BruceH

Male barber. Back home in Massachusetts I found a guy who cut it just right; but he was in his 80's. They're a dying breed.

Anybody mention Kenny G?

I liked her on the Larry Sanders Show. And let's not forget: "Why are we blowing up the moon when there are so many things still left on Earth to blow up----Mount Everest, the Grand Canyon...just loads of things! We're Earthlings, let's blow up Earth things!"

Those Prestige twofers were a godsend to me when I was getting into jazz. They were so cheap. I was turned on to a lot of great music with those albums; same with the Blue Note double albums from the seventies. I used to buy all these things for under $5 apiece, usually less. ← Oh yes! With a deal like that, I didn't much care WHAT they put on the cover.

Imagine having to say in court, "He stole My Ding a Ling."

If anybody out there wants to GIVE ME this set, feel free.

"Annoying consumers" seems to be their mission in life.

Maybe you could play some Monk for him. Or give him a DVD of "Monk."

(Damn non-flying car...)

Just want to put in another recommendation for Soundin' Off. My favorite Dizzy Reece album, and a damn solid album, period.

That would be too good to be true.

Man, I haven't even SEEN those! The lineup on Let's Cook looks unbeatable. I have two of the "Poll Winners" and like them a lot. And as someone mentioned, Some Like It Hot is a real gem. Will have to get the Standards album one of these days.

Fox only cares about ratings, which makes it like every other network out there. To be fair, they gave it a helluva lot more chance than Freaks & Geeks got.

Missed the image before....a hell of a movie, ain't it? When Mitchum was really inspired(as he was in the original Cape Fear and Sundowners as well) he was as good an actor as you will ever see. What really amazes me, is that in both Night of the Hunter, and Cape Fear, even though he is evil incarnate, you almost root for him! ← And let's not forget: The Friends of Eddie Coyle...when is someone going to release that? Probably Mitchum's best late-career performance.

Where in KC?? I don't even have a turntable that works (haven't for going on nearly a decade), so I'm not really all that interested --- though if I stumbled on an Andrew Hill title like "Black Fire", I'd probably bite. I smiled when I read what you posted about not having a turntable. Some years ago, I saw that CD's were replacing new records in the music stores and disposed of my turntable, AND my records for peanuts, moving into the future of music I reasoned. Part of the equation was that I was moving and was culling my belongings. Luckily I kept the rest of my sound system, an old one which was compatable to my newly acquired CD player. Fast-forward to about four years ago. A dear New York friend has collected vinyl for decades and I was living in CA. He gave me a few vinyl quests, since I had a few really good sources where I was living. I began my search and, well, fell in love with the familiar great covers and unique sound of the records I was finding and sending to him. He burned CD's for me, for which I was so grateful. Then, when I moved to Calgary I discovered a second-hand shop, just a block away. Imagine my surprise and delight to discover, for FREE [no pricetag and I was buying bookshelves] a turntable, in excellent condition which is compatable with my sound system. That's when my obsession with vinyl was re-kindled and continues to flame delightfully. I now have around a thousand LP's, as well as a pretty good CD collection. The format that I seldom buy, or play is audio-cassette, although I have a few. ← I LOVE audio-cassettes (home-taped that is.)

Heh, heh....yes indeed, what they lacked in graphic sharpness they made up in musical significance.

I've only got the Conn and the Mosaic Select version. The Conn sounds better.

I saw this repeat too, and remembered it being talked about on either this board or the old BNBB ages ago. A very funny episode. Part of the humor was that neither of Ray's parents knew how to work a CD player and they didn't WANT to know. Ray kept shouting at his dad, "These sound BETTER than your old albums! You won't believe the crystal clarity!" with increasing desperation, but his dad won't buy it. That was actually quite realistic. Reminds me of my wife's parents, who were born in 1920s. About a year ago, her father finally bought a DVD player. Never hooked it up. Finally sold it a few months ago. I offered to hook it up for him, but he didn't want to bother with it. Why did he buy it in the first place, you ask? Because it was on sale.

You might "enjoy" this parade of bad architecture: Eyesore of the Month There's a couple of years worth of depressing stuff we all see every day (with often hilarious commentary). ← Good ol' Jame Howard Kunstler. Just as caustic as ever, I see. Thanks for the link.

I'm willing to buy a copy...if I can find one.

Work

It's been so long since I've seen any of his films that I might well agree with you, at this point.

(Also second Dupree Bolton.) Tina Brooks, too, and Herbie Nichols.

Walter Davis

I'm also a big fan of the series. I started buying them around 1980 and they helped get me into a lot of good music!