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  3. Gulf Coasters, Be Safe!

    in Miscellaneous - Non-Political

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    4 hours ago, JSngry said:

    Truthfully, I think she's rocking those shoes, and seriously, I applaud her for her ongoing efforts to look good for the camera. Optics DO matter, especially in times of crisis. [Boldface mine.]

    Precisely, but my take on the optics is very different. I hope we can agree to disagree. At any rate, I've now read that she'd changed into tennies by the time she got to Texas.

    Meanwhile, with Fenton Robinson on guitar,

  6. Valerie Bishop (ValerieB Here on the Forum) - RIP

    in Miscellaneous - Non-Political

    Posted · Edited by bluenoter

     

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    On 8/15/2017 at 7:50 PM, Kevin Bresnahan said:

    Valerie's son's post:

    . . . I will also list charities where you can make donations in her memory.

     

    Apparently Valerie's son later posted these links:

    http://jazzfoundation.org/
    https://www.newportfestivals.org/our-mission/
    http://www.montereyjazzfestival.org/jazz-education
    http://jazzbakery.org/
    https://www.grammy.com/musicares

     

    R.I.P., Valerie Isabel Paul Bishop  26541672736_e6d23f73f4_o.jpg 

  13. Insomnia

    in Miscellaneous - Non-Political

    Posted · Edited by bluenoter

    My insomnia (too) takes the form of waking up far too soon. If any insomnia sufferers here are smokers, as I am: It kills me to admit it, but when I don't smoke for the last couple of hours before bedtime (generally because I've run out of cigarettes), I sleep for 8 or 10 hours.

    I've read only the most recent page of this thread, so forgive any duplication, but over-the-counter diphenhydramine is commonly taken for insomnia and is pretty benign. I've tried taking two 25mg capsules of it half an hour before bedtime, and . . . it didn't keep me from waking up too soon, but YMMV.

    (Diphenhydramine is the active ingredient in Benadryl in the United States, but Benadryl elsewhere apparently has different active ingredients. It's also the active ingredient in Nytol, Sominex, et al. in the United States, but not necessarily elsewhere.)

  15. Born to be Blue Movie Trailer

    in Artists

    Posted · Edited by bluenoter

    1 hour ago, paul secor said:

    Supposedly, Hawkes did his own singing.  Someone else played the trumpet parts.

     

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    The jazz trumpeter Kevin Turcotte conjures Baker’s trumpet at different phases, including the period after he loses his teeth and is struggling to make any sound from the instrument. If Mr. Hawke does a reasonably good imitation of Baker’s plain, vibratoless voice singing “My Funny Valentine” and “I’ve Never Been in Love Before,” he only fitfully captures the fragility embodied in that voice.

    http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/25/movies/born-to-be-blue-review-ethan-hawke-chet-baker.html

     

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     . . . besides providing the music you hear when Hawke plays, [U. of Toronto alumnus Kevin Turcotte] also played as both Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie in one scene.

    Born to be Blue: the U of T music experts who helped Ethan Hawke play Chet Baker

  17. Hammond documentary

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by bluenoter

    http://www.jazzwax.com/2016/03/documentary-jazz-organ.html

    Marc Myers, at his blog JazzWax, March 18, 2016:

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    Documentary: Jazz Organ

    Yesterday, I found a soulful documentary at YouTube on the jazz organ directed by Jesse Fankushen in 2007. A lot of Hammond B3 cats are here—some I've never seen before on film, including Leon Spencer Jr. Though the documentary is a tad wordy and could have used a richer history approach, it's still a glorious celebration. Here's First Gravy: Journeys of the Hammond Organ... [YouTube link and embedded player]

  19. Keith Emerson RIP

    in Artists

    Posted · Edited by bluenoter

    12 hours ago, 7/4 said:

    The assholes at the NY Times show Keith Emerson's obit in the obits, but not in the music section.

     

     

    :ph34r:

    What I see online, as of this post, is that only a headline (with a photo) appears under Obits, and that links to the rest of an article by Ben Ratliff in Music:

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    Music

    Keith Emerson, ’70s Rock Showman With a Taste for Spectacle, Dies at 71

    By BEN RATLIFF    MARCH 11, 2016

    http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/12/arts/music/keith-emerson-70s-rock-showman-with-a-taste-for-spectacle-dies-at-71.html

    At the end of the article: "A version of this article appears in print on March 12, 2016, on page B7 of the New York edition" with the same headline.

     

    From Google, I see that at some point the NYT has also run a straight AP obit headed Arts:

    http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/03/12/arts/ap-us-obit-keith-emerson.html

  24. I Dig A Pony - Beatles cover

    in organissimo - The Band Discussion

    Posted · Edited by bluenoter

    1 hour ago, The Magnificent Goldberg said:

    I'm imperfectly familiar with the Beatles repertoire, but I've never heard that piece before (except I HAVE heard 'Three blind mice' :)) and I've never heard OF a Beatles tune of that title anyway. Is it really a Beatles tune?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dig_a_Pony  (the complete history of "Dig a Pony," wherein the variation in the title is explained)

     

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