JSngry

The bonus cuts are all nice enough, but the album as originally released is spine-tingling, to put it mildly. Lester, Jimmy Rushing, & Jo Jones see to that.

Similarly, my mom always froze the Christmas turkey corpse for making turkey gumbo in New Years' Day. Not exactly an item that New Orleans is famous for, but mmm mmmm GOOD! She had a stroke back in late July, is still recuperating (she goes home in a week or two, hopefully) & will probably never cook again. It's a loss for all of us in a lot of ways, but we had Thanksgiving today at the Luby's Cafeteria (home of the LuAnn Platter, and yes, that is for what the character of King Of The Hill was named) in Longview. The food was actually pretty damn good, not homemade, but still far above and beyond "typical cafeteria fare" (if you're from East Texas - and who here isn't - you'll know what I mean), and Mom ate more there today than she ever did when she made it all herself. She put it away! In spite of all the other realities at play, it did me good to see her be able to enjoy somebody else's Thanksgiving work for the first time since...I don't know when... I'll be 54 in a few weeks & I don't know that I've ever seen her not fix Thanksgiving dinner. If/when she gets up to making the trip into the DFW area, and if/when my sister & brother-in-law can get into making the drive & bringing her along, LTB is more than ready, willing, and able to step up and hit the home runs. Until then, all of you who have the ongoing holiday dinner traditions firmly ensconced, treasure them, because like everything else in life, they won't last forever.

A lexicographer friend of mine notes that "stuffing" is Northern and "dressing" is Southern. My question for you is: does this include the verb? Would you say, "I have dressed the turkey?" Why? The purpose of dressing is to not stuff the turkey. You "dress" the meal itself, the "turkey dinner". At least we do. Do you then "stuff" the dinner? Or is that too personal a question? If that presents a lexicographical quandary, all I can say is that, hey, lexicographers exist to interpret, not to invent. Just pass the freakin' gravy, will ya? You think there's any left? HA! I commit dressing sacrilege (or so it is accused) every year by topping it with gravy & Tabasco. KILLER combination!

A lexicographer friend of mine notes that "stuffing" is Northern and "dressing" is Southern. My question for you is: does this include the verb? Would you say, "I have dressed the turkey?" Why? The purpose of dressing is to not stuff the turkey. You "dress" the meal itself, the "turkey dinner". At least we do. Do you then "stuff" the dinner? Or is that too personal a question? If that presents a lexicographical quandary, all I can say is that, hey, lexicographers exist to interpret, not to invent.

Not before 11 PM and a fifth of Jack.

A totally insignificant piece of jazz ephemera, but hey.

I did watch this, and was kinda put off by the tone of some things here and there, but I ended up being glad that I watched it. Some techniques here and there seemd a bit "manipulative", but I guess that's what filmmakers do. The open casket footage of Monk was genuinely jarring, though. I unexpectedly & suddenly, reflexively, even, found myself crying. I think LTB did too...

Lorez Alexandria Trini Lopez Trina Turk

Pig foot stew & candied goat tails.

Nothing compared to hearing "Same Shame" played by the best-kept secret in jazz guitar today!

I am a generous tipper... how much for "Same Shame"?

Hot buttered biscuits with turkey-face marmalade!

Dude, i thought you meant, like, spiral-bound with picture and moon phases and stuff like that...oh well! (seriously - good luck at the gigs!)

Of course, if he were to join the board, I'd re-listen, re-evaluate, realize how hip a motherfucker he really is, and spend the rest of my life currying favor with him!

Ok, I'm listening to hi MySpace page http://www.myspace.com/patrickzimmerli and...it's not not good. But I dunno.....it's like...50 or 60 years too late or something. But he does cut a dashing profile! I mean, yeah, but...mmmm....sounds to me like he's a pop-/azz guy at heart, and a not necessarily uninteresting one. I'm listening to "Take Wing" & hearing...Monday Michiru, of all people, only Monday writes this type thing in an essentially pop-song format and that focuses the essences instead of diffuses them, which is unfortunately what I'm hearing here. And then there's "The Shadow Of Your Smile", which I'm not sure I get at all.... Sounds like a talented cat to me, but...just not relevant to my lifestyle.

Sounds like he's had a very interesting life! Him and Madden made a great team for a long time, but I think he stayed on past his prime. Maybe that's why his music is like it is...life in the NFL does that to a man, ya' know.

ok, it's live now. 8/12 Didn't know about Godfathers of Groove, Tony Monaco's adolescent phone conversations, 'Hunk O' Funk' as a song title, & Soulive's new record label. And yet my wife loves me. Ah, the miracle of life!

Maybe because "Free" was on Chicago III?

That's right - it's dressing.

Maybe because "Free" was on Chicago III?