Sort by The Allmusic Blog (Free subscription) - 06/05/2008 - YouTube
Finding mainstream jazz performances and documentaries on DVD is relatively easy. A quick in-store or online search will bring to light several excellent choices on favorites like Louis Armstrong, Miles, Mingus, and Ellington. However, if you’re seeking the avant garde on DVD, you gotta dig a bit deeper. Two films to be on the lookout [...]
Sort by Money Players (Free subscription) - 05/27/2008 - YouTube
Darren Heitner, a UF law student and founder of SportsAgentBlog.com, scores a great interview with former NBA player and current agent B.J. Armstrong. I've known B.J. since he first came to the Chicago Buils in 1989 -- and I've got to know him a little better (he's not easy person to figure out) in the last year, as we usually run into each other on our frequent LA-Chicago trips. BJ is one of...
Sort by nourishing obscurity (Free subscription) - 05/21/2008 - YouTube
Tonight's quiz: 1. Which is the most unusual name: a] Negroponte b] Slartibartfast c] Brown 2. Which food is best for you: a] Death by chocolate b] Frog's legs c] Big Mac 3. Who is the best singer ever: a] William Shatner b] Kate Bush c] Louis Armstrong 4. Who is an absolute fruitcake: a] Bjork b] A fruitcake c] Ultrachav 5. Who has the best body: a] Woody Allen b] Jabba the Hutt c] Brown...
Sort by composite drawlings (Free subscription) - 04/08/2008 - YouTube
... might wish to include a few of these birthday notables: Saint Francis Xavier , John Sheffield , William Wordsworth , Henry Kuttner , James White , Tobias Stimmer , Gino Severini , Percy Faith , Bobby Bare , Freddie Hubbard , Patricia Bennett , Florian Schneider , John Oates , Janis Ian , Alan J. Pakula , Francis Ford Coppola , Stanley Adams , R. G. Armstrong , James Garner , Andrew...
Sort by Balls and Walnuts (Free subscription) - 02/20/2008 - YouTube
... us how to cut up cadavers and not make an unbloody mess of things.) Crashing the Gate by Jerome Armstrong and Markos Moulitsas Zuniga: Edifying but dull dissection of everything that's wrong with the Democratic old guard. Hillary's crash-and-burn vindicates a lot of what the authors say in this book. Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt: The more I think about this series of memoirs, the more...
