It does not reach the excellence of these two (but what does?) but it's a great listen, especially an early version of the Adventures of Gregerry Peccary.

Probably would be dead pretty quickly, but that would be mayonnaise.

Jaka, how is that Zappa album? Is it the Grand Wazoo band? Very good document of the 'Petite Wazoo' band he managed to have a tour with at the time. It's a complete show from Boston, September 1972. A favorite of the releases from "the vault". EDIT : a 20-piece band though, which probably...

Last couple of days:
Paolo Sorrentino's This Must Be the Place was a nice surprise. (Ok... Generally a sucker for every film Frances McDormand appears in...)
Enjoyed Paul Verhoeven's Black Book quite much too.

Just decided to watch Jacques Tourneur's Cat People later today.

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Ron Thorne wrote:Man, I couldn't agree more. Maria's Sky Blue is a winner, too.

Saw that repertoire live, and instantly fell in love with the composer/conductor. And Ingrid (Jensen) too, again I might say because that was from a long time ago.

Only fun thing was they both had this actor we had never seen before in common. Jay something, forgot his last name, but who cares, he sucks. I haven't seen either, but a quick Google tells me you're probably referring to Jai Courtney. He was quite good as Varro in Spartacus. Ok, correction then. H...

Way too much unsollicited stuff for the label, but actually some of it was really good, which doesn't make it less frustrating when you have to turn them down, a couple of Phil Kelly's Big Band releases to lift our spirits and some prime Peter Gabriel. http://www.philkellymusic.com/photos/82417.jpg ...

We watched Jack Reacher yesterday, on one of these nights when we're kind of tired/depressed so we think any brainless entertainment will do. Pretty awful, but almost looked like a masterpiece compared to Die Hard 5 we had watched just ahead (yeah, depressed, as I said...). Only fun thing was they b...

http://www.lagonzo.es/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/poster_eva.jpg It's been a long time since I enjoyed that much a movie I watched with no real idea of what to expect. If ever you'd want to give it a try, don't be mislead by the trailers available online, they don't carry the quality of this one. ED...

Not a single note of music in two days but the voices of good friends, old friends, special friends.

I've been recording Borgen on my DVR and am very anxious to see Season One marathon style. Have heard very good things about it, and it fits nicely with my obsession with all things Danish (at least TV and film). Here is the description from Wikipedia: "Borgen is a Danish one-hour political dr...

Huh. I wasn't aware, or had forgotten, there was a 2001: A Space Odyssey book. I remember the flick, and as a rule, books are much better for carrying the story and stuff...I'll have to pick up the book. thanks I'll try to thank (for both of us) the sound engineer who forgot his copy of the book on...

Steve Reich - Music for 18 Musicians (ECM)

I remember enjoying Sofia Coppola's Somewhere much. Yesterday, we watched Steven Soderbergh's Haywire . Don't know what to do with this one. Enjoyed the whole low-key atmosphere and straight/realistic storytelling all along, but right after it and today, a sort of WTF sensation about it... http://ww...

Thanks Monte, thanks Scott.
I'll proceed carefully then, one at a time.

POS stands for Pile Of Shit, right?
If I ever get to the the fourth, sure hope it's only disappointing in comparison.

Arthur C. Clarke's 2001: A Space Odyssey The Kubrick's movie is among favorites but I hadn't read the book before. Found a left behind paperback at a recording session yesterday during a break, and enjoyed the 30-40 pages I had time to go through. Any advice about the following books in the series, ...

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As far as the difference between the free and 4.99 Spotify. I assumed it was something like Pandora, where you get no ads with the paid version. (The Pandora ads were starting to annoy me, but I didn't spring for the paid Pandora) But now that you ask, I'm embarrassed to say I really have no idea w...

Again yesterday & today, some Miles Davis: http://imados.fr/content/9/3/0/199305/Live-At-Newport-1958_cover_s200.jpg http://milesdavis.jp/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/ASCENSEUR-POUR-LECHAFAUD-200x200.jpg http://www.planete-jazz.com/images/albums-jazz/Kind-of-Blue.jpg - At Newport 1958 - Ascenseur ...

I saw them on their 2nd tour after a LONG hiatus. Their musicianship was top notch, but I was a little disappointed because they played each song from the studio albums note for note, including solos. It seemed to detract from the energy you hope for in a live performance. Can't remember the exact ...

cuddling cats
drinking alcohol
reading books
preferably all 3 at a time

music comes in 4th position, no mixing with the first 3

Waiting for this one to reach the mailbox. :-\

Jazzooo wrote:I enjoyed Django Unchained--not as good as the Hitler re-imagining, but still entertaining if you enjoy QT.

It was a good honest ride.
Liked Inglorious Bastards better too.

Significant Other has been insisting on watching "Django Unchained" for a week now.
Guess tonight's the night. I might enjoy it.