BruceH

I was with you right up until this part:

Tsk, no love for Intimacy of the Blues. I'm going to have to see if I have that and play the thing.

The word that most often comes to mind in describing 32jazz covers is "Tacky."

Well, I didn't have my sons circumcised, so I guess I'm in the "no" camp.

I was a fan of that film too. Until now, I thought I was the only one in America who was.

Awww.... Actually, I agree with your post about Bladerunner, Shawn. I had much the same reaction. I didn't like the original theatrical release, but then everyone said the Director's Cut was WAY better, don't miss it, etc. Well, I saw it, and despite jettisoning most of the dumb-as-dirt (would-be) noirish voiceovers the film still struck me as pretty bad. For me all the atmoshere in the world doesn't compensate for a lame story and lousy adaptation. Admittedly, I suffer from the inability to forget the book. In grand Hollywood fashion they manage to subvert everything that made the book interesting and replace it with set dressing and rain.

Re-reading Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything. Recently re-read Consider Phlebas, by Iain M. Banks; the book has it's share of flaws, to be sure, but also has it's moments. (I do a lot of re-reading.)

A good movie wouldn't pay as much.

Then you're gonna like this one: Farmer-Jordan. It's a good one!!

Never Hear the End Of It - Sloan (For amount of pleasure per dollar spent had to be the best buy of the year.)

Substitute is an old favorite that still holds up well....and though it's of course been played to death, the song My Generation (but then, the caveat that it's been played to death could be leveled at any song from the 60's I suppose.)

...And I guess I got punk.

Just In Case You Forgot How Loud He Could Yell

In the universe of this article "jazz"= lame, but by jazz she probably means stuff like Kenny G.

I figured they were just a temporary gambit...

Certainly, this is one of Ellington's finest albums, but I think bluesbro may already have it.

A bio of Hank Mobley is certainly welcome. I notice there's also an upcoming biography of Johnny Griffin coming from the same publisher!

Smithville!!! Yeah! Been waiting a long time for this.

Weird, wild stuff...

As most of the people here know by now, my name is Guy Kopelowicz. "I did not know that..."

Pepper Adams is one of my favorites, along with Chaloff and Carney. Wouldn't even try to choose between them.

Yeah, I got that one! I think you'll like it.

Get the first one on the list: Great Times!

Put me down for Jazz Impressions of Eurasia. I like a lot of them though.

I'll bet you like Beethoven too, you ol' fuddy duddy.