From the best-selling author of Knitting Circles around Socks; heres an exciting new collection of fun sock patterns! Now learn to knit two at a time on two circular needles; from the toe up!Includes both toe-up and cuff-down knitting techniquesFeatures 12 all-new sock patterns in a range of skill levelsProvides patterns in mens; womens; and childrens sizes
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Hip; Lively; PropheticBy JohnRothVividly reports on the hip music scene of the 1920s and 1930s. Extremely prophetic on many topics including beatnik literature (Kerouac etc); rock n roll; hip hop; counterculture; persisting American racism; and legalized weed (ironically; just becoming illegal as this book takes place). Keith Richards tipped me to this title in his own book "A Life." Mezzrows title seems to be a model for Richards book; not to mention his rock n roll life.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. both good and badBy Richard JohnsonI read this book when I was in High School. I re-read here some 40+ years later and I can see the profound effect it had on my thinking processes and how I dealt with my years as a musician. There is a lot that I drifted into in my life because of this book; both good and bad.23 of 24 people found the following review helpful. Mezz Brings the Jive of the Early Jazz Age AliveBy Jazz MitazzOften considered a highly unreliable autobiography; Really the Blues is really an insight into the personality of Mezz Mezzrow rather than a factual retelling of his life events. Milton Mezz Mesirow was a Jewish-American jazz clarinetist born in 1899 in Chicago. Mezz quickly showed a penchant for jazz music; like his mentor Louis Armstrong; for whom he briefly may have served as manager.Although Milton "Mezz" Mesirow is generally remembered as one of the best jazz musicians; Mesirow was in-fact a very technically skilled clarinetist and quite knowledgable about the workings of the jazz music industry. Miltons life was often a product of the demands of the music industry which he found himself.His personality could best be viewed as a reflection of the rough-and-tumble environment of mob-controlled; Prohibition-era Chicago. Due to the uncertainty of the circumstances abound; Mezz was a fearless rebel-rouser. He took risks; such as smuggling some twenty joints into a New York night club. He was stopped and caught by the police; a violation for which he was arrested and taken to jail. When he arrived; Mezzrow successfully persuaded the officials to let him stay in a black section of the segregated prison by convincing them that he was African American.In addition to music; race-relations emerges as a theme in the autobiography. Mezz married a black woman; played music like a black person; and was more interested in black culture than in white culture. Mezz also dealt marijuana in spades. His marijuana dealing perhaps earned him higher distinction than his jazz playing. In the lingo of the time; "Mezz" became slang for marijuana. Milton also gained the nickname "Muggles King;" at the time "muggles" being a slang word for marijuana.The writing style featured by Mezz and Bernard Wolfe makes Really the Blues a fast-paced and entertaining read. Mezzs narrative style in Really the Blues is self-assuring; reading as if Mezz were in the room and actively trying to engage the reader. Consequently; the insight that the reader gets into Mesirows psyche comes not just from the stories; but in large part from the narrative style itself. Mesirow is revealed to the reader through his contemporary grammar; liberal syntax; and the nonchalant method by which he organizes his book.Reading Really the Blues is an experience unto itself. Mezz takes the reader on a ride through another time; an era defined largely by the times. The reader is also given an entertaining educational look at the life of an important; if somewhat marginalized early jazz musician; Milton "Mezz" Mesirow.
