BruceH

Yes, unfortunately, Mosaic has had a marked tendency to do this since the beginning. On some more recent sets they've bowed to album-order due to popular sentiment (meaning complaints over the years) but clearly their hearts belong in sessionland.

Yes. You should have seen her on Letterman....talk about cute!

It's like the songs are being compressed into cultural compost.

For me it's like this: Open Sesame Here To Stay tied with Ready For Freddie The rest just fall somewhere down there. A very interesting diversity of opinions on the subject of Hubbard on BN.

Drivers that run red lights and stop signs. Very common around here.

Not at all, count me in this camp too. While I respect BOTC, it's an album that's never really touched me where I live; something about it just leaves me indifferent. No big deal---it happens. Someone once suggested that perhaps it's because BOTC sounds so "of its time" rather than transcending it like KOB. Perhaps, but that doesn't explain why BOTC lacks this timeless quality. But these things often can't be explained rationally. Let's just say I wouldn't put it on my top 50 favorite jazz albums list, if I made one.

Really? I think that the music made in the 80's was pretty strong overall. In comparison, most of the music popular from 1973-1978 seems really weak, save for the works of a few. I also cannot say that I have been too impressed with much of the pop music made after the early 1990's. Well, if you include punk and associated independent music from 1976-78 (even though it was never "popular" in numbers sold) in a broad stylistic definition of "pop-rock," then yes, I think the 70's has it all over the decade of the 80's. And don't forget Eno did his best albums in the 70's, and then there's Parliament/Funkadelic. But then, I think the 90's sucked too... Think of it this way---when Get Happy, a middling Costello album, makes a top-twenty list for a full DECADE, and you see it and kind of say to yourself, "Well, yeah, that WAS one of the better albums of 80's," can that really have been such an outstanding 10 years for pop music? Of course, I'll admit that part of it may be Rolling Stone's amazing talent for choosing albums I either outright loathe or am completely bored by. I very much like London Calling, but hey, 1979 folks. Kind of sad when you have to rope in an album from the previous decade to fill out a top twenty.

Sad news. He was one of my favorite film composers. Not only did he do terrific scores in the 50's and 60's, he also continued to do great work in recent years. How about his score for The Grifters? Brilliant. RIP

The best album of the last 30 years? One of them, certainly.

While there ARE some good albums on the RS list, mainly it serves to illustrate what an abysmal decade the 80's were for pop music.

Judging by my kids, and for that matter all my relatives, I'd have to say the answer to your question is a great big "No." (And I've got news for you: Love of movies isn't inherited either.)

Beat me to it! Around here it's MY car!

I'm pretty lucky, as there is an independent store near here that puts RVG's out on the shelf on the day of release for a reasonable $10.98. If I'm only going to buy one or two anyway, I find that the shipping charge would eat up the difference between them and CD Universe. So I usually go the brick & mortar route.

He lived a long and valuable life. RIP

I'll be looking for it.

Is it something in the air? I saw it last night too! Just a whim; it was playing in a nearby theater that has a really huge screen. It was considerably better than I expected (but my expectations were rather low.) It struck me as a good popcorn movie, one that you can relax with and just sit back and enjoy the ride, if you'll pardon the expression. The jazz connection was interesting to me too. In fact, I enjoyed the jazz segment of Collateral more than the jazz connection in The Terminal, probably because in the case of the former, I didn't know it was coming, whereas I'll admit that I saw Terminal just to see a few seconds of Benny Golson on the big screen. The Tom Cruise character, Vincent, actually seems have a real appreciation and understanding of jazz, and knowledge of its history too, at least with respect to Miles Davis. This was one of the best scenes in the movie, for me, when they're in the jazz club. Max (Jamie Foxx) says, "I never gave jazz the listening time," or some such, which makes it sound as if jazz is some difficult, esoteric thing that takes a lot of effort to get into. This is a common misconception, unfortunately, so it seemed like a realistic (if depressing) thing for the guy to say. I felt like telling him that it's only difficult if you START with Ornette Coleman! Anyway, the jazz section was a nice plus, for me.

Wow. Looks like Mosaic lets any moron post whatever they want.

I wonder who will write the new liner notes?

Duke Ellington--The Great Paris Concert.

Y'know, there's one tenor player I always liked...what was his name? Collins...Hollins...no, ROLLINS, that was it!!! Almost forgot.

Thank God for this poll!!

For me, the Clark/Green rules. Enjoy!

YUCK!!!

McLean!

Too bad I don't still live in Brookline, MA.