No -- I have a therapist's bill because OTHER people annoy me.
Okay, as long as it's outer directed.
Well, if we followed the recipe...should be cake. A demon-violence-free-zone cake.
Lorne ,'Why We Fight'
Buffista Music II: Wrath of Chaka Khan
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.
DavidS - Mar 25, 2004 11:52:43 am PST #1816 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
joe boucher - Mar 25, 2004 11:54:04 am PST #1817 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
Which album?
The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1. Anyone who has ever yelled "MORE COWBELL!" needs to hear "Un Poco Loco". It is the poster child for cowbell.
The other standard is The Genius of Bud Powell, which has his Verve recordings, esp. a 1949 trio date: "The innovative pianist rarely sounded more creative and exciting than on the six titles that comprise his May 1949 Verve trio session: 'Tempus Fugit,' 'Celia,' 'Cherokee,' 'I'll Keep Loving You,' 'Strictly Confidential,' and 'All God's Chillun Got Rhythm.'" For some reason those tracks aren't listed, though. The Ultimate Bud Powell, selected & with liner notes by Chick Corea, has most of that session, is easy to find & cheap. "Tempus Fugue-it" is amazing. Gary Giddins:
As much if not more than Parker and Gillespie, Powell represents a line of demarcation for his instrument. The difference between pre-Bud piano and post-Bud piano is categorical. He played impossibly fast or slow, with obsessive fury or meditative detachment; he used the left hand for bracing, kindling chords that fed the right, which expressed a percussive rage equalled only by his gentle raptures. In its economy, hurtling power, and infallible precision, the minor key "Tempus Fugue-It" (originally released as "Tempus Fugit") is a head-banging wonder: the crashing Lisztian chords in which the relatively conventional melody is swaddled, the close harmonies of the release, the thrilling riff configurations of the solo, the smashed arpeggio just before the out-chorus. Yet each detail rings clear as a bell, with sensational logic. It's not that he plays so fast, but that he thinks so coherently, balanced on a moonbeam.
DavidS - Mar 25, 2004 12:08:32 pm PST #1818 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Must get some Bud Powell.
erinaceous I got this in my email yesterday:
Have you ever heard of a magazine called "Verbatim"? It's a quarterly on language and I just started getting it. I likes it!
Hayden - Mar 25, 2004 12:57:37 pm PST #1819 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Hayden, your best route to Jonathan is Eliot. I think he shares the Melville love (that didn't sound right...) so you three could bond over that. Give me a little warning next time you're coming to NY & I'll try to convince Eliot to come up & we can all get together. His mother lives here, I live here, Jonathan lives here, his wife's best friend lives around the corner from my girlfriend -- it's not a tough sell. Did I tell you I got the xword software? Dying to try it out
Eliot & I have bonded over the love of the Great Whale Book. I'll definitely let you know next time I'm headed to NYC, but got no idea when that might be.
Oh, yeah - USE that xword software, my man. Can you have something done by April 1?
joe boucher - Mar 25, 2004 1:10:07 pm PST #1820 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
I can try. Next few days are busy, but GF's going out of town after that so I'll have some time. Is there a theme for the next issue or should I use the default "hayden's obsessions"? Oh, and this is a longshot, but prospective FIL loves crosswords & me, & I'm working on a puzzle for his birthday, so maybe I can get a customized graphic for it.
Hayden - Mar 25, 2004 1:28:56 pm PST #1821 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Wow, that would be extraordinary.
The theme we're tossing about for the next issue is "labor issues, as related to various aspects of pop culture." Problem is that the number of related articles we have right now is 2. Writers! We need writers!
Michele T. - Mar 25, 2004 3:41:11 pm PST #1822 of 10003
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
Labor issues? There seems to be a bunch of stuff going on in the UK in terms of 20-years-after-the-miner's-strike navel-gazing, but I can't point you to anything in particular.
erinaceous - Mar 26, 2004 3:26:58 am PST #1823 of 10003
A fellow makes himself conspicuous when he throws soft-boiled eggs at the electric fan.
Hec! OMG! The mag's been getting more and more SF subscribers lately. Obviously, they evangelize.
Lyra Jane - Mar 26, 2004 3:37:54 am PST #1824 of 10003
Up with the sun
The theme we're tossing about for the next issue is "labor issues, as related to various aspects of pop culture."
I'm sure someone has thought of this, but would something on Buffy's money/job problems in S6, centring on "Doublemeat Palace," fit the bill?
cathy - Mar 26, 2004 5:26:39 am PST #1825 of 10003
"Why do the facts hate America?" - Jon Stewart
Galaxie 500 Captures 'Youth' On DVD
Seminal alternative rock trio Galaxie 500 will be celebrated with the double-DVD set "Don't Let Our Youth Go To Waste (1987-1991)," due June 29 via Plexifilm. The collection sports more than three hours of live performances culled from eight different shows, including two full concerts from London and Atlanta. Also features are music videos for "Tugboat," "When Will You Come Home, "Blue Thunder" and "Fourth of July."