@ Holland Oates

I worked for a startup for a while and the place totally took off. This kind of reminds me of that. It was really, really fun while my department was just a handful of people, but it became evident pretty quickly that some of the climbers had zero ethics — and that zero ethics "works."

@ Flaubert Cooper

Man, I was disappointed with BLACK SWAN, and I usually really like Aronofsky's work. But I don't think the directing is the problem — it's Portman. The way she plays the character is really unlikable. How can someone with so much discpline have so little spine? She's just whining and falling apart from almost the…

Yeah, I think Let It Be gets that dubious honor.

Okay, I'll give you that, but its rep is so huge that, to the general public and casual jazz fans, THAT'S the album they know from that period. And I'd argue that it's probably the weakest of the bunch.

I wish Impulse had let him record The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady uninterrupted. I mean, he clearly edits te pices anyway, but still. That may be my favorite jazz record so far from any artist, in no small part because it feels like a true journey. The music is so sexy and smoky and, in parts, almost insane,…

King of the Hill
When are we getting KING OF THE HILL on DVD!?

Starter set:

Blue Train is really good, but kind of workmanlike.

@ littlealex

@ Om

@ Enkidum

(By the way — that would be Bill Evans, not Gil.)

One of the musicians has been quoted as saying that it was just another session for them; they didn't think it was anything all that special.

I also think that was a big letdown, especially since I like a lot of Rodrigo's music and think this could've been a good fit. But I don't think it works at all.

Soultrane
Giant Steps
A Love Supreme
Live at the Village Vanguard
Meditations

Bitches Brew is really overrated
Miles Ahead
Kind of Blue
Miles Smiles
Jack Johnson
On the Corner

My bead on this is that he's grasping for a hit. I know he wants that Best Director statue, too — he was so mad that Soderbergh won that even when the producers of GLADIATOR urged him to come to the dais he refused. Kind of a shame, because GLDIATOR wasn't really Best Picture material, so he actually got lucky and…

The ESQUIRE story was really poor
Not really train-wreck awful, but marked by a real poverty of imagination. I like him quite a bit as an actor and as the subject of interviews, so I really hope he grows into this. I don't begrudge him a third or fourth or fifth career whatsoever; I do begrudge Esquire using up…