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Yes, those are three. There are 2 or 3 on Pico in West LA (by Barrington) but I always have trouble with the names - Record Trader? Is Record Surplus one of them? How is Rhino's vinyl these days? They are on Westwood in West LA, and it woudl be easy to go by them and the stores on Pico. And you should go by Aron's when you go to Amoeba. I'm sure there are many more, but I'm not a vinyl hound. Adam

I'm gonna name my kid "Monoceros Trumps."

I think it is wise they do it this way. I mean, how many people are there in the world who are willing to plunk down on 7 or 8 CDs of Charles Tolliver at once? I personally have none of this music, and look forward to getting this affordable option. But if my option were to get The Complete Charles Tolliver on Strata East, and I didn't know his music at all prior to that?

I'm fascinated by how many people hate the first version. I love it, and I know a lot of people who do. It's bizarre and charming, and Gene Wilder is spot on. But there are lots of people who don't like it at all. Now, I have not read the book, so I don't have that comparison to raise my hackles.

So that would make them a water cooler?

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?

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. ←

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?

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?

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.

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).

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.

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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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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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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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.

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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?