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So that would make them a water cooler?
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Having not seen anyof the Live 8 shows (ah, a life without cable or satellite, and avoiding AOL), what did Pink Floyd play? And did Waters & Gilmore actually talk to each other?
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I have only seen Body Snatcher,(Just checked allmovie.com, and all 3 Karloff/Lewton films were made in 1945!) but it is an excellent film!(My favorite Karloff film is the little known "The Walking Dead") Karloff, is just mesmerizing, just amazingly creepy! Here is a blurb from allmovie about Body Snatcher, but see the film, don't go there and have the ending spoiled! Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi were given top billing in the Val Lewton-produced The Body Snatcher, but the film's protagonist is played by Henry Daniell. A brilliant 18th century London surgeon, Daniell can only make his humanitarian medical advances by experimenting on cadavers, which is strictly illegal. Karloff plays a Uriah Heep-type cabman who is secretly a grave robber, providing corpses for Daniell's research. ←
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The most bizarre place you bought Jazz in
Adam replied to White Lightning's topic in Miscellaneous Music
I picked up an LP by Air (Air Lore or Air Time - I'm blanking and I don't feel like getting up) at a thrift store in Ogden Utah for 25 cents. Every other LP was typical beat-up pablum, but this one was in excellent shape. -
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Uppity. Short of going the San Antonio Rose Bear Family box, what's the best way to discover the music of Bob Wills? The Rhino two-disc Anthology? The Proper Box? Something else?
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I saw a second (new) Proper Box of Western Swing music yesterday at Amoeba Records. Anyone have it yet? I feel like I still haven't given all of "Doughboys" a proper listen yet (no pun intended). "Stompin' Singers and Western Swingers" From teh Proper site: Western Swing was the most eclectic form of country music and in its free-wheeling diversity, it set the stage for rock & roll. Based in traditional string band music, Western swing also incorporated traditional pop melodies, jazz improvisation, blues and folk, creating a wildly entertaining and eclectic form of American music. Bob Wills and Milton Brown popularized the genre in the '30s, and Wills became known as the father of the genre, since he remained popular for several decades, during which he had a remarkable string of hit singles. This Properbox follows on from our set of several years ago ("Doughboys, Playboys & Cowboys" Properbox6), expanding on that set to look at the work of many more of the artists working in the genre from the '30s to the '50s, and presented with the same attention to detail with comprehensive liner notes, a discography and 4CDs of digitally remastered music. DISCOGRAPHY TRACK LISTINGS REVIEW Also, do any of you have an opinion about the Proper "Hillbilly Boogie" box?
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Do any of you have experience with the Bear Family Johnny Cash box "Come on Ride This Train" with 8 "concept" albums of Americana? Eight complete albums plus outtakes, not a chronological order like the boxes. I'm not quite the completist, so I don't think that I need the other Bear Family boxes, but this one intrigues me.
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Los Angeles Times
Adam replied to BbM7's topic in Jazz In Print - Periodicals, Books, Newspapers, etc...
Catalina's hasn't been in North Hollywood in my memory, and alas I don't know where Shelly's Manne Hole was. But Catalina's was in Hollywood on Cahuenga just south of Hollywood Blvd, and moved about a year ago to a place just a few blocks south & west, at Sunset and McCadden (one block east of Highland). -
Los Angeles Times
Adam replied to BbM7's topic in Jazz In Print - Periodicals, Books, Newspapers, etc...
I missed the article when it ran, being out of town this week, so thank you. That's quite a good account, touching on Rocco's, Cafe Tropical, the Open Gate Series, along with the main venues. But it is odd how LA jazz just doesn't get people. I am currently working in the same building where Catalina's is now located. I was there the week that Tyner played. And I didn't go to any shows. Pretty lame of me. And I can't use traffic as an excuse. -
Elvis Costello with the Mingus Orchestra
Adam replied to leftshu's topic in Offering and Looking For...
I was at that show I can't answer your question, but I had a mixed response at the show. Some songs worked, others didn't. -
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You can find the best Pizza in this city???
Adam replied to BERIGAN's topic in Miscellaneous - Non-Political
But at least there is Casa Bianca in Eagle Rock, which many hold as the best pizza in the Los Angeles area. I'm not a pizza lover, but it is quite good. What I found amazing was that survey. I've never even heard of the chain that won. And it said that there are at least 200 pizza chains in the country. 200 chains! -
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Rooster's BFT#25 -- official "check-in" thread...
