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It's probably just an urban legend, but my impression was that Scientology was more or less started as a bet between Hubbard and Heinlein that Hubbard could actually start a religion based vaguely on the lines of what is portrayed in Stranger in a Strange Land. Obviously the engram stuff got added later. I heard it was a bet between Hubbard and Harland Ellison, but I don't remember details. Scientology was founded in 1952. Stranger In a Strange Land was published in 1961. Harlan Ellison turned 18 in 1952 and was a student at Ohio State University, in his home state Ohio. Ellison said he was in high school when he met Hubbard. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9AGVARpqdk

It's probably just an urban legend, but my impression was that Scientology was more or less started as a bet between Hubbard and Heinlein that Hubbard could actually start a religion based vaguely on the lines of what is portrayed in Stranger in a Strange Land. Obviously the engram stuff got added later. I heard it was a bet between Hubbard and Harland Ellison, but I don't remember details.

He also recorded two albums on Sonet: The Cajuns Volumes 1 & 2. Volume 1 has some dynamic music by The Balfa Brothers with Nathan Abshire.

He did an important Cajun recording live from Fred's Lounge in Mamou when the band had Revon Reed announcing, Sady Courville, Roy Fuselier, and Preston Manuel. This is Mamou Cajun Radio, Sonet lp 802, 1979

Is he on any of these McKinney Cotton Picker songs I have from Joe Bussard? 1. Milenburg Joys 2. Nobody's Sweetheart 3. Shim Me sha Wabble 4. Put it There 5. Stop Kidding 6. Zonky 7. Do Something 8. It's a Precious Thing Called Love 9. Hallabaloo 10. Selling That Stuff 11. Miss Hannah 12. I'd Love It 13. Baby Won't You Please Come Home 14. Peggy 15. If I Could Be With You 16. I Want a Little Girl 17. Do You Believe in Love 18. Never Swat a Fly

Chuck Guillory, Pauvre Hobo (Poor Hobo) http://www.npmusic.org/ChuckGuillory_Poor_Hobo.mp3 "Chuck Guillory, who alternates working as a merchant seaman and roughneck (oil-field worker), is thought of as the best fiddler in the region. He used to lead his own French string band (fiddle, guitar, steel guitar, piano, and drums) which played hill-billy and Cajun music in dance halls and nightclubs. His style is basically country-and-western, much like the fiddling on Nashville's Grand Ole Opry." notes from Harry Oster's field recording, late 1950s, Folksongs of the Louisiana Acadians. I love this French music standard and have many versions of it, but THIS is probably the most joyous one ever! Mike Doucet of Beausoleil provides the energetic mandolin solo, and brother David the guitar solo. Second fiddler Gervis Stanford on spirited shouts, Preston Manuel on vocal pretty close to the original lyrics by the Breaux Brothers. http://www.arhoolie.com/cajun-and-zydeco/chuck-guillory-grand-texas.html

What the hell does "improvisation over content" mean? Nothing very complicated. Whenever I ask what in the world King Oliver or Jelly Roll Morton have in common with free jazz, for example, and how in the world they can both be called jazz when their content is so different, their sound, their mood, etc., I am told on this board that what they share is not so much the content of their music as the spirit of improvisation which is the very heart of jazz. I don't think people are listening for improvisation but for sounds and moods that communicate with them. They may communicate with many people on this board, but not with a large percentage of music consumers in America, which was what I thought the article was about. A lot of genres weren't even included in the statistics.

I think when it comes to "jazz" most people just aren't going to appreciate improvisation over content. That's like venerating method acting over drama or a story. Don't know what Allen means by post-modern but it sounds like I've been post-historical for years! Presently appreciating music of the past and not appreciating contemporary music so much, without it meaning I am living in the past! Like Ali Farka Touré saying his Timbuktu is not at the end of the world, it's at the center!

When I connect my RCA cable from my stereo to my computer (in order to digitize an lp or cassette tape) I hear the radio playing through my computer speakers, even when the stereo receiver is off. Strange. Any idea why this is happening and how I can stop that?

Thanks to advances in speech therapy Porky Pig's stutter has been corrected! A long period of assimilation has made Pepe LaPew sound like Tom Brokaw! (Gerald Ford DEAD at the senseless age of 83, cherie.)

3 Cajun groups nominated in this category (Bonsoir Catin, Magnolia Sisters, JoEl Sonnier) 51. BEST REGIONAL ROOTS MUSIC ALBUM Light The Stars Bonsoir, Catin Label: Valcour Records Hanu 'A'ala Kamaka Kukona Label: Hanu Arts & Entertainment Love's Lies Magnolia Sisters Label: Arhoolie Records The Legacy Jo-El Sonnier Label: Takau Records Ceremony Joe Tohonnie Jr. Label: Cool Runnings Music

Not good at remembering measurements so I missed the duration of Lindbergh's flight and the length of the flight at Kitty Hawk. 28/30.

When I was growing up I looked forward more to Christmas Eve than Christmas Day because we were having gumbo! I made some seafood gumbo this year for our Christmas Eve. Lucky I had the day off to prepare it.

May you have many more, and thanks for your posts here.

Picked up on eBay this week. Gorgeous!

Great announcers in the DC area over the years. Rusty Hassan, Rob Bamberger, Larry Applelbaum, etc. I love when Dick Spottswood dips into jazz on his shows!

Delivered today. This sounds fantastic!

Thanks for the recommendations and stories! I ordered Rockin' the Juke Joint Down.

Can you recommend me some cds or iTunes downloads? Oh God, I loved this group when they played the Twist & Shout in Bethesda Maryland in the ? (late 80s, early 90s)

I think LaRoche will do well with the White Sox. Washington needed to make room for Ryan Zimmerman to play first base. He's still a clutch hitter who needed a position. Third base has been won by Anthony Rendon.

Me too!

You could mix in some Cajun. If you have or could find some of Joseph and Cleoma Falcon's stuff on Decca it would be a great service. They dipped into the pop music of the day, as did Leo Soileau, and they have not been fully documented on the compilations.

Not Euro but the Tompkins Square label is doing a lot with old music. Maybe worth a look.

It's like the press doesn't even understand this song at all, from what I am reading. Have we forgotten?