#jimmy broadbent

[nvm-illustration]

So here's a commissioned piece for Jimmy Broadbent's birthday from his partner Annie.. (Though he did get it early!)

If you don't know Jimmy or if you're not part of the sim racing community, Jimmy's story is somewhat incredible and I would highly suggest checking him out.

I've been a massive fan of Jimmer for a long while and the fact I got to make this for him is honestly incredible. In the same way that he's gone from racing virtually to competing in the 24 hours of the Nordschleife is incredible. I can't help but draw the comparison to myself, spending years drawing things that didn't bring me joy, that I found boring to then only within the last few years be able to take the plunge and express my love for motorsport in all of it's aspects (and showing results)

Absolute dream come true.

[artnshitposts]

sobbing at this rn

[vroomvroomthings]

0 days since Max mentioned the inchident...

[dear-ao3]

the magical thing about f1 is that the drivers on track take themselves seriously but anywhere else and they're all just chilling 😭 was watching a Jimmy Broadbent sim racing video with Max in it, and max sounds like any other shit talking gamer, you'd never guess he drove in f1

literally it’s so fucking funny. max verstappen can and will kick everyone’s ass on track, curse you out over the radio and maybe beat you up in the garage after if your name is esteban ocon. but he uses his championship trophies to prop up christmas cards and lives in fear of his cats destroying his apartment. duality of man.

[tyrannosaurus-maxy]

Orbit and Jimmy Broadbent reacting to seeing the "Max Verstappen: Connected" message pop up

+chat reaction

[erstwhilesparrow]

"get to know people better" tag game! (thanks @neonsnailcity for the tag!! :D )

3 ships: see i could do a joke here and list three boats, but unfortunately i don't know any well enough for that. HMS Beagle. that's all i got. okay, anyway:

Mohwee / Oeca (Outsiders SMP -- i've been thinking about them constantly for the past like seventy-hours. is it the height of romance to decide that you can and should be the only one who gets to witness your friend-rival's death. to come staggering out a death trap covered in blood and missing an eye and immediately start screaming at everyone for mistreating your rival-friend who left you to die. to go running off into the woods on a stormy night to have a conversation that is so completely just for the two of you that even the medium in which your story is told keeps that secret for you. the correct answer is yes.)

fWhip / Pix (Empires SMP season 1 -- what if they were both in love with Jimmy Solidarity and never breathed a fucking word about it to anyone but each other. that thing where you both know the other person isn't actually who you want but they're the only one who gets it and it's better than nothing and the weight of this terrible secret is just the slightest bit lighter when you're together.)

Martyn / Scott (Life Series -- based on what i've posted on ao3, i am kind of obligated to put these guys on the list. every time i think i'm done thinking about them i get suckerpunched by another thought about them.)

1st ever ship: hm. earliest one i have record of is Lucy Carlyle / Anthony Lockwood from the Lockwood & Co. book series!

last song: according to spotify, "Slide it in" by Jack Broadbent. according to me, "Through the Leaves" by Alan Gogoll.

last film: oh no. uhhhhhh it might still be Bones and All, which i watched back in august and have definitely mentioned in a different tag game before.

currently reading: um. Synaptic by Alison Calder, which is a poetry collection i'm very slowly working my way through. also kind of the 2023 Griffin Poetry Prize anthology? sometimes i just go, "i want a poem," and open that to a random page.

currently watching: owengejuice's twenty-one hour video of the entirety of outsiders smp! i'm on hour three and a half :]

currently consuming: ...water? i just had some cantaloupe like an hour ago?

currently craving: a fucking nap.

tagging: @cohnal @qu-ilinn @ciaran and of course if you see this and want to do it but weren't tagged, feel free to pretend i tagged you o7

[theloniousbach]

ALMOST LIVESTREAM: MIKI YAMANAKA with Adam O’Farill, Caroline Davis, Pablo Menares, and Kush Abadey, SMALL’S JAZZ CLUB, 31 AUGUST 2024, 6 pm set

MIKI YAMANAKA usually plays trio and late and with husband Jimmy Macbride on drums. Here she was with horns (she was fangirling over playing with Adam O’Farrill but I was intrigued to see alto saxophonist Caroline Davis) and Melissa Aldana’s rhythm section. So this was an intriguing gig for the ways the differences would illuminate what I know and like of her playing.

