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Jazz Chiq

Laissez les bon temps roulez!

About Me


Rest In Peace, Mr. Carlin. You've earned it.



My Interests

Jazz. Blues. Road trips. Photography. Central Coast. Angeles Forest. Joshua Tree. Watching films on Sunday mornings --- followed by brunch. Chocolate. Live theater. Wine. Reading. Wine trips. Wine tasting. Wine baths. More wine! And Chocolate.

I'd like to meet:

I don't have a recipe for the type of people I'd like to meet. I meet lots of people, some of whom are quite wonderful, so they become part of, and enrich, my life...!

Music:

Jazz, Blues, Classical, Electronic, Alternative, Independent, KKJZ, WBGO, WWOZ, The Jazz Knob, KPCC, KCRW.

Movies:

Independent Films, Foreign Language Films. Very original films where I am unable to predict the entire plot within the first fifteen minutes.

Television:

Countdown with Keith Olbermann, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Colbert Report, Real Time with Bill Maher, Mind of Mencia, Mad Men, Weeds, Big Love, Documentaries, Law and Order, Sopranos, IFC.

Books:

Lately, I've been reading books from Michael Connelly. Excellent crime-thriller novels. "Chasing Ghosts" by Paul Rieckhoff. "god is not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything" by Christopher Hitchens.

My Blog

I Was There ... Kinda Sorta

I was in the 9th Grade.  I spent the weekends with my dad.  It was my dad who introduced me years earlier to George Carlin, when we listened to "Class Clown".  On that Fall evening in 1975, my dad and...
Posted by Jazz Chiq on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:20:00 PST

7 Words

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Posted by Jazz Chiq on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 02:54:00 PST

George Carlin - Modern Man

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCljFYn3zTY ...
Posted by Jazz Chiq on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:56:00 PST

Tim Russert

I love civics and politics.  I love the news.  I love the election process.  The place at which all of these intersect stood a Titan, from whom I received a great deal of my political e...
Posted by Jazz Chiq on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:57:00 PST

Im Voting Republican

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Posted by Jazz Chiq on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:06:00 PST

Thank You Doug

Thank you Doug MacLeod for contributing to one of the best birthdays I have ever had.  Hearing you play my dad's guitar was the best gift I could ever receive.  You are the gift to us all. ...
Posted by Jazz Chiq on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 10:48:00 PST