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Jumpin Jimes did "Swing Shift". It was basically the automated assembly line theme from Bugs Bunny cartoons, so that leads me to think that the song might have classical roots.

Last night's House ended with a sensual blues tune. Maybe it hasn't jumped the shark.

Speaking of TV shows, I've tracked down a few recordings out of the credits of Ken Burns' recent The War documentary series. You're making me flashback to last year when my Tigers finally made it back to the series. I belted King Curtis' "Take Me Out To the Ballgame" while replaying Ordon...

No. There were many other factors. You sure ask some random questions. It leads into it. We drifted into talking about "Sing, Sing, Sing", and "Take the A-Train", I thought it'd be good to bring it back to Glenn Miller. I think a lot about what ifs and other possibilities. It ge...

So what could Glenn Miller have done, had he survived? Could his understanding of pop music have kept the Big Band genre rolling through the rock and roll era?

It's a bit strange that you hadn't heard of "Northern Exposure", because I used to email a UK address talking about the show years ago. Hopefully, I've got the links to work right. http://groups.google.com/group/alt.tv.northern-exposure/topics?lnk=srg http://groups.google.com/group/alt.tv....

That brief process you described is so much more difficult than insert CD, forward to track number, play. It would throw off most people's timing. They could do it, but it would throw them off. The neutral way was how I was trained to do it at the Explorer Program for Specs Howard School of the Bro...

Strayhorn also wrote some musicals before Ellington, as I recall. Could he have pursued that any further, to be mentioned with Porter, Rodgers, Hart, Hammerstein, Adler, Ross, Lerner, Loewe, and Wilson? That would have led to movie adaptations, and made him that much more memorable to the American p...

TV shows are another great source. My whole concept of my music collection was influenced by the endless jukebox and KBHR on "Northern Exposure". The update, "Men In Trees", similarly has poignant lyrics attached to cool grooves. Fans of many shows go wild updating the info on Wi...

What I'd like to see our fades between vinyl and CDs, start it one way, equalizing the sound for a certain feel, then switch to the other method and a different sound. Like start the vinyl version of "Don't Be That Way" with lots of treble, no bass, then after the first lick, kick in the C...

Why does everyone make it seem so hard? If you have a neutral position, it's easy. Find the start of the song, turn back one-quarter turn so the drive has enough time to get up to speed before the song begins. If you don't, it's just a timely drop of the needle, just make sure that you're offline wi...

Didn't Glenn Miller do "Anvil Chorus"? And there was that jazzy take of Rachmoninoff's "18th Variation on a Theme by Paganini" that Bill Murray's character plays. I want to learn how to do that to a tune... And the 3rd movement of Rach's 2nd became "Moonlight and Empty Arms&...

Anyone else notice that in this clip, Gene Krupa 'disappears'? He is right next to the trumpets as the camera moves back. Then the next shot is a close up of the trumpets and trombones and Krupa's not there. I guess it made for a more artistic shot to remove him. He wasn't removed. Krupa is offstag...

I've toyed with the idea of playing In The Mood, Sing Sing Sing, and Stray Cat Strut as the first three songs of an evening after a beginner lesson (i.e. before Lindy Hoppers show up), just so that I can get them out of the way and tell anyone who requests them later "Sorry, you must have miss...

Seriously, I haven't gone on a total music geek out in at least two years. I am getting burnt out with the stuff I have, any suggestions before I burn up in the atmosphere? So glad to hear you say that. Self contentment with your collection is the worst thing that can happen to a DJ. Like that sayi...