She is above all a leader with an approach—smart, modern but with a firm grounding in the hard bop and beyond world. She plays Jaki Byard’s Mrs Parker of KC regularly and here gave room for the horns to explore while digging in herself for a robust and vigorous solo. She’s right that O’Farrill is a worthy player drawing on the likes of Roy Hargrove and Woody Shaw (though I know them poorly and indeed trumpeters in general), I bet. That is, melodic with a comfortable tone but adventurous. Still it was Davis’ sinuous linear playing that grabbed me with its invention and drive.

Having a bigger band showcased Yamanaka’s big ears as an accompanist. She didn’t have to be as big in the ensembles while still turning it up in her solos. Jimmy Macbride is a wonderful trio drummer though he has played band gigs without her and acquits himself well. Kush Abadey is so tasteful and sympathetic with Aldana, so it’s not like he is overpowering. He and Pablo Menares were both in a bigger context than they usually are, not just the second horn but her big piano instead of a guitar. But everybody is a pro here and all took advantage of the musical opportunities.

She once again covered Patrice Rushen whom she charmingly doesn’t know. Perhaps this band and this earlier time prompted her to play more of her own tunes which have enough for everyone to chew on and probably do benefit from having horns. Still she plays at least one a set and I recognized more than one title.

Miki Yamanaka is getting up there with Ari Hoenig and Alan Broadbent whose regular gigs are can’t miss. So I would have caught even “just a usual” set. But I’m glad to have seen these other sides of her.

[racingtoaredlight]

Improvement Later in Life

Highly recommend just letting this roll in the background during the day. It's fucking tremendous. Just fucking tremendous.

Specifically, the guitarist Anthony Wilson and the bassist Bob Hurst. I've had the pleasure of meeting Bob Hurst back in the day, and he's just awesome. I'm not sure if he's still the head of the jazz department at Michigan, but I'm pretty sure he at least still teaches bass there.

Wilson...trust me, there's gonna be more on him coming. I just need to listen more. He's fucking unbelievable.

But this post is about Diana Krall.

Krall has somewhat of a mixed reputation in the jazz world...that actually should've said "had" because she's done an increidble amount of work to successfully shut people up over the years. Will she ever be confused for Keith Jarrett? No. Will she ever be confused for Ella Fitzgerald? No*.

*There's a woman I've been listening to named Marina Pacowski, who is a classically trained pianist and unbelievable singer tho that can kinda live up to that. She's great too.

But I've been listening to Krall's stuff the past two weeks and her improvement over the years is shocking. She's been a "jazz star" for decades now...and it actually feels silly putting that in quotes, considering she's one of the few jazz musicians that can pack theaters and large halls year after year after year.

If there were any complaints about the quality of her musicianship, there have never been any of those levied towards her work as a bandleader...which has been exceptional since day 1. Her band is one of the jazz guitar's coveted positions...steady, high profile and well paying. It's no coincidence that she's had Wilson (at top) and Russell Malone (below) as her second in command since the turn of the century.

But this post isn't about guitarists...it's about Krall's steady, consistent improvement in her own skillset.

Below I'm going to queue these two videos up to one her her solos...one from 1996 and the other from 2022. Just listen to how much she's improved over these years, and how much more advanced her melodic playing is now than it was back then.

We're talking an already established music star back in 1996. She's already packing theaters at this point...she didn't really have to put in the work. But once you compare the two, you'll see she absolutely did, and continues to do so.

The 2022 example, I actually started a bit earlier. Pay attention to her comping. She has been putting in the hours and sounds like goddamned McCoy Tyner backing up Coltrane. Fuck yes.

In the 2022 example, Wilson lays down just a goddamned great solo...something great enough that it'd take something extra to follow that shit up. If you listened to her critics, you'd think her take might be a let down...

