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I don't think I've ever walked out during a film. I usually have a good idea of what it will be like before I fork out for a ticket. I have however abandoned quite a lot of things mid way on dvd and video. Usually my brain gives out and I fall asleep.The last one that was so bad I couldn't watch was the horrible remake of 'The In Laws' Absolutely dreadful rubbish.

I've got three Johnny Coles, the BN, 'Warm Sounds' on Koch and the Criss Cross ' New Morning'. They are all very good and it's hard to pick a favourite, you'll have to get them all.

Surprising that Joe Jackson got a mention. Just the other week I burned a copy of ' Night And Day' from an old metal tape and really enjoyed hearing it again.

Congrats Sundog. The box is fantabulous you will love it.

I'm a big fan of Oliver Nelson and have had 'Skull Sessions' for a couple of years. I don't like it at all. Get ' Sound Pieces' instead. B-)

Hey man that TOCJ of 'Basra' has been available here for y..e..a..r..s. The new series looks seriously good though, all remastered in 24 bit by the esteemed Toshiba engineers and at the giveaway price of 1500 yen ($15). If money was no object I'd repurchase the entire series. Dream on bro'.

Carmen McRae - When You're Away ( Kapp/MCA Japan) Very hard to find, I was plain lucky to find a used copy.

Phil Woods - Souvenirs ,Stanley Cowell - Dancers In Love and Bill Charlap - 'S'Wonderful are good.

8.00 am Sunday. Cloudy, temperature ranging from 17-23C.

As mentioned ' Solero' and ' Man At Work' on Chess and Argo are really good. Has anyone mentioned the twin set Ellington tribute, ' Ellington Is Forever ' on Fantasy ? Not a guitar dominated session but a great band effort. I also like the set with Jimmy Raney 'Two Guitars' on OJC. Don't forget the others on OJC, 'Kenny Burrell' and ' Bluesy Burrell' come to mind, there may be others. One more is 'Ellington A La Carte' on Muse, which is really good.

Great. Thanks a lot. Dave

Any progress on archiving the big bands programmes? Obviously the time difference for Japan rules out listening live. Thanks for all your splendiferous efforts and may the force be with you.

Add me to the guilty ones as far as 'Off The Wall' is concerned. I thought it was a great album easily his best ever. Generally I think 70's pop and so called ' soul' music was a giant step backwards from the 60's, all that disco and strings crap. If the 60's was Sam & Dave, the 70's was Barry White.

Loved ' The Grifters', the movie that is. haven't read the book. Currently at the end of Donna Leon ' Friends In High Places'.

Glad to see things are ship shape again. I understand how you feel , I tend to lose sleep brooding over imagined problems too. Look on the bright side, i had to learn to use a pc in Japanese ! And you think you've got problems !

This morning I listened to Woody Shaw Mosaic disc three and some Dionne Warwick. Also dug out an old Dusty Springfield gem called ' My Colouring Book ' followed by a few cuts from Marvin Gaye.

I've liked him a long time. My faves Armed Forces Get Happy ! Imperial Bedroom My Aim Is True Blood & Chocolate The Sweetest Punch The comment about classic single being s...h...o...r...t is true. The other day I timed Gladys Knight 'Take Me In Your Arms And Love Me' 2 minutes 5 seconds. The Stax singles box Vol 1 shows average running times of 2.30. Short but sweet. The seventies ushered in the l...o...n..g singles and things have gone downhill since then !

Thanks Hans, seems to have picked up now.

Welcome back. The board seems to be running very slow. I've had considerable trouble accessing the different topics.

I'm most interested in what Christopher Nolan has done with' Batman Begins'. Of course I'm dying to see Terence Malick's ' The New World' Imho almost ANYTHING would be better than ' Troy'which I thought was absolute tripe.

This one is childishly simple but tastes great. Beat 3-4 eggs. Add salt, pepper,1/2 onion sliced very fine then roughly chopped, several (5-6 )chopped green chilly peppers, a handful of chopped fresh coriander. Fry omelette in usual way but cook well. Serve with ketchup in white bread rolls. Sounds like a joke but I had this for breakfast in The Indian Coffee House in New Delhi and promptly begged the recipe. There it was cooked in ghee, I use olive oil.

For an easy and delicous tandoori chicken. In a bowl grate a couple of cloves of garlic and an inch long piece of ginger. Add half a carton of natural yoghurt, two or three tablespoons of pureed tomatoes, salt and three Indian mixes, Kitchen King, Chicken Masala mix, garam masala,one teaspoon of each, half a teaspoon of red pepper and a shot of vegetable oil. Chop up the chicken and marinate for two hours. Grill until brownish and squeeze lemon juice and serve.

Ditto Brad & Lon.

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That's true about the sound quality of the Toshiba -EMI Bethlehem series in toto. They all sound absolutely great, in fact as I'm typing I'm listening to Teddy Charles from the series. Clear, crisp and with the wonderful warm ambience common to all the TOCJ series.