Saturday, June 02, 2007
(1:45 AM) | Brad:
Friday Night Jazz
Is it just me, or have zombies returned to popular culture in a serious way? Sure, they've never really left. I've flipped through enough issues of Fangoria to know there's always been a niche market for the living dead. (For example, how many of these movies have you seen? It just seems to have really captured our imagination lately. In addition to the 28 Days Later movies, Robert Rodriguez's contribution to Grindhouse, Shaun of the Dead, and anything Rob Zombie puts on film, you have two major authors writing quasi-zombie novels -- Cormac McCarthy's The Road and Jim Crace's The Pesthouse. What gives?Anyway ... on with the music. I know I keep saying that I'm going to start posting this earlier so people east of the Mississippi get it on Friday, but hopefully at least a few of you were out drinking and living it up late enough to enjoy this just before bed.
First, probably my favorite Ella Fitgerald track, 'Mack the Knife'.
Followed by Betty Carter's nutty version of 'My Favorite Things'.
And what the hell, a couple of potato bacon bombs! Because I'm currently reading her kickass biography, Etta James' 'All I Could Do Is Cry', and one of the best renditions of 'Strange Fruit' this side of Billie Holiday.