Instead they kick it into double time, and she just RIPS. No qualifiers, no "she's a better bandleader than musician" backhanded compliments...just a ripping solo in the pocket the entire time. 4:00-5:16 is straight up owning it.

She's been working for years with teachers Alan Broadbent and Jimmy Rowles, and...I mean, shit...it's pretty obvious the improvement's been significant. It's not like she was bad before...it's just now she's a pianist that's really got a whole lot working, adding another dimension to a musical recipe that's been packing houses for decades now.

It's really incredible shit to see someone hit the ground running at the beginning of their career, refuse to rest on their laurels, and despite already being at the top of their profession, they continue to grind and work and get better.

You do see this typically with psychos that are hardwired to keep pushing themselves. People who started early on and don't understand anything more than putting the pedal to the metal. But for someone later in life, who already had an established working career, to put that work in and watch it pay off is fucking great. It's inspiring as hell.

You want to know why she always has the best bands? It's not because she's a premier virtuoso...it's because she's leading the band, doing arrangements, singing, and still putting in the practice to become more dynamic, a more able musician. Like I said, it's inspiring as hell.

[alexlacquemanne]

Décembre MMXXIII

Films

Chef (2014) de Jon Favreau avec Scarlett Johansson, Jon Favreau, Sofía Vergara, Emjay Anthony, John Leguizamo, Robert Downey Jr. et Dustin Hoffman

Y a-t-il un flic pour sauver Hollywood ? (The Naked gun 33⅓: The Final Insult) (1994) de Peter Segal avec Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, George Kennedy, Fred Ward, O. J. Simpson, Anna Nicole Smith, Kathleen Freeman, Ellen Greene et Ed Williams

Quai des Orfèvres (1947) de Henri-Georges Clouzot avec Louis Jouvet, Simone Renant, Bernard Blier, Suzy Delair, Pierre Larquey, Claudine Dupuis, Henri Arius, Charles Blavette, René Blancard et Robert Dalban

Maintenant, on l'appelle Plata (…più forte ragazzi!) (1972) de Giuseppe Colizzi avec Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Cyril Cusack, Reinhard Kolldehoff, Riccardo Pizzuti, Ferdinando Murolo et Marcello Verziera

Moi, Michel G., milliardaire, maître du monde (2011) de Stéphane Kazandjian avec François-Xavier Demaison, Laurent Lafitte, Laurence Arné, Xavier de Guillebon, Guy Bedos, Patrick Bouchitey e Alain Doutey

Noël blanc (White Christmas) (1954) de Michael Curtiz avec Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, Vera Ellen, Dean Jagger, Mary Wickes et John Bascia

Rendez-vous avec la mort (Appointment with Death) (1988) de Michael Winner avec Peter Ustinov, Lauren Bacall, Carrie Fisher, John Gielgud, Piper Laurie, Hayley Mills, Jenny Seagrove et David Soul

Bridget Jones : L’Âge de raison (Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason) (2004) de Beeban Kidron avec Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Gemma Jones, Jim Broadbent, Jacinda Barrett, Shirley Henderson et Sally Phillips

Les Trois Mousquetaires : Milady (2023) de Martin Bourboulon avec François Civil, Vincent Cassel, Romain Duris, Pio Marmaï, Eva Green, Lyna Khoudri et Louis Garrel

Y a-t-il un flic pour sauver le président ? (1991) (The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear) de David Zucker avec Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, George Kennedy, O. J. Simpson, Robert Goulet, Richard Griffiths, Anthony James et Jacqueline Brookes

Wallace et Gromit : Le Mystère du lapin-garou (Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit) (2005) de Nick Park et Steve Box avec Jean-Loup Horwitz, Jeanne Savary, Philippe Catoire, Frédérique Cantrel, Patrick Messe et Mireille Delcroix

Rivière sans retour (River of No Return) (1954) de Otto Preminger avec Robert Mitchum, Marilyn Monroe, Rory Calhoun, Tommy Rettig, Murvyn Vye et Douglas Spencer

