Jazzmoose

Well, I guess it's nightmares for me tonight...

I've read my share of Louis L'Amour, but I can't imagine anyone actually teaching his stuff in school.

Damn, and I'll bet Alexander's typing up a much better and less offensive explanation of that right now...

In spite of the stereotype of book banners as rightwing fanatics, Twain is more of a victim of liberal guilt; the word "nigger", sprinkled liberally in Huckleberry Finn was determined to be too harmful to African-American children. After all, if it wasn't for Twain, they might not have realized that racism was a problem in the deep South back in the mid-1800s....

Switching gears yet again, I see from above that we have a few Ballard fans here; have any of you read The Atrocity Exhibition? There's another book I've been looking for for decades without any luck...

You, sir, have been officially cut out of my will!

What the hell are you waiting on? I'll start saving up right now!!

From the Oregonian... The Portland Jazz Festival, strapped for cash after losing its title sponsor in April, plans to stop operating as of Sept. 15. Barring a "miracle" infusion of about $100,000, the February 2009 festival -- previously slated to be the exclusive 70th anniversary celebration for seminal jazz label Blue Note -- won't happen. Nor, most likely, will there be any festivals after that. Portland's small jazz community has been bolstered by the festival since its 2004 inception. The threatened cancellation would shake not only those musicians and fans but also Portland's place in the national jazz scene. more here...

Don't forget the Foreigner and Kansas! Unfortunately, the area I live in now is so desolate that the classic rock station is probably the best station on the air. But I'll keep looking; there's got to be something...

Dude, what would Hank say?

No, but when I played intermural football in college (dorm against dorm and such) it was eight man. I never liked it since I was a guard from sixth grade on, and always felt like I was next to go or something...

You beat me, Flurin! I'm stuck in a position in which I can't have a cat right now, but I'm sure there's one in my future. There's nothing quite like learning the personality of a new cat (especially if they already know where to do their business!) I envy you, but I'll be there again soon.

Michael Morer Oliver McCall Frank Bruno ...one for Van Basten!

I never got into Moorcock, other than Behold the Man which appealed to me for obvious reasons. I think I have ten or twelve books by him, which is pretty safe to say is more than by any other author I don't read...

James M. Cain's Postman should be on a list of banned books in the U.S. as well. There's got to be tons more. Forgetting Miller from such a list is inexcusable, though, now that you mention him.

My jobs lately have been of the type where I'm the only one in an office (not a lot of mingling encouraged if you work as a bookkeeper, and piles of the store's cash is laying around...) so I haven't had this problem in years. In fact, back in the days when such a problem was possible, I was probably one of the culprits, subjecting coworkers to bizarre new wave stuff and Brian Eno's off-the-wall noodling... Find some of my old coworkers; they can probably tell you some stories that would curl your toes!

Catherine O'Hara Martin Short Dave Thomas

I assumed that the sick bastard Twain tried to sneak a different version by the censors...

Why, it's horsey heresy!

But you'd have to be incredibly ignorant to take a book like that and build it up into something....oh; nevermind.

Rug Doctor Anna Sutherland Bissell Jaqueline Bisset

Only fourteen, but then I don't care for Stephen King... "Flowers for Algernon"???? For crying out loud, why?

Bert Spooner Stephen Peacock Wilberforce Clayborne Humphries

According to the site, Frankie Valli is still alive. People, there's just no excuse for this.

Well, heck; everyone was still alive at some point...