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Ran out of space there. Back then I decided I didn't want to devote my musical life to the guitar exclusively on that level: Chuck was a scientist and pioneer on guitar, and I wanted to play (and write), not spend 8 hrs./day on scale/arpeggio fingerings and picking. I figure I'd let the music lead-and so it did. Jimmy and Eddie Diehl became my final main models, and no one turned me around from them and the other masters of that generation. But Chuck was one of the all-time greats, I know that for sure. He worked on a series of instruction books-the School of Chuck Wayne-in his final years. I have to crack those. The one problem I have (I guess I sensed it then) is that rhythmic articulation, control, swing are hard when you pick in one direction. You do get a legato attack though, and avoid the 'country' up-and-down picking that messes up and stiffens a lot of gtrsts' feels. I have many fond memories of hanging out w/Chuck and him generously going out of his way dropping me off in Bklyn 3 AM after Gregory'.

It certainly is. I wish I knew about this earlier. Chuck was my hero and teacher in my earliest 20s. After Carl Barry-also a great player and sweetheart and still active-my teacher in my teens, kept raving about Chuck I had to hear for myself. I went to Sweet Basil and, like scores of other guitarists, became a believer. I travelled to S.I. for lessons. He was quite a character, and so into the guitar his house was in neglect: a broken front window wasn't fixed for at least a year. He was the first completely dedicated artist I'd seen in music and I was quite taken. He was convinced his approach to the gtr. was the only one, and very perplexed as to why every player didn't embrace it. He was also very bitter when we met, and a boozer. He treated me aces. I knew I was growing up when Chuck let me sit in at Gregory's in '84. And eventually he and Diane found Jesus-and I found Jimmy Raney...

...And this one nutty thread. And Adam Sandler is still MIA. Wait, I just saw him spat out of John Malkavich's head on the Jersey Turnpike next to John Cusack, an escapee from Rahway, and Elijah the chimp. And Don Rickles just declared through Bullets Durgham that he's now an insult puppeteer. I believe they're gonna hollow out Bob Newhart...

I just KNOW someone's gonna come on here and say they hate Richard Pryor. Oh, and George Carlin? Piece of shit. And Lenny Bruce is over-rated. Allan Sherman...

You hated Spinal Tap? YOU HATED SPINAL TAP??!!! That's....UN-AMERICAN!!

Funniest Bill Murray movie line: In Tootsie, when Michael Dorsey tells him he's being chased-in drag-by Les. (with rectitude and mock consternation) 'You thlut!'

Flirting With Disaster, that's what I meant. He's kind of a one-trick pony-and I didn't care for it the 1st time he performed it. W/all the cross-talk I should clarify that I mean Ben Stiller. Maybe all these guys need their own thread? ('need' is overkill: I doubt they give a f what we think). Anyway what ever became of our hero broached here in OT times, Adam Sandler?

The one w/Mary Tyler Moore-about connecting w/biological parents, can't recall the name, was alright. Not bad.

Never got him. Very strained and nervous. Makes me uncomfortable to watch and I don't find the neurotic bit funny, at least his version. Worst was the Parents duo (I'm sure it'll be a trilogy soon). Something about Mary to me was saved by Matt Dillon. Jerry, any day.

Bastard. You got there first

National Lampoon had foto funnies page years ago w/the joke (in typically bad ethnically-centered taste re those 'dumb' people-ha f'ing ha) being a guy catching his wife in bed w/a guy. He takes out a revolver, points it at his temple. The couple in bed laughs. 'What're you laughing at? You're NEXT!'

Whose head? Whose head?

'Gee, we were looking to hire some guys to apply suntan lotion to our young, supple bodies. would you 2 guys know of anyone like that?' (blank stares at each other, then Jim Carrey lights up to exclaim:) 'We don't-but there's a town 5 miles down the road. You should find someone there!' 'Gee, we were looking to hire some guys to apply suntan lotion to our young, supple bodies. would you 2 guys know of anyone like that?' (blank stares at each other, then Jim Carrey lights up to exclaim:) 'We don't-but there's a town 5 miles down the road. You should find someone there!'

