patricia

About a week ago I found a beautifully and lovingly cared for copy of the 2-record "The Complete Benny Goodman - Vol VIII 1936-1939 at a thrift store for $2, which is the standard price there for vinyl. This set was at the local library for years, with the maintenence record still in the cover. They charge $1 per record. The cover is perfectly preserved with a rigid plastic gate cover and the cover notes, inside, are written by Mort Good. It's on the BLUEBIRD label. I love the text on the label, "Electrically Recorded Phonograph Records". A couple of weeks ago I found, at a slightly more pricey place where I usually get my vinyl, "Clifford Brown Ensemble featuring Zoot Sims" a ten-inch LP on Vogue label. Five dollars. and A ten-inch LP, "Trumpet Solos Extraordinary - Rafael Mendez - the world's Greatest Trumpet Virtuoso with orchestra directed by Victor Young" Perfect. Wonderful sound. A bit pricier at $15.00.

It's wonderful that you were pleased with the feedback on this board, BBrown. Don't be so hard on the posters on the other board. Perhaps they weren't into questionaires. Everyone who frequents a JAZZ board, any jazz board, loves jazz and wants everyone to love it as much as they do. I'm curious. On how many jazz boards did you post your questionaire?? Good luck on your project.

Different people get different things from the same film, book........... If it amused you, you got that from it. I found it to be much the same as reading a comic book, knowing that it's pure fantasy. I saw it as pulp fiction, more aurthentic in it's over-the-top violence than Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, or Kill Bill, #1 OR #2.

And I think that was the point. To me, comic book stories are ALL visual. I was pleased to see Mickey Rourke make another comeback and think this was a credible effort for him. The female characters, as they are in comics, were all over-sexualized, which is common in the genre and I was expecting that, as well as the broadly-drawn storyline, anti-heroes, villians and plotlines. In short, I liked this.

Tell me about it. 1. If you put out traps or poison, put it along the walls. Mice tend to hug the walls when they travel (don't like being exposed on all sides). 2. If you put out a trap - and the next day the trap has been sprung, and moved a considerable distance - you need a bigger trap. True story. 3. Seal up any holes leading into the house and get rid of anything that mice might want to hide in, under or around. Time to take those old newspapers to the recycling center. 4. Get a cat. They're wired to hunt and almost always get their mouse, unless the mouse is Speedy Gonzalez or a baby kangaroo. ← Nothing better than a cat. The one drawback is that, like any other pets, they have to be considered if you travel. Getting somebody to look in on your little guys is sometimes a problem, feeding them and changing their litter. Leaving them home during the day is no big deal. So, A CAT. Oh, BTW, I'm not an expert on rodents, so not knowing that rabbits were lagomorphs is understandable. But, if that's so, what are gophers, squirrils, chipmonks, beavers, mink, ermine and those other guys?? I have always thought, when I thought about it at all, that they were all rodents. Which are lagomorphs? Just rabbits?

My best mouser, Morris, always ate the mice he caught. But he loved and admired me and used to bring dead birds, from time to time, into the house as gifts, leaving them on the mat in front of the kitchen sink. They had no visiable "kill" marks on them, so I guess I only got the nicest ones. So, a cat who is a true mouser will eat their kill. I think having to dispose of corpses would prevent me from using poison or traps, no matter how effective they may be. Rats are a whole different ballgame. They are smart and resourceful, which may be why they, along with cockroaches, will be here long after we've managed to extinct ouselves, IMO. And Eric, just because you've only caught a couple of mice doesn't mean that there are not dozens of them around. Their litters are HUGE. And they reproduce quickly, like any other rodent. Rabbits are not the only ones which do that in the rodent family.

Exactly. And electronic repellents, poisons and sticky-on-the-feet things don't purr, or have nice fur to pet. And they are dangerous if you have kids, or a dog or other pets. A cat [or two cats, but no more]. Period. And Free For All, if you ever got a cat, the dog would take second place on the totem pole, no matter how long the dog has been there. Interesting the way that happens.

Is that because she/he can hold the same high note seemingly forever?

Thank you Free For All. Nothing is better than a cat. If your first cat isn't up to the task, get a second one...............but no more. More than 2 cats labells you as "that weirdo with a houseful of cats". The advantage of having a cat to free your domain of rodents is that when it's not doing that it's a fine companion. Poisons and sprays are dangerous and you still have to get rid of the corpse, or corpses. Cats, if they are good mousers, eat their prey. So, get a cat. BTW, is that your tortoise-shell Free For All? It's a beauty.

You were lucky. A couple of years ago some kids thought it would be amusing to drop big rocks from an overpass onto the highway. One of their rocks hit the windsheild of a car passing under them carrying a young couple and their little baby. The resulting accident killed the mother and baby. The kids were charged with malicious mischeif and were sentenced to some months of community service. They were all under eighteen. As you say, where's the fun??

The Complete Benny Goodman Vol. VIII - 1936-1939 - two record set. Marvelous liner notes written by Mort Goode. This is one of a series of the cross-section of the Goodman band, with just about every name with which we all are familiar, many of whom went on to become world-renowned. This is an immaculate copy, originally part of the public library here, that has been babied, as evidenced by the meticulous maintenance record which was tucked in the album. It's on the BLUEBIRD label.

