the truth: you completely misunderstood me. i’m ragging on the pulitzers for essentially pulling a music award out their ass and belatedly giving it to a jazz great, when the organization primarily deals with writing and letters (which is why I compared to tom wolfe winning a golden globe, which are almost all acting awards).
coleman’s ‘at the golden circle’ is one of the best jazz albums of all time. up there with davis’ bitches brew and coltrane’s my favorite things.

hey abandoned station, when you become a musical pioneer and visionary then maybe you can talk about Ornette Coleman. But right now you should stop.

Jimbo….not all rap music is bad, just like not all rock music is good. Does Rich Boy suck terribly? Yes, but so does Nickelback. Rap is a very legitimate musical expression, but i do agree that it hasn’t been for about a decade. Wu-Tang Clan, Nas, Biggie…all geniuses. Hip hop as well as rock n’ roll, with only a few modern exceptions, is dead.

Clapton, Collins, Nicks, Led Zeppelin………….that sure sounds alot better than the garbage we have to listen to today. Whoever decided rap music was good for anything besides making normal people want to puke was off-base. The music of today in no way compares to the examples mentioned above. In fact, most of todays music is just plain S—’.

Ornette Coleman gets a pulitzer? What’s next, is Tom Wolfe gonna get a Golden Globe?

Re: The Ertegun memorial. That list is nothing. Imagine the pilgrimmage for when Clive Davis goes off to that final A&R meeting in the sky.

Oh, other Jacksons. Face it, no matter how hard you try, you will not be as talented or bizarre as Michael…

spellcheck Lily…and RS (read the last two sentences in the last news nugget), and always, always myself…