Jazzy Peaks
May. 30th, 2014 01:29 pmMary Beth and I have been spending time watching/re-watching Twin Peaks. What else? Getting really frustrated getting jQuery to work on my project. I think I'm having trouble just linking the damn shit. Annoying. What else? Oh yeah, we did finish Jazz the other day. I guess it's funny seeing the huge contradictions when they talked about free jazz/fusion. Especially Mr. REALtalkshowjazz using the harshest language in the whole series to admonish Cecil Taylor for saying the listener should prepare themselves before going to a concert or listening or whatever, then a little later in the same episode saying how much he grew to appreciate A Love Supreme after he had learned to approach it in a different state of mind. And probably the worst thing about the whole series...I mean, I knew it was supposed to be over-the-top in kissing Louis Armstrong's ass, but I think it exceeded my expectations...every time they move on to some new development in jazz they jump back and spend another 30 minutes with more sections devoted to Armstrong and Ellington. And the level of Armstrong-apologizing went beyond the pale.