Teasing the Korean

If you holiday cynics have only ONE Christmas album, this is the one to have!

Two albums I've become obsessed with are: Ring a Ding - with Johnny Mandel - Reprise and Swingin' Brass - with Neal Hefti - Reprise.

Some Christmas vinyl: The Swingle Singers Xmas - Philips stereo and Herb Alpert & the TJB Xmas - A&M stereo

I often wished that instead of doing a Rod McKuen album that he'd done a Leonard Cohen album. Imagine Frank doing "Story of Isaac." Also, I wish Frank had done a version of "If You Go Away" by Jacques Brel...

No wonder I couldn't find anything. I'm no better at spelling than Dan Quayle...

I'm hearing that Carlos Potato Valdez/Valdes checked out. Is this true?

Are You a Larry, Curly or Moe? As Found in the Chapter 10 "Weird Politics" Introduction in High Weirdness by Mail Copyright © 1988, by Rev. Ivan Stang. ============================================== There are three kinds of people -- I call them Larrys, Curlys, and Moes. The Larrys don't even know that there are three types; if they're told, it's an abstraction, because they cannot imagine anything beyond Larry-ness. The Curlys know about it, and recognize it as a pecking order, but find ways of living with it cheerfully...for they are the imaginative, creative ones. The Moes not only know about it, but exploit and perpetuate it. Among the listees in this book 1 , the naive, pleasant New Agers and "nice" UFO contactees, for instance, are Larrys (as are normals at large)--ineffectual, well-meaning do-gooders destined always to be victims, often without once guessing their status. Like sheep, they don't want to hear the unpleasant legends about "the slaughterhouse"; they trust the strange two-legged beings who feed them. The artists, unsung scientific geniuses, political writers, and earnest disciples of the stranger cults are Curlys--engaging, original, accident-prone but full of life, and intuitively aware of the Moe forces plotting against them and trying to fight back. They can never defeat the Moes, however, without becoming Moes, which is impossible for a true Curly. The Moes, then, are the fanatics, the ranters, the cult gurus, the Uri Gellers AND the Debunkers; they are the Resistance Leaders and the Ruling Class Bankers, both. They hate each other, but only because they want to control ALL the Larrys and Curlys themselves. They don't actually enjoy their dominance; it's simply part of their nature. Nor are they any less foolish for the fact that they make the decisions. They suffer a chronic paranoia that is unknown to their less demanding underlings. Larrys and Curlys die in wars started by rival Moes--the Larrys willingly, the Curlys with great regret. Concepts like "Hell" and "Sin" were invented by Moes to keep Larrys in line; the Larrys, in turn, being far more numerous, exert social pressures on the Curly minority to also obey...mainly so the Larrys won't feel like suckers. The Moes also invent myths, like that of the "Grouchos, Harpos, Chicos, and Zeppos," to throw the more rebellious Curlys off their trail and keep them unsure of the real situations.* I am a Moe, though not a particularly powerful one; that is why I know these things, and it is also why I dare to tell you -- for most of you will think it's just a funny joke. A few will know it is the truth, but will fight far harder against my Moe enemies than you will against me, a relatively harmless Moe. My fellow Moes--enemies and uneasy SubGenius allies alike--will know what I'm REALLY saying, and chuckle in appreciation while plotting my downfall. In vain. ALL in VAIN, boy... 1 High Weirdness by Mail, by Rev. Ivan Stang, 1988, a Fireside Book, published by Simon & Schuster, Inc., New York, NY. * When the Curly's finally die of overwork, the Moes find that they cannot live in an all-Larry world; they select special Larrys and vainly try to mold them into False Curlys...but it isn't the same. ============================================== This is from High Weirdness by Mail, p. 156-7, by Rev. Ivan Stang. Copyright © 1988 by Rev. Ivan Stang. All Rights Reserved. Used without permission. Any use of copyrighted material or trademarks in this file should not be viewed as a challenge to those copyrights or trademarks, but rather as an attempt to promote the product or copyright in question. This is an excellent book, even if slightly out of date. From the back cover: "You can get "Free stuff for Weirdos!!...Do you enjoy getting unspeakably weird things in the mail? Then have we got a hobby for you!" Categories include Weird Science; UFO Contactees; Jesus Contactees; More Weird Religions; Health and Self-Improvement $chemes and $cams; New Age Saps; Cosmic Hippie Stuff; Respectable Weird Publications; Great Catalogs; Religion Vs. Religion; Weird Politics: Left, Right and Off the Map; Groups You Love to Hate; "Funny" Clubs; Weird Art; Rantzines; Comics; Great Badfilm and Sleaze; The Cassette Revolution and Edge Music. Note: to the best of my knowledge, the copyright is no longer valid on the Three Stooges picture. If anyone has evidence otherwise, please let me know immediately.

I'm a very busy man, Mr. Albertson...Now, if you'll excuse me...

Buying and listening to secondhand vinyl remains the best way to stick it to the bastards...

YES! Mercury Records from that era do have a distinctive aroma! But the BEST smelling LPs are Casablanca albums from the mid to late 70s...

Anyone who replies to this thread is kicked off the board, including me.

Releasing box sets instead of individual albums. I don't need moldy, calcified tomes with ugly packaging to prove that jazz is "worthy."

My therapist suggested I stopped stalking people on message boards, so I wouldn't know..

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Phil Woods - Floresta Canto - with Chris Guning and his Orchestra - Gryphon (Brazilian RCA pressing) This record has that decadent 70s international sound!

I know I'm in the minority on this one, but I really like Mel's two funky/groovy/now sound albums he did for Capitol circa 1970. Tracks include "Sunshine Superman," "Spinning Wheel" and - get this - "Take a Letter Maria." Somehow albums such as this really capture that era well, for better or for worse. That green and purple Capitol label rarely disappoints.

"Cocktail pianist" is a supreme compliment in my book. Duke is definitely a cocktail pianist.

What's the Latin American Suite? What year? Geez, Ihave SO much Ellington, and there's STILL SO MANY I don't have.

"Swingin' on the Moon" - Verve Songs about the moon, space, and stars, with a babe wearing a bubble helmet on the cover. What more could you want from a record?

The Latinization of Bunky Green - Cadet mono The vocals on this are by the Dells!

I'm bummed. I've only been around for about a year, but I'll miss this. Especially the "What Vinyl are you Spinning" thread which has become an addiction...

Generally speaking, how did radio treat jazz between, say, the end of the big band/swing era and the beginnings of alternative programming on FM? Were there AM stations that featured then-current jazz? Did stations do live broadcasts of jazz artists? I'm sure someone could write a book on this (if it hasn't been done already). I'm just curious as to how jazz fit in with commercial radio during during this period.

Various - Blue Brazil, Vol. 2 - Blue Note First rate collection of 60s and 70s bossa and MPB stuff, from the vaults of Brazilian EMI-Odeon.

Jazzbo purists typically reject McFarland's more pop-leaning output. Without having heard 13, It is from the era of "Soft Samba Strings" "The In Sound," and "Scorpio and Other Signs." If Mosaic did a McFarland set, it would likely focus on his earlier jazz writing and arranging...

Herbie Mann - Impressions of the Middle East - Atlantic stereo Superb arrangements by Arif Mardin. I like far too much music to have lists of favorites, but this one would easily go on my short list of favorite groovy instrumental albums from the 60s. And I have LOTS of groovy instrumental albums from the 60s.