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  1. William of Orange Harry Lime Juicy Lucy
  2. Earl Grey Brew Moore Tony Kofi
  3. Big Miller Joe Turner Jimmy Rushing Speedy Gonzales Mistress Quickly Prince Hurry
  4. Let them know. They deserve that sort of customer loyalty.
  5. Are you re-visiting the science fiction of your youth, or just getting into it for the first time? That's not meant to be a snarky question as I myself have been revisiting the sf of my youth, off and on, for the last decade or more. I first read these in the seventies, when I was in my thirties. Does that count as "youth"? Maybe, maybe... I'd say anything that's 30 years or more ago probably does. I noticed that you recently read some classic Poul Anderson and James Blish (Cities In Flight) and I couldn't keep silent any longer. Back in the seventies, did you ever check out The Science Fiction Hall of Fame short story collection, or the giant Science Fiction Argosy anthology edited by Damon Knight? I hadn't heard of either of those, but have just bought a used copy of Science Fiction Hall of Fame on Amazon. Thanks for the tip! American publications have always been far less evident here than British ones, and that goes for SF authors, too. In my "real" youth, i.e. teenage years, I read Wells, Wyndham and some Clarke, and later Ballard when he came along. I didn't read any American SF until my thirties. I didn't get on to PKD until a few years ago and have read several of his recently, as well as lots of other American writing from the "classic era", as you have noticed!
  6. Miles Davis and his Tuba Band, Pre-Birth of the Cool (Cicala) Nonet recorded at the Royal Roost in 1948.
  7. Lunchtime O'Booze (mythical journalist) Y B Wet (raincoat brand) Claude Rains
  8. Another good one. Pleased to hear Partisans at the end - the most convincing 'fusion' band of recent years. Thought you'd like that one, Bev, when I heard it!
  9. Timmie Mallett Jan Hammer John Knox
  10. Are you re-visiting the science fiction of your youth, or just getting into it for the first time? That's not meant to be a snarky question as I myself have been revisiting the sf of my youth, off and on, for the last decade or more. I first read these in the seventies, when I was in my thirties. Does that count as "youth"?
  11. Jazz Record Requests from BBC Radio 3. Now playing: Dexter Gordon, "Cheese Cake" from Go!
  12. Brian Kellock Peetie Wheatstraw Ronnie Scott
  13. Getz Meets Mulligan In Hi Fi (Verve)
  14. Thelonious Monk Trio (Esquire 7" EP)
  15. The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus Classic stories from 1941-62 by Asimov, Pohl, Sheckley, Simak, Blish, Clarke, Aldiss, Ballard, etc.
  16. The Fabulous Fats Navarro, Vol 1 (Blue Note)
  17. F. Murray Abraham G. Gordon Liddy H. Rider Haggard Bob Haggart Ray Bauduc Big Noise From Winnetka
  18. Yea, I'd go along with that, I'm on my second spin of this now, it really is a Pepper date in all but name, lovely relaxed playing from the man. It may have been one of his first sessions after his first stay in prison. This is another one I would recommend if you don't have it; I'll certainly back that recommendation!
  19. It's one of the nicest Art Pepper dates I know. Always liked this one! (Look at the date - at the peak of his form.)
  20. Mr X Big P BillF
  21. Dizzy Gillespie at Newport (Verve)
  22. Jabbo Smith Jaco Pastorius Jacko
  23. Eddie Cantor Leon Trotsky Mrs Mounter
  24. In the East Midlands it's a common term of endearment. 'Eh up, me duck*' ('Hello, old chap!'). Regularly used by shopkeepers, workmen etc as a way of oiling social intercourse. 'That'll be two quid, duck.' The kids where I work use it regularly. Not sure that was MG's meaning, though. * Pronounced like 'book' rather than 'pluck'. I remember Albert Finney addressing Shirley Ann Field as "duck" in Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, set in Nottingham. I think MG's "ducks" was used by Cockneys. Doesn't he hail from the south-east originally?
  25. George Farquhar Randy Newman John Thomas Cox
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