Shawn

That just means they didn't pay Apple to add it to their safe list, you can just override the setting and install.

Probably the least surprising music article I've read in recent memory. 0.3% of Spotify streams are jazz...you can't even get people to listen for free.

You can fit entire box sets on blu-ray, so only having 2 albums on that Hancock disc is might paltry. A single layer of a blu-ray is 25gigs, dual-layer is 50 gigs. You could fit Hancock's entire Blue Note discography on a single disc.

I don't think his age had anything to do with it, the engine cut out, whether you're 22 or 72 you're going down....

Authorities are saying Ford made the best possible choice of where to land the plane in his situation. In that vicinity the only options are the beach, crowded streets or the golf course. This is from the latest article I could find regarding his health (from the BBC). He was breathing and alert when medics arrived and took him to hospital in a "fair to moderate" condition, a fire department spokesman said. His son Ben, a chef in Los Angeles, later tweeted from the hospital: "Dad is OK. Battered but OK! His publicist said: "The injuries sustained are not life threatening, and he is expected to make a full recovery,"

This one is AMAZING!

The line is supposed to be "Revved up like a deuce", but you would never guess that from the mush-mouth singing the lyric in the song.

I clicked on this link and thought to myself "Wow, the what are you listening to now thread just got a lot more interesting!"....then I realized it's just an album cover thread.

Yep Can be blamed 100% on the vocalist who cannot properly say the word "deuce".

"Wrapped up like a douche, another runner in the night".

I've known plenty of musicians over the years that latch onto a single player they want to emulate/surpass, this tends to happen during the early years of learning an instrument. I also think it's kind of a passing phase, something you have to work through and then eventually the blinders fall away and you open yourself up to other influences. It's also a MOVIE and you don't really have time to name-drop 20 great jazz drummers (that the majority of the audience have never heard of) to get your point across. It's more dramatically focused to pick 1 player and that's really all that was required in this particular instance. I still disagree that Whiplash is a "crock". It's a damn entertaining FILM, made like an old-school Hollywood melodrama with everything amped up and exaggerated for the purpose of entertainment. The purpose of the film is not to be a documentary geared solely at the less than 1% of the moviegoing audience that listens to jazz. It's psychological warfare and the battlefield just happens to be set vaguely in the jazz arena. Discussing this movie on a jazz board is like having a group of scientists sit down and nitpick the latest popular sci-fi film. It will get torn to shreds, but only by that almost infinitesimal audience, the rest of the general public will mostly likely enjoy it for what it is....entertainment.

Yeah, it's like TV crack, incredibly addictive.

The episode with Teri Garr is really strange because it's a "backdoor pilot" for a spin-off series that didn't materialize.

Bosch. A well-made detective series on Amazon Prime worth investigating....

Happy Birthday!

Thanks for sharing that video.

Finished up season 3 of Person Of Interest.

Jeff Lynne just announced that E.L.O. will be performing at the Grammys this year. It now goes on my to-be-watched list for the first time in probably 20 years.

"HEY! Teachers! Leave them kids alone."

Should hit 80 degrees this afternoon. Sunny and 66 at the moment.

George Carlin was my hero. The older and angrier he got the more I agreed with him.

I tell ya what, if you hang out at Venice Beach and watch the sun set the vibe of the west coast jazz albums makes perfect sense. At least it does to me.

Watching Katy Perry jiggle around with the sound turned off can be entertaining however.

I've seen the episodes with the original effects many times, over a 30+ year timeframe. I enjoyed watching the redone version, it makes it a slightly different experience and I think they did a very tasteful job. I bet many people don't even notice the difference.

'Murica.