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Alfred Hitchcock Albert Collins Icepick Slim Memphis Slim Slim Harpo Skinney Ennis

Happy birthday !

Mary Ann Mobley Moms Mabley Tia Texada

Major Holley Major Lance Major Major

Barry Goldwater Ron Silver Jack Haley

Wallace Berry Noah Berry Berry Gordy

"John Popper Dennis Hopper The Big Bopper" Buddy Holly Buddy Rich Charlie Friendly

Morris Day Marlowe Morris Phillip Marlowe

Mickey & Sylvia Billie & Lillie Marks & Spencer

Dom Perignon Wilson Pickett Kathy Baker ← Home Run Baker Baker Millian John Beresford Tipton ← Tippie Hedron Melanie Griffith Olivia De Haviland

A word about Wilton Felder's bass playing. GREAT !

← BINGO

The run of albums Jim S. mentions is very good indeed. there was one earlier lp for Motown the name of which I can't remember - but it was KILLER ! Great version of "Spanish Harlem". the other tunes I rmember on it were "Papa Hooper's Barrelhouse Groove" and "Way Back Home".

Blythe Danner James MacArthur Helen Keller ← Doc Watson Marcus Roberts Blind Willie McTell ← Edward Teller Albert Einstein Enrico Fermi

Here's a major KB album that I'm surprised has not been mentioned yet !

Gracie Lantz George Burns Waylon Smithers Willie Nelson Ozzie Nelson Nellie Bly

re Martin Cruz Smith's Arkady Renko books - I read GORKY PARK years ago and throughly enjoyed it. Never got around to any others in the series, but this is a definite reminder to do so. I just finished Phillip K Dick's A SCANNER DARKLY. WOW ! Very accessible after reading VALIS, which I enjoyed but it took mucho concentration in parts (well worth the effort). I figured I'd get a head's up the upcoming flick. DARKLY is terrific. It can alternately funny and poignant. Tragicomic? I was a little disappointed to find out that the upcoming flick is animated, but I'm trying to get used to the idea.

Anybody know........ ? How do those 4 "community" cards effect the probabilities vs traditional poker? That and the all or nothing aspect of this makes me wonder if it's just a show biz version of poker that plays well on tv...but the emphasis in my statement is on "wonder". I can't really get a handle on it.

Whitey Ford Red Prysock Bobby Blue Bland

Scotty Captain Kirk Lieutenant Uhuru

Got it ! Wingy was swimmin'......see ?'

Phil Napoleon Marty Napoleon Nappy Lamare

Gladys George Gladys Knight Doris Day

Sharkey ! :

I'm in agreement with the positive statements above - I really dig Red Nichols and have heard most of the recordings mentioned above. The arranged segments seem pretty advanced for the time. On a humorous note - Red seems not to have been too popular with the Condon crew. Eddie sends several barbs Red's way in his autobiography "We Called It Music" and Max Kaminsky, while less sarcastic than Eddie, doesn't speak too favorably of Red. The general feeling I get is one a lot of musicians can identify with. They were the guys in the band (and somewhat wild) and Red, in their eyes, was a prick band leader.