Dan Gould

My short listen to #3 briefly me put me in mind of him though.

One man's gimme is another man's DKDC(tm)

Years ago I compiled a disc "Sidewinder and Sons," same idea but obliquely recalling Sanford & Son. I shared with a board member but can't recall who, maybe Cary in NC. I still pull it out and enjoy it in the car ... though I really don't know if what I chose fits perfectly with OP's requirements.

Is anyone really shocked at this turn of events? It was obvious at the time of the trial that there were two very strong grounds for appeal: This, plus the trial judge also allowing testimony from others to show a pattern, when he was not on trial for those presumed offenses. In the end, he will be recognized for what he did to others, up to and beyond the day he dies. Nothing is changed. He essentially admitted that qualudes were his preferred method of "seduction" and what victims described reminded me of nothing other than what I have found to be the very least erotic genre of porn, in which comatose women are violated. That can't even register on my scale of "erotic" yet that's apparently how America's dad got his jollies. Anyway he's blind now (is that almost biblical punishment?), spent three years in prison, and will probably die soon. All things considered, including whether I thought the deposition should have been used, I'm OK with this in toto.

Sorry I never participated, an interesting mix, some definitely not my speed but others certainly enjoyable. But thanks very much for the link to the McPherson website I am interested in both CDs listed for sale, and just wish they still had larger sizes on his sweet looking t-shirt.

The remarkable thing is the runs scored stat, only two runs better than Detroit for dead last in the league??? That's insane for a Yankee team. Their runs allowed is actually quite good, barely worse than Houston and third best in the league. I guess the question is which will get better/worse in the second half? The starting pitching ought to regress and the offense should get closer to normal, is my guess.

And if you do, can you not help but hear "Take it Trummy Young" as part of the lyrics? For 30 years I've heard it that way, and more often now because Percy France played it a lot. Are there any other tunes that, when you hear it, a particular exclamation by the singer is "part" of the song, for you?

Strange to have such a quiet baseball thread this deep into the season. Is it all quiet Yankee fans with little to talk about? The Mets are in first place in a weak division ... Aside from the Red Sox you have the Giants as major surprises - and three very good teams in the NL West. And Houston rolling right along. At the moment I think Houston has the best shot at a trip the World Series in the AL. Red Sox need to win the division to have much of a shot - and they have to field better to do that, not to mention better starting pitching. Can Sale make a difference in August-September? That would be a huge addition if he is the Sale of old, and I do think its smarter to keep him a starter than as a bullpen weapon. 5-6 innings of ace starter is big, I do think the bullpen is more than capable of handling the load the way that it has so far.

No, he was given that name by the Humane Society of Fort Lauderdale. My wife and I had been married about two years and were, collectively and individually without a pet for the first time in a very long time. Her 23 year old, two-time cancer surviving kitty had died suddenly about a year before, and my beagle, Bailey, had finally succumbed to some sort of cancerous growth on one of her legs. I wasn't sure I was ready for another pet so my wife went to the Humane Society on her own and walked thru the kennel, the only dog that reacted to her was this odd looking black & white dog, built like a wedge, with a curved tail. . When she looked up at the name and saw "Coltrane" she thought this was kismet and brought me down to see him the next weekend. I couldn't help but agree with her and we put down a deposit. It would take four years or so to find out he was a Karelian Bear dog and that was only because we got a catalog in the mail with one on the cover, and I said to her "does that look like your son?"

I've never heard of such a thing and could care even less. So my write in candidate is Coltrane the Super Dog. I'll give you an example, but let me say up front that this dog never once fell for the "pump-fake" trick with the tennis ball in the back yard. He really liked to play with a tennis ball on the couch, wherein I would extract it from his mouth, tease him with it, then throw it off the opposite chair, or off the wall so it would head down the hallway to the front of the house and he would give chase. One time, I got it out of his mouth and, having twisted him around so he couldn't see what I was doing, put the ball behind my neck, so it rested on top of the couch, pinned by my neck against the wall behind it. I then showed Coltrane that I didn't have the ball, and that he should go find it. He went thru the couch looking for it, checking around my legs. Then he systematically went from left to right on the floor, searching the objects on the floor, each chair in succession, and then checked down the hall. No ball, so he came back to me, jumped on the couch, looking at me and pretty much saying with his eyes, "you had it last, what did you do with it?" Now, he resumes searching on the couch, and he looks at the top of the cushion and spots the ball, diving for it and triumphantly pulling it out from behind my neck. For the rest of his life, every single time that I pulled that trick on him, he always jumped on the couch back and first checked behind my neck for the tennis ball.

