BruceH

Yep.

I've been slowly working chronologically through all his films. (Many of the Keystones were painful to watch!) The Circus is going to arrive from Netflix today, and then it's onto City Lights & Modern Times). ← I found The Circus painful. Not one of his best moments for me.

Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.

Nice. Love the subtitle on the Tubb.

I liked Stranger Than Paradise when it came out, liked Down By Law more, then had mixed feelings about Mystery Train. Kind of lost touch with his career after that, though a friend whose filmgoing opinions I respect very much recommended Dead Man. Still haven't seen it though, but I will, one of these days/years. After all, it has the last cinematic appearance of Robert Mitchum. Both my wife and I had some notion of seeing Dead Flowers, but never got around to it.

Just listened to it again----particularly like the last track, with almost everybody on it, "Alphanumeric" or some such. And "Tickle Toe" with Kamuca and Konitz also on tenor (this kind of reminded me of some of Konitz's work with Warne Marsh.) The album definitely repays repeated listenings.

I went up inside to the top of this once. It was like taking a slow amusement park ride. Impressive view! One measure of good or great architecture is when it seems timeless. A commentator said recently that it was hard to believe the Gateway Arch just turned 40 because it seems like it had always been there. I know what he means.

87!!!!! Holy Christ! I once lived in Brookline, MA, and considered it my adopted hometown. Great place---maybe I should read the book just for that reason. (Just kidding; there are plenty of other reasons to read it. I saw him the other night on the Daily Show, where he kept emphasizing the CD that comes with the book.)

Do I smell a future Mosaic; perhaps a Select?

Yes exactly; often a grain of truth even when you disagree with the main point. Good ol' Philip L-----ya gotta love 'm (though not his politics.)

I bought this album several years ago and like it a lot. It's one of my favorite Konitz albums (of the ones I've heard, which I'll admit is a small fraction of the total)----I like the playing, the varitety, and the concept which works great with a musician of Konitz's sensativity.

Sounds interesting!

Indeed. But I'm still waiting those lost manuscripts of the completed 10th, 11th, and 12th symphonies to be uncovered.

No, and remember, just because George Takei is gay, doesn't necessarily mean the character of Sulu is. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

I think City Lights and Modern Times are perhaps the only films to successfully meld the silent comedy aesthetic with sound. Chaplin stumbled with The Great Dictator however. He certainly had enormously more control over his career than Keaton, and it's fascinating to follow Chaplin through the early one-realers on up through The Gold Rush then the talkies.

Judas Unchained, by Peter Hamilton.

I have a hang-up about this whole topic.

Mmmmm....kool-aid....

Nothing wrong with that. I just purchased through iTunes Paint it Black and Between the Buttons (UK version). Paint it Black is one of their best albums and that 11 or 12 minute version of Going Home can't be beat. ← You mean "Aftermath"? Great stuff.

Glad to hear it!

I saw a bunch of Lloyd's silent films at the Stanford years ago (thank God for that theater) and it made me a fan. I think if you read a lot about the silent comedy era, you get the impression that Harold Lloyd is a poor third to Keaton and Chaplin, but actually seeing good prints of his film may well change your mind. Like you, berigan, Keaton is still, and probably always will be, my favorite silent comedian, but Lloyd at his best is right up there. I just hope this new box has decent musical accompaniment.

I've never seen him either, even when he was living in the Bay Area. Which reminds me, how's Louisiana treating you Moose?

Yes, I've noticed. They want the time for more commercials. Too bad; those themes often stamped their respective show with a clear identity that recent, themeless, shows lack. (Another one I loved was the theme to Get Smart, going through my head more often since the death of Don Adams.)

I've always enjoyed The Challangers, a surf instrumental band. I don't see anything wrong with this, but some of my friends do.

I'm sure you're right. Maybe Rhino should come out with a "Best of Welk" or "Welk At His Jazziest" or some such.