dang your right again ron. How silly of me. mebbe Bird was the first time he got taken seriously.
Gran Torino! - don't f*** with old soldiers. Nothin more dangerous than a smart old man. On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 4:30 PM, X Acto <[email protected]> wrote: > do'nt mean to be a persnickity pick john, but I am an eastwood fan > his directoral debut was Josey wales... a favorite... > I think unforgiven was the only one to top it in it's genre. > > although gran torino kicked ass too > > > jus luvs that man > > mmm...mmm > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: John Carl <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sat, March 6, 2010 2:40:58 PM > Subject: [MD] When the music dies > > For a short time near the beginning of our marriage, Lu and I lived in a > Nevada City Victorian, sharing rent with Bill and his first wife, Kathy. I > wish we'd stayed longer because that was a real cool place to live. And my > mom was the landlord, which is usually a cushy deal. > > For Valentine's Day, Bill and I ordered a horse-drawn to carriage pull up > to the door as a surprise, and deliver us to Friar Tuck's, a fancy-shmancy > restaurant in town. > > Also, every Sunday night, Bill and I would walk to the Nevada > Theater<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada_Theatre>, > California's oldest theater building, and watch an artsy movie together and > then walk back through town together. > > > The most memorable of all the movies we watched at the Nevada Theater Film > series, which only played movies on Sunday nights, was Clint Eastwood's > directorial debut, Bird, about the life of Charlie Parker. Bill and I > really enjoyed the movies and even more the summer evening walks back > through town to our home and wives. We'd have a chance to discuss what > we'd > just seen and the long walk seemed to enhance the quality of the movies. A > post-reflective coming down. > > The most striking scene for me in the movie Bird was one where another sax > player goes to hear Charlie (Bird) Parker playing, and going in to see him > he's all happy and cocky, but afterward he comes out depressed. He's on a > bridge and with a muttered oath, throws his sax into the river. > > Walking back home I wondered why. Why be discouraged over something good, > new and different? Why not be inspired? > > Ego I guess. A musician, a sax player, struggles to master his instrument > for years, and then encounters another who just blows him away. He thinks, > perhaps, that Quality is a competition, rather than a collaboration. > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html > > > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
