BruceH

I think so. Hartman did a great Heston.

Let's get back on track here: Soylent Green is people!

And all this time I thought it was invented by DARPA in the mid-sixties. You're mixing up the www with the internet. The www, which was indeed invented by Berners-Lee in '89, is a hypertext system that can be accessed via the internet. Ah, that's it. The internet is the grandaddy of the web. (I must say, "The Grid" sounds vaguely threatening, like the name of some horror or thriller movie.)

Howdy!

Not completely unexpected, but still very sad news. RIP

14 albums? Wow, I had no idea... Yeah, not only alive but kickin' like hell, too.

No argument here.

I like the Penguin Guide's description - "menthol sharp". I think it fits - his tone blows away the cobwebs, unblocks the ears as it were. Yes! Good one. I very much agree.

Was going to recommend "all things Yazoo," especially their older releases, but as usual I'm late to party. One in particlular: Don't miss Charlie Patton: Founder of the Delta Blues. (Yazoo 2010)

And all this time I thought it was invented by DARPA in the mid-sixties.

The answer: Cars that drive themselves.

Thanks for the insight, Larry.

I've sometimes thought of McClean's playing as having a slightly "sour" quality---perhaps that's the "flat" tone some of you are talking about. Frankly, I've found it interesting; one of the things that gives his playing personality.

Wow! Thanks for that! My kids are telling me to get off the computer, but I was really digging it.

Man, that cover is beautiful!

This looks a little grey to me.

Oh YEAH! No wonder it seems like I grew up watching that damn movie. It invaded my nightmares, for a while. I'll mainly remember him for "Goddamn you all to hell, you blew it up!" and of course "Get your stinking paws off me, you damn dirty apes!" ACTING!

Both albums sound interesting!

You are the best!! Happy birthday!

This cover always put me in mind of Alice Kooper, for some reason.

As for me, I'll take SS any day of the week over the other two. (But then, I prefer A Swingin' Affair over Go, too) I'm just the opposite as far as that goes---never could dig Affair as much as Go, which is a little puzzling, but there it is. SS and Go: It's apples & oranges time for me; love them both in different ways even though they are both 'tenor albums.' Blue and Sentimental is a grapefruit. Interesting observation. I agree that it was most probably Ike Quebec who did the work of Blue Note rousing.

Some time ago, a friend of mine bought Red Clay because so many people had recommended it (not me, I might add) and felt terribly burned. As he lives in the same world as me, I've always given the album a wide berth.

Had no idea he was still alive! Bruce, seeing your taste in films on the film thread , I think you'd like both Never on Sunday, and Topkapi. Since I am sleepy, let's just say they are both warm, interesting films. Topkapi has just spectacular color. Dassin is a very interesting actor in Never on Sunday.... Rest in Peace. I intend to see them both, one of these days. (Not necessarily on the same day...) When one of his films was reissued on DVD a few years back I tried to look up when he died, and that's when I found out he was still alive. It came as a nice surprise. Now it's kind of nice to find he was interested in Bessie Smith.

Jeeze! I remember when he turned 50.

The remarkable director Jules Dassin passed away a couple of days ago. He was even older than Richard Widmark: 96! He had an amazing career, despite it being blighted by the blacklist: Brute Force, The Naked City, Thieves' Highway, and Night and the City. Then after blacklisting, the influential French noir Rififi. I still haven't seen any of his later films such as Never On Sunday or Topkapi...maybe now's the time.