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Try Money Jungle - Duke Ellington, Max Roach, & Charles Mingus
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Try Money Jungle - Duke Ellington, Max Roach, & Charles Mingus
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last cd was 'urban hymns' by the verve, bought many moons ago. great album.
book: 'skywriting by word of mouth' John Lennon
book: 'skywriting by word of mouth' John Lennon
The Farewell Waltz. and yes, very good novel. but I haven't read a Kundera I haven't liked.
I've never read "Killger Angel", but I saw "Gettysburg" who was the adaptation. Good movie with great actors (Sheen, Berenger, Daniels). But I find the representation of the war "too clean" in this movie.
I saw "Gods & Generals" too. Maxwell has never had the money to finish the adaptation of the Shaara's trilogy. The adaptation of "The Last Full Measure" was failed.
About books, I've just finished "1933 was a bad year" by Fante.
I saw "Gods & Generals" too. Maxwell has never had the money to finish the adaptation of the Shaara's trilogy. The adaptation of "The Last Full Measure" was failed.
About books, I've just finished "1933 was a bad year" by Fante.
I shall certainly keep my eyes peeled for it. I like Duke and other Big Band stuff.
I've been getting into a bit of jazz lately. An age thing perhaps? Miles Davis being my entry point. I've recently bought Wayne Shorter's Juju and Empyrean Isles by Herbie Hancock. Nice.
I bought several Miles Davis albums as my intro to jazz. Round Midnight and Kind of Blue being the best. I've also bought Blue Train by John Coltrane, Time Out by Dave Brubeck, and compilations of Charlie Parker and Count Basie. And if you like Miles Davis with a noir twist, buy the soundtrack to "Ascenseur pour l'echafaud" ("Lift to the Gallows").
Thanks for the tips there, zenguru and Hosh. I've already got some of the albums mentioned but I'll check out the other ones too.
desertlizard
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Digney in Burnaby
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Just finished it a day or so ago. Enjoyed it immensely. Fanks Keef! Like most books about music I kept stopping to listen to the tunes being written about. Thanks YouTube! I really stopped listening to the Stones around 1975 so I had a lot of catching up to do.
I just recently bought Nirvana's unplugged CD. It was very good. A little spooky since the anniversary of Cobain's death is coming up next month.
desertlizard
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Best Unplugged ever :cool:
mjp
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Recently read Hüsker Dü: The Story of the Noise-Pop Pioneers Who Launched Modern Rock and http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/07...mp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0760334943The Replacements: All Over But the Shouting: An Oral History.
Hüsker Dü started in 1979 in St. Paul a few months after my first real band started in St. Paul. I don't think there was anything in the water up there, but there is a bar on every corner, so that may have had something to do with it. Hüsker Dü became somewhat more successful than my first band, since we broke up after half a dozen shows. And, you know, Hüsker Dü had two great songwriters compared to our zero great songwriters. There was that.
Good book, but it was written by a kid who was born after they broke up (or is too young to have seen them or something), so it's good taking that into consideration. But there are plenty of people around who saw them a lot and knew them and what have you, and I couldn't help wondering if one of them should have written this instead.
The Replacements book is an "oral history" and those always leave me cold.
On the surface there are a lot of similarities between the two bands, but really, Hüsker Dü was very DIY and the Replacements kind of had everything done for them, right from the beginning. But both of the bands recorded some great songs. If you swing that way.
(This Hüsker Dü song might sound like a lot of 1992 grunge, but it was released in 1986, and no one else was doing anything like it at that time. They may have been one of the most influential bands you never heard of. Or another one of those bands that only people in other bands listened to. Or something.)
Hüsker Dü started in 1979 in St. Paul a few months after my first real band started in St. Paul. I don't think there was anything in the water up there, but there is a bar on every corner, so that may have had something to do with it. Hüsker Dü became somewhat more successful than my first band, since we broke up after half a dozen shows. And, you know, Hüsker Dü had two great songwriters compared to our zero great songwriters. There was that.
Good book, but it was written by a kid who was born after they broke up (or is too young to have seen them or something), so it's good taking that into consideration. But there are plenty of people around who saw them a lot and knew them and what have you, and I couldn't help wondering if one of them should have written this instead.
The Replacements book is an "oral history" and those always leave me cold.
On the surface there are a lot of similarities between the two bands, but really, Hüsker Dü was very DIY and the Replacements kind of had everything done for them, right from the beginning. But both of the bands recorded some great songs. If you swing that way.
(This Hüsker Dü song might sound like a lot of 1992 grunge, but it was released in 1986, and no one else was doing anything like it at that time. They may have been one of the most influential bands you never heard of. Or another one of those bands that only people in other bands listened to. Or something.)
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desertlizard
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its a crime to skip songs in that album im telling ya :cool:
I do love a bit of Husker Du. Candy Apple Grey is a great album. Admittedly I didn't know much about them until I heard Bob Mould via Sugar.
double down:
music:
1.) paul pena - [S/T, New Train]. a lost great who deserved to share the pantheon as one of the best of the 70's. his story is the classic "screwed by the biz" tale...signed a bad contract and petty disputes kept his albums unreleased and he was unable to record more gems. he wrote "Jet Airliner' that S. Miller cheesed up, check out Paul's version. His first album is out of print, but can be downloaded here . If you don't know this cat, read his Wikipedia entry. Then check out the incredible documentary about him: "Genghis Blues'.
2.) bad brains - [Black Dots] - live demo takes from '79 which would eventually end up on S/T, Rock for Light. raw takes. all killer, no filler.
movie(s):
1.) repo man (84)- classic.
2.) genghis blues (99) - paul pena doc on tuvan throatsinging (what?)...good stuff
Book(s):
1.) red harvest- dashiell hammett. Hammett is way underrated, pigeonholed as pulp, but lays down the word with blood & bone with a subtle comic edge...way superior to Chandler in my opinion)
2.) cat's cradle - vonnegut. it's aged well. good re-read.
music:
1.) paul pena - [S/T, New Train]. a lost great who deserved to share the pantheon as one of the best of the 70's. his story is the classic "screwed by the biz" tale...signed a bad contract and petty disputes kept his albums unreleased and he was unable to record more gems. he wrote "Jet Airliner' that S. Miller cheesed up, check out Paul's version. His first album is out of print, but can be downloaded here . If you don't know this cat, read his Wikipedia entry. Then check out the incredible documentary about him: "Genghis Blues'.
2.) bad brains - [Black Dots] - live demo takes from '79 which would eventually end up on S/T, Rock for Light. raw takes. all killer, no filler.
movie(s):
1.) repo man (84)- classic.
2.) genghis blues (99) - paul pena doc on tuvan throatsinging (what?)...good stuff
Book(s):
1.) red harvest- dashiell hammett. Hammett is way underrated, pigeonholed as pulp, but lays down the word with blood & bone with a subtle comic edge...way superior to Chandler in my opinion)
2.) cat's cradle - vonnegut. it's aged well. good re-read.
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mjp
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I don't understand. I think they do a good job of capturing your essence. I thought you'd appreciate them.
I didn't change them anyway, the nerds who make the forum software did. I'll see if I can get something more emo or pomo for you.
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I want all my emoticons so emo that that they ALL look bored and disinterested...