Hey here is a palate cleanser so Icepick won't bitch about Palladian's personal Hot Tub Time Machine photos are posted on line.
Lola Albright was the co-star of Peter Gunn and a great jazz singer. Download some of her stuff. It is great shit. I kid you not.
And she was a hot babe back in the day.
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'bout time!
That show was streaming for a while on netflix. All the scenes in the bar were great. Not the trickiest plots I've ever seen, but not a problem as long as the chantoozie was in the scene.
Sorta like Julie London...
Hubba-hubba! I've seen her on Peter Gunn. And I agree with Chip S's take on that show.
And come on, if I wanted to look at fat slobby men I could look in a mirror. I don't need that!
Huh. I knew the show was a Blake Edwards creation, and Henry Mancini was Edward's composer of choice, but I hadn't realized that young Johnny Williams was the pianist in Mancini's orchestra at that time.
No one was as good as Julie London--IMO
Of course I was young a testosterone laden--now I find out that I was only feeding my prostate cancer.
Roger J, this is true (about Julie London)
I have to admit that I don't like all "jazz" probably because it is so idiosyncratic--I have three particular favorites--"In the Mood"--the best dance tune ever done; the Ella Fitz with a tisket a tasket--but my favorite is Ahmad Jamal--he played with a trio--bass, drums and he on piano--Listen to Poinciana--one of the best ever done. google it. Its on U tube. The drummer is fabulous.
Of course, I am also a sucker for NOLA Dixieland.
No one was as good as Julie London--IMO
Who is the modern Julie London? I thought it was Diane Krall for a few years, but then she let her husband tinker with the music and meh.
I like Jane Monheit, sometimes, depending on whether she's being herself (good) or imitating another singer (not so good).
Tony Bennett has said that kid lang is the best female singer of this era. In like her voice, but topically she doesn't do anything for me.
Michael Haz--as an old fart I haven't kept with the new singers--Modern jazz hasn't done much for me. I suppose I should pay more attention :) Thanks for identifying some new singers for me.
BTW Micheael--I am assuming TB is talking about KD Lang--a really good voice.
Hey Haz, a guy stopped by yesterday to work on some stuff here and he showed up on a motorcycle - a Kawasaki Vulcan 1700 cc v-twin 6 speed.
Hard shell cases, fairing, all the comforts of home.
But no reverse - he had to walk it backwards a bit down the driveway, saying that he hopped it didn't fall over.
I said I would help him pick it up, if it did, then thought to ask "How much does that thing weigh?"
Eight hundred pounds was the answer.
Well, there you go. A Steinway grand on two wheels.
Sixty Grit said...
Hey Haz, a guy stopped by yesterday to work on some stuff here and he showed up on a motorcycle - a Kawasaki Vulcan 1700 cc v-twin 6 speed.
Hard shell cases, fairing, all the comforts of home.
But no reverse - he had to walk it backwards a bit down the driveway, saying that he hopped it didn't fall over.
I said I would help him pick it up, if it did, then thought to ask "How much does that thing weigh?"
Eight hundred pounds was the answer.
Well, there you go. A Steinway grand on two wheels.
Wow, that is a huge motor. Why so huge? You could mount that thing in a chassis and get something like this http://www.campagnamotors.com/
Hey Sixty. The Kawi Vulcan 1700 is a nice cruiser. Reliable as bricks, quiet, well made. Doesn't require much maintenance, and with that it should last 200,000 miles, unless the owner rides like a hoon.
Heavy bikes can be a pain to pick up, unless you've learned how to do it, then it's fairly simple.
<a href="http://m.youtube.com/results?q=picknup%2520a%2520motorcycle&oq=&gs_l=>Lets watch a nice woman demonstrate.</a>
Sorry. I'm using a phone. You'll need to paste that into your browser.
The owner is a serious rider, got well over 100k miles on his previous Kawasaki, then traded it in on this one.
Big ol' motor, that's for sure. I can think of a handful of cars I have owned that were only 1.6 liters or less. One of them was a blast - almost literally - I blew the head gasket passing a semi on a 2 lane road doing 85 - good times.
The traditional v-twin motorcycle engine produces relatively horsepower per cubic centimeter. It produces a lot of torque making ideal for loping along on the highway.
My current touring bike is a 1200cc inline four cylinder. It produces about 110 hp at the rear wheel, compared with 80 rear world hp from an 1800cc Harley v- twin.
Different tools for different jobs.
Cute. Look at those mamalootions.
I gave up riding after a test ride on a friend's 1100 Kawasaki 4 cylinder 30 years ago.
That thing was so powerful, so fast, so quick and so frightening that I knew that if I was going to be long for this world I needed to return it.
I did.
I really like interesting machinery and most motorcycles are very interesting.
You were wise. That's not a good bike to start with. The best ones are smaller with an upright seating position.
More than a few of my friends have traded their motorcycles for big scooters that are highway capable. Easy to ride, automatic transmission, etc. Suzuki Bugrman and Honda Silverwing are cool. My wife rides a Burgman.
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