It was all pretty harmless, but - multiple personalities aside - I always found his obsession with Conan, a person who was never a poster here, kind of bizarre.

I was going through the the archives and found this.

http://speakeasy.jazzcorner.com/speakeasyarchive/thread.php?forumid=4936

Doug and Gonzo, are either of you guys on facebook?

I suppose I should just make a boilerplate request to any regulars to join fb and at least join the JC group there.

Good to see you too, man.

Was that a guy who was from NYC and worked/worked in a hotel and who was pretty leftist? Because that guy was a real asshole.

Or maybe you're talking about a guy named Cooper who was very...

And I just learned Jack Vance died a few weeks ago.

I still think you're right about that other thing, but both (or all three, maybe) personae are nice guys, so I'm not pushing it.

I'm not a big fan of ECM, but the label's production works works best when matched with the group's intended aesthetic. Dave Holland Quintet, for example. 'Not Two, Not One' by Bley/Peacock/Motian...

I'm still waiting for my money.

After that asshole reported you to your employer, I can't blame you for being too careful.

Gore Vidal - Gore Vidal's State of the Union: The Nation Essays 1958-2005

Paul Bowles - The Sheltering Sky

Max Beerbohm - Enoch Soames: a memory of the eighteen-nineties

That's similar to the silent stare. It's when two or more characters make some sort of discovery or revelation. One of them asks a question - you know, trying to logically and pragmatically resolve...

It was poorly phrased, I agree.

Edit: oh, I see what you meant. Nope.

Maybe we are terrible people.

I wasn't born in the US. I came here with my family as an undocumented immigrant. The standard media-formulated immigrant narrative is that I should be humble and grateful for the opportunity, and...

"A Horse With No Names" is one of the worst musical atrocities to come out of the 70s.

Just to add fuel to the fire...

http://www.avclub.com/articles/increasingly-unfeeling-internet-refuses-to-buy-gir,98432/

Fritz Leiber - Swords Against Death

The second collection of Fafhrd and Gray Mouser stories. Fun. I think I enjoy lowly blue collar sword and sorcery more than aristocratic highfalutin Tolkien...

My tastes are malleable and I'm easily influenced by external commentary and second impressions. That either makes me open-minded or gullible.

Speaking of cancelled shows, I read Hulu is showing...

It's not my favorite, but I like it.

Some shows are self-aware, others are self-evaluative, and still others are self-congratulatory. "Girls" congratulates itself for its own perceived...

I should take a look over there when I have some free time. I always got the impression the folks over there were still discussing the relative merits of Blue Note reissue series and stuff like...

Shit, I started posting at JCS shortly after graduating college some time around '96. I forget when JCS went down, but it must have been around '99 or so.

That's not exactly true, because Lois re-designed JC in '03 and we all had to sign up again, but a lot of us have been here since the 90's. I know you were here because (as much as I like you now)...

Do it, Jimmy. It's different and not as intimate as here, but it has its benefits.

This is a bummer, but it makes sense for Lois to not spend any more resources on this when there are more viable social media outlets to promote JC. I met a lot of great, funny, cool people here...