Shawn

I dig this cover...

Of all the crazy places to have a jazz festival...Winchester VA...part of the annual Apple Blossom Festival http://www.thebloom.com/events/jazz-fest.html Faddis appears to be the only national act.

Methinks the Browns will go quarterback....either Quinn or Russell, whoever is still there at 3. Of course if both quarterbacks go in the first 2 picks (doubtful) then they'll have a cream crop of running backs, wide receivers and linemen to choose from. The Browns could use help in many areas, if it wasn't for the need at quarterback I wouldn't be surprised if they traded down to get more picks.

Don't have the new RVG but I have the old release and the Dexter BN box...definitely like this album...not "top Dex" but very enjoyable. In fact I probably enjoy these sessions more than Gettin' Around (which I've never been overly thrilled by).

A couple of my favorites...

What a loss, from a man that definitely had more art to share with the world. I'll be spinning Black Fire when I get home this evening.

It may not hurt today...but you definitely want to go to the dentist before it starts hurting...

One of my best friends from childhood was shot dead in a parking lot outside a bar about 8 years ago. Last year another of my friends shot himself in the head. I HATE guns. If this guy hadn't had access to a gun...what would the death toll have been if he was stabbing people? Not nearly as many I'm sure.

I have (almost) all of the Garland OJC releases and wouldn't want to part with ANY of them. If I was forced at gunpoint to choose 1, it would either be "All Kinds Of Weather" or "Moodsville #1 w/Lockjaw". But that would be really depressing because I also love A Garland Of Red, Red Alone, Red's Good Groove, etc, etc, etc...

Not jazz but good stuff. Found on Napster (the CD is out of print).

The introductory shot of Kurt in The Thing is a mini classic... He's playing Chess with a computer which has a female voice, while merrily drinking scotch on the rocks. The computer makes a move and he scoffs, "Poor Girl, you're losin' it." After his next move she counters and says "Checkmate." Kurt sits up, opens a panel in the computer and pours the scotch and ice cubes in amidst a flurry of sparks. He then proclaims... "Cheatin' Bitch!"

Dude - John Carpenter's The Thing?? Agreed, Kurt Russell was AWESOME in The Thing...in fact, that movie is way underrated in my opinion and follows the original short story much closer than the original version.

This is depressing. Not a fate that anyone deserves. I think I saw "Black Christmas" on TV before Porky's came out. I saw Porky's in the theater (back when an 11 year old could sneak into an r-rated feature) and it was quite the life-changing event at that age! It still cracks me up.

Damn, that looks tasty...will have to find a copy!

I prefer not to compare Terry with Newman (or anybody for that matter). They are completely different players with their own personality. I love the playing of both.

No kidding...I much prefer the "Playboys" cover...

Chet Baker & Crew is a must-have! Picture Of Heath...that's the same as Playboys, right?

CONTRA!!!!

yep, this is a classic session that I'm very happy to own.

I'm going to have to find that one...I'm a fan of all involved.

"Yes, i'm turnin' to stone 'cos you ain't comin' home. Why you ain't comin' home if i'm turnin' to stone? You've been gone for so long and i can't carry on, Yes, i'm turnin', i'm turnin', i'm turnin' to stone." kind of a medley of that song and this one... "Mr. blue sky, please tell us why, You had to hide away For so long (so long) where did we go wrong...." All this because somebody said the phrase "Out of the Blue" here at work...

Stand! is also a favorite of mine, Broom is a class act all the way.

Back when I lived in Seattle, I saw Tom Skerritt at Jazz Alley all the time...he was a regular.

I'm sick to death of movies that look like video games...I won't be wasting my time on this one.

Thankfully my cat has been "dry food only" for the last few years (I weaned her off the wet stuff). Even when she did eat wet food, she wouldn't touch that "sliced" stuff for anything...she'd bury it underneath a newspaper, dirty sock...anything she could find to drag over it!