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Yeah, but like the Rev. Green said, love'll make you do wrong...

As was I!

Pops Poopadeaux.

I did steps 1 & 2 , but bought it. Then again, it was in a remainder bin for under $5, I'd already had lunch.

Yeah, it sold more. Because of the swagger. Instead of the (seemingly) "lost in space" quality of many of of the previous RCA sides. I got that. But that ain't no Prestige-type swagger, not saxophinistically. Not even slightly. Thus the irony.

I'm driving to Phoenix Beach. With a surfboard.

Bought it, skimmed it a few times, saw nothing particularly compelling and/or informative, and place it on the bottom of the "to get to later" pile. It's still there.

Now that's funny - Sonny's playing on that side is about as un-Prestige like as you can imagine! Maybe not "in spirit" (and maybe that's what they were responding to), but in terms of his actual playing, he's playing shit on there that he wasn't even hinting at in the 50s.

Is your VHS copy the one released as part of the "Joan Collins Romance Library" or something like that? (seriously) I ask because I picked that one up in a clearance bin just to have for archival purposes, but I've never actually watched it (I know...). But if it's got Sonny playing over the ending credits instead of Cher (whose version I always found jarring, both on its own and in the context of the film), it might be time to schedule a viewing,,,

"...and from that point of view, it's most improbable that anyone will ever know exactly whooo is enjoying the shadow of whooooommmmm...." "enjoying the shadow of"? Whoa....

Meet The Chins! http://media.ebaumsworld.com/index.php?e=thechins.wmv

It's all in the delivery. And if you think there's no personal significance to the choice of the word "Eclipse" in the piece's title, I'm gonna have to disagree upfront. To a man whose time never really came in his lifetime as far as being fully accepted for the genius that he was, it's a look to the not-too-distant future where the cultural mindset that invariably condescended to him would be in decline, with nothing to stop it. What you here in that speech is a man sitting back and waiting for a future that, whether he lived to see it or not, was inevitable. Duke's delivery virtually drips with sarcasm and delight as he, as always, plays the role of "sparklingly gracious" while also, as always, saying more than he lets on. The way he delivered it played perfectly to how he knew that a lot of people wouldn't get it. Yet. And whoever designed that cover was a genius. A lot of phone books of the time had a very similar look, kind of a "these are the faces of your neighbors" trip. Well, in the future, THESE are going to be the faces of your neighbors: Ready or not, here we come! Duke was saying a helluva lot in that speech.

I sincerely hope that the Dirktongue does not become a prerequisite for future Mvs victories. But if that's what it takes...

As do they.

Oh, dude, that speech is SO full of subtext and subversion that in some ways it's the definitive Ellington moment!

That's just what I've heard, all of it idle chit-chat. Read somewhere where somebody (Herbie, maybe?) said that the reason Sonny spent so much time in the RCA studios was trying to come up with a "perfect" record that would earn back the advance, or something like that. Kinda makes sense, what with his "old-fashioned" work ethic (which must have at times created conflicts with his quixotic creative nature), but like I said, ultimately just chit-chat. What kind of career-pressures are you referring to, Chuck? Sonny seems to have been "aware" of his "image" for quite a while, and not always for the better.

Nor me.

And that was when 90K was a lot of money... I've head talk that the size of the contract messed w/Sonny's head, that it caused him to put a lot of pressure on himself to somehow "deliver the goods". Don't know if that's true, though.

Who needs Rob McConnell?

GOWGUH LOOSIS HAVE NEVAH TAKEN NOS PISSURE OF NO DABLAINED SHIKKEN!!!

Spanking the monkey just got a lot less stigmatized.

There's only two words in that entire interview worth remembering - "Carl Smith".

It's a veritable universe of universes!

An unconditional apology should have been immediately offered, no doubt. But other than that, it sounds like they're trying to do the right thing. As for how any of the bad stuff happened, hey, shit happens. Might've been a new employee who fucked up, or somebody who carelessly filled your order while being distracted by something else. Who knows? For that, they should apologize. But if it was me, I'd accept their offer, consider this one episode in light of past performance, and move on. Now, if it ever happens again...