Teasing the Korean

As Brian Wilson said, I did NOT want to hear that shound.

But if the sex IS extraordinary, you'll need to rethink this whole "jazz" thing.

Time to buy an iPod and some earbuds. But yeah, I hear ya. I've been in situations where I spun no vinyl for months. Thank God for CDs and internet radio.

Your comparison is an insult to farting ducks the world over.

You forgot the french Horns and the entire string section. Otherwise, pretty thorough.

I've heard of Paul McCartney. He's supposed to be pretty good.

I was in the real back room once or twice when I had to use the bathroom. The "imaginary" back room that keeps showing up in dreams is in the back but also upstairs. So you guys don't have a secret upstairs with amazing stuff?

Just seeing this now. She will be missed.

I've heard that the darker blue ones somehow hold info better than the silvery ones. No idea if there's any science to back that up.

Stereo Jack's in Cambridge, MA. I still have dreams about their dollar bin, and sometimes dream of an imaginary back room where they have all this amazing stuff. I will be in Beantown in May 2009 and will show up with lots of spending money, God willing. Princeton Record Exchange in Princeton, NJ was great in the early 1990s, but I've heard it's not as good in recent years. Not sure if that's so.

In the interview segment before Witchcraft, Cy Coleman states that he wrote that verse AFTER Sinatra's recording. Cy Coleman comes off as tres hip on that show, BTW.

And then when you finally find a copy, you don't remember you were looking for it.

I browse on dustygroove.com quite a bit, and have discovered things that way. Still, there's something about randomly stumbling across something in a shop, having it in your hand, and feeling compelled to buy it. I guess that's the main difference for me. A good percentage of my record buying has been based more on what I randomly find rather than looking for a particular title.

It was interesting how certain topics, like "Will there ever be a great jazz musician from another country," seem ridiculous now; but other conversations, like the popularity of jazz, have changed little over the decades. Thanks for posting this, BTW. I collect Playboys up to about 1975 or so, and I'm always interested to read the jazz coverage. One thing that cracks me up is the yearly jazz poll where they have the cartoon of the imaginary big band. What's funny is, because the general public only knew four trombone players, the trombone section never changes from year to year. They just add muttonchop sideburns and give them ridiculous combovers as they age.

Have you ever had the opportunity to see "Playboy's Penthouse," circa 1960? It was a short-lived variety show that is on DVD (in the US, at least). It's interesting to see Heff during that period and trying to reconcile him with the guy now hanging around all those frightening bags of protoplasm.

That's the big difference. On-line is great for finding something you specifically want, but not necessarily for stumbling across things you never heard of.

Not fascinating at all. The whole point of Playboy was that it was supposed to be a sort of road map to sophistication for the postwar male. Jazz was a part of that sophistication. What IS fascinating is that the mastermind who dreamed this up now surrounds himself with a bunch of bimbos with boob jobs and bad plastic surgery. I thought he had better taste than that.

The covers of RCA albums circa 1960 each featured a different phrase above the logo. Here are a couple of my favorites: Henri Rene - Riot in Rhythm - LPM 2002 - "Man, it swings!" Ahmed Abdul-Malik - East Meets West - LSP 2015 - "Mideast and hip" Skip Martin - Mike Hammer - LPM 2140 - "Sound of violence" What are some of your favorites?

Why don't record companies put their ENTIRE BACK CATALOGS on iTunes? They can't whine about the production costs associated with a CD. The music is sitting their on the shelf. Why not?

Flatted fourth?

OK, thanks all for the reality check! I'm keeping it!

When I ordered my copy, that detail was in small print further down. The format stated "CD." Not knowing they ever sold CD-Rs, I took "CD" literally. I think they should state "CD-R" on the format if they sell these. But yeah, I'm tempted to give it a spin.