On this anniversary of the tragic plane crash that took BUDDY HOLLY , RITCHIE VALENS , and THE BIG BOPPER , we also remember those left behind. BUDDY 's bass player on that final tour, WAYLON JENNINGS tellin' us 'bout the Good Hearted Woman [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeo1rD611xE[/youtub...

Favorite single performance: Kevin McCarthy in INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS . Favorite "star"? I have a warm spot in my heart -- and a soft spot in my head -- for Whit Bissell . He's in some of my favorite films noir , but it is in sci-fi movies where he truly shines. [* = played a Dr. o...

I watched it -- and it has only gotten better with age.

Or maybe it's due to my age. For the first time, I caught Richard Deacon as one of the reporters.

Jackson (and I don't mean MICHAEL ) reminds this turntablist of one of the most surreal duos on either side of the Rockabilly Line. In the middle of winter, what could sound tastier than Summer Wine poured by NANCY SINATRA and LEE HAZLEWOOD [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHtPvUHjZfU&fe...

Welcome, and have fun!

I'm here to help, Dewey. PROCES DE JEANNE D'ARC , AU HASARD BALTHAZAR , MOUCHETTE , GERTRUD , ALPHAVILLE , THE TRIAL , CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT , ANDREI RUBLEV , VIRIDIANA , THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL , DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID , BELLE DE JOUR , CLEO FROM 5 TO 7 , THE LADIES' MAN , CONTEMPT , 8-1/2 , THE LEOPA...

Let's think of some RECORD PARTY obsessions. There's STEVE ALLEN , of course. Music, sometimes of an avant- nature, played by FRANK ZAPPA . And on the Middle Coast, at least, TIMOTHY CAREY , including his masterpiece (despite what Mr. ZAPPA said), The World's Greatest Sinner . Wouldn't it be great i...

The Hawk, Bird, Stan & 'Trane -- add these four and the sax is covered for Eternity. The breathy BEN WEBSTER takes a solo with jive dancing all around [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT6cgn54tIU[/youtube] Prez, LESTER YOUNG , and friends cause a dancin' storm with Jitterbug Jam [youtube]...

I'm shocked -- shocked, I say, that one from the U.K. and one from Dreamland did not mention a little movie with a Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Vincent Price and Olivia de Haviland called THE PRIVATE LIVES OF ELIZABETH & ESSEX -- a nice historical costume romance drama.

Thank you, MissG, for that "fire that burned Chicago down."

This is a Second City Salute to one of our special Big Apple listeners, the Divine MissGoddess , a lover of a particular Kurt Weill Berlin theatre song from THE THREEPENNY OPERA that is a swingin' fingerpoppin' favorite on the RECORD PARTY . A #20 hit in 1956, the one and only LOUIS ARMSTRONG playin...

Severe tangent, for which I apologize in advance. My mother grew up in a mixed marriage: her father was a Republican; her mother and maternal grandfather, who lived with them, were staunch yellow-dog Democrats. My mother was her Daddy's little girl. There was only one thing FDR did during the Depres...

Kirk Douglas' jerk-nature was perfect in roles, but it made me hard to tolerate films where he was the only 'star' in it. Maybe that's it. My impulse is always to say that I don't care for Kirk Douglas movies, but then there are a few films he is in that I love: PATHS OF GLORY , OUT OF THE PAST , a...

Don't forget Barbara Stanwyck

Never forget Barbara Stanwyck...in anything.

But just as importantly, a huge WELCOME to Ms. kimpunkrock. Now get thee to a Sam Fuller thread.

Bootsy and George and all that Parliamentafunkadeliathang on the funkentelechy mothership are hot h-o-t HOT , but here on the West Coast (of Lake Michigan) it went from a steamy 47 degrees on Tuesday to sub-zero overnight, so we're thinkin' cold c-o-l-d COLD . FOREIGNER gets it right with Cold As I...