ghost of miles

Bird actually was booked to play a gig somewhere though, wasn't he, when he died?

Hangin' with Elvis?

How do these laws apply to radio documentaries? I'm preparing a series on Indiana jazz that we will be distributing for free to other Indiana public-radio stations... do we have to get clearance for the music we'll use in that? When I did the Ellington JUMP FOR JOY special, I had to get clearance from an agency in Indianapolis that claims to "own" Ellington's voice. Even though the interview segments came from the Smithsonian, I was still advised to seek permission from this agency, as punitive legal costs would be devastating if by some chance they had a case. If I were trying to sell the show, I suppose that would be one thing... but the broadcast was very much educational in intent (we aired it as part of our Black History Month programming). The agency did grant permission for me to use Duke's voice for free, but it was a real headache... it was a last-minute thing, and we briefly thought that we might have to yank the Ellington speaking segments and replace them with more narration or some such.

Hallelujah! Just got notice that this is finally coming out on DVD: Hill Street Blues Season 1

I don't think so. I've got the CD that Verve put out a few years back--wasn't that an early effort by the director of BONNIE & CLYDE?

I love having the weekends off now--I can actually spend Saturday reading an entire book. Mona Z. Smith, BECOMING SOMETHING: THE STORY OF CANADA LEE.

If you like early-1940s Nat, you might want to check out the MacGregor transcriptions as well. I used to have the old Laserlight box that collected many of them, and then traded up for the Music and Arts set. The trio backs singers on a number of these tracks as well--Anita Boyer, Ida James, and (one session only, I think) Anita O'Day--if you want the trio only, you might want to go with the Laserlight, which leaves off most of the backing numbers.

Yes! Another Zappa lookalike, as I recall. One of my favorites was GIRLS' TOWN. My wife & I used to watch MST3K pretty religiously.

Joan Didion, THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING.

According to the AMG bio, he gave John Hammond a number that turned out to be Dial-a-Joke.

He just walked into our radio station and is going to be on the air in a few minutes... WFIU

I really hope Torre doesn't get canned. He's a classy guy... and a tip of the hat to fellow Yank fans here for the class they display season-round. I'll be pullin' for the Chisox in the ALCS.

It's one of my favorite Ellington tunes. As EKE BBB's list notes, it was performed a number of times on the Treasury Department broadcasts.

A Flag For Sunrise is a great book. If you haven't read Damascus Gate you should (IMHO). ← I picked up a used hardback several years ago, but haven't gotten around to reading it yet... it's next on my R. Stone list (I'm a big fan of DOG SOLDIERS).

"Money Jungle" is now archived.

WTF--came across this on Atrios' blog today: Putting aside Sullivan's "deeper point" (I have nothing but contempt for him anyway), what WAS it with Larkin anyway? I've generally avoided his writings on jazz because of remarks like this. Is there anything of merit to be found there?

"Moodsville I" for Night Lights is now in the can and will air on Saturday, Oct. 29. Albums featured include Red Garland w/Eddie Lockjaw Davis, Kenny Burrell's BLUESY BURRELL, Oliver Nelson's NOCTURNE, and Coleman Hawkins' AT EASE WITH COLEMAN HAWKINS. Second show to follow next month... Dan & Chris, I quoted from your posts here--hope that was OK.

SKYLARKING still sounds wonderful to me, nearly 20 years (gasp!) later. One I never heard and would like to is MUMMER... which came out, ironically enough, around the time that R.E.M.'s MURMUR did. It was the first I heard of XTC, but I never bought an album by them until SKYLARKING.

Just about lights out for the Yanks with that double-play in the top of the 9th... good luck to the Angels and the Chisox. I'll be rooting for the AL in the WS, as always.

Colon leaves early with injury Not sure this is a good thing for the Yanks, though, considering how they've batted him around so much recently...already shaping up to be a very interesting game.

UMVD... could your place of employment possibly be Universal Music?

I knew that was coming!

Nah... only mockery from wiseguy D.C.-area politico types. I predict that it will discover a 4,500-year-old bag of potato chips.

They're going to try again... Shaft in Great Pyramid

Just finished Robert Stone's A FLAG FOR SUNRISE yesterday and started in on THE AGE OF DOUBT: AMERICAN THOUGHT AND CULTURE IN THE 1940s, by William Graebner.