Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim, Part of the reluctance on my part in getting a card is that my trumpet teacher was on the Union's "Audition Board" I was a student at the Chicago Conservatory and didn't want Joe to know about my non classical career..... However....another of his students at the same time was playing in a Rock Band every night....Still does... "Lee Loughnane" of the CTA/Chicago.... And yet another of Joe's students (From Tenn) became a jazz legend..... "Booker Little" Booker preceded me by at least 15 years... -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols@bellsouth.net> > Jon, > > Union cards were not all that much help. In the South around 1950, we had > a > 15-piece big band in college and did well with college dances. We all > carried union cards. Then, when small combos became popular and began to > undercut our bookings, we complained to the union and they did nothing. > Those non-union combos marked the end of the big band era. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <jon.stanton@comcast.net> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> > Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007 11:37 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] LHSA Meet in Santa Fe - Now Dinner > > > > When I was a kid in college I started playing trumpet in a Latino dance > > band. It was there that I was introduced to jalapenos, tequila, and real > > Mexican food. Rehersals were always a feast... As I was the only Gringo > > in > > the band the expressions on my face were closely watched with every new > > food or drink I tasted. Forever corrupted.... I still have a passion for > > the food....I did give up the booze however 20+ years ago. > > > > This was Chicago in the 60's. The band started getting some good > > gigs....tv shows, the Aragon, many other venues. It was great until the > > Union showed up and asked for cards...I didn't have one and the band was > > warned that they would be "blackballed" if I ever played with them > > again....I refused to get a card... > > > > > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > > From: Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com> > >> On 2/24/07 10:05 PM, "GREG LORENZO" <gregj.lorenzo@shaw.ca> typed: > >> > >> > Brian Reid writes in part: > >> > > >> >> I would definitely be in the mood to be part of a group of people > >> >> heading off to Rancho de Chimayo for dinner one night. Or > >> >> somewhere else. > >> >> > >> >> I'm willing to eat at any restaurant. Heck, I'm willing to eat > >> >> pretty much anything. But at least one night while I am in Santa > >> >> Fe I'm going to eat at Rancho de Chimayo, even if I have to eat > >> >> alone. > >> > > >> > Brian, > >> > > >> > I have to travel 400 south to Helena Montana to get good Mexican food > >> > when we > >> > are in Calgary. So I'm game to try this place as well. Assuming we > >> > can > >> > get in > >> > with about 30 people and we can arrange transportation there and back > >> > from > >> > Santa Fe we can have dinner there. Of course, if we travel by > >> > automobile, we > >> > will want to make sure that every driver is a 'designated driver' and > >> > that > >> > those in Santa Fe w/o wheels get a ride there and back. > >> > > >> > Greg J. Lorenzo > >> > Calgary, Alberta > >> > > >> > >> > >> In my neighborhood which is the west 100's there are 6000 Spanish > >> speaking > >> people who speak Spanish and no English. And plenty more who DO speak > >> English. I had Peruvian dinner the other night. We have a real Spanish > >> multi > >> culture around here. And a fair amount of Portuguese. > >> I got Cervantes's Don Quixote in a new translation by Edith Grossman and > >> Zorro by Isabel Allende. Which to read first? Tomorrow I go to the Apple > >> store on 5th avenue and chose from 6 different learn Spanish speaking > >> software, How to find out which might be the best one? Then I'll read > >> Cervantes's in Spanish. And a few others. Lorca maybe. > >> I have no TV here but go to see lots of films. My favorite are Spanish > >> mainly. My main favorite had been French. But Aldomovar's my favorite > >> director and there are plenty others from over there who are hard to > >> beat. > >> Buñuel. There are still a few Spanish flicks I've not even seen. Like > >> Labyrinth with my favorite actress just about Ariadna Gil . The one > >> with > >> the > >> mustache in the smash hit Belle époque. Who was more interesting even > >> than > >> Penélope Cruz. Saying a lot. > >> It's the real West Side Story here. > >> > >> I listen to a lot of Pablo Casals from my Itunes. > >> I don't think any of its in stereo. > >> > >> > >> Mark Rabiner > >> New York, NY > >> > >> markrabiner.com > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information