L'Ange de Noël (Christmas Magic) (2011) de John Bradshaw avec Lindy Booth, Paul McGillion, Derek McGrath, Kiara Glasco, Teresa Pavlinek et Tricia Braun

Joyeux Noël (2005) de Christian Carion avec Benno Fürmann, Guillaume Canet, Diane Kruger, Gary Lewis, Daniel Brühl, Dany Boon, Lucas Belvaux, Bernard Le Coq et Alex Ferns

L'Assassinat du père Noël (1941) de Christian-Jaque avec Harry Baur, Raymond Rouleau, Renée Faure, Marie-Hélène Dasté, Robert Le Vigan, Fernand Ledoux et Jean Brochard

Danse avec les loups (Dances with Wolves) (1990) de et avec Kevin Costner ainsi que Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene, Rodney A. Grant, Floyd Westerman, Jimmy Herman, Nathan Lee, Tantoo Cardinal et Wes Studi

Noël en trois actes (Christmas Encore) (2017) de Bradley Walsh avec Maggie Lawson, Brennan Elliott, Art Hindle, Tracey Hoyt, Mercedes de la Zerda, Mika Amonsen, Sherry Miller, Sabryn Rock, David Tompa et Erin Agostino

La Souffleuse de verre (Die Glasbläserin) (2016) de Christiane Balthasar avec Luise Heyer, Maria Ehrich, Franz Dinda, Dirk Borchardt, Robert Gwisdek, Max Hopp et Ute Willing

Le père Noël est une ordure (1982) de Jean-Marie Poiré avec Anémone, Thierry Lhermitte, Gérard Jugnot, Marie-Anne Chazel, Christian Clavier, Josiane Balasko et Bruno Moynot

Le Lion en hiver (The Lion in Winter) (1968) de Anthony Harvey avec Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Hopkins, John Castle, Nigel Terry, Timothy Dalton, Jane Merrow et Nigel Stock

Les Mystères de Paris (1962) d'André Hunebelle avec Jean Marais, Raymond Pellegrin, Jill Haworth, Dany Robin, Pierre Mondy, Georges Chamarat, Noël Roquevert et Jean Le Poulain

Derrick contre Superman (1992) de Michel Hazanavicius et Dominique Mézerette avec Patrick Burgel et Évelyne Grandjean

La Classe américaine : Le Grand Détournement (1993) de Michel Hazanavicius et Dominique Mézerette avec Christine Delaroche, Evelyne Grandjean, Marc Cassot, Patrick Guillemin, Raymond Loyer, Joël Martineau, Jean-Claude Montalban, Roger Rudel et Gérard Rouzier

La Grande Course autour du monde (The Great Race) (1965) de Blake Edwards avec Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Jack Lemmon, Peter Falk, Keenan Wynn, Arthur O'Connell, Vivian Vance et Dorothy Provine

Séries

Life on Mars Saison 1, 2

Bienvenue en 73 - La Loi selon mon boss - Le Pari - Corruption - Rouge un jour, rouge toujours - Compte à rebours - Cas de conscience - Mon père - Meurtrier en puissance - La Chasse aux ripoux - Peur sur la ville - Pièges pour jeunes femmes - Kidnapping - Héroïne - Recherche du coupable - La Promesse

Doctor Who

La Créature Stellaire - Wild Blue Yonder - Aux confins de l'univers - Le Fabricant de Jouets - The Snowmen - A Christmas Carol - The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe - The Return of Doctor Mysterio - The Church on Ruby Road - Eve of the Daleks

Les Enquêtes de Vera Saison 12

À contre-courant - Un homme d'honneur - Au nom de la loi - Une soirée funeste - Marée montante

Coffre à Catch

#144 : La Draft 2009 : Les bonnes affaires du mercato ! - #145 : La ECW débarque à Londres et l'Undertaker à Strasbourg! (avec Carole) - #146 : Christian enfin champion de la ECW ! - #147 : Un coffret à Noël, ça c'est une idée !

