BruceH

Great news, Ed!! And a great story. Hope your son has a good time and learns a lot.

I'm still waiting on the Monterose, but I really like his playing on Kenny Dorhams Round About Midnight At The Cafe Bohemia. I like that too. I also really think you're going to like his eponymous Blue Note album.

I got some extra-strength Ibuprofren from my doctor that was white. Seriously.

I believe there was an NRBQ connection, too. RIP

That's so raven.

The Monterose is a gem, isn't it?

I also liked her in The Spanish Prisoner. Don't know much of her work, though.

Wow...you could get Fats Domino and bacon, both at the same place. Now that's livin'!

...Gol-durn microphones....

High heels are ridiculous, and bad for you, but they do make women look taller. That's the extent of my knowledge.

At least I didn't miss the era of records in department stores! When the heck were there records in supermarkets?

Just finished watching the latest Rachel Maddow. Great show.

Many congratulations Jim!

I remember being depressed by his passing, but I'm startled that it was SIX damn years ago! They sure went fast.

Didn't Van Heusen also dabble in ties and even hats (or at least put his name on them)?

Certainly not!

Happy Birthday, man!! :party:

Why would we want anyone writing in an old style - appreciate the previous work, mourn the loss and move on. Writing in the earlier style is like playing in the old style and leads to stuff like the HIP movement in classical music, Wynton and Eric Alexander. There are a few extraordinary artists like Ruby Braff to counter theis but... Picking over the bones of a dead music is an interesting hobby for specialists, but is usually just that. Then call me Mr. Specialist, I guess. Why does that last phrase sound vaguely pornographic? Sounds like someone is doing something filthy to that divide.

...That's quite a, ah, 'bone she's holding.

I've just sent it back to Netflix - Peter Yates' direction still holds up very well - Mitchum does a great weary job and Peter Boyle is terrific. I actually bought the Criterion. Probably my favorite Yates film, and one of my favorite Mitchum performances. Arguably the best of his later career.

It would have been exceedingly stupid of him to do so.

Got to agree with that.

The CD of English Settlement just came in. I used to have the British vinyl double-album with only three or four songs per side. I eventually sold that and eventually began to regret it. Kind of annoying how the CD booklet simply reproduces the album's song-listing and lyric sheet at CD size, so you would need a powerful magnifying glass to read the lyrics (at least I would.) I'll never understand why "Fly On the Wall" wasn't released as a single.

"But it's too late to say you're sorry...oh but I know; why should I care? Please don't bother tryin' to find her---"

Yes, I did notice those weird guys in the background while Sal was on the payphone (who knew that I'd have nostalgia for payphones?) but who's to say at this point if that's actually a pointer to Sal's future or just a red herring. And it would be nice if they can find some way of bringing Joan back in. All you can say for sure about Mad Men is...you never know. Did you notice Don, when he had to fire Sal, actually using the phrase "You people..."? Ouch.