Teasing the Korean

I thought he was going to have a heart attack.

I like how the guy kept baiting him, and Illinois walked right into the trap. Comedy gold.

The standard "Sunny Side of the Street" is credited to Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields. However, there may be evidence that Fats Waller wrote the music and sold the rights for immediate cash. Has anyone here looked into this?

That is one of my favorite SCTV skits! I end up watching it a few times every year!

Thanks. Maybe I'll finally be able to tolerate these guys.

Mildly off-topic, but is there a free or inexpensive plug-in that will allow me to remove Michael McDonald's voice from Steely Dan records? I don't like Steely Dan enough to pay a lot of money to do this.

Dino - This Time I'm Swingin'! (Capitol, mono) With Nelson Riddle

Lester Young - Jazz Giants '56 (Verve) 70s reissue. The graphics guy placed black typeface against a dark purple background...on the inside and outside of the gatefold.

The Jazz Version of David and Lisa (Ava, stereo) On which Victor Feldman sounds in places like Bill Evans. I don't bother playing the other side. The actual soundtrack music is boring.

Andre Kostelanetz Plays Chicago (the "rock" group, not the town). (Columbia) Percy Faith - Black Magic Woman (Columbia)

Oliver Nelson/Lou Donaldson - Back Talk Chess twofer reissue of two separate Cadet albums from 1964.

Thanks! They're mine. (She borrowed them.)

8 records for a penny!* *If you agree to buy 10 more in the next 3 years at regular club prices. The more things change...

For a while, I was getting every solo piano album I could get my hands on. I don't think anyone has mentioned the solo piano albums by Kenny Drew or Hank Jones. Unless I'm tired and I missed them.

Should you ever find yourself in Kansas City - which is a very hip town, incidentally - you simply have to go to these two jazz clubs, which are next door to each other on Grand Boulevard. They are owned by the same owner. Green Lady has an upstairs and downstairs, with acts playing on both floors. Black Dolphin is one floor. The decor in these places is fantastic. They are both very dark. Dolphin as an MCM vibe, black, orange, and silver; Green Lady has something of a decadent hellfire club vibe, with lots of dark reds and black. I saw mainly two acts: Ken Lovern's organ trio (B3, guitar, drums) upstairs at Green Lady; Brian Ward's organ trio (B3, trombone, drums) at the Dolphin. I briefly saw Tim Whitmer's quartet (he plays piano) at the Dolphin, and another guitarist (Danny Embrey?) downstairs at Green Lady. The cover for each place is $5, so if you pay the cover for both, you can go back and forth all night and have yourself a fabulous time. There are YouTube vids of both places, and Kansas City Radio has a weekly live show on Saturday evenings. The archive is here: https://kansaspublicradio.org/podcast/live-at-green-lady-lounge/. For the radio show, the acts play all originals, but don't let that deter you. Speaking of Kansas Public Radio, I have bee a online friend of Program Director Darrell Brogdon for 26 years, and finally met him in person for the first time. I will post pix of the fabulous decor later, but I'm sure there are tons of images on the InterWebz. If I lived in Kansas City, these two places would get me into some serious trouble.

Today, on a rare (for me) record shopping excursion, I picked up for very cheap the double Verve CD of Cannonball's Emarcy small group sessions. It contains four albums: Sophisticated Swing Enroute Sharpshooters To the Ivy League from Nat I have only one of these on LP. Looking forward to spinning!

Thanks all for the positive vibes. I know that those of you with pets understand. Here's to all the cats, dogs, and other creatures that help to make our human lives more complete.

For me, it happened late, in my late 20s. The album was Les Baxter's Tamboo. I remember thinking to myself, "I have been looking for this music all my life, and didn't even know it!" It was as if I willed the album into existence. I was lost in the percussion and impressionistic orchestration. This led me to down an obsessive path to grab every exotica, space-age bachelor pad, crime/spy jazz, outer space, Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, Moog and sitar album I could find. It helped that no one wanted these albums at the time, and I could find them for 50 cents a throw. Those were the days!

Yeah, I think she was very strong-willed and that she loved her life in our home with us. She defied the odds.

There were 17 Pyewackets used for the film, and Kim Novak adopted one of them!

Yes, and the heartbreaking part is when they are sick or dying, you can't ask them if they are comfortable, or if there is anything you can do to make them feel better. We have a male Maine Coon cat named Molokai. We have historically had two cats so they could keep each other company, but as Ms. TTK and I both work from home, he probably won't be as lonely as he would otherwise. But we are open to the possibility of a new cat if the situation presents itself. Thanks all for the warm wishes.

Our Siamese tripod Pyewacket crossed over this morning. She was 16. Seven years ago, she was given two years to live, and made it another 7 years. She is named after Pyewacket, the Siamese cat in Bell, Book & Candle, featuring a fantastic score by George Duning and the Candoli brothers. In the photo, our Pye is wearing a collar very similar to that in the film. She had a very sweet soul. As Jean Cocteau wrote, "I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul." @Stonewall15 had the pleasure of meeting her this time last year. We love you, Pye. Safe travels.

Haha! I heard this years ago, but had forgotten!

Anyone familiar with Benito's son Romano? I have long had his score for the 1968 Euro exploitation flick Satanik, in collaboration with Roberto Pregadio. I also recently got his score for La Ragazzola, from 1965.

OK, gotcha.