I guess it's time to break cover on the stars (mostly of yesteryear) with the bad judgement to appear in That's My Boy: James Caan, totally embarassing himself as and Irish priest. (What a shit accent). Susan Sarandon (at least she came and went in one scene), also her daughter as a slutty teacher. Tony Orlando-no commented needed. I didn't know Vanilla Ice's, ahem, work before. I sure wish it stayed that way. I hope they all got nice paychecks...

I'll look into his serious, er, ouvre. The comedy to me is strained yet bland. I think Sandler looks funnier. He looks like a doofus, soft and wounded, lecherous, and wise-ass turning on a dime. His face is a gift. He was born to amuse. Ferrel's face to me is as bland as his characters. We agree to disagree...

Soul Station: Never got Will Ferell. I know he's popular. He's a machine of blandness to me. After I saw Anchorman it was so weak I didn't want to know any more about Judd Apatow-low-grade sophomorics. I liked the bit on SNL w/the 2 singing hack teachers. I know a guy just like them only worse. A SNL sketch who doesn't know it. I can't really blame guys like Ferell. A year on SNL and the vultures start circling. They probably pick the formulas while the star keeps his head down and plays ball. Everyone likes money and success-esp. if you are poor and suddenly it dangles in front of you. It's just that Sandler has more to work w/ IMO, all the more reason to shake my head at the easy way out he's taking now w/dreck like That's my Boy.

Well that's OK, I guess. I liked Anger Management-at least for about 40 minutes or so, before it spiraled out of control. I liked that he played against type as a milquetoast who rightfully goes off. And he showed a goofy sweetness m/Barrymore. Not sure what Spanglish was into. It seems, though, like he has a bit of range when he wants, but plays it safe as a producer/star to keep the moolah rolling in. That's OK, but that one character warmed over every movie is wearing thin.

$4.50. And 7 years....

I just wasted $8.50 (faked being a senior to the girl at the booth-who looked 18, tops) on Adam Sandler's new turkey: That's My Boy. I'm a fan, esp. of the stuff w/Drew Barrymore. He's the goofball kid in everyone's class that wise-assed the teacher from the last row. But after this butterball and The Longest Yard remake he's got some 'spainin' to do. The arrested adolescent w/the potty mouth are wearing mighty thin. It was almost worth it trying to figure out the familiar face on the foul-mouth, cigar-chomping son's boss. I'll omit the answer in hopes that this thread might be more interesting than the movie. The first ten minutes w/Sandler's character as a kid had me roaring. Until the bad script and acting kicked in. C'mon Wedding Singer/Operaman. SNAP OUT OF IT!!!

I read him in the Voice too. A lot of fuss about auters and such and much ado over Woody Allen... He was married to a film critic, can't remember which one. I honestly don't remember his writing all these years later-but I know he was a serious student of film, esp. welcome compared to the likes of Rex Reed and Stewart Klein (he was on WNEW TV in NY, and pretty powerful though clueless). And the VV was comparatively liberal w/space so the writers could develop their themes. It was a great publication w/very impassioned and talented writers on board up through the mid-80s, and he rode that crest.

Not unlike Lili Boulangier (sp): lost to the mists of legend. Her music did survive at least.

Pete: If you don't already get a copy of Randy Newman's Good Old Boys. It covers this ground with wit, balls, even tenderness at times. The first song starts with a character fuming: 'Last night on TV I saw Lester Maddox on the show of a NY Jew. The Jew was laughing at Lester. The audience was too'....

Goddamn you (; Does this mean we AOWMs get our own forum now? Wait, I forgot...we DO. Never mind...

It's not 'career first'. It's 'I got bills and kids too'. It's 'I'm doing this a long time and was taught on the stand by the best, then labored in the vineyards for years for next-to-nada' It's 'my heart and soul and considerable experience and expertise went into this music'. And especially it's 'you pay the doctor, the lawyer, the supermarket. PAY ME TOO' End of fucking story.

Lee Konitz talks too much. Little Lee Konitz: eat first-then you'll talk...