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Has anyone seen The Hanging Tree? Karl Mauldin makes a great villan. George C. Scott plays a drunken preacher in a memorable performance. And I cannot fail to mention Maria Schell, older sister of Maximilian. hubba hubba! Check out the title song by Marty Robbins. Was up for an Oscar. This movie is as good as High Noon and it should be released on DVD. It is a shame it is not.

I saw The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence this weekend, and I had forgotten how good some of the old western are. I also saw The Rainmaker which stars Burt Lancaster, Katherine Hepburn and Lloyd Bridges, a lesser known great flick. It is not really a western, but close. But there is one western I have been wanting to see for years. It is The Hanging Tree with Gary Cooper, Karl Mauldin and a newcomer, George C. Scott. It was supposed to be released on DVD two years ago but never appeared. Come on Warner. Amazon has a synopsis of these movies if you are interested. Seen any good westerns lately?

I saw George Pal's The Time Machine today. It ended with Rod Taylor taking three books with him to the future to "start a new world". What books did he take? It is the H. G. Wells story.

I didn't know Edith Piaf until I heard her singing in Saving Private Ryan, as the heroes are waiting for the Germans. Thanks, I will have to check the movie.

Mr. thebes, For the winter,weary bones, I put on FleetwoodMac's Bare Trees. This is Peter Green days. http://www.fleetwoodmac.net/penguin/peter.htm I especially like the tunes Bare Trees, Sentimental Lady, Spare Me a Little and Dust. Happy listening.

Seti, Check out Charles Brown's Christmas music. I'll bet if Cab Calloway did the trick, your babe will like Charles Brown.

After seeing Derek Trucks on the Crossroads 2007 dvd, I got some tickets to see him at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta on New Year's eve. It will be my 25 th wedding anniversary so maybe I'll get lucky (by having a good night of music, of course). Also at the show will be the North Mississippi Allstars. Can't wait. Ticket price was $35, not including junk fees.

Saw National Treasure : Book of Secrets. It was a lot of fun. No foul language. Minor violence. Lots of laughs. Sweeney Todd...can't decide. I liked the song No One's Going to Harm You.

It is difficult to say which disc I like best. Both have some excellent songs which make the expense worthwhile. I was very pleased with the Derek Trucks Band. It was espically fun to see Derek come alive with emotion when playing with Johnny Winter. He was obviously a Winter fan, as am I. I don't know what other issues Johnny has, but last time I saw him, he had to have a guy on each arm lead him to a chair to play. I thought "well he's blown it". I found out later he had just had hip replacement surgery. On the disc, his walk offstage brought another cheer from the audience. It was fun to watch. I liked the B.B. cut, even though he forgot where he was in the song. He was cookin'. Just don't tell your wife "as long as I'm paying the bills, I'm paying the cost to be the boss", unless she knows you were just singing a song! I like Crossroads 2004 better, but there are killer performances on the 2007 discs. Long live The Illustrated Man.

Amy, You mentioned Vincent Price. My faves are The Pit and the Pendelum. The Tingler, Cry of the Banshee. I cannot remember them all. Oh yes, and one without Mr. Price that scared the begesus out of me as a kid, The Killer Shrews. How about the original Wolfman, Frakenstein and The Mummy?

I was watching Johnny Carson one halloween night many years ago. The guests were this volumptous woman, a very cuite and petite woman dressed as a gymnist, and Screamin' Jay. I don't know what the woman did, but the gymnist put herself in a box and blew herself up, and then there was Screamin' Jay. It was freak night, I guess. So the guests were talking to Johnny and the gymnist said something about herself as compared to the woman who was stacked. Screamin' Jay looked her up and down and said, dressed in his undertaker suit, in a very deep distinguished voice, "Honey, you ain't got nothing to be ashamed of." I thought it was the funniest thing. I had jet lag and had copped a buzz. Anyway, Jay's performance was this. Stage hands wheeled out a coffin, the music started and out of the coffin sprang Jay and he sang I Put a Spell on You, complete with flash powder and with Henry smoking a cigarette. He was playing piano and the flash powder got a little out of control and Jay said "don't want to pull a Michael Jackson here" as this was about the time Jackson caught his hair on fire filming a commercial. It was a great performance. I had never seen anything like him before. My recommendations are... I Put a Spell on You, Frenzy, Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby, Ice Cream Man (by Tom Waitts), Heart Attack and Vine (also by Waitts), Yellow Coat and Orange Colored Sky. The CD Voodoo Jive is a good place to start.

Country? Try Junior Brown. Junior plays what he calls a Guit Steel, which is half electric guitar and half steel guitar. From the CD 12 Shades of Brown, check out My Baby Don't Dance to Nothin' But Ernest Tubb, What's Left Just Won't Go Right, Hillbilly Hula Gal and Coconut Island. From the CD Guit With It, try Highway Patrol and My Wife Thinks You're Dead. Almost all songs from Semi Crazy are good. Yodel? Try Don Walser's CDs Rolling Stone From Texas and Texas Top Hand. He does a great job on two Jimmie Roger's songs California Blues (Blue Yodel # 4) and Awaiting for a Train. Don passed away in 2006. RIP Don. Love ya. Another yodeler is Wylie (Gustafson) and the Wild West. You may know him from the Yahoo commercials. Roy Rogers was supposed to be a great yodeler, but his stuff is hard to find. Hate your neighbors? Try yodeling. Western swing? Try Asleep at the Wheel's Ride with Bob, which is a tribute to Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys.

Archie Bell and the Drells. Thighten up.

Hammertop, Gotta love Monster, Suicide, America. Ishmael

Yeah, but how did you like the audio?

Saw it in the theater, but at home, the DTS ES Discrete 6.1 was exceptional.

Hello everyone, I am thinking about getting 2 RSX 5s and 2 RSX 4s with a RCX 4 for my computer room, 12 x 10 feet. A local Klipsch dealer has the used set for $650. They retail for $950. I just got a Sony KDL 40XBR3 and I am dying to get some good speakers. They are silver and I prefer black. I also would prefer 4 of the RSX 5s rather than two. Beggars can't be choosers. What do you think? I know they would sound good, so I wonder why I am asking you. Approval, I guess. The devil is in one ear and an angel (in a nurse's uniform) is in my other ear. Help.Thanks.

Have had mine since 2000. I want the PM Ultras but am afraid.

Anything with Vincent Price. Cry of the Banshee. The Pit and the Pendulum. House of Wax. The Tingler. Others. The Blob. The Killer Shrews. Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte. Strait-Jacket.

Bill Bruford played and toured with King Crimson. They put out a DVD titled Deja Vrooom. Lots of talent. The discs sound excellent. Also has DTS. One song has six viewing angles, one of each of the six members. The music of the performer being viewed then comes from the center channel. You can also make your own version of Court of the Crimson King by using snippits of KC's former incarnations. Greg Lake (ELP) was an early member. I have always thought this was a great DVD. Anyone else? Don't forget Tony Levin.

I heard Warner Home Video was going to release this on DVD this year. Has anyone heard when? Great western with Karl Malden, George C. Scott. Thanks

I like Cry, Cry, Cry Cocain Blues Ballad of a Teenage Queen

Help! I've been TIVO'ed. Don't get one or your wife will be watching these type programs 24/7.

Charles Brown.

Beatles. Everybody's got something to hide 'cept for me and my monkey. Good golly said little miss Molly, As she was rock'in in the House of Blue Light. Tutti frutti was oh so rutti When she was rockin' to the east and west. Lucille was oh so real, When she didn't do her Daddy's will. Come on baby, Drive me crazy. Do it. Do it. I'm a <_____>.