BruceH

The Columbia blue-border of Ellington's Blues In Orbit. I prefer it to the CD.

I guess next the House will recognize the contributions of Hank Mobley.

"He's dead, Jim." I mean, Happy Birthday, Jim.

You grew up with Seinfeld?

I always thought that was their greatest..... hit???!!!!???? If listened to in the right frame of mind, and at the right age (early college, say,) and under the right chemical influence...it's totally great. But then, I guess you could say that about anything.

Ah, The Shaggs...a perfect example of so bad it's good.

It's been cold (by local standards) for the last four days or so.

Exactly. Who'd have thought they were so diabolical and dastardly.

Sloan

Such Sweet Thunder Blues In Orbit The Far East Suite

Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings

Wow, almost makes me wish I lived in New Jersey. And you don't hear that very often.

YES!!!! Get on this Tiger! Crash your car again with Larry's book on the passenger floor, and make sure it gets in a photo! I can send you my copy! (This is better than Oprah.)

Lots of independent bookstores on Valencia Street in the Mission.

Imagine if that book had instead been a copy of The Complete Stories of Franz Kafka.

Same here. His compilations introduced me to African music.

Sure. Hey, it's all good.

I happened to see this a few weeks ago. It might be more accurate to call it a "District of Columbia" quarter which features Ellington, but still, it's nice. Still waiting for the Thelonious Monk dollar coin, and the Herbie Nichols nickel.

Brian Eno Fountains of Wayne (after all, they already have a good Christmas song in "I Want An Alien for Christmas") Cyrus Chestnut It must be understood up front that none of them can be allowed to cover "Little Drummer Boy."

I noticed. Hardly surprising, since he was married to Edie Adams. When I was growing up various channels showed repeats of "I Love Lucy" just about every day. Seems they showed the earlier, "city-dwelling" episodes more than the Connecticut ones. And I don't remember EVER seeing this final episode. Either many of the affiliates didn't care to include it in the syndication package, or they showed it so rarely that I never happened to catch it.

I saw this a few years ago on some documentary about Lucille Ball. Sad, but boy what a voice Edie Adams had! I agree with Free For All about the move to the farmhouse. Even as a kid I found this later phase of the show perplexing. And the episodes set in Connecticut just seemed so boring! One thing about Lucille Ball: She was a talented comedian and performer, AND a sharp businesswoman (businessperson?)--anyway, a very rare skillset for a man or woman.

Yeah, a visit to The Shrine is a must! Heck, walking around North Beach is worth a day anyway. This is just the movie buff in me talking, but I'd throw in a visit to the Stanford Theater in Palo Alto as well. You can take the train if you don't want to drive. Yes, yes, and yes. Just been to the Stanford Theater on University Ave. in Palo Alto a few times again recently, and it's just as good as ever. Reasonable prices, too.

I think the lyrics to that are brilliant and very well constructed. You and I have a very different definition of "brilliant."

I like the 2-CD set. Not least because I can just listen to it without shelling out a hundred bucks.

Driving down the Pacific Coast Highway (Route 1) to Santa Cruz is a great idea. Keep in mind that Carmel is south of Santa Cruz by quite a distance. And Hearst Castle is WAY down there...Monterey is already two hours South of SF by the coast. Personally, I would not miss the Pez Museum in Burlingame, just a short 12-mile hop down the peninsula. Probably THE main cultural attraction in the entire Bay Area, if not California.