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  4. 70's ROCK bands that changed in the early 80's...

    in Miscellaneous Music

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    My general faves from the 80s are The Waterboys (Fisherman's Blues was the first CD I ever bought) and the Pogues.

    Prince

    Bruce Springsteen avoided all references to New Wave, and Born in the USA and Tunnel of Love are both very good. And The River is 1980, I believe.

    Echo on the Replacements.

    Some early rap.

    Some Elvis Costello

    And Costello comes closest to "New Wave."

    I have to say I don't have much from the 1980s in my life.

  8. Say 'ello To My Little Friend

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    Posted

    I saw "Scarface" last night at the Cinerama Dome in LA, and I have to tell you, I don't quite get it. Well, I do in part - it is entertaining, one doesn't notice the passage of 3 hours. I think most of the credit goes to Oliver Stone's script and Pacino's performance rather than anything De Palma did (but there are some great crane & jib shots in there.) But why should this film be this pop favorite/influence on hip-hop? The only full on "success" sequence is that musical montage where money is coming in, and they get the big house, and he marries Michelle. Then it's all down hill. Is it the idea of "you can make yourself and have it all" combined with the over-the-top elements and the quotable lines? I guess that's enough to make a cult film. But any input on that? Is it the sort of film that just plays in the background of a party?

    Did you hear that the studio wanted to replace the Moroder score with a hip-hop soundtrack, to make it up-to-date? Even Pacino liked the idea. But De Palma, who has final cut, said no, and so it remains. I'm glad - De Palma's reasoning seems right to me - that the film is also a record of its time, and Moroder and that disco (and the hair!) is all that period.

  11. Bop Banjoists?????

    in Artists

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    Well, the article only mentions pre-bop banjoists, and there were plenty of those down in New Orleans. You can still see one with most "Dixieland" revival bands.

    But a bop banjoist? Hmmmmm.

    I bet an avant-garde banjoist would be easier. In fact, I think I've seen one, or am I just thinking of the accordian player with Dave Douglas's group (well, one of his groups)? Must consult my notes....

  13. Precious treasure, unexpected places

    in Miscellaneous Music

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    And more recently I found a first edition of Mezz Mezzrow's Really The Blues autobiography in a low-end antiques store in Big Sur. It no longer has the dustjacket, and is in good rather than pristine condition, but it bears the following inscription (I'm translating from the French) on the flyleaf: "Mezz Mezzrow is the finest clarinet player I have ever heard, and he plays with a great swing and heart. (signed) Hughes Pannassie".

    Really The Blues made a massive impression on me when I first read it about 35 years ago as a teenager. To find a first edition, inscribed by Hughes Pannassie, was just too much, even if I've never read a word of Pannassie's I've ever agreed with (and that includes the first half of this inscription!)

    In today's bizarre thought, that Mezz Mezzrow album may have come from Panassie to Henry Miller, which would explain why it would be in an antique shop in Big Sur, where Miller lived.

  16. Interesting shows in Los Angeles

    in Live Shows & Festivals

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    I was about to add the same note about Henry, but Shane beat me to it.

    Grimes attended Friday night as well, but as an audience member.

    I then saw Henry again Sunday afternoon at the Coffee Table cafe in Silverlake. He and his companion were talking with a third person, and I didn't interrupt.

    Friday night was mostly songs, really, with Jarman's very Buddhist lyrics.

  17. How many JRVGs do you own?

    in Re-issues

    Posted

    I have 7 or 8, maybe. A record store out here used to have some at decent rates, but no longer (I think the supllier started going to EBay). Like Chuck, stored on shelves (not CD slot, but regular shelves) with other CDs, and there are so few that I know what they are.

  18. Interesting shows in Los Angeles

    in Live Shows & Festivals

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    Hi Adam,

    Hey, thanks for posting this! I would've never known about this show otherwise. I'll be at the Saturday show, since it might be one of the last times I get to see Henry Grimes play out here... word is he's moving to New York.

    See you there?

    Cheers,

    Shane

    I'm going Friday; I have to work at another event on Saturday for an arts group with which I'm involved. Otherwise, Saturday would be it.

    I haven't heard that about Henry Grimes, but I wouldn't be surprised.

  20. Dylan SACD Hybrids

    in Miscellaneous Music

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    I will probably pick up a few that I don't own, but won't do any replacing for now. Amazon is carrying them for 13.99 or 14.99, and I can't see paying more than that, although I noticed that most retailers seem to have them at 16.99.

    But they really should have included a bonus something in each disc. Any new liner notes?

  24. Netflix.com

    in Miscellaneous - Non-Political

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    I am not, but I know several people who like it a lot, including most of my family.

    They don't necessarily send you the "first three" on your list - they send you three that are available. You don't know what's necessarily coming.

    The brilliance of their plan is the "no deadline to return."

    The flaw is multiple disc sets, and postmen who try to cram the discs into too-small mailboxes.

  25. Interesting shows in Los Angeles

    in Live Shows & Festivals

    Posted · Edited by Adam

    This coming weekend at the MAK Center (The Rudolph Schindler House in West Hollywood) - Joseph Jarman:

    Friday & Saturday, September 19 & 20, 2003

    Joseph Jarman

    A co-founder of the AACM and member of the Art Ensemble of Chicago, Jarman brings a mastery of Aikido and Zen meditation to his work with horns, woodwinds and percussion.

    Doors open at 7 p.m. Shows begin at 7:30 p.m.

    Parking is available in the public structure at the northeast corner of Kings Road and Santa Monica Boulevard. $ 12 advance ticket purchase / $15 at the door $9 students; Friends of the Schindler House and SASSAS members.

    Seating is very limited. Advance purchase is strongly recommended.

    For further information, visit www.soundNet.org. For tickets, the public may contact (323) 651-1510

    http://www.makcenter.org/programs.html

    Friday is solo; Saturday is with Alex Cline & Henry Grimes!

    And buried in an article yesterday in the LA Times Calendar section about the Cal Arts REDCAT Theatre in the Walt Disney concert hall:

    Highlights of the upcoming season, in February - Anthony Braxton!

    http://www.calendarlive.com/printedition/c...,2,769502.story

    "A musical series opens with Morton Subotnick and Tony Martin on Nov. 19 and includes 18 other concerts, with perhaps the biggest name being saxophonist-composer Anthony Braxton on Feb. 21. The longest run in the first season will be devoted to "Peach Blossom Fan," staged by Chen Shi-Zheng ("The Peony Pavilion" at Lincoln Center, 1999), based on a Chinese classic, April 9 to 24. It will be produced by the CalArts Center for New Theater, the school's professional producing arm that staged "King Lear" last year in Los Angeles and in France this year."

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