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Golly, good job I didn't chuck out my cassette Walkman !

You certainly make me feel a total dunce. It took me at least four viewings and then the extra help from the web to get that far.

Mulholland Drive is Lynch's masterwork in my opinion but a hard film to make sense of after one viewing . I found this explanation invaluable for a dunce like me to unravel the slippery threads of the plot as it weaves in and out of the here and now into the world of dreams. http://www.franksreelreviews.com/reviews/mdexplain.htm

Just got back from Batman Returns. It was great, the best of all the Batman films so far by a long chalk. The only minor carp was Liam Neeson who just wasn't bad enough for me. Still a splendid film for the young and dark at heart. Excuse me while I get back to sewing my Bat Cape!

Anyone seen the Ray In Israel dvd ??

Every morning Country Farm Fruit Muesli. real McCoy with no sugar or chemical crap. I always have it with soya milk, the brand I use is absolutely delicious. I beef it up with banana(s) and any other fruit in season. At the moment cherries and BIWA, a fruit I've only ever seen in Japan. Pics of BIWA .........

My missus took very little persuasion, we are off to see it this weekend.

Yes, a very musical box set and dig the cut out Peggy Lee doll ! Have you got it on your desk Lon ?

I don't sleep enough. I usually go to bed before twelve but have to read a thriller for half an hour or so. I wake up at 5.30-6.00, a little later in winter and am always up by 7.00.

Try DiskUnion jazz annexe. They play great stuff. I've picked up quite a few after hearing them on the house speakers (JBL).

Words fail me.

Ditto all the previous comments. I can't understand what has been done to this previously good site. It's slow, user unfriendly lacking in information.

Chet rules. I keep coming back to his music again and again.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/jazzlegends/?focuswin Legends Of Jazz on BBC radio, a talk with Lennie Niehaus.

Congrats. Works great

They should play on your pc. If so maybe you could recopy by connecting your pc to the dvd recorder. I've done this to copy Pal and US Region 1 discs into Japan region 2. The results have been excellent.

Anyone thinking of reading 'The Skull Mantra' my advice is don't bother. I couldn't read more than ten pages at a time without nodding off. Currently Henning Mankell ' The Return Of the Dancing Master '.

As Robert J said, the second one is Enduring Love . I haven't seen the film either but liked the book. I remember a film similar to the first one, I think it involved a piano or keyboard instrument that was dumped in the street at one point. If I suddenly remember the title I'll post it.

James Carter - Chasin ' The Gypsy

Today at work I played Bud Shank disc one.

Just started

Just finished

Well. that's true to a point. Kifujin is very much a written word that isn't used in daily conversation. I've never heard anyone use it so I went to 'The Oracle' (my wife) and she agrees. Goreijo is super polite and a way to talk about a persons' daughter in the third person singular. Okusama literally means wife( of another person) The usage would depend on who is speaking to whom in what situation. If you wanted to say, 'She's a real lady ', you wouldn't use any of the terms listed but would say johin na kata. If a person was talking in a shop and wanted to say 'that lady' she would say ano okyakusama If talking to a customer about another female he would say ano josei no kata. It's complex.. The problem is that in everyday speech the subject 'she' isn't used in these two situations . Kanojo ( literally she ) would be most rude and never used. If a saleman came to the door and the missus answered he would refer to her as okusama instead of anata (you.) Using anata would be very bad and a definite breach of the rules. I suppose ' lady' as in Lady Day would be simply the name plus sama. The bottom line is that there is not one word but many depending on the situation. What's this got to do with jazz ?? I'm off.

The Japanese for 'lady' is as follows- If the person is married it's 'OKUSAMA '. That is pronounced OX- AMA with a slight emphasis on the first syllable. If the person is single the it's ' OJOSAN'. That is pronounced OH- JOE -SAN with a slight emphasis on the 2nd syllable. An alternative for 'okusama' is 'GOFUJIN' pronounced GO-FOO-JIN with slight emphasis on the 2nd syllable. This is pretty formal and not used as commonly as okusama. If I were using it for your dog I would choose ' OJOSAN' as the most suitable. In Japan 'CHAN' is commonly added to the dogs name as a term of endearment. Hope this answers your question.

Jazz In A Weather Vane (V.S.O.P.) is good .