tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post6289451424839312325..comments2023-10-24T03:46:41.971-07:00Comments on Contingencies: Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post-87668798463768839182008-06-15T18:03:00.000-07:002008-06-15T18:03:00.000-07:00Ah yeah man dig "minor booze" too. Swingz, like ne...Ah yeah man dig "minor booze" too. Swingz, like nearly all Kenton band stuff (and without the vulgarity of the usual Basie like stomps). The baldy alto boy not quite Art Pepper or Zoot but half bad. Stan K not such a bad ivory maestro either.Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post-41711584188796801332008-06-15T10:20:00.000-07:002008-06-15T10:20:00.000-07:00Yes. Lieutenant Ambrose Bierce saw heavy combat in...Yes. Lieutenant Ambrose Bierce saw heavy combat in Civil War (read his Chickamauga--as intense as Poe or something) and had a rather bitter view of life (easily termed "cynical," but really rather tragic, though he never loses his sense of biting wit). He's sort of the American Diogenes, I'd venture to say (HL Mencken said something like that). <BR/><BR/>Bierce realized that American politics (ifJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post-90146553786473522502008-06-14T20:12:00.000-07:002008-06-14T20:12:00.000-07:00I love that Bierce quote. Seriously, I'm going to ...I love that Bierce quote. Seriously, I'm going to make that my new "battle-cry".Will "take no prisoners" Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02315659209094683602noreply@blogger.com