Kaamelott Livre III

Le Jour d’Alexandre - La Cassette II - La Ronde II - Mission - La Baliste - La Baraka - La Veillée - Le Tourment III - La Potion de fécondité II - L’Attaque nocturne - La Restriction II - Les Défis de Merlin II - Saponides et Détergents - Le Justicier - La Crypte maléfique - Arthur in Love II - La Grande Bataille - La Fête de l’hiver II - Sous les verrous II - Le Vulgarisateur - Witness - Le Tribut - Le Culte secret - Le Mangonneau - La Chevalerie - Le Mauvais Augure - Raison d’argent II - Les Auditeurs libres - Le Baiser romain - L’Espion - Alone in the Dark - Le Législateur - L’Insomniaque - L’Étudiant - Le Médiateur - Le Trophée - Hollow Man - La Dispute première partie - La Dispute deuxième partie

Affaires sensibles

Gérald Thomassin : l'étrange disparition d'un coupable idéal

Top Gear

Spécial Nativité

La Voie Jackson

Episode 1 - Episode 2 - Episode 3

Meurtres au paradis

L'étrange Noël de Debbie

Spectacles

Le Muguet de Noël (2021) de Sébastien Blanc et Nicolas Poiret avec Lionnel Astier, Frédéric Bouraly, Jean-Luc Porraz et Alexie Ribes

Sinatra (1969) avec Frank Sinatra, Don Costa & son Orchestre

Le Professeur Rollin a encore quelque chose à dire (2003) de François Rollin

Alain Souchon : J'veux du live au Casino de Paris (2002)

La Bonne Planque (1964) de Michel André avec Bourvil, Pierrette Bruno, Robert Rollis, Roland Bailly, Alix Mahieux, Albert Michel et Max Desrau

André Rieu : White Christmas (2023)

Michael Bublé: Home for Christmas (2011) avec Michael Bublé, Gary Barlow, Gino D'Acampo, Dawn French et Kelly Rowland

Michael Buble's Christmas in the City (2021) avec Michael Bublé, Leon Bridges, Camila Cabello, Jimmy Fallon, Kermit the Frog, Hannah Waddingham, Dallas Grant, Jarrett Johnson, Julianna Layne et Loren Smith

Michael Bublé's 3rd Annual Christmas Special (2013) avec Michael Bublé, Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey, Red Robinson, Jumaane Smith, Patrick Gilmore et Cookie Monster

Un fil à la patte (2005) de Georges Feydeau avec Thierry Beccaro, Marie-Ange Nardi, Valérie Maurice, Églantine Éméyé, Ève Ruggiéri, Tex, David Martin et Patrice Laffont

Vintage Getz (1983) The Stan Getz Quartet live at the Robert Mondavi Winery, Napa Valley, California avec Stan Getz, Victor Lewis, Marc Johnson et Jim McNeely

James Brown : Live at Montreux (1981)

Livres

Le seigneur des anneaux, Tome 3 : Le retour du roi de J.R.R. Tolkien

Détective Conan, Tome 18 de Gôshô Aoyama

Lucky Luke, Tome 27 : L'Alibi de Morris et Claude Guylouïs

Détective Conan, Tome 19 de Gôshô Aoyama

[rjhamster]

He’s done it! For the first time in SIXTY YEARS, a driver has won in their #NASCAR Cup debut with @shanevg97 taking the checkered flag in his debut drive for @TeamTrackhouse. 🏁

Ya love to see it https://t.co/Vccvy4koP3 — Jimmy Broadbent (@JimmyBroadbent) July 3, 2023

[albonium]

links to the tweet, the article and the youtube channel

edit : this is a video game thing

[artnshitposts]

steve went 145 in a code 60 zone its so over, he's been DSQ'd and his license is revoked, fml

[vroomvroomthings]

Max is genuinely the funniest guy in the grid, I fear. That livery has so many layers of comedy and memes 😂🤣

[bbcf1sundays]

[duckheadslittleplace]

Join the stream and maybe donate a little something for a good cause :) Donations go to Mind which is a Organisation that helps people that struggle with mental health. You can even purchase penalties for cars in the race to troll them, all in the name of charity!

