JSngry

WHAT?!?!?! No mention of Drysdale/Durocher on The Munsters? Or was that too much of a role to be considered a cameo?

Maybe on the whole, but not always. It would be as dishonest to go either way all the way. If it makes you feel any better, I actually ordered the CD of Adventures In Jazz yesterday, as in actually paid money for it. Sorry, but it's no either/or with Kenton. It's usually-but-not-always, and the but-not-always is where you can have some fun. Actually, it's not "monstrous" nearly as much as it is "creepy", and I'm applying it just to the music.

Off Beat Records, A Division Of Washington Records, another Bill Grauer label.

Maybe it's a record for sad children.

Bill Grauer made a lot of records.

I trust my instincts on this one.

Ze plane!

Don't know how true it is, but I've also heard that he doesn't "wear well" in the clubhouse over the course of a season. Not that anybody does, always, but...

Because romance can grow. Creepiness can only intensify.

Certain Rangers fans have been clamoring for Beltran. I've not been among them.

How old was I in 1958? 2 or 3, depending on the month. Plenty of other stuff from then sounds romantic to me today. This does not. This sounds creepy.

You mean I couldn't take you out to go dancing on New Year's Eve, even if I promised to avoid getting on the Guy Lombardo Dancing Bus?

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Ah, so that's where he is!

Then fuck that! I mean, jeez, they even have dancing on the bus on New Year's Eve!

You know Dwayne?

But will there be dancing at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola on New Year's Eve? Or will it just be a "listening event"?

I find those charts clumsy, repetitive, formulaic, and stultifying. Definitely Kenton's charts. That's another record I listen to praying that it be over as soon as possible. If that's "romance", gee, no wonder nobody falls in love any more! Far better is Sophisticated Approach arranged by Niehaus. Still formulaic (as are all/most post-Swing Era "jazz" bands overtly "dance band" albums, Ellington's Indigos being the exception that mor or less proves the rule), but flowing and actually "romantic" in a significantly less....creepy way than Kenton's. Plus, you get some Sam Donahue playing with even more air in his tone than Ben Webster! The cultural historian in me has to deal with all varieties of unpleasant things I'd rather not have in my own world. That's why I keep it on a strict curfew. Cultural history has neither taste nor conscience, nor should it. People, on the other hand...

I would hope there is dancing. Not having a dance on New Year's Eve is unacceptable.

Masterpiece? Really? I've had that one for about 40 years now, and it's pretty much the same handful of somewhat slight ideas over and over. He makes it all "sound good", but there's a not a whole helluva lot of filling in that pie. As many as there need to be. Maybe more! Also, as Konitz' time with the band goes on, you can hear the changes in his tone...it gets harder and brighter. Don't know if that was by choice, out of necessity, or a bit of both. Lennie said it (Konitz' tone) was "ruined", and I can see why he would think that, but hell, Lee would go on to play with the Varitone, so, so much for that!

About a month before the company went live here, somebody made sure that the "secret menu" business was included in all the print stories that were hitting the presses. Five Guys opened up here over a year ago, and they're good, but I'm more of a single half-pound patty cooked medium rare (at most!) and served on an artisan-type bun guy, so...I like them, but really...I can get better at home.