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Some great JJ Johnson on that one.

Thank you Agg, for explaining this as if I were a child. Seriously.

I've been very happy with this one.

Y'know, ten years ago this would have seemed like 100% gibberish to me. Of course, times have changed. Now it's only like 80%.

Just want to briefly interrupt to thank those participating in the sports threads as of late. They have been a great source of entertainment, and I look forward to each subsequent post with gleeful anticipation.

Now Woody's band had many flirtations w/pop tunes, some successful and some...well, NOT so successful. This could be a whole thread on its own.....

I'm not sure why, but for some reason I like even the pop tunes on the GW Mosaic. Maybe just because I grew up with a lot of that music, but also there's a sense of spirit in the GW band that even the commercial material can't ruin. IMHO.

Star Wars from Hell Hard to say which is worse, the trumpet playing or the dance moves.

Marcus Roberts trio (w/Jason Marsalis & Roland Guerin) and Wynton at FSU tonight. Gotta say, it was very, very good. Wynton played his ass off. Marcus is one of the best accompanists I've heard (and played with). He really listens and follows, he lets the soloist have control and really allows interaction to take place. The trio worked together very well. I've been fairly neutral on much of what Wynton's done, but he played some great music tonight. He and the rest of the guys came to school and worked with the students earlier today, and made some very good observations and comments. Have to say I was impressed. I'm really enjoying getting to hang w/Marcus here (he's a member of the jazz faculty). He's a wonderful musician and a very intelligent person.

Wow. Dallas must have some kind of guardian angel!

Happy Birthday Tom!

Kenny Wheeler "Music for Large and Small Ensembles" comes to mind immediately. One of my favorite Kenny sides, just beautiful ensemble writing. There is a book containing several scores from this recordong published by Advance Music. EDIT: Also, the Mulligan Concert Jazz Band. Many small group soloists in the context of a larger ensemble.

NE @ Dallas, October 14th NE @ Indy, November 4th Looking forward to those games. Plus Green Bay goes to Dallas sometime soon. EDIT: I was surprised at the Packers/Bears game- I would have predicted GB was going to win easily. The Packers looked flat and uninspired tonight, the Bears came to play (in spite of their weaknesses). GB's last drive was really poorly done.

I'll slip him a note in study hall.

Several good games this weekend. Florida-LSU and Texas-OU were both good good ones. More upsets, too! Wisconsin and USC go down. This has been the craziest season I think I've ever seen.

I picked up some of the habanero Tabasco today. It definitely brings some heat (I'm battling a cold and cough and this stuff really does help clear the sinuses). The box listed the habanero as ranging from 7000-8000 Scoville units (the measure of capsacin), regular Tabasco as 2500-5000 and the chipotle as 2000-2500. I have no desire to try any of that million-Scoville-unit stuff I hear about.

Then you wrap the whole thing in ductape and.......

Happy Birthday MG! Hope it's a good one!

Happy Birthday Glenn! Hope you're getting some preferential treatment today!

You talking about this guy? What show was he on? (mmmmmmmmmm.....DOUGHNUTS!)

I think it's bit of an apples-and-oranges thing. Many of the current shows sort of stand on the shoulders of the earlier shows. I remember seeing the early SNL shows when they were first broadcast- at the time they were contemporary and cutting edge, very much like the Monty Python series of the same time. Now when I see the reruns they seem much more tame and dated, although still with some great moments. I think the loosening of what gets by the censors has helped too- the fact that broadcast TV has to compete with the uncensored cable networks has definitely had an influence there. The older shows paved the way for current ones- just think of some of those old Richard Pryor routines (on TV and in his movies) and the controversial nature of some of his material. We don't blink an eye at stuff like that anyomore. The 70s shows were a reflection of the times, and times are very different now, so many of those shows haven't aged so well. I watch some of the old shows (lately things like St. Elsewhere and Hill Street Blues [80s shows, I know]) because they are period pieces and a reflection of an era to which I had a connection. I can see where people who weren't around then might have less interest.

"Chuck Nessa" Man, that one just slays me!

Hey, these days that's enough to win an Emmy. EDIT: Speaking of SNL, this made me think of "Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer". Man, I miss Phil Hartman.

I can see this show reaching ***PREMISE OVERLOAD*** pretty quickly., like pretty much any movie based on a SNL sketch.

Premonition perhaps?