T.D.

Paavo Nurmi Lasse Viren Alexandre Vinokourov

Mike Krzyzewski Frederic Rzewski Ignacy Paderewski

I thought the consensus was that Northern Windows is dreck because Hawes plays some electric piano (I haven't heard it, but passed it up at BMG clearance and yourmusic for that reason). Didn't know the David Axelrod production was a plus; descriptions I've read seemed a bit scary...

Keef Hartley Mariette Hartley James Garner

Polly Peachum (pron. to rhyme, iirc)

I'm a pretty big Hawes fan, bought Volume 3 of the All Night Sessions, but it didn't excite me, and I never purchased the first 2 volumes. As mentioned above, "Blues of a Sort" is on the OJC CD of Volume 3. I also recall an extended control room conversation (about a football game? don't recall) being strongly audible on that CD. The Hawes CDs I seem to spin the most are Blues for Bud, Four!, For Real! and Green Leaves of Summer...

Dodo Marmarosa Koko Taylor Ko-Ko, The Lord High Executioner of Titipu

Han Solo Sky Low Low Humbert Humbert

Meadow Soprano Marco Di Bari Ivan Basso

King Bhumibol Adulyadej (of Siam)* Chang Bunker Eng Bunker * he's a jazz musician and composer

John Malkovich William Peterson Gary Sinise (alumni of Chicago's Steppenwolf Theater Co...)

Walter Hagen Don Meineke James Wolfensohn (for non-opera fans, from a famous scene in Götterdämmerung)

And I read today that the Raider QB savior, Russell, hasn't signed a contract yet! Agreed re. NE.

Paul Quantrill Éric Gagné Russell Nathan Coltrane Jeanson Martin Jr.

Thanks, I guess you can tell I don't pay much attention to exhibition games.

Gregg Easterbrook, aka TMQ, just wrote his first column in a while (since just after the draft?) at espn.com, so the season must be approaching ...Not one of his funnier efforts, though. [Disclaimer: I have no connection with ESPN (heaven forbid!) or Easterbrook, but simply like the column.]

A shock to me too... I only began reading the novels this year, and this is the first I heard of his death. Thanks for the (sad) information.

To some extent, Freddie Redd?

I'd rate Connelly's books higher than "pulp fiction", though he's definitely very commercial. I've read most if not all of his Harry Bosch novels, and was also very impressed by The Lincoln Lawyer. If you haven't heard of Robert Crais, he's a somewhat similar author, LA-based, whose work you might also like (I think he and Connelly are friends, and I wouldn't be surprised to see a novel where Connelly's Bosch and Crais's Cole or Pike team up to some extent). I've been reading more of Michael Dibdin's Aurelio Zen mysteries, most recently A Long Finish. These novels are Italian-based, with a high degree of cynicism. Recommended if you like, say, Bill James's Harpur and Iles books. Recently finished Michael Chabon's Yiddish Policemen's Union, and was slightly disappointed.

Irene Castle Josh Towers Sean Rooks

Happy birthday, Lon! Best to you and your wife.

Sugar Ray Robinson Miles Davis Frank Bruno Bruno Sammartino Sam Jones Pat Martino

There were a couple of similar Interstate bridge collapses on the East Coast. One (iirc) was on I-90 just West of Albany. The other was the Mianus River Bridge (I-95) in Connecticut. They were 20 or more years ago (also iirc), and there were fatalities. I thought that Interstate highway bridge maintenance would have picked up after those...

Hey, I'm a big KB fan. So freakin' shoot me... Re. Hank, haven't heard as much, prefer his playing as accompanist to that as leader, but not qualified to pass judgement.

Joe Besser Frank Messer Phil Rizzuto