JAZZ CD PICK OF THE WEEK - BOOKER ERVIN

This weeks Jazz CD Pick of the Week is a recent purchase from the highly underrated tenor sax player Booker Ervin. This cd is titled Structurally Sound and features some classics standards as well as many other hip tunes. Now for some reason Booker is not as widely known as some of his peers but I think he is just as talented. I think Booker just came along in an era where he was overshadowed by some of the more dominant sax players of the day.  Here's Booker performing the classic tune Stolen Moments which is one of many great cuts on this cd. Not hip to Booker? Check him out!

SONG OF THE DAY - THE J.B.'S

I was listening to iTunes today while laying on my butt watching football. The classic funk jam Pass the Peas by the J.B.'s came on and I realized this should be my song of the day. I mean it's a funk classic that has lived on for years! Anyway, for those of you that aren't (or are hip), enjoy!

DVD PICK OF THE WEEK - JACKIE CHAN

OK, I promised a DVD Pick of the Week so here you go! Here is an action packed 1992 movie from Jackie Chan titled Police Story 3 (also known as Super Cop). This movie also features Michelle Yeoh doing some incredible stunts. Now like most of us in the U.S. I really didn't know much about Jackie Chan until he teamed with Chris Tucker in Rush Hour. I mean he was already an international star by this time and I was completely unaware. As I learned more about Jackie Chan I realized he had made a ton of movies. I started collecting Jackie's movies and currently have a ton of them in my library. This is just one of many action/comedy classics from Jackie. Not hip to Police Story 3? Check it out!

SOPPIN' WET

Now I'm sure this is something that has happened to all of us and is something I've been meaning to blog about for a while. Have you ever been to a party or get together and went to use the bathroom? OK, because I usually show up fashionably late at any party or get together by the time I go to use the bathroom I find a frequent condition. A soppin' wet hand towel by the sink! EWWW! Gross! It just never seems to fail, wherever I go. Now as I look at this soppin' wet hand towel and figure "there's no way I can use this can I?" I mean it's disgustingly wet! As I look around the bathroom I consider my other options. There's a bath towel hanging up but what if someone used this to dry off their body? EWWW! Double Gross! HAHA! Anyway, I usually end up just using the back of my pants. I mean what's a guy to do huh?

WHERE'S THE DVD PICK OF THE WEEK?

OK, now I have to admit that it has been quite a while since I posted my patented Asian DVD Pick of the Week. It had been a while since my last visit to Chinatown but recently I went and was hoping to catch up on a lot of good stuff. I must say that I was sadly mistaken. After months of not going there what happened? Where's all the new movies? Is there a piracy crackdown or something? Anyway, I did manage to pick up 5 movies for $20 as usual and was hoping for the best. As I watched these I must say I was sadly disappointed. These were just bad, bad movies. These aren't deserving of my pick of the week. No way! So sorry to say there isn't a new pick of the week but I may have to go back and revisit my vast library and come up with an old school pick. Stay tuned!

CAR WASH AT 5:45AM? WHAT?

Now as you all know I'm pretty obsessive about maintaining a clean car (inside and out). I feel driving a dirty car is like wearing a wrinkled or stained shirt or worse. I shake my head in disgust at people that have a filthy car. When looking at the inside of some of these cars it appears a bomb has gone off inside as there is stuff all over the place! Anyway back to the reason for my post, I get up at pretty early in the morning to drive to work. Usually I drive by the local self-serve car wash at about 5:45AM! Yep, I know most of you still have your heads on the pillow and are sound asleep. As I drive by the car wash I will usually always see someone washing their car at the time of the morning. What? You didn't have time to do this on the weekend? You decide to do it now? I applaud the people for wanting a clean car but I think at this time of morning is a little odd not to mention the people that live right next to the car wash that have to listen to this. HAHA!

SONG OF THE DAY - SMOKEY ROBINSON AND THE MIRACLES

I haven't posted a Song of the Day for quite a while. While laying on my butt watching football with my laptop and listening to iTunes, I heard this song from Smokey Robinson and The Miracles titled "Here I go Again". Now this has to be one of my favorite Smokey songs and any version I've heard (including this one) is a definite winner. Anyway, check out this classic love jam on this cold and dark afternoon and I'm sure you will agree with the song of the day.

IS THAT A CD PLAYER? - WHAT?

The other morning i was driving to work and I noticed an early morning person jogging. Now what caught the eye of SAXOMAN was what this jogger was carrying. What? Yep, you guessed it! A portable cd player! What? Yep, I kid you not. Now I can honestly say that I haven't seen a portable cd player in quite a while let along see someone jogging with one.  I mean that's almost like jogging with a Walkman. You juast don't see this any more. Now I remember I paid big money for a portable cd player many, many years ago and would also take it with me many places. The only downside was how many cd's I would have to carry around with me. HAHA! Anyway, seeing this jogger with the cd player brought back many similar memories such as the people that would wear the headphone radios haha! Man how times have changes.

YOUR DOG SPEAKS SPANISH? - WHAT?

Many years ago I remember being over my father-in-laws house as he gave several orders to his dog. Things such as Sit, Lay Down, Fetch, and others. Now what was amazing to me is he did all of these commands in Spanish! I watched in amazement as the dog followed all of these commands. What the? I looked at the dog, looked back at my father-in-law, looked at the dog again and then blurted out "Your dog speaks Spanish?". HAHA. What a knucklehead I am sometimes. HAHA!

WHERE'S SAXOMAN?

Yes, it was bound to happen. Once I got my iPhone I started checking all my e-mails on my phone instead of pulling out my laptop. So my blog has been sorely neglected. Now don't worry my many readers. SAXOMAN is still alive and well and enjoying the four day weekend. I will post some more riveting topics soon so stay tuned!