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Frank Zappa Bud Powell Bamber Gascoyne

The HRS Mosaic is one I never tire of. It must be one of the most played Mosaics I have, Compliments the BH Columbia very nicely.

Billie Holiday Complete Columbia Discs 4,5 Complete HRS Sessions Mosaic Discs 3,4

R.I.P.　Powers Boothe, a memorable villian. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/may/16/powers-boothe-obituary

Olivia Pope Will Pope Popeye Doyle

Just watched this. Thought it was excellent, beautifully done with one of the best screenplays I've seen for a while. The Missus was enthralled too.

Keith Moon Johnny Shines Hoochie Coochie Man

Celebrity - Woody Allen (1998) Better than I remember it. Especially good b&w cinematograhy. Main flaw is Kenneth Branagh as the WA stand in. Mighty Aphrodite - Woody Allen (1995) Stands up well but the Greek chorus quickly outstays it's welcome. Trainspotting 2 - Danny Boyle (2017) Badly misjudged and disappointing. Weakly written, teeters on the edge of incoherence.

Ruggles Of Red Gap Twiggy The Boy Friend

Charles Dance Jake Tapper Christoph Waltz

The Wizard Of Lies - Barry Levinson HBO (2017) Good.

Sweet Caroline Candi Staton Candy Coloured Clown

Eamonn Andrews Archie Andrews Archie Bell & The Drells

Disc One

The Curse Of The Jade Scorpion - Woody Allen (2002) Some very funny, rapid fire, gag a second dialogue between a Groucho Marx channeling WA and Charlize Theron, who is a perfect foil as Laura ' Sophisticated Lady' Kensington. Made me laugh, which is not common.

Steely Dan Iron Maiden Platinum Blonde

I think the real reason was probably financial. I read he was finding it difficult to find backers after a string of money losers like the little films we like. I recall his fortunes changing after Match Point, and the later Midnight In Paris. The French have always had a soft spot for him, like Hitchcock they were calling him an auteur before anyone else.

Stix Hooper Tommy Cooper

I think so too. The forgotten films are well worth rewatching. I wasn't especially fond of the ones he made in UK and Europe. I'll bet he did them with an ulterior motive of a grand holiday, like Hitchcock with To Catch A Thief. With the exception of Vicky Cristina Barcelona, I prefer his films set in home territory.

It's one of five films he made after Sweet & Lowdown and just prior to his , for me, problematic excursion into overseas productions, starting with Match Point. They were Small Time Crooks, The Curse Of The Jade Scorpion, Hollywood Ending, Anything Else in 2003 and Melinda & Melinda. It has a typical set up of two NYC gag writers, Woody as the older mentor to Jason Biggs, clearly playing a younger version of himself Centres on the love life of the kid and WA's oracle like advice and adages. Danny DeVito appears as the kid's manager. I thought the girlfriend was badly cast but apart from that it's an interesting and entertaining ' minor work'.

Diamond Lil Goldie Hawn Long John Silver

Anything Else - Woody Allen (2003)