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Noj, you're not the only one who regrets giving toys to a younger cousin. I had Airfix models I had made and my dad had sprayed. When I felt too old to dust and look after these things, I gave them (along with a few dozen Matchbox and Corgi cars) away. The kid then used them as missiles, bombs etc. Awful. Anyone remember TCRor Stretch Armstrong? The TCR was atype of Scalextric where the cars could overtake and stuff. HIghly unreliable and unpredictable but the amount of tinkering you could do to these machines was amazing, just to get them to go faster! Stretch Armstrong was this 10" or so musclebound LA type with carotene complexion who was filled with, well, it was like tree-sap. You could pull his arms, leg and torso to unfeasibly X-men type proportions and then he'd ebb back into 'normal' human dimensions. Oh to be 10.

Adam. if you like hills, sheep and beer, have a trip up to Yorkshire. We've got all three in abundance. Have a great time, tonym.

Again, on ACT, there is 'Balance'. Sporting sidemen such as Jim Black, Uri Caine and Wayne Krantz, it also has some vocals which stay quite minimal and don't appear to be a 'star' turn by Singer du jour. I've seen him live which was a blast and I doubt that any CD could live up to it in the case of an experimentalist like Binney. On a recent radio broadcast he recommended a record from Red Records of Italy, which had a tune called 'Civil War'on it. It's called 'Afinidad'. Hope you find what you're looking for. Tonym

Going with the original idea I'd be Paddy Stamford. In fact I might make the change now. cheers, Paddy.

Adam, you will be impressed I am sure by the Tate Modern. London has some fantastic collections, as does Edinburgh, which is as far from my home as London. IN the latter city, two of the most oimpressive galleries sit more or less opposite each other. They have had some great exhibitions over the last few years that I've been visiting, including characters such as Joseph Bueys and unique British artists like Gary Hume. About 1 1/2 hrs from here we have an old flour mill (the Baltic) that has been converted (overlooking the river Tyne), much in the vein of the Tate Modern. The architects have opened up the whole structure by using transparent materials and perforated steels to give the place a light airy quality. The stairs are not for the vertiginous! Each floor is given over to one artist and as yet these are among the lesser known. You also have Anthony Gormley's 'Angel of the North' to marvel/wince at on the drive up there. cheers, tonym

He may have on some of the Jazz At The Phil' dates. The discographical experts out there will surely know.

Thanks couw. Not really a great year for jazz was it, I was wrong about the date though!

Anything for 30th Dec. 1970? Probably not as it lies between xmas and new year. There were some classic rock albums created this year though, such as Deja Vu (one of my favourites). Tonym.

Black dog mouthing "Kill him, kill him... in Spike Lee's Summer of Sam. What a shocker.

BTW anyone noticed how many Greatest Hits or Best of's are on there? Is this a joke?

Sorry, was this a public vote thing or just another rock journo's little baby? If it was the latter (and we have been treat with them before; Mojo, Q etc.) how can they differentiate between what's 56'th on the list and what's 256'th? And, "quell surprise" another Beatles album at number one, fanning the flames of that timeless arguement --- should it have been 'Revolver' or 'Sgt. Pepper's'. Also, it's not just rock mags that do this stuff, Jazzwise had, a few years back, the top one hundred jazz albums. Unfortunately the poor soul who thought up that one duplicated about a half dozen albums within the list. But I'm just miffed because the Pumpkins or Soundgarden didn't appear in the first 300

Sorry John I've just replied to your other post (with pic)! I'm working my way down the new posts and didn't notice this one. Ken Vandermark must be one of the only tenor players I've heard who gets as big a sound out of the smaller horn as he does on bari'. Such a deep, rough, fruity sound. Loved it. I am pleased that Jazz On 3 are broadcasting at some point. BTW did they play Loose Blues? They performed a rather subdued but beautiful version of that, with Vandermark on clarinet.

Great. I saw them at The Wardrobe, Leeds on Wednesday. They lived up to what I had heard on snippetts from radio broadcasts. A few of the tunes were quite riff based but there was still lots of interaction and moments of group augmentation/ improv. Wasn't that drummer just effing brilliant? Hope you enjoyed the gig John. BTW they had loads of albums on sale for a tenner each (apart from the absent recent one). Money was so tight this month and I hd t leave without a single one... Cheers, tonym.

Miroslav Vitous, Peter Erskine & Jan Garbarek on ECM with Star Spacious, melodic, brooding and fun at times.

Gay Dad

Melaza is my favourite so far, I'm not sure how authentic this is when it comes to Puerto Rican music, but it seems vibrant and steamy. When Branford somes in on one track, you have a great comparison between the two tenors. The textures are all there too....doesn't just seem like an exercise in licks over a latin beat. Heard him live on BBC Radio 3 last year and that was great too.

Found another.....

Sorry, tracks to be played LOUD... The Asphalt World --- Suede's Dog Man Star In Every Dream Home A Heartache --- Roxy Music's For Your Pleasure 25 --- Veruca salt's American Thighs. Soma --- The Smashing Pumpkins' Siamese Dream.

Apparently Bill Laswell is going to splice that really wicked cadenza from the 2nd movement of 4' 33'' with his recent work ASLSP!!! Somewhere between they 3rd and 4th notes I believe

Please buy one of those 'studfinders' mentioned earlier. Get the one with the switch that'll allow you to find cables and pipes. I had never realised how close those things are when you go hammering nails in. I only did it once!

Well I wish it hadn't been some Demis Roussos track from my parents hi fi downstairs...could've been a mood killer.

Open Land by John Abercrombie (ECM) His regular trio including Adam Nussbaum on B3 and the guy on violin - Mark Feldman. Great stuff. IMO a must have.

Just out of interest Bev, how did you come across this. Have you recently visited one of the Scandinavian countries?

Just watched it this afternoon. Hmmm. The main storyline was fairly straightforward, but there were a few characters that puzzled me as to what/whom they represent. Any theories? How does it compare to Twin Peaks? The dialogue seemed very sparse but the aesthetics of the film (apart from the obviou) were gorgeous.

Just posted this over at the other site, I feel it is fairly important to any UK jazz fans, especially 'Northerners'. Nov 17 The Bad Plus Nov 19 Ken Vandermark 'School Days' The Wardrobe, Leeds, UK. Just adjacent the Playhouse.