Adam replied to Rooster_Ties's topic in Blindfold Test
I'm sorry for the lateness of my reply. I received them several weeks ag. thank you RDK for heping out! Now to give you some feedback... -
Hmmm, are my prices too high on those Elites, or is really no one interested?
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Up for some additions and some price reducing.
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2 Japanses soldiers from WWII found on island.
Adam replied to Hardbopjazz's topic in Miscellaneous - Non-Political
It is incredible, ain't it? I can't help but think it's a hoax, or a misunderstanding. There's a very nice faux doc about a jungle people discovered in New Guinea who had had no contact with society before their discovery in the early 1970s. A very well-done hoax. But blue jeans have been around since the California Gold rush. I don't know if they had them in Japan, but I would think they've seen someone wearing them in the Philippines. Probably also seen jets overhead at some point. Chemical weapons go back at least to mustard gas in WWI, and Japan did know about those. Record players - well, they would have had 78s in Japan before the war. Weren't transistor radios also around by WWII? But I believe microwave ovens would be new to them. Also plastic wrap (the greatest invention of the last 2000 years, according to at least one source.) And American Idol. They would think that there is only one Korea. And that most of Africa, and India, was still ruled from Europe. -
I think SS is right - if you are leading off, then one should write something detailed. I'm just as guilty. But I also think that, like Star Trek on TV, maybe AOTW needs a short break - perhaps take the summer off, and revive it come September?
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Thank you. As I mentioned, I didn't research this, and I had forgotten that Little Johnny C came out as an RVG. I'll go alter that price.
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Got the PM & replied. Thank you Hans. Adam
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Prices include shipping in the US. Shipping for a CD always seems to cost me close to $2. But I always end up buying a new CD box or padded envelope. Is there a cheaper way? More for International. Send a PM. Looking to sell, not trade. I'm not researching these on eBay. If my asking prices are crazy, let me know. XXX - On hold ZZZ - Sold Lee Morgan - Taru (Connoisseur, 2000) - $13 Johnny Coles - Little Johnny C (Connoisseur, 1996) - $8 ZZZ Grachan Moncur III - Some Other Stuff (Connoisseur 1995) - $10 Johnny Griffin - The Congregation (1994 CD issue) - $8 Big John Patton - Understanding (BN Rare Groove 1995) - $9 Big John Patton - Accent on the Blues (BN Rare Grooves 1997) - $9 Paul Chambers - Paul Chambers Quintet (Connoisseur 1996) - $10 Horace Silver - Further Explorations by the Horace Silver Quintet (Connoisseur 1997) - $10 Dizzy Reese - Comin' On! (Connoisseur 1999) - $10 Jackie McLean - 'Bout Soul (Connoisseur 1997) - $10 David Murray Quartet + 1 - Fast Life (DIW/Columbia 1993) - $12 The Lost Grooves: Rare and Previously Unissued Slices of Funk from the Vaults of Blue Note 67-70 (BN Rare grooves, 1995) - $12 Nat Adderley - Introducing Nat Adderley (Verve Master Edition) - $10 ZZZ Paul Quinchette - The Vice Pres (Verve Elite) - $15 ZZZ Jack Teagarden - Think Well of Me (Verve Elite) - $15 ZZZ Jimmy Cleveland - Introducing Jimmy Cleveland & His All-Stars (Verve Elite) - $15 ZZZ Buddy De Franco and Oscar Peterson Play George Gershwin (Verve Elite) - $15 ZZZ Freddie Roach - Good Move (BN 2000 issue) - $10
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What films this summer are you looking forward to?
Adam replied to jazzbo's topic in Miscellaneous - Non-Political
Hey, there's a "new" Ingmar Bergman film this summer - "Sarabande" Made for TV in Sweden, and essentially a sequel to "Scenes from a Marriage," I believe. There are others - you just gotta look at the art house listings, because they won't get any hype. Otherwise, I have a bizarre interest in seeing "Mr & Mrs Smith." But I think I will rewatch the Hitchcock version first. (It actually has no relationship except the title) And a few docs of interest. But I still need to see Kung Fu Hustle.