(Parenthetically (am I being redundant if I use parentheses and also say "parenthetically"?) That Swiss show booked some fine talent. Our friend Flurin has found shows with Lou Donaldson backed by Herman Foster on piano, Jay McShann (not singing one of his usuals, either), Oliver Jones, Monty Alexander, Buddy DeFranco, Tal Farlow/Philippe Petit (g-duo) and even Steve Lacy/Mal Waldron. I really wonder what other short-but-sweet performances exist in the Swiss archives of "Carousel"?)

And there were still 300 lurkers online. Maybe a little surprising none of our Brit friends were on at that moment but still ...

Sorry: Alina, Flurina and Geneva.

Yeah that worked thanks! (of course this isn't really made up, except for the fact that there is only one tune, not a full set, but I figured if the theme was "WTF?" then this fit in just fine.)

Percy, Wild Bill & The Housewives Never broadcast complete performance by the Wild Bill Davis Quartet featuring Percy France from the set of Carousel, a German-language Swiss TV show which featured cooking segments, modern art exhibits, audience quiz segments, and swinging performances by modern jazz groups.

Sorry to hear about your friend's aunt. Its truly horrific and I have to say that until I saw that article I hadn't appreciated how large a section had collapsed. I thought it extended about as far as the opposite side did. The surveillance camera footage is horrifying to watch ... and the way it came down in two sections makes me imagine that the victims in the first collapse never knew what happened but anyone in the second section would have been awakened to the incredible noise so close, wonder what happened before their section fell. Tragic.

Well thanks to board member Flurin, it looks like this hit by the Wild Bill Davis Quartet featuring Percy France was a one-off. I was hoping it was the kind of show where they record different segments in a single day and put them together for broadcast in post. But it turns out that the show did a single musical segment at the end of each program and that was it, apparently. Still cool to see Percy on video though. And did anyone notice A) how huge that guitarist's hands are or B) the fact that he was playing his guitar upside down?

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Anyone in Switzerland help a brother out? I am dying to know if that link is the entire show and includes more performances or not ... (where's the begging smilie when you need one?)

Definitely a cool cat who is missed.

You both bring skills that most of us wish we had, and in wider range than most of us could ever aspire to. Even if Thom sometimes talks himself out of an ID or ... just .... can't ... quite ... get the track out of the recesses of his still-young mind.

ARGH - I just looked up "Atlantic City" its the same track as on youtube. OTOH, here's a link to "Karussel from November 9 1987" - the broadcast date. If this is the whole show I might be in bidness. https://www.srf.ch/play/tv/karussell/video/karussell-vom-09-11-1987?urn=urn:srf:video:5aba7e6e-040f-48e1-9787-0fa04251b469

I think I just need some help from someone a Suisse: https://www.srf.ch/play/tv/karussell/video/wild-bill-davis?urn=urn:srf:video:9e55de65-d64b-4e3b-8aeb-7e3daf036d97 A google search brought me to that page, it says "unavailable outside of Switzerland" but the screen grab on Google is clearly a track, Atlantic City, from the same set. Looks like November 1987 production/broadcast, too. Is it possible the rest of the tracks are on that site too? Can someone with access please help? Thanks in advance!! Of course, with my luck that could be the same tune as what we already have, but length is 3:31 so probably not? Edit to add: Further searching suggests this might have been from a program, International Carousel Organ Festival.

I don't know if that Jazz Detective is that interested in my obsessions but I think that the more people who click on the youtube video the more likely it is the uploader realizes he has something people want and he'll upload the rest of the show. So can anyone else help me astroturf this guy into giving me the rest of it? It's already his second most played upload and by tomorrow, I'll have it at #1 with a bullet.

I saw that CD and ended up finding a download on Amazon IIRC, it's quite nice. At the time I had no idea that Percy gigged with Wild Bill or that the whole recording could have been France instead of Clifford (and you are right on the group, BTW). Anyway gonna have to keep fingers in a permanently locked state to hope that the uploader has more tracks or the whole TV show to share at some point. I thought I had a connection to Swiss TV but am told that the video can't be accessed.