The Stripper and other fun songs for the family - David Rose and his orchestra I found this at a second hand store, along with an old Sinatra, an Artie Shaw, a Theresa Brewer, a Clyde McCoy, a Frankie Laine, three old compilations of hits from the fifties, a Les Paul and Mary Ford and a Tommy Dorsey 2 record set, all for one dollar per record. Of course, I immediately snapped them up Even my daughter, who is wasn't even born when the title track on the Rose record was recorded, walked into the room while this album was playing and said, "Why are you listening to 'Peeler Music?'" All the tracks are the same kind of arrangements as The Stripper is. Amazing! Side 1 The Stripper Night Train What Is This Thing Called Love Mood Indigo Banned In Boston St James Infirmary [the shortest version I've ever heard] Side 2 Soft Lights Sweet Music Black and Tan Fantasy Harlem Nocturne [one of my favourite songs almost unrecognizeable] Sophistocated Lady Blue Prelude My Heart Belongs To Daddy Now, this was recorded when there were still "exotic dancers", who didn't actually get nekked and there are pictures of one performing, on the back cover. Today they would be almost "G" rated. Fun collection.

Wake me from that nightmare.

I watched the film, the last part last night, and was facinated. The scene that I thought was very disturbing was the one in which Dylan was in the car and the young English woman was demanding that he sign a piece of paper for her. Everybody wanted a piece of him. It must have been very exasperating for him. He has never described himself as anything but an entertainer who was lucky to be working. His iconic status was thrust upon him by those who wanted to see a serious message in everything he did. He was a kid. I was reminded of how young he was. Iconic status is a heavy burden to put on the shoulders of a kid. Even today it puzzles him and rightly so. Having said that, I think that the lylics to "Masters Of War" spoke to me then and continue to speak to me now. Anyone who reads my political posts can, I think, see that I am anti-war and that was partially due to Dylan's lyrics to that song, as well as other contributing factors.

LOVE Wild Bill. I suspect I'm not the only one who does, who skulks among the dusty shelves at my favourite vintage vinyl emporium. Aside from compilations his LPs are scarce as hen's teeth. I've only managed to find two and the space is usually empty. He is wonderful!!

Sorry about the moose digression. But, it occurred to me that in the same instant that it took for whatever it was to hit Berigan's windshield, something much more serious could have happened. Accidents happen in a blink of an eye, often too fast for us to react. Luckily, it was just a whatever it was, hitting his windshield and not a.....well, a moose. For that we all should be grateful.

Just thank God it wasn't some person deciding to cross the road at random, not looking. One of the scariest and most dangerous things to hit on the highway where my daughter lives, in central B.C. Canada is a moose. They regularly cross the highway in the winter, attracted by the salt on the highway, wherever they feel like crossing. They just appear seemingly out of nowhere and they are HUGE and much faster than you think they could be. When I was a kid, my best friend's father hit a moose on the highway and it took the whole front of his hood and his windsheild out, spraying glass all over him, his wife and their infant daughter in her carseat in the back seat. Whew. Glad you're OK.

I like this one. 50 cent for the Andre Previn that's a steal. I bow to your bargain-finding ability, Alfred. My all-time low is 99cents for a JazzTone at a yard sale. Spinning now, "The Best Of The Stan Freberg Show" 2 record set.

Yes I have heard that, as a child. But, it was from my father who knew that kids actually eat dirt and all kinds of stuff outside. My mother was a "wash your hands" mother, as were most of the mothers of my friends. She not only insisted on my brothers and I washing our hands after using the toilet, but, if we sneezed or touched anything, while we were preparing food, she made us wash our hands, before continuing. My friend who grew up in Italy says that North Americans are way too paranoid about germs. She's convinced that that's why everybody seems to get sick from every virus that floats by. She says that a certain amount of exposure to germs builds up immunity, in small amounts, thus a resistance to most germs that would otherwise make us sick. Who knows? It doesn't hurt to maintain a modicum of cleanliness and to wash our hands after using the toilet and before touching food, I would think. I seem to remember a doctor saying that if we want to prevent much of the groin infections contracted by the touching of genitalia, particularly gynocological infections, we would do well to wash our hands both before AND after using the toilet. Also, try to avoid touching your mouth without washing your hands. Now that makes sense. Also, if you've handled money, wash your hands before you touch food or eat anything. MONEY is one of the most dirty things of all. It's probably the only thing that most people will pick up out of the gutter.

The Best Of Rafael Mendez - 2 record set on MCA records, 1974 - Selections encompass most of his work, including the ones in which he played with his sons, who also play trumpets. Magic.

"bird" is free - Charlie Parker on the Esquire label. Live recording from 1950-'51 Clifford Brown Ensemble featuring Zoot Sims. 10" LP recorded in, I think, 1954. It's on an English label, "Vogue".

On the other hand, I tend, as you probably surmise if you read what I listen to, lean toward very early jazz. I love Dixieland, Ellington, Basie, Ella, Wild Bill Davison, Teagarden, Pee Wee Russell, Muggsy Spanier and have to re-adjust my ears to appreciate the artists who picked up the gauntlet after them. BUT that doesn't mean that I refuse to listen to more modern jazz. All have their charm.

Shhhh, Brownie. If the artists and distributers find out that there are crazy people out here that will buy another copy of something we already have, they'll be releasing it several different great covers. What to do? What to do? Porcy62, you may be among a relative few, compared to Miles Davis' earlier work. I know that his electric period is not my favourite. However, I certainly understand that he wanted to evolve and his electric period was part of that evolution.

Thank you, StormP, for showing the Getz cover. One more reason that I collect vinyl, the beauty of the COVER ART. Of course, there are nice CD covers and just as much care and love goes into composing them. But the size of a CD jewelcase hampers them from having the same impact, I think.

Shrugs just mentioned the Canadian BLACK DIAMOND CHEDDARS They are available in all the usual forms for cheddar [mild, medium, old, both coloured and white]. Their cheddars have been among the most praised cheddars, internationally for at least thirty years. Even their mild has bite and the old will send you to heaven if you like a really strong cheddar. It's crumbley, and totally wonderful. So-called "processed cheese slices" are an abomination.