Wow, you hadn't seen that? Impressed with myself now. And may I say "Damn!" about that last quote(although we white folks don't quite make that word say as much as most black people do, ime. I'm sorry...don't have as many inflections) No wonder there are so many rumors about people deciding he had to, well, "get got." and, shall we say, inadequate investigation.
It's not like she blew me off. She just left with another guy, that's all.
Riley ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
erikaj - Oct 28, 2005 8:21:26 am PDT #952 of 10003
Always Anti-fascist!
tina f. - Oct 28, 2005 8:54:56 am PDT #953 of 10003
The Meter column in the Chicago Reader last week was on Guralnick's exhaustive research for the Cooke bio... just a sec.
Ah. Here: [link]
joe boucher - Oct 28, 2005 9:00:15 am PDT #954 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
Good luck, Tina. Crazy roommates are really stressful. Home is usually a refuge, but when you live with a loon you dread going home - an untenable situation.
I printed out an article about the Guralnick Cooke bio but haven't read it yet. Sam Cooke may be my favorite singer (pick hit "Jesus Wash Away My Troubles" -- either the intro Jesus or the one near the end, right before "take me on to glory," could be his peak) so I'll probably read it but every Guralnick book I've read has underwhelmed me. "Sweet Soul Music," "Feel Like Going Home," "Lost Highway," the reaction was always the same: is that it? I love understated. I love measured tones and assessments. (Robert Palmer's "Deep Blues" is wonderful; Martin Williams is my favorite jazz critic.) His subjects include many of my favorites, but even as my expectations dropped with each volume he still managed to underwhelm me.
Jon B. - Oct 28, 2005 9:22:05 am PDT #955 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Interview with Guralnick in the Boston Globe: [link]
Hayden - Oct 28, 2005 9:59:11 am PDT #956 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I with Joe on the constant Guralnick disappointment.
Also, I'm sorry to read about your roommate woes, Tina.
Finally, the RT set sounds phenomenal, Joe. I've seen him and DT do "Ghosts in the Wind" a couple of times, and it's always a highlight. I've also seen Mattacks with the RT band several times, and the man is a monster. Except when he played keyboards on, uh, "The Ghost of You Walks" on the You? Me? Us? tour. That was just not so good.
Industry is one of the few official releases missing from my RT collection
Wanna copy?
DavidS - Oct 28, 2005 10:13:36 am PDT #957 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I with Joe on the constant Guralnick disappointment.
Not me. I really loved his pieces on Charlie Rich.
erikaj - Oct 28, 2005 10:26:13 am PDT #958 of 10003
Always Anti-fascist!
I think I read the Elvis book(ironically enough, not "Sweet Soul"...) I liked it. A certain exhaustiveness really gets my panties wet...otherwise, would I be here right now? Will definitely read the Sam Cooke book.
Hayden - Oct 28, 2005 10:32:31 am PDT #959 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I really like Guralnick's topics. I think I just find his prose unnecessarily dull.
erikaj - Oct 28, 2005 10:42:43 am PDT #960 of 10003
Always Anti-fascist!
"Like dancing about architecture," huh? It's been a while. Can't really take a side.
Hayden - Oct 28, 2005 11:50:42 am PDT #961 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Well, yeah, but there's plenty of great music writers out there who manage to make it sound like fun. David Gordon's It Came From Memphis covers some of the same topics in Guralnick's Sweet Soul Music, but makes me wish I could have lived in Memphis in the late 60s/early 70s, whereas Guralnick's book (which is infinitely better researched) just makes me wish I was listening to Booker T instead of reading about him.