BruceH

Sorry to say...Coke.

I think I'll go for that Rollin' With Leo album. I love his sound.

American Lit-Rah-Cha.

Like the song says: "Thanks for the many E's...."

"Meatless sex." An interesting concept.

Yesterday bought Donaldson's Lou Takes Off. Figured with Donald Byrd, Curtis Fuller, and Sonny Clark it probably wasn't chopped liver. But it's the most convincing leader date I've heard by Donaldson, who up til now I've pegged as someone who sounded better as a sideman.

Clearly these guys in the original clip have a serious adrenaline addiction.

Indeed. The quality, insight, and humor have been the most impressive thing. Pith over volume any day!

Guess he decided to do to the raccoon what Russia has done to many surrounding countries.

Woah. I knew he was getting up there, but...bit of a shock. He was just on NPR a few weeks ago. RIP

That sounds like what I remember. Around the time of the boxing (which was an indication of some serious weirdness going on) he seemed to spurn Hollywood, which promptly returned the favor for quite a few years until he rather startlingly turned up in Sin City.

Damn straight. I lost about 1,500. Still......Go, Jim, go!!!

I've long thought of Ringo as the Dave Tough of rock'n'roll. And as far as his skills going downhill, well, it must have started after 1970, because just listen to his work on Lennon's first solo album, Plastic Ono Band. Sounds kind of like a career highpoint to me. And yeah, the BBC stuff is great. I was lucky enough to get a couple tapes of most of it in the very early 1980's, quite a few years before anyone thought of bringing it out on CD. Some local radio station broadcast the sessions (I don't know how they got away with it) and a friend taped it for me.

Found the Genuine Chestnut album yesterday for five dollars.

I too am not exactly a fan of Mickey Rourke the human being, but he is an oddly compelling actor. Ever since that tiny role in Body Heat.

I remember seeing that Ornette cover reproduced on an Etch-A-Sketch.

I can dig it. I thought I was getting "too old" for comics at the age of 12, then changed my mind at 24.

Does it have anything to do with cows?

Come to think of it, I was much more into comics at the age of 25, which is what I was when Watchmen started coming out, than when I was in 8th grade. In 8th grade I thought I was too old for comics.

Very sad news. RIP Mr. Newman.

You've got a point...and come to think, that's about when I first read most of the Heinlein juveniles. And the summer vacation after 8th grade is when I first got into Stapledon. I wonder what it would have been like to have read Watchmen back then.

That's the first thing I thought when I saw the new logo...!

The add is sorta cool, but it's already making me mightily sick of "My Generation," which is a shame.

I must admit I immediately thought of that, but didn't want to mention it.

It may have been mentioned before, but one of my favorite soundtrack albums has to be Sonny Rollins's for Alfie---though I think it was music inspired BY the film score, but whatever.