Greg Kocher

Husband. Lover of books, movies and music. Sinner but forgiven.

[Greg Kocher @KocherGreg]

Sad news.

[Rolling Stone @RollingStone]

Chicago Saxophonist Walter Parazaider Dead at 81

The band formed in Parazaider's basement in 1967, and he remained a pivotal part of their sound until he was forced to step aside in 2018 to battle Alzheimer's.

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[Corby Amos Photography @corbyamosphoto1]

Eye level pic of this beauty doesn’t happen often. Glad to be there to take advantage of it. Great-crested Flycatcher.

[Michael Warburton @For_Film_Fans]

CHRISTOPH WALTZ reciting the lyrics of the Sesame Street theme tune is pure gold.

[Michael Warburton @For_Film_Fans]

The insanely talented JAMIE FOXX giving us STEVIE WONDER’s version of ‘The Brady Bunch’ theme tune.

[Greg Kocher @KocherGreg]

Coolidge, Taft, Harding and Robert Lincoln, son of Abraham Lincoln. While I’m here: Anyone have a suggestion on the best biography of Harding?

[Presidential Wisdom @PrezWisdom]

#POTUS 🇺🇸

[Michael Warburton @For_Film_Fans]

- John, I need some music for my Dinosaur movie

JOHN WILLIAMS gave him THIS.

JURASSIC PARK (1993)

[Greg Kocher @KocherGreg]

Required reading for the 250th birthday of the USA. Personally, I think John 3:16 is the greatest sentence ever written. Nevertheless, this 67-page book is a great primer on the second sentence of the Declaration of Independence: “We hold these truths to be self-evident….”

[Greg Kocher @KocherGreg]

Talk about a classic!

[Michael Warburton @For_Film_Fans]

In only the 8th episode of the 1st season “Time Enough At Last” is a brilliant episode about a man seeking salvation amidst the rubble of a ruined world, and stars the late great Burgess Meredith.

What a show.

THE TWILIGHT ZONE (1959)

#RodSerling

[Greg Kocher @KocherGreg]

I remember when he was a cooperative extension agent in Hardin County.

[Courier Journal @courierjournal]

'Humility, honesty and respect': Former KY Sen. Dennis Parrett dies https://t.co/sTsmxstBmn

[Greg Kocher @KocherGreg]

She’s wearing what Burton called her “Sunday morning chapel dress” in the movie.

[Michael Warburton @For_Film_Fans]

Taylor & Burton make their way back to their Trailers during production of

WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? (1966)

[Michael Warburton @For_Film_Fans]

At Richard Pryor’s tribute concert in 1991, JAMES BROWN had only one question for EDDIE MURPHY…

“Can you really do James Brown?”

[Michael Warburton @For_Film_Fans]

$151million at the box office off an $18million budget & released 38yrs ago today can you believe.

BIG (1988)

#TomHanks #RobertLoggia

[Greg Kocher @KocherGreg]

“Talent hits a target nobody else can reach. Genius hits a target nobody else can see.” - German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer as quoted by Ian Leslie in “John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs,” a terrific 2025 book about The Beatles

[Michael Warburton @For_Film_Fans]

89 Candles 🎂 today for the Oscar-winning, always superb MORGAN FREEMAN.

DRIVING MISS DAISY (1989)

[Chris Maathuis @sports8]

Check this out. Hoover Dam launches ‘Road To America 250’
This flag is the length of a football field and it will be on display every day through July 4th #RoadToAmerica250 #HooverDam

[Flatted Fifth @Cedlovesjazz]

Giant. Sonny Rollins

[The Jazz Board @LuisMon88441621]

They called him the "Saxophone Colossus", but the title somehow never felt large enough. Sonny Rollins didn't mearly play melodies; he wrestled with them, turned them inside out. If Coltrane was the spiritual fire of Jazz, Rollins was its greatest architect. Rest in peace maestro.

[Jazz Memes @JazzMemes]

Rest In Peace Sonny Rollins 🎷🕊️🙏

[Rough Trade @RoughTrade]

Today marks 100 years since the birth of Miles Davis, the birth of cool.

The revolutionary bandleader's centennial is marked by year-long celebrations, a fitting tribute for the straight-talking creative who reshaped jazz across multiple eras.

Photo: Herman Leonard Photography

[Blue Note Records @bluenoterecords]

What an incredible life & legacy, the great saxophone colossus Sonny Rollins has passed away at age 95. Sonny 1st appeared on a Blue Note record date in 1949 as part of Bud Powell’s Modernists & later recorded 4 tremendous Blue Note leader albums in 1956-7 https://t.co/SVwF9WQb80