paul secor

Henry the Eighth Peter Noone Gary Cooper

If Mosaic were still doing singles, that might make a good one.

Dwayne Wade LeBron James Chris Bosch

Yep - In the end, it's just entertainment.

Great music! I had the old United/Kent vinyl series back when. Have since gone to the P-Vine & Ace CDs which cleaned up the sound, but there was something to be said about the funkiness of the United/Kent vinyl - went well with the music.

Sam Cooke Johnny Kucks Stephen Fry

Sir Walter Scott Beavis Tonto

As I've said before - send him home for the rest of the post season.

Hadn't seen your post when I put mine up. Sorry for that. Perhaps a moderator can merge them.

Late in the day, but it's still your birthday. H.B., T.D.!

Haven't read his baseball fiction recently, but his Silas Ermineskin stories have held up for me.

Michael Hurley: Long Journey (Rounder) Before I listened to this, I read some words about Michael Hurley's music written by my friend Bill Morrison in 1987. Thought I'd pass them on: "I guess Michael Hurley fits in with folkies as a genre - he totes a guitar, mostly writes his own tunes, is influenced by blues and country. But there it stops - Hurley needs a bin of his own in the shop, if you ask me. His songs sound like they were pulled together out of spare parts - a little Hank Willians, a little Fats Domino, a little Appalachian fiddle melody, and some other stuff that Hurley machined on his own slightly off-center lathe. His loosest songs resemble the Rustoleum-and-duct-tape jalopies you see on the road in rural Vermont, where Hurley lives - weld together the right spare parts, and you can get something that will run forever, even if it emits some funny rattles and maybe needs a jump-start sometimes. Cars and songs like this elicit a kind of affection that factory-fresh ones will never know. Hurley's one of the only white folk musicians I've heard who has perfected a guitar sound that doesn't depend on new strings and an expensive Martin guitar, and he's not especially into telling you about himself - after listening to a few Hurley albums, full of deceptively unambitious-sounding songs, you realize that you've got a line on a unique and complete musical world of its own, but you can't say you really know much more about Michael Hurley the man than you did when you started. Fans of the confessional school of songwriting might think this is bad. Me, I think it makes his music more like art and less like mere journalism. And funnier. And more dignified."

W.P. Kinsella: The Moccasin Telegraph and Other Stories

George W. Josef K. Sheila E.

You're right, that's a serious omission. Michael Cuscuna wasn't quoted in the article, so he probably wasn't interviewed. If he had been, I'm sure that Charlie Lourie would have been mentioned as co-founder of Mosaic.

The Singing Detective Dick Powell Philip Marlowe

More Lester B.: Rope-a-dope (Muse)

Walter Johnson John Coltrane Bill Pullman

If I were picking the Yankee ALCS roster, I'd dump Burnett and make Nova the fourth starter. Burnett has been terrible since May - 4 and 13, I believe. No reason to think that he'll make a turnaround at this point.

After hearing Lester Bowie on Chuck's birthday thread, I felt the need to hear more. So: All the Magic! (ECM)

Midnight the Cat Squeeky the Mouse Froggy the Gremlin

Marshall Faulk Peter Falk Andy Razaf

Bobby Knight Dick Vitale Digger Phelps (Obnoxious ex-basketball coaches turned obnoxious broadcasters)

Michael Hurley Peter Stampfel Steve Weber