Thursday, December 27, 2007

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Jean Chusid


May 8, 1925 - October 18, 2007

Sunday, May 6, 2007

Dat Dere

A panel of 1,412 music experts were recently asked their opinion of the classic jazz song "Dat Dere" by Oscar Brown, Jr. The results were surprising, and diverged from the general warm public reception accorded this song since its release on the 1960 Columbia LP Sin & Soul ... and Then Some.

The breakdown:

"Dat Dere" is great: 0%

"Dat Dere" is mediocre: 0%

"Dat Dere" is better than anything written by Billy Joel: 0%

"Dat Dere" is worse than anything written by Billy Joel: 0%

"Dat Dere" sucks: 34%

"Dat Dere" blows: 52%

"Dat Dere" — well, I have no opinion because I have more important things to think about: 14%