Shawn

The Yellow Pages are a little spicier.

It's a melody line, I'm pretty sure that's enough.

Depression comfort food = Chicken Noodle Soup and a Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Coldplay's response: "With the greatest possible respect to Joe Satriani, we have now unfortunately found it necessary to respond publicly to his allegations." "If there are any similarities between our two pieces of music, they are entirely coincidental, and just as surprising to us as to him. Joe Satriani is a great musician, but he did not write the song 'Viva La Vida.' We respectfully ask him to accept our assurances of this and wish him well with all future endeavours." Bullshit

It's snowing & sleeting in Austin! ...and it was in the 70's earlier today.

One of the other boards I post on has a 150X150 limit and it is alot nicer to look at. But I'm not complaining about the limitations here.

As you shouldn't! I try not to feel guilty about anything, if I like it then I like it and the world be damned!

Maybe one of our resident musical geniuses can compare the melodies of these two?

The only person that mentioned "brilliance" is you.

Godzilla movies.

LOS ANGELES – A noted guitarist has sued members of Coldplay, claiming the band's smash hit "Viva La Vida" copied parts of one of his songs.The copyright infringement lawsuit by Joe Satriani was filed Thursday in federal court in Los Angeles.... http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081205/ap_en_...ht_infringement Here's a YouTube clip showing the song comparison...I think Satch has a chance with this one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ofFw9DKu_I...feature=related

Your Freudian slip is showing...

Yes, that's an accurate assessment, but at the same time a "genre film" can get away with lapses in logic if it fits the overall concept. It's a horror film, it doesn't really require deep meaning...it's supposed to be a visual equivalent of a roller coaster ride or a trip through the funhouse at the fair...it's a cathartic fear release that's fun. In Alien they came up with a very novel concept (host body used for a gestating alien life form), which allowed them to scare the crap out of the audience when the little critter burst out of the guy's chest. Then the Alien goes off camera for an extended spell while the crew searches the ship for it (it grows up during this time) and the next time it's seen it's full size...the script doesn't provide an explanation, it just has one of the crew members say "It's big". But in a horror film that's good enough, your imagination should fill in the holes.

There is no such thing as too much cowbell, every song should have cowbell.

Also, I never understood why the aliens would immediately kill some humans, but would take others back to the birthing area to implant a baby alien inside the human's chest. How was that decision made, and how well could the aliens think, reason and discriminate on such an issue. #1 - I've never seen the Aliens actually eat anything. The gestation cycle has gotten faster and faster in each film. #2 - In the first film there's only the eggs, facehuggers and a "drone", so he's got nothing to do but kill. It wasn't until Aliens that they fleshed out the full life cycle. My guess is that if you're viewed as a threat your dead...if you're not then you're a surrogate mother.

That's interesting, as I actually think there's not enough "rock style guitarists" (as least as far as tone) in jazz, the sound of the guitar has changed since Charlie Christian, but many players never noticed. If you have an instrument that can create an almost endless variety of tones...USE THEM ALL!

The only thing I can think of is that sometimes the Harmon mute (sp?) that Miles uses gets on my nerves after awhile (and my cat runs from the room). Harpsichords should be banned from all non-classical music. and I don't like celeste...but a thread search should prove that.

I use CTRL+T You can also add a new tab icon to the toolbar in Firefox if you like clicking on things. You can also make adjustments to how Firefox deals with Tabs by going to Tools/Options/Tabs.

Gee Ozzy, I never thought you'd MAKE it to 60! Congratulations! Love him, loathe him or ignore him...you have to give Ozzy credit, he's a true rock survivor. Happy Birthday Ozz.

When I was a kid my favorite was the Br'er Rabbit stories by Joel Chandler Harris, which I guess is interesting considering how out of favor those stories had become by the early 70's. Regardless, those are the first ones I really remember and I loved the characters. After that I read a bunch of those Scholastic books they used to sell in elementary school, anything that looked like a mystery (I also went on a Hardy Boys kick for awhile). But I had graduated to adult books by the time I was 9, The Hobbit was one of the first I read. Within a couple years I became a huge fan of horror novels and spent most of the early 80's reading anything put out by Stephen King, Peter Straub, Whitley Streiber, etc.

The main thing that ties all of the films together is H.R. Giger's alien design, probably the best creature design in film history. When you have that iconic of an image it leaves open endless possibilities for what you can do with it. My quick views of the films: Alien - Still by far the best in the series and one of my all-time favorite sci-fi films. I prefer the original theatrical cut because the pacing of the film was flawless and the additional scenes in Scott's director's cut interrupt that flow. One of very few films that maintains it's creepiness with repeated viewings. Aliens - When this first came out I was a fan, but of all the films I think this one has aged moreso than the others. Another case where I prefer the theatrical release, Cameron has issues with self-editing and the director's cut is just too long for the material. Still a very well-made action film, but in my mind the Alien story isn't designed to be an action film. Alien3 - Put me in the minority on this one, my favorite after Alien. The "work print" cut in the box set is the preferred way to go here, much more suspenseful than the threatrical release. Not nearly as immediate as Aliens, but in my mind a welcome return to the moodier elements of the first film. Alien Resurrection - A nice experiment, but one that ultimately fails IMHO. Despite the witty script, the film never feels comfortable trying to balance the comedy/horror element. Starts out well but begins to disolve around the edges till it eventually falls apart. The new "creature" in this film is a horrible design and doesn't look like it even remotely belongs tied with the Aliens, that simple fact took me out of the story and ruined the remainder of the film.

I like at the end of the tune when the guitarist doesn't realize the song is ending, keeps strumming, stops...but then recovers in time to play the last chord.

Yeah...clearly.

Thanks Jim, that was exactly what I was looking for.

What did Jimmy Smith change about his sound in 1958 or so? If you listen to his earlier recordings the organ sound is different (at least to my ears), more of a "church" sound, lighter tone...but I don't notice that sound at all on his later recordings. Am I imagining this? (compare the sound on the Feb 57 dates, with something like Crazy Baby)