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Jesus, I hope everyone involved is okay. Take care on the road!

"High Step" is a song composed by trumpeter Benny Harris. The most famous recording is probably that led by bassist Paul Chambers in 1956, featuring John Coltrane on saxophone. The recording was later re-issued in 1975 under both Chambers' and Coltrane's names in order to cash in on the latter's...

The chapter title, "Gone Gone Gone," likely refers to a song popularized and performed by the ragtime comedic duo Collins & Harlan between 1903 and 1926. Ragtime music influenced early jazz, eventually evolving into the big band style of the 20's and 30's, and influencing the style of important...

Dang, good on ya papa. Try not to get your hopes up too much though 😣

I was probably nine or ten when I first watched Jaws. I was more scared of that movie before I saw it. I remember feeling like, “oh, that wasn’t that bad,” afterwards. I think that Jaws has been referred to so many times in popular culture that it was built up in my little kid mind as way...

Satou’s not wrong about Batman though.

This chapter was cringy, but it may be my favorite so far. Most people (I’m certainly no exception) are/were little shits at that age. I like how candidly the chapter examined that.

Fun fact: Due to a title card mistake, “Night of the Living Dead” immediately entered the public domain upon its release in 1968. The film’s commercial success led to dozens (hundreds even) of low-budget imitations whose creators were free to crib from the source material without paying...

The fake fart on the train killed me. I think I want to marry this woman. The Phantom Menace sequence brought back memories.

I’ll go to the theatre for movies where the experience is enhanced by the big screen. For example, movies with a lot of action and special effects (Indiana Jones is a great example), or movies with particularly amazing cinematography (think Lawrence of Arabia). Otherwise, the prices, cell...

@TehSDragon No problem. I thought it was a nice touch on their part and wanted to keep it up. @vigorousjammer So I put my comments up before your group dropped chapter 19 later in the day. I thought that there had been a changing of the guard and, as I said, wanted to continue your good work...

This chapter title is tough to nail down, there have been many songs (jazz and otherwise) called "Evolution," over the years. Sticking with a common theme with the chapter titles, I'm guessing that this is a reference to another John Coltrane compostion: Evolution (1/4) Evolution (2/4) Evolution...

The chapter title, and first song performed by Dai, is Countdown by John Coltrane: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ7QTRzV9RM. Trane comes in on sax around the 30 second mark.

Saeko’s blunt, but I don’t think she did anything out of line. They’re adults, it’s not unreasonable to think sex might be on the table after a month. She asked, was told “not yet,” and accepted the answer. It would not have been okay if she had pressured Miya or argued about the “no,” but she...

@lilliwyt Fair enough. Looking back at my comment, I think I rushed through an afterthought and didn’t explain well. I meant I’ll be pissed at the character, not the story/writer. I don’t have a problem with sad or tragic endings as long as they make sense. I also don’t think I would’ve stuck...

Jeeze, that was some much needed levity. I love her mom; dad seems alright too.

Damn, this is good.

Huh, well that was something different. Ain’t that some shit... Edit: Also, I’m going to be super pissed if MC kills the princess because she shat herself, and has lice in her hair, and does whatever else MC views as unbecoming of her station/unbeautiful. I’ll be even more pissed if she makes...

In case anyone’s interested, the drawing of Berklee on page 19 is the southeast corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Boylston Street in Boston. It’s a pretty faithful reproduction.

So I’m imagining his solo kicking off something like this: https://youtu.be/BvAAUyDHFmg?t=8m47s. Loud and aggressive, though significantly less refined. I can see that going over like a fart in church at a casual jazz venue.