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I guess we have different definitions of "curiosity", but oh well... I will say, though, that Bandcamp has been a godsend in that regard. Trying before buying has never been easier, and that definitely saves money!

Some of us have to!

Her kids' shows were uniformly excellent imo. She was uniquely gifted. Her reported decline in later years made me sad, but she seems to have had a soft landing, and oh yeah, never take Dr. Phil at face value. Never.

Nah. Just one. Or neither. You could also do a Covid-era joke (expiration date soon?) and yeah, we're so stupified that one of us is thinking about sex and the other is thinking sex, and blah blah blah. Not as funny imo, but the punchline fits into various constructs. That's where the art and skill of comedy comes into play. The greats can find a way to make it move. The hacks just repeat it as nauseum They're having dinner and she is viewing this as a chance to talk about something that's "been on her mind", so she's been trying to steer the conversation, and he...may or may not be picking up on it. She thinks he is. They're both looking at menus while they're talking, and finally he looks up and says, so...what do you want? And there you are. I truly envy you if you've never seen this movie.

No, he asks her what she wants. Meaning food. She replies, perhaps after a pause, 69, meaning sex. He then goes straight to the menu because he's, you know, loveable but clueless. Not the same as, but running with the same shoes, yeah. Buddy Hackett had some great jokes, but there's a reason you don't hear them in general circulation today the way that he told them. A lot of people just don't want that these days. The market speaks. Now that's funny as is!

It's a great punchline, but the setup is hoary,antiquated, and desperate need of a basic retooling. The classics never go out of style, but clothes do.j It could well be recast to be told by a young woman who is frustrated by her sweet but clueless boyfriend. They could be having dinner and she could be trying to delicately, but futilely, broach the subject of intimacy. That's the premise, and we already have the payoff. From there, it's up to the skill and imagination of the writer and/or performer to build it into a good bit.

Do you ever buy anything out of curiosity?

https://variety.com/2024/film/news/shelley-duvall-dead-the-shining-nashville-1236067312/

Mickey Rooney?

I try not to have expectations for any one item for fear that it might block the presence of something being there that I never knew about!

HOO-EEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!

Thinking about going on a Burt Lancaster kick sometimes this year.

If Red Garland ever had done a record for Mode, that would have been the cover image.

Any relation to Lana?

Seriously, if you have your own standards and know why you have them, there's no need to be "snobbish" about anybody else's. Except about things that are objectively true, No room for foaminess there. But there's not as much of that as you might think. A conclusion drawn from an objective truth is often enough a projection of a personal wish as it is the end of the fact under consideration. Words lie "is", "isn't", "are", aren't", etc. those are words that come with a high responsibility, a responsibility that "is" too often abdicated in the pursuit of cheap immediate gratifications. And don't get me started on using adjectives and nouns interchangeably...

They certainly like to think they do, for sure!

Music is a lifestyle accessory for many people. There's a lot of subjective "it"s that somebody can or cannot "get". The only ones that are objective are social histories and musical maths. And not everybody wants to be bothered with that. Accessorizing is an external end.

I don't even know of 27 different Dylan records I want. I have about 10 already, that's about enough. For everything else there's streaming.

Maybe there's nothing to get.

Dusty Groove Media Mail gets here timely as well. No complaints here!!!

Bob Burton got papers.

Kloko Armbrister - With These Feet

RIP