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My sister and I played the game of you tell me the Flintstones episode and I'll tell you how it ends.
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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"
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My sister and I played the game of you tell me the Flintstones episode and I'll tell you how it ends.
Well, you could say Fred yelling "Wiiiilma" and have a good chance.
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That was terrific! There were some very talented theme song writers. And soundtrack writers.
One of my favs! 28 minutes of improvised bliss. He just played along to the film as he watched it. From Wikipedia:
Davis was booked to perform at the Club Saint-Germain in Paris during November 1957. Rappeneau introduced him to Malle, and Davis agreed to record the music after attending a private screening. On December 4, he brought his four sidemen to the recording studio without having had them prepare anything. Davis only gave the musicians a few rudimentary harmonic sequences he had assembled in his hotel room, and, once the plot was explained, the band improvised without any precomposed theme, while edited loops of the musically relevant film sequences were projected in the background.
Nice. I found this place in Mena, AR by accident. A long day of riding and stopped at the first place I found in Mena.
Mena Mountain Resort
A pic of the room and sunrise the next day.
Well, apparently I've been asleep again. What up?
For those dealing with medical adventures:
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What I don’t get is that the military is all about spit and polish and yet I see patina on some instruments. I assume that these are military issued instruments. Marching bands are meticulous when it comes to presentation. Have standards dropped?
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Drinking the coffee at O'Hare.
Don't call me Ishmael. But he is correct on one count. Too long in port means trouble. I've been way too long at port. Travel is as natural to me as breathing.
Don't call me Ishmael. But he is correct on one count. Too long in port means trouble. I've been way too long at port. Travel is as natural to me as breathing.
Many horn players say the patina adds to the tone. Whatever. If those are their personal instruments, IDK if the Army pushes 'bright and shiny'. When I was a Navy musician, the saxes-and clarinets-were issued to me. I was expected to keep them clean. Polishing wasn't mentioned. Also, to polish a sax correctly, all the keys hafta be removed. I ain't doin' that.
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Saw a Martin alto on my local CL. It was probably tarnished. Zero chance I'll play sax again in this lifetime. And not rolling the dice on reincarnation 
Do you have any recordings of your time as a Navy Musician? Every military band I’ve heard had top notch musicians and sounded great.
We had the opportunity to record one album(33)at the Navy School of Music. It was a totally 'live' recording, no overdubs. Mistakes included. It's buried around here somewhere. If I remember to look for it, I'll see if there's any way to put a track into the PC.
We were one of many Navy 'unit bands'. Nothing special like the Army's Ambassadors, the Marine Band, or The Navy Band. 1 Chief/leader, 5 sax/clarinet men, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones(1 doubled baritone horn), 1 French horn, 1 drummer, 1 accordion(!), 1 tuba/string bass. I played 2nd/4th tenor, strictly a 'section' man-no adlibbing talent.
Hauntingly beautiful... Even my 'ol lady, not a jazz fan, said "-that's lovely..." Knowing her, I did skim thru most of the up-tempo numbers tho...
The last two numbers on the track IMO definitely are portends of the astounding "Kind Of Blue" 
album Miles recorded 2 years later in 1959!
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It's jazz.
Slacker!
They made horn instruments, too? Do they go back to 1833, also?
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YouTube thinks so, too! Kind Of Blue was the video that YT autoplayed after Ascenseur pour l'échafaud.Hauntingly beautiful... Even my 'ol lady, not a jazz fan, said "-that's lovely..." Knowing her, I did skim thru most of the up-tempo numbers tho...
Interesting note on Kind Of Blue. I'd purchased it several times over the years (vinyl, cassette, CD, remastered CD) when I saw yet another reissue. In very nice packaging. I read the back notes and purchased it immediately. Turned out that all previous issues were based on the original tapes. Well, it turned out that one of the two tape decks they were using was 5% fast or slow, can't remember which. They speed-corrected that master tape and remastered the album and bonus material. The results were stunning. The new version sounded richer and more full, if that makes any sense. When I did a side-by-side comparison, my previous remastered CD sounded thinner, with less presence.
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