BruceH

I hear that none of Ron Howard's children have seen so much as an episode of Happy Days. Perhaps he should be congratulated for keeping his kids away from TV, but still....it's a little weird.

Just re-watched Out of the Past on DVD. Some quotes: "Kathie Moffett." "You're like a leaf that blows from gutter to gutter." "I don't want to die!" "Neither do I, baby, but if I have to, I'm gonna die last." "Kathie's back in the fold." "You can't make deals with a dead man, Jeff." "He couldn't find a prayer in the bible." "Baby, I don't care."

You guys are so right, and Yanow is so wrong! I didn't realize he gave "Stylings" such a lukewarm review. It's certainly a four-star album in MY book! In fact, it serves to demonstrate that Art Farmer may be just a tad underrated. He and Mobley make a great team, and the compositions are strong.

Hey! Now these dudes I'm familiar with.

Any collection of Wodehouse's golf stories is pure gold, but especially the omnibus containing all of them. (The Mulliner stories are quite good too.)

Damn, Al-----Priority Mail is SUPPOSED to take two days, three at the most!!! You've got a right to be P.O.ed at the PO. I don't know what to tell ya.

Well just look at the shit he was into! Anybody would get tired of that after awhile.

You know what it is? This is one of my comfort albums. (There was a thread a while back about comfort albums, I believe.) Putting this record on makes me feel good. It's an aural peanut butter & jelly sandwich.

Well, as far as I'm concerned, it's just a very enjoyable album. Lots of nice grooves on there; nothing world-shaking, on the order of a Such Sweet Thunder or Far East Suite. Just a wonderful swing album.

I've got the three Columbias on vinyl, but I've been waiting for these re-issues. Blues In Orbit is one of my all-time favorite jazz albums, period. The other two are pretty nice as well.

It's been ages since I listened to this; I'm gonna throw it on too!

How is On A Misty Night, by Junior Cook?

"Andrea" Don't ask me why. I just love it.

I love Burbank.

I'll say this much: The movie trailer they've been showing could be used to make prisoners talk.

Hey yeah! I used to watch Kablam with my older son and he loved it! Now I think he doesn't even remember it.

That's a great film. I really like Terry Zwigoff. Regardless, I hear what you're saying. And frankly I'd be worried if you didn't find it unsettling... What-----you mean it's unsettling?????

I caught this guy when he was up to his 13th day, and I've got to admit, it makes me want to watch Jeopardy a LOT more than usual. There's something fascinating about a streak, and he also seems like a nice guy. One time, I actually got more of the music questions right than he did, which made me feel totally great! (Of course, in all the other categories he got about 5 more questions right than me.) I think that's one of the main reasons people watch that show, to see if they can get more questions right than the contestants.

I'm not a big fan of the thong look, either. But I'm willing to keep an open mind.

Didn't he get two books (and counting) out of it?

I KNEW it! I always suspected that I haven't lived.

I just listened to "Introducing--" again after a long time, and I've got to say, it's kind of hard to choose between the two.

You've got a good point there, but I voted for Ringo. Least important, etc., and I kind of HOPE he lives longer than Paul. I agree with you about Ringo's drumming, too. But, much as I like to dump on Paul, he played some of the best rock'n'roll bass of the 60's.

Aw, c'mon Larry, you know you really need that Capitol Herman Mosaic.

Whaaaaaaaaaa????? Who ARE these people? I voted for his trumpet playing, but I love his singing too.