Thursday, March 19, 2009

Humpday Blues

One of my favorite tunes of all. Written by Mingus as an elegy for saxophone great Lester Young.


For me, anyway, it always brings to mind a film noir detective flick. Man in a trenchcoat and hat, rainslick streets, music drifting from a club as he passes by.

Charles Mingus


Goodbye, Pork Pie Hat




9 comments:

Unknown said...

Okay, I'm leaving the library to go home and hear this!!

I LOVE THIS SONG!!!

OUT A STYLE???!!! PREZ IS HAPPENING NOW!!!!

Thanks, Culturist John

Anonymous said...

I absolutely LOVE the infidel life where you can listen (and see) the music YOU want:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwmVV46oMgE

It's mullah and sharia approved, btw.

Anonymous said...

For our jihadi brothers who hate rave parties, this is for them:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk3lQRmIkoM

Brings back the memories coming of age and stuff. Especially "stuff". Have fun infidels.

Anonymous said...

Oh, no! Look what I found trawling youtube! I love this song and I'm patting myself on the back.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvX0IvJwkng

Anonymous said...

I know it's lame but Chuck Norris hit 69 10 days ago. Happy b'day Chuck and some lame jokes for you:

If you have five dollars and Chuck Norris has five dollars, Chuck Norris has more money than you.

There is no 'ctrl' button on Chuck Norris's computer. Chuck Norris is always in control.

Apple pays Chuck Norris 99 cents every time he listens to a song.

Chuck Norris can sneeze with his eyes open.

Chuck Norris can eat just one Lay's potato chip.

Chuck Norris is suing Myspace for taking the name of what he calls everything around you.

Chuck Norris destroyed the periodic table, because he only recognizes the element of surprise.

Chuck Norris can kill two stones with one bird.

Chuck Norris isn't hung like a horse; horses are hung like Chuck Norris.

Chuck Norris can strangle a man with a cordless phone.

Chuck Norris was the first man on the moon and he walked all the way holding his breath.

Chuck Norris was first down to the Titanic wearing nothing but speedos.

Chuck Norris doesn't wear a watch, he decides what time it is.

Chuck Norris sleeps with a pillow under his gun.

No way - Chuck Norris doesn't sleep; he waits.

There is no such thing as extinction there are just animals Chuck Norris decided to let live.

The original title of Alien vs. Predator was Alien and Predator vs. Chuck Norris. They had to scrap the idea because no one would pay $9 to see a movie 14 seconds long.

Chuck Norris once visited the Virgin Islands. They are now The Islands.

Some kids piss their name in the snow. Chuck Norris can piss his name into concrete.

Chuck Norris counted to infinity - twice.

Chuck Norris' tears cure cancer. Too bad he has never cried.

Chuck Norris' calendar goes straight from March 31st to April 2nd; no one fools Chuck Norris.

On a high school math test, Chuck Norris put down "Violence" as every one of the answers. He got an A+ on the test because Chuck Norris solves all his problems with Violence.

Chuck Norris died ten years ago, but the Grim Reaper can't get up the courage to tell him.

Chuck Norris can slam revolving doors.

Outer Space is there because it is afraid to be on the same planet as Chuck Norris.

Anonymous said...

http://www.megaleecher.net/uploads/google_chuck_norris.jpg

http://www.ratemyeverything.net/image/11402/0/Chuck_Norris.ashx

and he doesn't even blend

http://www.snotr.com/video/386

midnight rider said...

Andre!

Chuck Norris won't blend. . . How'd he do that :)

Chuck Norris is a true Infidel though pretty far right.

Liked the Adam Ant video. I once worked with a lady who was related toi him a a 3rd cousin twive removed sorta way. So she said.

2nd vid not so much Hip Hop/rap not my favorites usually (a few, though).

Third video was pretty good but there's the whole language barrier thing again.

Chuck Norris for Secretary of Defense. And general mayhem.

Anonymous said...

MR, I know what you mean, I have a hard time finding some good music (not rock) from ~1998 to ~2005 onwards. Most of them are completely forgotten and unremarkable, but still fun.

One I truly like

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BVADNUyDZY

@Adam Ant, I take it you like the black girl? (can I still say "black" instead of "colored"?)lol

Anonymous said...

The music I used to listen when 16/17. Funny and full of life.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ko2JfPvgsNQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66PPq3oFVec