Teasing the Korean

Understood. I interpreted it differently within the context of the discussion.

After the songwriting and the publishing royalties, there is a tiny percentage left for the artist. How that is distributed depends on a lot of factors, e.g., group members having equal shares in the "corporation," or being paid a weekly salary.

You should talk to my friend who worked for Pat's management company. You should talk to my friend who worked for Al's management company.

Please enlighten us: Which area of music is not a hustle?

Broadway once represented the height of American pop songwriting, but now it is nothing but a tourist trap. The last thing I would do on a trip to New York would be to see a Broadway musical.

These Foolish Things.

I came down with some sort of cold/flu last week, and I got tested right away. Too many cases where I live. It came back negative, thankfully, but I"m still under the weather. If I so much as sneeze, I'm getting tested.

Just remember that anything can suddenly appear on or disappear from any streaming site.

Did not know about McLaughlin on VS&T. I will check out that Chiitra Neogy album.

Keep in mind that libraries commissioned all kinds of styles for various moods. Some A-list composers and musicians who were between assignments contributed. There are some fascinating library albums. For example, Morricone and Nicolai did a ten-album set of avant-garde stuff. It is as good as any comparable music in their regular catalogs, perhaps even more interesting than some of the others they did.

Why'd they have to @#%$ up an otherwise good album with a godawful dixieland track on side 2? The mind boggles...

I think it's great that you guys are paying attention to what the kids are saying. It is up to us as adults to listen. We can't just keep listening to Stan Kenton; we have to move on to today's rock sounds to remain current.

Quincy Jones - Hot Rock OST (Prophecy, stereo)

I have this LP, in a generic sleeve. I did not place a dot next to "People Will Say We're In Love" on the label, meaning that I didn't think it was a money cut at the time. But I will revisit.

"Paris BB" by Pete Rugolo, with a wild wordless vocal by Gloria Wood:

Behind Brigitte Bardot - Pete Rugolo - (Warner/Rhino)

I've often thought that The Beach Boys were this perfect microcosm of the American Dream gone awry. A "happy" suburban postwar family, by all outward appearances. The kids are on the high school football and track teams. But there is a Lynchian creepiness beneath the surface, thanks to Murry. The kids form a group with wholesome image. And then there are the drugs, the divorces, therapy, the Sandstone sexual retreat, rubbing elbows with serial killers, marrying your cousin's daughter, ODing on drugs. Brian may have been the first to check out, under other circumstances, but he has endured. It is amazing that they did so many health and safety songs, considering.

Let me know if there is a clip on YouTube.

Is there a clip of the radio show anyplace? Maybe we could Shazam it.

I've not had the (dis)pleasure of hearing the dulcet vocal stylings of Bags.

Maggy, how you been?

The producer should be shot for letting him get anyplace near a mic without his axe. IMO.

You never know which Brian you are going to get. I read an interview in which the writer said something like, "Despite all I'd read and all the research I'd done, nothing prepared me for what I encountered." He must have caught him on a really bad day.

In the 1990s, when I started snapping up all of these library albums, I was amazed at how many of the tunes I remembered from TV shows or commercials from my childhood. First up is "Sleepy Shores" by Johnny Pearson. I think this was used on a Geritol commercial in the US. Next up is "The Free Life" by James Clarke, which was also released as "Little Racer" by Horst Jankowski. The change in titles and artists must have been a legal dodge. I remember this from commercials, but I'm not sure which. Here is "Holiday Commercial" by Alan Hawkshaw. In the US, this was used on a commercial for either a bathroom cleaner or floor wax, IIRC. And another from Alan Hawkshaw, "Picadilly Night Ride," that I also remember from commercials, but I'm not sure which.