Toonsday Tuesday in Tunesville ... and Bless You

[3-LockBox]

Been hittin the old stuff... Brand X - Unorthadox Behavior Dixie Dregs - What If Jeff Beck - Blow By Blow Bill Bruford - Feels Good To Me and not so old stuff: Beardfish - Sleeping In Traffic Pt 1 Circa: - (s/t) (Billy Sherwood) Conspiracy - The Unknown Built To Spill - Keep It Like A Secret Teenage Fanclub - Man-made PFR - Disappear The Killers - Hot Fuss Blackfield 2 - (s/t) Marillion - Marbles Dead Soul Tribe - Lullaby For The Devil Radiohead - In Rainbows The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow Enchant - Juggling 9 or Dropping 10 Made a couple of comps to listen to in the car; all instrumental stuff for driving at night.

Been listening to a few others older comps as well (remember those days?).

[bobsticks]

A great day for spinning tunes with a few old favorites and seldom-played fare including Interpol's Turn On The Bright Lights, the new Burial,Untrue, Surfer Rosa on SACD, and a great lo-fi comp find The Trojan Dancehall Box Set.

I too have a lil comp action goin' on, The Urban Drive Mix, a juxtaposition of hardcore rap and techno which would not gather raves in these circles...keeps the subs moving though.

I'm getting ready to head out to the local to check out the new releases, although nothing I've read about has struck me. We'll see. I feel a jazz evening coming on...maybe some Paquito D'Rivera...but Chutes Too Narrow sounds mighty good as well.

[Finch Platte]

Brand X - Unorthadox Behavior

Love these guys. I'll have to play some when I get home.

fp

[Hyfi]

old stuff...

Brand X - Unorthadox Behavior
Dixie Dregs - What If
Jeff Beck - Blow By Blow
Bill Bruford - Feels Good To Me

Looks like my daily standards. I recently re-purchased both Livestock and Unorthodox Behavior, and we know where I stand when it comes to Bruford.

Anyway, from an old comp Razz by none other than 3LB, I was always curious about the Harry Connick track, She. Released in '94, I think it's out of print now. The first several places I tried to purchase it had it Back ordered or Out of Stock. Ordered from a place that said they had it in only to get a cancellation email a week later. Luckily I found an online seller that had 1 copy left and I got it last week.

This disk is a real sleeper that fell way under the radar while Harry cranked out better than Frank himself tunes. The title track She is real catchy and there is a slower funky reprise later on the disk. There is no less than 5 genres mixed up on this cd from jazz to ragtime piano to funk to some slow dreamy guitar jams. Of course, I could stand a little less vocals with my music but Connick has a great voice along with a damn good band on this cd.

I'm guessing by the straight up jazz track on the other Razz comp he has a standard jazz disk I'll be checking out too.

[3-LockBox]

I'm guessing by the straight up jazz track on the other Razz comp he has a standard jazz disk I'll be checking out too.

The album is Lofty's Roach Suffle - a genuine, old fashioned jazz-trio album (piano,stand-up bass, drums) and its better, IMO, than She - and no vocals.

The problem with Connick Jr is the same with all cross-over performers. He had a reoccuring role on a TV show, he was in a few popular movies; he's actually a decent actor. But his original fame came from music, albeit, an old fashioned style of music, which made him a novelty. Then came the acting career. He's got charisma to spare, but by the time She came out (even Loafty's Roach Suffle as well), he fell into that singer-turned-actor who occasionally puts out albums and acts, but isn't taken seriously on either front. He isn't a must see actor, nor is he a must hear musical artist, which is a shame, cuz his trio project was as good as anyone has put out in the genre. He's kinda like Jennifer Lopez in that regards, without the great ass.