Neal Pomea

Good Will Hunting! (RIP)

It's like I was saying the other day. Whatever happened to comedy that mocks the powerful?

They're giving parody and satire a bad name.

That was great! Thanks for posting. Never saw footage of baseball at the LA Coliseum.

Belated best wishes! Glad to hear about Lucinda.

I thought comedians were supposed to mock the powerful and popular. Instead so many are just hopping on the bandwagon, going for cheap laughs.

My friend Berigan will know what I'm talking about here: Wash Post 8-2-14: "The Nationals and Braves continue to mimic one another, for both richer and poorer. From June 28 to July 13, the Nationals went 10-4 but gained no ground in the NL East. In the past 10 days, the Nationals have gone 3-6, but they’ve only lost a half game because they Braves have gone 4-6, including a loss last night on the West Coast in which they allowed the Padres 20 hits." The thrill of victory, and the agony of defeat!

Loved him in The Great Escape.

Interesting mix with Hobart Smith!

I would like the Henry Red Allen lp if it is still available.

John Fahey has a large catalog, so here are some recommendations for albums with more blues: Blind Joe Death Death Chants, Breakdowns, and Military Waltzes Dance of Death and Other Plantation Favorites Days Have Gone By Voice of the Turtle Of Rivers and Religion Kottke, Fahey, Lang The Great Santa Barbara Oil Slick Red Cross

Jeanette James and her Synco Jazzers, The Bumps (what a groove by everyone involved!) Mary Lou Williams' first records were with this group. James was the vocalist of the group, later named John Williams' Synco Jazzers. This song is instrumental. This was on Really the Blues cd 4.

An important challenge of the umpires' call in last night's game between the Nationals and Rockies. Come to find out manager Matt Williams is successful in 65% of his challenges! Is there a list somewhere for the whole of MLB?

Ace and Bear have done some great Cajun reissues lately.

Have a good one!

Best wishes!

I felt that way too but whenever I tried to point out examples they were trivial. Did you notice any major ones? I was thinking of the way Daughter Maitland sang in a more modern style than those blues women who belted out songs at full volume. Good singer, but probably influenced more by Billie Holliday than Bessie Smith.

Just Blues by Memphis Jazzers (on Really the Blues CD 9)

Hmmm. Just as long as it's not anachronistic as on Boardwalk Empire.

Good actor. RIP. I remember as a kid wondering who in the world would confuse him with Efrem Zimbalist Sr.!

For me 1920s for jazz, blues, and Cajun 1950s for blues, rhythm & blues, country-western, bluegrass, rock and roll, and Cajun If I knew anything about so called "song" and "Great American Songbook" I might say something different.

I was just about to say, Where are the singers?

Happy Birthday!

That whole series is a favorite of mine. Most of the episodes range from pretty damn good to absolutely killing. A few, not so much, but how much did you pay to see it, right? Mostly, yes, very good stuff. The Don Rickles one in particualr, I watch that one over and over, and I'm not really a "fan" of Rickles per se. The Rickles segment was great! Did you see the one with Brian Regan? My favorite one so far. "You'll need to jiggle the handle, your Excellency!" And the Convincer bit was gone gone gone!