Jazzmoose

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Johnny B. Good Johnny B. Average Johnny Rotten

Thanks for the tip; I'll avoid Wanda Sykes...

Yeah, I've managed to organize bookmarks by ignoring the "organize bookmarks" tab and just dragging the links where I want them to go, but I still don't understand why they changed that part of the thing. I'm using the 3.5 beta now in hopes that it works better, and it does seem to be faster. Usually.

No struggle there; it's definitely worth the time!

Well, it seems to me that steps three and four couldn't happen unless jazz visibility was already much higher than it is. You're not going to get city involvement unless jazz is already visible and is considered important, either by a large segment of the population, or by a large segment of the rich population who would push the agenda. Step four also ignores the fact that a city the size of New York is going to have a lot more jazz opportunities, than a city the size of say, Portland. And there's nothing that can be done of that. As for the first two steps, you left out the critical first step: raise a shitload of money. It takes serious money to open more clubs, start new publications, etc. And while I think that music education in schools is very important, a lot of other people have different priorities, and there's a limited amount of money in the education pool. Face it: the jazz scene in New York is always going to be better than the jazz scene in smaller cities. More people equals more jazz fans, and more jazz money.

Mott the Hoople: Brain Capers A choice inspired by the "who are you just discovering" thread, this sure took me back. And my room is clean; I like it like this!

To be honest, thinking that what's driving the discussion here is the book rather than the question asked in the first post is missing the point.

Snake Plissken Bob Hauk The Duke of New York

Personally, I think that's his most underrated book. The idea of a sympathetic Nazi character (yeah, I know it's more complicated than that) still boggles my mind. Well, he's only pretending to be a Nazi... Yeah, but the whole point of the book (at least as I read it) is that what you pretend to be is often more important than what you are.

That's pretty much the way I feel. Though seeing the word "tome" brings back some memories...

Probably felt uncomfortable with the idea of being a duck...

Arthur C. Clarke Isaac Asimov Robert Heinlein I'm still trying to figure out if Jsngry made the leap to Courtney Love from "hell" or "hole"...

Does that mean it's worse than that Airbornecreatedbyateacher! crap?

Garfield sucks! (Sorry; I went to Roosevelt...)

No, it's definitely swine flu... http://bitsandpieces.us/2009/05/01/flu-bug...r-a-microscope/

I agree, it wasn't complete pap; there was some good stuff. But the general overall tone of rock n roll (or 'teen pop', whatever) had definitely lost it's energy by that time, or at least lost some of it's popularity.

Rock and Roll had played out as a major force before the Beatles came along as far as I'm concerned. Listen to the pap that was popular right before they burst on the scene. It wasn't Chuck Berry and Little Richard anymore, it was Bobby Vinton and Lesley Gore. If that's rock 'n' roll, it deserved to die. The oddest part of his theory to me, however, is that it "in some ways marked the end of pop music as it had existed for the previous seventy years". No, you putz, that's what your beloved rock 'n' roll did, dividing the pop music scene by generation.

Personally, I think that's his most underrated book. The idea of a sympathetic Nazi character (yeah, I know it's more complicated than that) still boggles my mind.

Wow. Talk about cruel.

Joseph Merrick Josef Mengele Josef Stalin

Bad news, dumbass; you would have looked horrible with just three.

Jeez...this "great new product idea" has been coming out regularly every couple of years for at least the last twenty years. You know, I don't think women have any desire to piss on the toilet seat...

I always thought Ditko's best was in those late fifties Charlton SF comics. His superhero stuff was okay, but I'll take the Charltons! Um...except Dr. Strange of course. And maybe the Question. And Spiderman wasn't bad. Uh...

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