goldberg replied to Jim R's topic in Miscellaneous - Non-Political
Wee Willie Winkie Little Jack Horner Little Miss Muffett -
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The Magnificent Goldberg replied to Jim R's topic in Miscellaneous - Non-Political
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The Magnificent Goldberg replied to ghost of miles's topic in Miscellaneous - Non-Political
Glory Road is a strange Heinlein novel---there are some elements in it that, more pronounced, would make his later novels all but unreadable, but briefer here and more entertaining. This also has to be one of the first novels that melds sword-and-sorcery fantasy with science fiction, and pretty successfully at that. Still, a strange one. As for the right wing stuff, yes his occasional patriotism-on-the-sleeve diatribes are here, but he also seems to be against what would soon be called the Vietnam war. Well, it's not so much the patriotism that gets to me as the anti-tax and anti-Government stance, which I think is quite pronounced. If you hadn't noticed it, it must have slipped past you, as it was intended to. MG -
I was mildly surprised to find this clip: YEAH! I haven't heard much Weather Report, but I was pretty pelased that Whalum (who, by the way, is pretty good on Gerald Allbright's "Live at Birdland West") wasn't trying to take Wayne Shorter's place in the band - more like Illinois Jacquet's Oh, and I loved his Jacquet and cap! I only wish these guys would do more stuff like that. MG
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Ah ... collars ... another worthless waste of cloth. .... Well, most fashion, men's or women's, is a waste of cloth. Waste is an important aspect of prosperity, I'm afraid. But wearing appropriate clothes, whatever they happen to be, certainly contributes to comfort; physical, having regard to the weather; and psychological. And a curious thing I found is that I always used to feel colder without a tie than with one. Now, that MUST be psychological. Nowadays, of course, I only wear a tie to funerals. MG
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The Magnificent Goldberg replied to ghost of miles's topic in Miscellaneous - Non-Political
Finished Heinlein's "Number of the beast" - very fannish indeed. Then went on to his "Glory road", from seventeen years earlier. He was even more right wing in 1963 than in 1980! And there's a bit of SF fan stuff in this one too. But I liked that one better. MG -
I think that had more to do with teaching them to project an image Berry Gordy had in mind. Catering to white middle/upper-class audiences, Gordy wanted his acts to be polished and 1960s Vegas ready. Sometimes that turned out to be a miscalculation--I recall hearing the Supremes at San Francisco's Fairmont Hotel where the audience was 95% white and 100% bored by a repertoire of decidedly white songs, including "Swanee River." Towards the end of the set, the Supremes got down to Motown fare and it woke the audience up. They had not come to hear Stephen Foster. My reading of Motown histories indicates that came in the late 60s. During the early 60s, Motown's accent was on the kids and the "school" was geared that way. MG
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Name Three People...
The Magnificent Goldberg replied to Jim R's topic in Miscellaneous - Non-Political
The Who The Guess Whos Jesse Belvin -
What music did you buy today?
The Magnificent Goldberg replied to tonym's topic in Miscellaneous Music
Well, the postman eventually disgorged the rest of my September order of OJCs, today. Junior Mance – Junior’s blues Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis & Johnny Griffin – Tough tenors – completes my Griff/Jaws early recordings collection. Buck Clayton & Buddy Tate – Buck and Buddy blow the blues Red Garland – Bright and breezy Coleman Hawkins – The Hawk relaxes This turned out to be the RVG. Very nice. MG -
I think that's very true. But it's a fairly recent thing, I think. I suspect it started in the late fifties. In Britain, there was a bunch of young singers - Terry Dene, Dickie Pride, Marty Wilde, Billy Fury - who were definitely created by their manager (they all had the same manager; I forget his name). In America, there was another bunch - Frankie Avalon, Fabian, Bobby Rydell etc - who all had some connection with the DJ on American Bandstand. They were all pretty talentless, but (at least moderately) good looking. Before that, you had the Doo Wop thing, where someone would discover a bunch of black kids practising harmony singing on the street corners, find them a song and off they'd go for one or two hits (a few did rather better than that). But these guys weren't basically untalented - they could sing. They just didn't have what it took to support a career as entertainers. Going back to the Bruce Turner quote about jazz musicians not being good entertainers, I suspect it's rather harder to be a good (or great) entertainer than is sometimes imagined. As I recall, one of the innovative things Motown did in the sixties was to send their artists to a finishing school, to teach them how to present themselves on stage, to dance, dress and so on. You wouldn't think people like Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye etc needed to be taught stuff like that, but they did. Perhaps if there'd been a presentation school for jazz musicians... MG
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The REAL Illinois Jacquet corner
The Magnificent Goldberg replied to The Magnificent Goldberg's topic in Artists
No, Black & Blue did not use Hamilton photos on all their Midnight Slows series. The series WAS successful. It appealed to the non-harcore jazz fans who were pretty numerous when the albums were released. Which is why their used so many similar albums with the same tenor/piano/organ combination. Thanks Brownie; it's hard to get a handle on what's successful or not in France from over here. I always had the feeling that B&B's core audience was quite a bit older than, say, me (I was in my thirties at the time); and had fond memories of the swing era. Quite a lot of their releases seemed to follow the Prestige Swingville style, while the "Midnight slows" followed Moodsville. MG -
When I ordered from UK Amazon (earlier this week) 17.5 percent VAT was added during the check-out process. I was surprised; thought they had to include VAT from the start. That's strange, EU Amazon prices always included VAT before check-out - I just remembered that during the check-out process prices were adjusted to include the VAT percentage of the EU country the customer lives in. Maybe they've changed it and just add VAT at the end. No, you're right! I checked my order and the VAT was not added, only adjusted during check-out. I was confused because in the order summary each item was listed with final VAT included, but the items subtotal just below was without VAT. Except from books, Sweden has the highest VAT rate in the EU... There is a special regime for items that are being sent from Jersey (some of their DVDs are). UK buyers don't have to pay VAT, but non-UK EU buyers have to. It's a bit confusing. http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005LDBG/ (check the "Why?" link) That's because Jersey (and Guernsey and the Isle of Man) aren't part of the EU. They're not part of the UK either. They're what's known as Crown Dependencies - ruled by the Queen personally (though they all have democraticaly elected governments). They fall within the Sterling area, so their economic policies are very much driven by those of the UK. And they're not allowed to have armies. Income tax is very low; they're tax havens. A good record retailer on Jersey is 101CD. I used to get quite a bit of stuff from them - US and Japanese imports were cheaper than anywhere else on line in the UK, precisely because of the various tax advantages. They weren't too good on jazz, however; only a limited selection. MG PS Gibraltar has the same status. If there were a Gib retailer exporting Spanish albums free of VAT...
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Name Three People...
The Magnificent Goldberg replied to Jim R's topic in Miscellaneous - Non-Political
Wystan Hugh Auden Wyclef Jean Wyndham Lewis (Percy that is) -
The REAL Illinois Jacquet corner
The Magnificent Goldberg replied to The Magnificent Goldberg's topic in Artists
I bet the Illinois Jacquet sleeve wasn't by the same guy! WAS it a successful series, Brownie? MG -
Did The Dells Ever Do A Full Jazz Album?
The Magnificent Goldberg replied to JSngry's topic in Discography
They did backing vocals on Bunky Green's "The Latinization of Bunky Green". MG