paul secor

All the best to you on YOUR DAY, Matthew!

D.B. Cooper Judge Crater Jimmy Hoffa

Happy Birthday, David!

Penny Hardaway Lil' Penny Shaq

Onzy Matthews Inspector Morse Macbeth

Mavis Staples Pops Staples Pops

I bought the book yesterday, but my wife copped it to give to me as a birthday present - "you're the hardest person to buy a present for" - so I won't be able to read it for a few weeks. In the meantime, I'll listen to Monk's music and leave the behavior analyses to others.

New Yorker article on head injuries in football: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/10...a_fact_gladwell The photograph at the beginning of the article shook me up.

Doesn't bother me either way. I want musicians to dress in a way that they feel comfortable while creating their music. Some people look more "dressed" wearing casual clothes than others do wearing more formal clothes. And as H.P. noted about the "young lions" (they're middle aged now), wearing a suit doesn't mean a thing as far as creativity goes.

VERY nice one!

Taking a looooong time to post sometimes - not always.

Joe Bataan Jack Kevorkian Skip Thomas

Cliff Richard Keith Richards Keith

I have an LP by the Orioles on the Charlie Parker label - Modern Sounds of The Orioles Greatest Hits. Sonny Til is the only original member on the record, and most of the tunes are remakes of the original Orioles' early hits. Interestingly, one of the original tunes is by Matthew Gee (I assume that's the trombonist), "Don't Mess Around with My Love". Haven't listened to the record in a long while, but I remember it as being pretty decent. edit - Mundell Lowe plays guitar on The Orioles LP, and is listed as arranger and has co-composer credit on a couple of tunes.

Congratulations to all of the Alfredsons! Perhaps in a few years Organissimo will do a recording with a female vocal trio.

Three in a row - I had an LP version 40 or so years ago & could never connect with it. It might be interesting to listen to it today (I no longer have the LP) and find out if I still hear it the same way.

This afternoon: Bob Dylan and The Band: Basement Tapes (Columbia)

Listening today to some Elmore James recordings, I was reminded how great Johnny Jones played within the context of that band. He belongs somewhere in my list of favorites.

Happy Birthday, HG!

The same Barbara Long who wrote some liner notes, or just the same name?

Haven't gotten the Monk book yet. I'm interested in Kleinzahler's Music: I - LXXIV. I like his poetry and his book of music essays looks interesting, off the one review I've found.

Buddy Miller (an inside joke - a friend of mine who djs a blues radio show used to call Johnny Vincent occasionally, and Vincent always answered with "Hey Buddy!" Buddy Rich Bud Harrelson

Bird/Benedetti - Bird at the Onyx 1948 w. Miles, Duke Jordan, Tommy Potter, & Max I've given up trying to follow the order of this box, & just put on a side (mine is the LP version), listen to Bird wail, and then check out the venue, year, etc. Easier and more enjoyable that way.

We watched Rare Birds earlier this evening. Story line was a bit far fetched, but William Hurt, Molly Parker, and Andy Jones were well worth watching, and my wife enjoyed seeing Newfoundland where it was filmed. Her mother and father were born there and she remembered seeing scenery like that in the film when she visited Newfoundland as a child.

I've just begun to listen to Jascha Horenstein's music, so this is a godsend. Thanks for posting it. Incidentally, Donald Clarke (musicbox) is a member here.