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I see you Jayne, your mohawk almost caught me in the eye. And....my hat fell off and is now soiled.

Nice that you posted the art work. At the Launch Party the other night there were ten prints created by the Kendall Printmaking students using woodcut and dry-pointing methods. See attachment.

Also nice to see you, your wife and son, but where are the other two youngsters?

Absolutely stunning biplane! The large picture is eery in its beauty. Fear not, the other children are all still with us, we have not eaten them yet. My daughter took that picture and other son was on his bike. I included it because I thought it was cute, and it has my shy wife in it. Ssssssh. Don't tell.

The other day in Dublin on a primarily pedestrian road named Grafton Street, there were all sorts of musicians on the streets. One group was a four-person swing band named Swing & Co. They consisted of a trumpet, a violin, a guitar and a double base. Ain’t the place grand?

Hey, man, like, that's double "bass", not "base". Like, I know man, 'cause, like, that's my axe! Dig?

I’m hip now but dig, man, I got hung up on the wrong spelling—and such a cool, low range instrument. Most excellent sound.

Reet-o-vouty.

And Lois Armstrong might add, “Ohhhh, yeaaaaahhh.”

Just saw “Akeelah and the Bee”. There are usually three to five very good films in a year. This is surely one of them. Don’t forget to bring a few hankies.

Honk! Honk! Phizzz!

“Goodbye, kids.”

Lew Anderson (1922 – 2006)

Goodbye, Lew.

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Chap, Just got this same news from a fellow musician:
Lew Anderson, who played Clarabell the Clown throughout most of the long TV run
of the Howdy Doody Show and taught the kids of my generation not to think bad thoughts
about boys with girls' names, died Sunday. What I didn't know before reading his
obituary in today's New York Times is that Anderson was really a composer, arranger
and bandleader. He founded the All-American Big Band which has been gigging every
Friday night since 1997 at Birdland in New York.

Amazing what musicians will do to make a living.

Ah, yes! Honk in peace!

So many pioneers......

Nard,
I don’t want to ruin the “stream” over there on the other board but I have to say that I’m still drying my eyes over that milk and cookies, Chianti statement you made. Raymond Chandler, step back.

Braling II,
I always thought he had rhythm. I never knew anything about his history, only the smiles. Its good to know he led such a productive, happy life.