Shag, for Jazz musicians who are THAT out there...it's called Heroin. On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 4:31 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> I watched this twice now and really enjoyed it both times. The second > time I watched it with my dad (a long time Star Trek fan). I was of the > exact same mindset as y'all about Avery Brooks until I watched it the > second time. My dad has been a musician for about 50 years. A good part > of that has been involved with Jazz. He acknowledged that Avery Brooks was > way-out there, but he says he's met true Jazz musicians like this. He said > it's almost like they operate on a different plane of reality and the music > speaks through them. > > > > Shag > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [The Unique Geek] The Captains > From: Jason Service <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, March 23, 2012 10:14 am > To: [email protected] > > How funny!! I just watched this on streaming also. I couldn't watch the > whole thing, it got kind of boring by the end but yes...Avery Brooks was > essentially incoherent in that piece. Words come out of his mouth, but they > make no sense and they add no substance. If he has always been this way > (which i doubt) i can't imagine how he remembered his lines for the show. I > suspect that he has some sort of substance abuse issue now, but that is > just my uninformed opinion. > > On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 9:28 AM, Edward Crosby <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I just finished watching The Captains on Netflix streaming, the >> documentary of all the Star Trek captains by William Shatner, and there is >> one thing that really stands out after watching this...Avery Brooks is a >> whack job. Seriously, does anyone know any personal history about this guy? >> Did he do too much LSD in the 60's or something? >> >> ---------------------------------------- >> Have a Better One, >> Edward Crosby >> http://about.me/edwardcrosby >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The Unique Geek" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