[theloniousbach]

GETTING BACK TO THE SMALL’S LIVE ARCHIVE

VIRGINIA MAYHEW with Waldron Mahdi Ricks, Noah Bless, Lisa Parrott, Roberta Piket, Harvie S, and Billy Mintz, SMALL’S JAZZ CLUB, 26 JULY 2024, 9 pm set

KYLE NASSER and SIMONA PREMAZZI with Massimo Biolcati and Jimmy Macbride, SMALL’S JAZZ CLUB, 27 JULY 2024, 7:30 pm set

MIKI YAMANAKA with Tyrone Allen and Jimmy Macbride, MEZZROW’S, 31 JULY 2024, 10:30 pm set

Over the past couple of weeks, I preferred to watch and listen to Lake Superior out my window rather than jazz, particularly since sunsets typically came early in the 9 pm set. But, these shows did catch my eye as chance to give some deserving musicians another look.

I had previously seen VIRGINIA MAYHEW in a quartet or quintet setting with this same rhythm section, Alan Broadbent’s with Roberta Piket, married to drummer Billy Mintz, at the piano. That afforded her plenty of space to solo and show her improvisational chops. Here she had a mini-big band with trumpet, trombone, and baritone sax to showcase her compositions and arranging. She’s a fine enough soloist with a full tone and robust approach, but she didn’t dominate the solo space which afforded proper space for Waldron Mahdi Rick’s nimble, thoughtful trumpet work and Noah Bless’ solid trombone. I don’t have a nuanced ear for that instrument, but their presence adds to most gigs. Lisa Parrott mostly had section work like George Barrow on Blues and the Abstract Truth, but she got a couple of solos too. Piket, Harvie S, and Billy Mintz had a cohesion that amplified their significant contributions. Piket soloed strong and seemed inside the tunes, but Harvie S too made himself heard in the big room with the big band. I shouldn’t be surprised that Mintz can simultaneously drive a septet and do it with subtlety. It’s not minimalist in the same way as with Broadbent but it has nuance.

Still it was Mayhew’s gig and her tunes were catchy, though there was one by a Mike Oliver (?) for her grandmother, also named Virginia, which was quite lush and seemed to be a composed through piece and they played a Mintz tune in honor of Piket. But Apples Flambé, Amy’s Cha Cha Cha, A Hundred Kisses for Herschel, and One for Sonny (Rollins) evoked big bands, Jazz Messengers flavored hard bop, bebop, and a very nice calypso on the one for Rollins.

SIMONA PREMAZZI and KYLE NASSER too had tunes at the forefront as they each composed tunes worth considering. Hers are quirky rhythmically which gave Jimmy Macbride nice things to do, though I was struck at just how melodic, tuneful his drumming is. She also homes in on the groove of the tune while taking into account the complex spikiness both of them rely on. Nasser has a drier, sparer tone—on the John Ellis/Mark Turner end of the spectrum. They’re an interesting band that I don’t seem to miss, though I can’t call them “can’t miss.” I most noticed Nasser’s litheness and melodicism, but I think Premazzi is the more unique player. That said, I like her work with Nasser and as a leader than the time I saw her as a side woman.

MIKI YAMANAKA is, by now, can’t miss. She got to play Mezzrow’s rather than Small’s and really liked it and the piano. She plays with fire, taste, and respect for the traditions. She played tunes by George Cables (distinctive, sort of, in that I didn’t guess Cables but thought Walton, Silver, or Tyner), Mary Lou Williams, the deep Thelonious Monk cut Ugly Beauty, a Patrice Rushen number, and Tea for Two. She has power and drive, but she knows when/how to use it. Getting to hear Macbride back to back helped me see, in the varying contexts, his musical approach. With Yamanaka, they are a nicely complementary package. That is, good as she is, he makes her even better.

I was glad to have the opportunity to look at the lake and sunsets, but music is a release and a meditation too. So that’s what I turn to know.