FrankConniff
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Driving to the store, listened to Bud Powell. He was a turbulent genius and led a troubled life, but he made some deeply beautiful music.
about 20 hours ago
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Driving home from the Steve Allen Theater, listened to the timeless, piano-less, beautiful collaboration of Chet Baker and Gerry Mulligan.
1:23 AM Nov 24th
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Performing my show Cartoon Dump 8:00PM tonight, Steve Allen Theater, special guests Duncan Trussell, Dave "Gruber" Allen and Dana Gould!
3:56 PM Nov 23rd
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Driving from the airport, listened to J. Elvis and Gruber agree with me that we had a great time doing Cinematic Titanic live in St. Louie.
9:53 PM Nov 22nd
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Performing with Cinematic Titanic tonight in St. Louis at the Family Arena. Call me crazy, but I'm screwy for St. Louie!
8:35 AM Nov 21st
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Drove to the airport this morning to go to St. Louis, listened to Bill Evans to sooth and inspire me before I braced for the tumult of LAX.
11:34 PM Nov 19th
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@ The Mercer doc is well worth watching, great footage of him on 50s & 60s TV variety shows that I wished they'd shown more of.
12:27 AM Nov 19th
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Driving to Santa Monica, running Cinematic Titanic-related errands, listened to Johnny Mercer centennial concert on Terry Gross's NPR show.
11:57 PM Nov 18th
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Driving to Westwood, listened to The Carpenters. "We've Only Just Begun," "Rainy Days And Mondays," "Close To You" - all great records!
12:41 AM Nov 18th
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Drove around listening to Jazz while, apparently, someone was hacking my Twitter account. Sorry to all who got bullshit direct messages.
12:41 AM Nov 15th
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Performing stand up comedy tonight, Sunset Gardner Stages, 1501 North Gardner Street, Hollywood CA, 11:00PM. It's Friday the Funteenth!
12:57 PM Nov 13th
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Drove to Beverly Glen, listened to Louis Armstrong sing "Let That Be A Lesson To You," a great Mercer/Whiting song from "Hollywood Hotel."
8:13 PM Nov 12th
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Watched "Hollywood Hotel" on TCM. Plot was stopped for Benny Goodman tune with Hamp, Krupa, and Teddy Wilson. All movies should do this!
10:39 PM Nov 11th
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Drove to the store, listened to Joe Henderson, a great tenor saxophonist, a contemporary of Coltrane and Rollins and in their class.
8:16 PM Nov 10th
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Drove home from Fake Gallery last night listening to "Somethin' Else" by Cannonball Adderley. His solo on "Autumn Leaves" is stunning.
11:06 AM Nov 7th
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Performing stand up comedy tonight with Tom Agna and Hugh Moore at Fake Gallery, 4319 Melrose, 323 644 4946, 8:30 and 10:30, only 5 bucks!
2:17 PM Nov 6th
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Drove down the hill, listened to more of my favorite Johnny Mercer songs, "I Thought About You," "Midnight Sun," "I'm Old Fashioned."
5:16 PM Nov 5th
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Watched Johnny Mercer doc on TCM, then drove to Steve Allen Theater, listening to great versions of his songs on Verve Mercer collection.
12:03 AM Nov 5th
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Drove home from the Steve Allen Theater last night listening to Louis Armstrong sing and play "I Was Doing Alright," a great Gershwin song.
10:17 AM Nov 2nd
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Driving home from Fake Gallery, listened to The Young Girls of Rochefort. Again. Okay, it's official: this is my favorite movie soundtrack.
1:57 AM Nov 1st
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