Jazz isn't dead, but as you know, to me jazz stopped developing anything interesting about 1965. A few soloists since fit my moldy mould, but as far as anything remotely new or exciting that was what I consider jazz, it ain't happened. As you probably know, Clint, you and I differ on that. But I'm ...

I may be a bit naive about this issue, but isn't he giving the jazz purists a bit more power than they really have? Depending where and which organization you are talking about, I guess. But I agree with him for the most part. Many jazz festivals near here (Toronto, Montreal) support mainstream jaz...

I've been watching The Shield on Amazon. It's good and pretty entertaining, but so far I'm not that impressed. When people on the internet compare its quality to The Wire, well, maybe I'm missing something or maybe it gets much better in later seasons. The Shield is one of those filler shows I go t...

bluenoter wrote:William Shakespeare
Donna Shalala
Domingo "Sam the Sham" Zamudio

Muddy Waters
Buddy Miles
Bud Shank

Gentle Giant wrote:Julie Newmar
Gary Numan
Gary U.S. Bonds

Gary Sisco
Sissy Spacek
Tupac Shakur

Is that a dig about the McArthur grant? Whatever you may think of his luck or playing, you can't argue with all the good he's done for the scene. He works his ass off and does so much for the other artists around him. Regardless, he has earned the right to comment on how left of centre music is unju...

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Cem wrote:Richard Ford
Rob Ford
Lita Ford

Henry Ford
Henry Threadgill
Gilles de Rais

Ray Davies
Judy Davis
Julie Delpy

(hope that's sufficient clean-up)

jtx wrote:Pierce Brosnan
Richard Branson
Skeet Ulrich

Lars Ulrich
Uli
Julie Delpy

jtx wrote:Ryne Sandberg
Ryan Reynolds
Burt Reynolds

Burt Bacharach
Burton Cummings
Pierre Berton

jtx wrote:Tyrese Gibson
Leeza Gibbons
Frank Gifford

Richard Ford
Rob Ford
Lita Ford

jtx wrote:Anthony Perkins
Anthony Daniels
Anthony Dominick "Tony" Benedetto

Dominic Chianese
Frank Albanese
Gay Talese

jtx wrote:Peter MacNicol
Ewan McNicol
Kristy McNichol

Nicolae Ceaușescu
Leonid Brezhnev
Enver Hoxha

bluenoter wrote:No fictional characters, please. Sorry, Cem!

#268 is still in play:

bluenoter, in #268, wrote:Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt
Roosevelt Sykes
Wanda Sykes

Margaret Cho
Margaret Thatcher
Maggie Nicols

Ken Vandermark's thoughts on how to proceed:
http://www.pcah.us/posts/189_questions_of_practice_with_ken_vandermark_is_jazz_dead

bluenoter wrote:Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt
Roosevelt Sykes
Wanda Sykes

Psycho Killer
Crazy Joe Gallo
Mad Hatter

Mike Schwartz wrote:
Charlie Haden
Charlie Haden
Charlie Haden


RIP

Rip van Winkle
Henry Winkler
Kathleen Wynn

Really sorry to hear this. Ramblin' was on my mind today while delivering the damn mail! Farewell, Charlie Haden...
Mike Formanek just posted this link on fb:
http://variety.com/2014/music/news/charlie-haden-legendary-jazz-bassist-dies-at-77-1201261391/

jtx wrote:Aaron Montgomery Ward
Richard Warren Sears
Alvah Curtis Roebuck

Buck Owens
Buck Henry
Tony Buck

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Gentle Giant wrote:Ritchie Blackmore
Paul Whiteman
Scatman Crothers

Meadowlark Lemon
Fiona Apple
Darryl Strawberry

Don Cherry
Neneh Cherry
Eagle-Eye Cherry

I wish… looks great!

… different hats!

happy boner-versary!

very niiiiceee… cheers!

Happy first anniversary! Thank you for initiating this fine board, Ron, Scott and Justin… Good work, Ron & Justin, on keeping it going, along with help from Rita and Speakeasy regulars and new contributors! I blame my own burned out state for not contributing as much as I could, but I really enj...