BruceH

In this, as in so many things, I defer to the opinion of Harold Weir: "Neil Peart couldn't drum his way out of a paper bag."

I'm still looking forward to it.

Ain't THAT the truth!

Recently watched Steamboat Bill, Jr. on a Kino DVD. I thought the quality was seriously lacking. They should have letterboxed the damn thing.

Yeah, and his wife/girlfriend is a vegan chef!

Actually, I like Jackie McLean a lot more than Coltrane. Of ANY period. But maybe that has something to do with my not thinking of Coltrane as a demi-God. (Or even a hemi-semi-demi-god.) I may well be in a minority on this, but in that case, I humbly submit that the majority is wrong.

I saw it in the theater and had a great time. I prefer seeing most movies on the big screen to TV, anyway. More impact. To all those who are bashing the filmaker or the film I say this: See the movie, then get back to me. Many of you are missing the point or simply mischaracterizing a film that you haven't seen. By the way, it's funny and informative. A helluva film. I give it four Big Macs.

Ghost, the DVD is well worth getting. I finally picked it up last year. The mini-documentary is the nicest extra, for me. garthsj, 1) Mr. Carpenter (because that name appeared on the dry-cleaning ticket on the clothes he swiped from the hospital.) 2)To warn us about the "non-aggression" clause in the interstellar polity he belongs to. If we go into space in a "threatening" way we'll be automatically blown to smithereens by Gort's colleagues. However, we are free to join their (ahem) federation and live in peace. 3) He is shot in the arm moments after leaving his spaceship. Then he's confined to Walter Reed Hospital; he slips out and poses as a human, taking lodging a boarding house. And so on.... 4) He's shot by pursuing army troops, dies, his body is brought back to the ship by Gort (a weak point in the script) and he is revived by advanced medical machinery. Yes, the Christ parallels are obvious enough, but they can just as easily be ignored. When I watched this movie on TV back in elementary school, I got the impression that Michael Rennie must be some big star. But no; while he was in other things, this must be by far his best-remembered role. How about that music by my man Bernard Herrmann? There's never been a better SF film score, IMHO. "How old would you say he is?" "Oh, 35, 38..." "He's 78. Says their medicine is that much more advanced than ours."

Hmmm... I was gonna say that I'm eating fig newtons and a lemon-lime soda right now, but I think I'll pass.

"4,5, and 6"----that's a good one.

Too bad. I love that album. Love the bass clarinet, too.

Cherry Coke (goes well with chicken).

My kids REEEEEALLY want to see this flick...so we will, sooner or later. But it looks so bad. Independence Day was one of the dumbest movies of all time, and this looks like more of the same. Did anyone hear the review on NPR? Oh, mama! The critic at the Wall St. Jnl. loathed it too, predictably.

Bar-B-Q chicken----yum!

Yes ...along with the coach Fredricks coming down to breakfast while Bill is eating cereal scene. AKA the "Love Reign O'r Me" scene. Painful and hilarious at once.

Ah. No wonder I missed it. "Friends"---how can we miss you when you won't go away?

No. Where did it play?

When I saw the title of this thread, I thought it was a plea for help in PAYING for your next Mosaic. (Not a bad idea, really.)

Damn, and here I thought you were talking about Seinfeld.

I was the kind of guy you would want to hang out with. Always very popular, tons of friends....oh, and schoolwork just came easy to me. Ahhh, the pleasures of selective/creative memory...

Did I mention Horace Silver? I really like him.

Tina Brooks Sonny Clark Clifford Jordan Paul Desmond Benny Carter, Lester Young, Duke Ellington, Basie, Benny, Bird, Pops, Mingus, Dex, Brownie, Tea, Evans, Morgan, Shorter, Rollins, aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaok, I can't list just a few. Surprise, surprise.

Let's see: Fats Waller, Count Basie, Glenn Miller, Coleman Hawkins... Were the jazz planets lined up in 1904, or what?

Even the Satch Plays Fats album??? (That album KILLS.)