Royal Oak

Tim Witherspoon James "Bonecrusher" Smith Tony Tubbs (They used to show Tyson fights on terrestrial TV in England in the 80s)

Cat Stevens Dog the Bounty Hunter Mouse Morris (Irish racehorse trainer I think)

Lemar Limahl Lemmy

Rooster - I have "Here And Now" on CD, on a Verve "Elite Edition" from 1997.

MJQ - Django. John Lewis's solo kills me.

Mel and Kim Kylie Minogue Sonia

Bernie Mac Bernie Winters Schnorbitz

... and the rest of Stockport, I expect This Davenport has jazz associations, as well as the Iowa one. I saw Shorty Rogers at the Davenport Theater in the mid-eighties leading NYJO (British National Youth Jazz Orchestra). He wrote a marvelous composition for them called "Davenport" which has probably never been recorded. I remember the Davenport very well Bill. Never went to a jazz show, though I do remember a children's show in the very early eighties (my dad was the musical director) and Steve Coogan's "Bag Of Shite" show in about 1993. I only live round the corner from the site. They sold it to Stockport Grammar school and Kwik Fit, if you didn't know. It would be nice to hear that tune.

How does it know where I am?

Rain forecast, but none yet, while yesterday wasn't nearly as bad as forecast. Here's hoping - playing cricket this afternoon.

Milo Minderbinder Yossarian Major Major

The Manchester Man Tom Warrington (L.A. bassist) Peter Preston Bill - just googled "The Manchester Man". Have you read it? Is it any good?

Irving Berlin Jacky Paris Julie London

Sebastian Coe Steve Ovett Steve Cram

Pamela Mick Gavin

Patrick Star Mrs Puff Plankton

Krieger Manzarek (sp?) Densmore

Eddie Murphy Dan Ackroyd Jamie Lee Curtis

Sean Bean Viggo Mortensen Elijah Wood

O J Simpson P J O'Rourke J J Johnson

Lurchio Twiggy Duckers

Windy but dry. Hope it stays that way, playing cricket this afternoon.

The entire recorded output of Robbie Williams is a shocking omission IMO: Eg My breath smells of a thousand fags And when I dance I look like me dad I'm starting to dress a bit like him. And early morning when I wake up I look like Kiss but without the make-up And that's a good line to take it to the bridge. That's an example of his work when he had a songwriter; his own stuff is even worse. Unfortunately I can't bring it to mind, as I turn him off immediately whenever I hear it on the radio.

Jazzjet Why not try this: On Amazon, set search to music, then type in Blue Note. After this, click "under 5 pounds" (bottom left of the screen), then set the search criteria at the top to "Price: Low To High". Then simply scroll through the first few pages. Doing this, I've found loads of new Blue Notes for under one fifty. The beauty of this is, that due to the liquid pricing, if you do this every few days, you'll find different titles at such prices. They might not all be the classic albums, but you really can't go wrong at those prices. I actually got the Grant Green 4CD set for one pound thirty-five doing this.