ghost of miles

Howza 'bout these warm, cuddly critters to have as our Organissimo house-pets who look after the occasional spammers 'n scammers?

Listening to the latest for the first time today, and "Knives Out" is a strong start so far. He's doing more with it... sometimes in the past he's covered pop tunes and hasn't gone very far from statements of the melody.

After two days of being too busy to listen to it, finally--the Tolliver Select, disc 1.

Some interesting stuff on the new spider-pit sequence here, including some stills: New spider-pit sequence

The Red Garland set is great... I picked up the Japanese version through Mr. Tanno a couple of months ago and have played it through several times.

The Pharoah Sanders album title TAUHID?

Anybody talked to Cynthia Patterson at Fantasy lately? Sounds like the axe has finally fallen on an outstanding catalogue.

Phrases like that won't bring folks back. Well, it seemed a better fit than "rectal assignations." How about "We like Mike"? Thanks much for the update, Chris.

Apologies for the recent lag in archiving & posting after fund-drive ended... the 11/19 Dexter in the late-1970s and the 11/26 Moodsville 2 shows should be archived by tomorrow or Wednesday. Here's what's coming up in December: Dec. 3, “Another Holiday.” The career of unheralded singer Johnny Holiday, who began recording again in 1998 after a 40-year hiatus from the studios. Includes selections from the 1950s albums JOHNNY HOLIDAY SINGS, PRESENTING JOHNNY HOLIDAY, and the newly-reissued HOLIDAY FOR LOVERS. Dec. 10, “Now Found: Henry Grimes.” The music and return of a legendary bassist, who vanished from the jazz world for more than 30 years. Includes segments from an interview I conducted with Grimes at WFIU. Dec. 17, “Not Afraid to Live: Frank Hewitt.” A program about a New York City pianist, last of the Monk/Powell/Elmo Hope line, who died in 2002 just before his first CD was released. Includes an interview with Luke Kaven, advocate for Hewitt and engineer on the three CDs of Hewitt’s that have been released so far. Dec. 24, “The Night Before Christmas.” Christmas Eve music from Duke Pearson, Charlie Parker, Frank Sinatra, Dexter Gordon, and more. Dec. 31, “Slim’s Jam: New Year’s Eve Party.” Live recordings from Slim Gaillard, Harry the Hipster Gibson, and others, including monologues from Ken Nordine, Lenny Bruce, and Lord Buckley.

He's sometimes taken a breather when certain posters have been acting up in asinine, jackass-ish manner... but I think they're all gone now. Couldn't be any of us, because we are veritable paragons of posterly rectitude... or some such! I think I might know what's up, but not sure it's for public disclosure. If so, it would have nothing at all to do with the board, or with Mike's own well-being.

As the tune goes, "More than you know"... Doing a Night Lights program devoted to Hewitt that will air Dec. 17.

I've been wondering myself. I know he moved recently... certainly miss his input.

Hey, me too! I fear turning into the entity that my own LTB would refer to as "Old Man Crankoos." I've listened to 400 HUNDRED SATURDAYS several times now & played a couple cuts on the radio, and I do not think it will disappoint... thanks again, sir, for starting this thread--I assure you DEEP attention is being paid (well, not that kinda DEEP, but you know).

As I recall, sir, you and I share that fine astrological sign known as Sagitarius, meaning that your birthday must be imminent. As is Christmas... Myself, I'm hoping Santa delivers a mess o' Mighty Quinn re-issues.

Jsngry, you had a chance to hear the new one yet?

Actually, i work at the company that produced that segment, Pellerin Multimedia. And now the DVD is out, so I guess that I can talk about it, although I didn't work on KK '33. I am working on the DVD of the new Kong, but I can't talk about that yet in any detail. But the spider pit sequence recreation was done with models, not CGI. It's all shown how. I think it would have been wrong to reinsert it into the film. Cooper pulled it back then for good reason. Also, there was almost no original material from KK '33 - very little artwork, surviving models, etc. What little is on the DVD is what there is. Adam, Just two stills and some sketches--isn't that all that survives of the original spider-pit sequence? And it was pulled originally because it upset the pacing... I agree that it would've been a real big mistake to reinsert a recreated sequence into the '33 original. Here's one of the models from the original sequence: and a still:

Yep--I'll be playing a cut or two of SD on the sequel.

Noticed a couple of folks viewing this thread this morning... I ended up doing a Night Lights show called "Jazz Cameos", and will probably do a sequel sometime in the next year: Jazz Cameos

But oddly enough, I couldn't get to Jim Dye's forum... anybody else have that problem?

Glad you postd this, Marty--I was just about to! The Kenney book sounds quite good; I really liked his study of early Chicago jazz. (Would still love to read a book about later Chicago jazz--Mr. Kart? Mr. Litweiler?)

Still sayin' "Not yet released."

I think the board's just peachy.

I remember these ads in the back of comic books, yet I have never seen a copy of Grit, nor do I know anyone who has! I saw 'em in the back of comic books too, and I've never seen a copy of Grit either! Maybe it was a front for child slave labor.

Hey, Simon, it's so great to see you posting here! It's a veritable Thanksgiving Day gift... thanks much. Hope things continue to get better for you.

Many thanks to Jim, Joe, and Randy for having this board... for giving us all of the great music... and to everyone else here who make this such a warm and friendly place (well, mosta the time, anyway ) to drop in on several times a day. I've been working for the past 14 hours and still have a couple more to go (gotta finish a book review of the new Tommy Dorsey bio), but I'll be relaxing a bit tomorrow. My dad and grandmother are coming down, and we're going to have a holiday lunch at the Runcible Spoon here in Bloomington... then back to our new house to eat dessert and watch our perennial Thanksgiving Day flick--THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD (Errol Flynn version, of course!). Put together a fill program for the part-time announcer tomorrow that will include Coltrane's "Song of Praise" (LP version). Happy Thanksgiving!