Harold_Z

According to a table at this site, $5.00 in 1965 is worth around $30.00 in todays loot. I guess those gigs I was doing back then didn't pay so badly after all. Inflation Table

From $3.99 TO $4.99 at store's that discounted.

MAN...It's hard to say anything in these situations. We all hope for a miracle or, in lieu of that, an easy passage.

Here's Another Mike Shayne. I dug the one "Man With The Golden Arm" posted earlier. I had this when I was a kid - it may have been among the first Private Eye Mysteries I ever read. I think I was prompted by a series of early 40s Mike Shayne movies that were being played on TV. Anybody remember those ? Lloyd Nolan was terrific as Mike.

More Mickey

The movie "One Touch Of Venus" was based on this one.

"Once Upon A Time In America" was based on this book:

Lon, I can't get them either.

For starters:

I have some real old Mickey Spillane and Raymond Chandler paperbacks with GREAT covers. I have to see if I can find them online.

I LOVE THAT COVER ! We have a record cover thread.....we need a book cover thread.

Never heard the cd, but I agree concerning the lp sound. I find the recording unlistenable.

Yeah...I dig that cover 'cause it shows how Vonnegut was marketed in his earlier days. I'm actually rereading from a slightly later edition ($1.25) with a purple cover and slightly less trashy look that was the second copy I bought ( the first either fell apart or I lent it to someone).

I read Earth Abides way back. Great book. ISH and the hammer.

I think I'll have a drink.

Hey Chris ! Happy Birthday my friend ! We need to get hold of Danny and do a hang !

"Exposed" by Valerie Simpson. Pre Ashford and Simpson. It's great !

"The Jazz Oddysey Of James Rushing Jr."

There's a third volume on the Funky People and also there is a Funky Divas of James Brown produced material that is a stone cooker. I'm also a big fan of JB's early recordings. I can't remember if was on this board or the Bluenote before the diaspora, but there was a good thread on this, I think started by Jim Sangrey. There's a lot of us jazzers that definitely dig the funk.

Ok - so the profile could also fit Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, Janis Joplin....etc. It could also go as far back as .......Achilles ? I agree with the concept - I just hate to see Bix's name as synonymous with bullshitting. I'd prefer Bushing.