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What's really unhip is that that young people who download exclusively aren't learning anything about the music- personnel, liner notes and album art have gone the way of the dodo (sure, they can look it up online, but I don't think many do). And they only listen to specific tunes, not the whole record. Take a record like Speak No Evil- part of the genius of that side is the way each tune leads to the next. The ordering of the compositions is part of the entire package.

Just find a hole and stick a paper clip in it.

Find a hole and stick a paper clip in it.

OK, who are you and what have you done with Jazzmoose??

Happy Birthday!

Hey, this one's got Ralph Macchio's personal fragrance.

Somebody better tell chewy.

I was surprised to see the Tallahassee Borders was not on the closing list. I haven't been in there for a couple years. I used to hang out in Borders all the time.

Wasn't it the ending of Groovin' High? EDIT: It appears in the second four bar phrase of each of the "A" sections of IYCSMN.

Annie Ross' "Twisted" is a Wardell Gray blues solo.

You going to be back in Tallahassee?

Yes! I forgot about that. I remember that show- I had a crush on Paula Prentiss.

Sorry to hear of his passing. He was great in a variety of roles- I especially loved his characters in Young Frankenstein and What's Up, Doc? RIP

Slam Stewart. Great bassist known for singing along with his bowed solos.

Sad news, but a great career. RIP

Spalding (no "u").

Wasn't that the one where he played cello in the marching band? I loved that scene.

I always think of her beautiful swinging playing on Quincy Jones' band, specifically on the great arrangement of "They Say It's Wonderful". RIP.

Yes, it is excellent. Dick & Richie really work well together. Have you heard the first one? You'll like that too.

I used my credit on The Larry Sanders Show DVD box.

Congrats Packers, great win and a great turnaround to what early on looked like a mediocre season. Turned out to be a pretty good game. IMHO everything related to music was horrible, though. Really, there haven't been too many great halftime shows over the years, though. But the declining standards of what constitutes good (i.e., popular) music sure become evident in big events like this.

H B B W !

George Braith!

Yeah, well read THIS obit a friend sent me. Unbelievable!

Then of course there's the Kenny G version of this tune: "Crap Is Cool With Kenny".