I doubt anyone remembers me. I was JBW on Jazzcorner. I always appreciated Ron's contributions and his flawless moral compass. He didn't know me from a bar of soap but offered an invitation to stay with him if I visited Alaska. I'm in Australia and still haven't made it over there. My travels have b...

BBC's Peaky Blinders.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IeJYj_oSxA

I didn't really buy into the three-drummer thing (and one of the drummers, Pat Mastelotto, I really dislike) as it was more visually interesting than musically interesting, but as Fripp has always said, King Crimson is a way of doing things; and the thing that makes Crimson to me the greatest of al...

Always liked The Protecting Veil.

RIP John

Though I can't be sure as I don't really give a shit to check, my 2011 Subaru Impreza has a feature that locks the brakes on a hill as I disengage the clutch. This feature alleviates the need to use the emergency brake on hills as we were taught. My Liberty has that and is useful as I live in a hil...

VW Passat. Great car. I drive one of those for work if I'm lucky enough to get it. The other work cars are boring but serviceable Hyundai's. The Passat (turbocharged) is like a slingshot and just a joy to drive. I can drive a manual if need be. My last two cars have CVT which a lot of people in Aus...

Season 3 of The Walking Dead.

And this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jR4lLJu_-wE

Yes Can, but also Faust who's records I prefer by a smallish margin.

The best:

Radiohead
Sigur Ros
Died Pretty
Wilco
Lou Reed
John Cale
Bjork
Dirty Three

Worst:
Dylan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbzprkgFbtY

Shostakovich Violin concerto no. 1, part 3 of 4, Repin, P. Järvi, Orchestre de Paris
Prefer Oistrach, but this will do.

I bought Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air on Mosaic last year and wasn't really in the mood for it due to circumstances close to home. I actually forgot I had it as it was just stored with my other three Mosiac CD sets (Sam Rivers, Art Farmer & Benny Golson Jazztet a...

Brian Eno: Here Come the Warm Jets With a Boner Frank Zappa: One Size Fits All With a Boner You Are What You Is With a Boner Neil Young: On the Beach With a Boner Time Fades Away With a Boner Everybody's Rockin' With a Boner Dead Man With a Boner Franks Sinatra: In The Wee Small Hours With a Boner E...

I like the Kerr/Gallup connection mjb. I remember watching the Galloping Gourmet when I was a kid in England.

If I had to rank them it would be Amour, The White Ribbon, Cache. You're going to have to a die hard fan of Béla Tarr and enjoy a movie with next to no narrative and dialogue. It's typical Tarr with long takes. There is like 30-35 in total. Really haven't enjoyed either of Tarr's movies since Werck...

John, what caused you to not like Caché. I was on side with the sentiments of the film, the performances and the way it was shot. However, I became more and more irritated by it as the film progressed. I think the absurd suicide scene was the turning point as for me it lost all credibility. I'm in ...

http://my247.com.au/247venue_images/-2013125-amourflyer.jpg Fantastic. I wasn't a fan of Cache at all but The White Ribbon and Amour are two of the best films I've seen in recent years. The two leads were extraordinary whose performances went well beyond acting. I also saw World War Z at the cinema...

Charles Mingus : The Clown
Ornette Coleman : Ornette!
Sigur Ros : kveikur
HTRK : Work (Work, Work)
Dinosaur Jr. : Beyond

On new vinyl: http://www.soundstagedirect.com/media/roland_kirk_quartet_featuring_elvin_jones.jpg http://www.soundstagedirect.com/media/complete_communion_don_cherry.jpg http://www.soundstagedirect.com/media/eric_dolphy_out_to_lunch.jpg http://www.soundstagedirect.com/media/c_mingus_roots.jpg I have...

Scott Dolan wrote:JBW!

Great to see you around, brother!

Getting pretty cold down your way?

Thanks Scott.

Yes, bloody freezing this morning and probably will stay that way until September.

And thanks Ron

Cheers...

Hi everyone. john williams or JBW at O. Thought I might give this new place a shot.
Thanks for those who set it up as I would have missed the personalities from JC.
I like others don't think FB works that well for discussion of any depth.