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The cast of Melrose Place A man with a cast on his broken arm The people who are reported to have cast lots at Jesus' crucifixion

What fucking "reward" should he get? Three year deal w/a mandatory retirement clase upon completion, with five years thereafter commiting to renaming the team the New York Jeters, the stadium Derek Park, with A-Rod being forced to wear the name A-HOLE in big pink letters on the back of his uniform every Sunday road game & every post-season one. I say Jeter takes that deal. I know I would. In fact, Fed-Ex me the papers right now!

Now there was a borer ant!

What is it if not propaganda?

But it did call upon his sense of taste, so in a real sense, it played to his one of his strengths. And The Dells...hey, The Dells. Yeah, always. No matter, Lewis' behind-the-beat phrasing on that one is one of my favorite pop treats of the era. Sooooo sensual in a Still-Young-And-Not-Yet-Jaded kind of way. Maybe it was the borer ants?

Not to change the subject, but I read the other day where Ms. Lewis' nifty "Hello Stranger" was recorded in Chicago. That's the Dells doing background vocals, and none other than John Young playin the organ. Did not know that Mr. Young was in the habit of doing such work! Perhaps he carried borer ants with him wherever he went.

Then again, that might well be a wig. But let's pretend!

Super Fly Marty McFly Blowfly

Bill F Bill Bailey Bill F-in' Bailey Happy Birthday!

It would have sounded different, for sure, but not necessarily "better'.... Jenkins' "sentimentality" was a known quantity, and apparently a desired one as well. When it goes over the top (my "favorite" example is Cole's "Love Letters", which made me queasy - literally - the first time I heard it), it's pretty hard to take, but when reigned in/disciplined/applied judiciously/whatever, it's a genuine "flavor" that is a legitimate as anything else. I think it works just fine for the material on September Of My Years. That's not exactly an unsentimental album, and Riddle, great as he was (by far and away my favorite of Sinatra's "Big 3") would probably not have nailed it like Jenkins did. I think it might be fair to say that the POV of Jenkins was one that was decidedly non-urban, non-"hip", and non-"ethnic". In other words, the guy was pretty damn WASP-y. But that's not a sin in and of itself, I wouldn't think. I do think, though, that it presents a problem, or more accurately, a point of reference, which many people, especially today, find disfavor with just because it is what it is. Too bad, because that whole vibe is just as real, and just as nuanced of a mixed bag, as is anything else.

http://answers.yahoo...d=1006041720426 But Aggie is a man person, requiring a man adjective, therefore bon(e)! Viva la differential!

Slick Rick Michael Vick Tricky Dick

Heard on the radio within minutes of the KowBoys loss yesterday, from the mouth of Babe Laufenberg: The Sickest Man In America? Wow...

Joan Rivers Joan Fontaine Ted Joans

Ruby Begonia Daisy Fuentes Ron Springs

Bon chance!

Roger Maris Roger Staubach Roger Ramjet

Masterful propaganda film, that one was.

I don't find that cut maudlin at all. In fact, to me, that's an example of Jenkins nailing it.

Friedwald portrays Jenkins as some kind of goyish sentimental buffoon whose arrangements were the same only moreso. That is an only partially accurate description. The guy had enough moments of real taste and subtlety (and occasionally outright nailing it) to merit a significantly more nuanced evaluation. Friedwald didn't have a clue. Fail, Friedwald.

It would be really cool if somebody someday would do a 10" LP series - on 10" LPs.

Except that he horribly misunderstands Gordon Jenkins, misuses musical terms more than once, seems to be unable to notice and/or comprehend the evolution of the singer's swing (and that of the backgrounds) throughout the 50s & 60s, seems t think that all of the post-comeback material is more or less of a piece, and seems to be convinced that at some point "I" will "need" to hear all of the 40s recordings (hasn't happened yet, not but a long shot. One or two at a time is just fine, thank you.). Other than that, a fine book. Seriously. But ain't no way that I take him at all seriously on the "insight" front. I think he's a literate fan as much (or more) than anything else. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Oh MY! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ainGwdBlbes