ghost of miles

Heartening news afaic, since I have a bit of a short temper--or used to, anyway. Mellowing a bit with age, I guess. But generally I do feel better if I get a bit mad about something right away and then get over it, get it out of my system:

Thanks, Mark. I was looking on your super-swanky home gallery that AB helped set up... I'll forward the AAJ link to my station-manager buddy at WFHB

Mark, I don't see them on the gallery page--can you post a link to where they're posted?

Woke up in the middle of the night last night and enjoyed a good chunk of THE ESSENTIAL MERTON:

Wigwise, I'll be doing a Night Lights program on Grimes that will air in early or mid-December--it will use excerpts from the one-on-one interview that I did with him, and it will be archived on the Night Lights website.

"Moodsville 1" is now archived. "Moodsville 2," featuring albums from Shirley Scott, Lem Winchester, Clark Terry, and Lucky Thompson, will air on Nov. 26 (the Saturday after Thanksgiving).

DETS V. 11 should be arriving next week--and I'll be putting V. 12 on my b-day/Christmas list.

So far we've watched three of the nine--CAT PEOPLE, I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE, and THE BODY SNATCHER. Surprisingly, CAT PEOPLE has been my least favorite so far; well-photographed, with some good, suspenseful scenes (particularly the shot with the protagonist stalking her romantic rival and the sound of her heels suddenly disappears), but the story wasn't as compelling as I'd expected; or perhaps it was simply that I found it hard to feel sympathetic to any of the characters. Karloff is great in THE BODY SNATCHER, which has a truly horrifying ending. I can't wait to re-watch some of these with the commentaries turned on.

The other night we drove up to Indy to see my dad and grandmother, and one of the CDs my wife took along was the 4-track Organissimo Christmas CD-R. I just now told her about this thread, and she, too, is clamoring for new Organissimo holiday tracks... says she'll buy the CD if you guys ever put one out. The world could use a truly hip Christmas jazz CD--it's been so long since we've had one. -_-

HG seemed to me to be in a good state indeed, and I was struck by how comfortable I felt hanging out with someone whom I'd idolized and all but mythologized for so long... as jazz-freak-fans like myself are wont to do. Hey, good to see you posting here, Margaret. Something I meant to ask: is the current group going to record? Or release live recordings? A friend of mine at the Indy concert, a former jazz director and jock who knows his improv, said he certainly hopes so... he & I were both impressed by the trio's chemistry. And if ever there were a man on the side of the musicians, it would be Mr. Nessa. He deserves much praise and salutations--and/or at least enough cash to re-issue the rest of his label's catalogue.

I'd like to hear you guys doing either "A Child Is Born" or a hard-swingin' version of "Greensleeves".

Kalo, I got this set as well. My wife & I watched ZOMBIE Saturday night and enjoyed it so much that we watched it again last night with a friend. In fact, I was going to post about it today, but you beat me to it. I agree with everything you say--a stunningly good film, and rife with the theme of colonialism.

Big Bands Halloween show 10/28

Belated b-day greetings from the left side of the aisle!

Hi The "Jewells" CD (SV-0273) has exactly the same music, 26 tracks, as the double LP (SJL 2250), no? Maybe you're comparing "Jewells" to "Boyd Meets Stravinsky" (LP-Savoy MG12040/CD-SV 0185), only 12 tracks, true, but including "Interlude" (first-ever big band recording of A Night In Tunisia), "Summertime" and "March of the Boyds", with Dizzy and Benny Harris; Trummy Young; Bothwell, Hal McKusick, Al Cohn and Serge Chaloff; Oscar Pettiford and Shelly Manne. And I agree re Savoy, who can we stalk to get a set like the recent Red Norvo and Billy Eckstine? F ← I was comparing it to the more recent Savoy CD. Didn't even realize that the older one was still available... thanks for the tip.

Daniel Aaron's AMERICAN NOTES and Herman Hesse's THE GLASS BEAD GAME. I went on the usual Hesse kick when I was a late-teen, but never got around to reading this one (or JOURNEY TO THE EAST, for that matter).

"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards." - Claire Wolfe, 101 Things to Do 'Til the Revolution http://www.clairewolfe.com/ ← Hear, hear! We're going the budget route--in fact, I'm tasking myself to do it online this afternoon, as we have only two more days before the deadline.

The church in 1990, still in ruins from the 1945 Allied bombing: Photos of the church today after being restored in the link below, along with the story: Landmark German church rises from the ashes

Not exactly new... the re-issue hit the market 11 years ago. But I didn't know about it until tonight, when I stumbled across it looking for something else on the web: I'd actually like to hear it.

Up for broadcast in several minutes.

Hey all, I'm contemplating doing a Night Lights show on Johnny Holiday, the vocalist. I have his Contemporary CD and am going to order the recent VSOP re-issue; anybody out there have a copy of his ill-fated 1957 Kapp LP, made with Russ Garcia? If so, could you contact me via PM?

Wishing a great day for a great guy... all the best, Chris!

ejp626, Meet the Jazztet It drew exclusively on the Mosaic box. At some point I would like to do a show on the 1980s reunions.

"Moodsville 1" airing tonight.

I loved that opening theme when I was a kid--half the reason I watched the show. (Same with S.W.A.T.) Hell, I may actually pick up this re-issue; thanks for the tip!