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Fresh guava juice

I have 60 and haven't listened to about 1/4 of them...

I should have got this when it was selling at $16. but thought the price was too high then. Oh well, pass.

Another reason to avoid soda, especially the "diet" variety?

Mosaic - Duke Small Groups, Chu Berry, Dizzy, Jazz Crusaders and the Duke 1958 Newport single.

Geri plays a bit like Cecil Taylor on the two Ornette Coleman albums (Sound Museum: Three Women & Hidden Man). To me, the two albums sound very similar but its all great music. I'm currently on a quest to get as many of her recordings as possible, even if she plays just a few bars on one song. This discography website is a great resource. Next target will be the Classic Ellington disc with a symphony orchestra and Lena Horne on vocals.

Added to wishlist. Thanks for the heads up!

Internet usage

A few more items from Newbury:

Watermelon carvings http://takashi64.hp.infoseek.co.jp/page009.html

I like all the above and these:

Hainanese chicken rice

Uh huh - the Malaysian national team got some 5 goal drubbings in the AFC Asian Cup, against some 3rd rated teams. This is how far the team has sunk since its heydays in the 1970s where they were on par with the Koreans and Japanese. What do you expect when self-interested politicians get on the football committee and playing fields are cleared for development of commercial properties.

Boiled red beans with sweet potatoes and pounded black sesame seeds.

Repulsive attitude?

Duke Ellington 30s big band and Ethel Waters Columbia Mosaic sets...in my dreams...but one of these could really be in the making. Just got in the mail: Jimmy Smith - Sum Serious Blues Bill Heid - Bop Rascal

The only music I hear from neighbours are constant clanging of pots and pans or dance music with excessive bass and turned up to max volume. Both are highly irritating but luckily the latter has stopped. They probably think jazz = Kenny G or Dave Koz.

Got some DVD's on sale: ..and some Fantasy discs (indirect) from Newbury Comics: Ithamara Koorax - Love Dance: Ballad Album Eddie Lockjaw Davis - Goin' To The Meetin' Milt Jackson - Centrepiece: At The Kosei Nenkin Vol.2

Ba-chang or dumplings made of glutinous rice (or beans) filled with meat with decent amounts of fat, mushrooms and dried shrimp, wrapped in banana leaf and steamed.

10 discs of George Buck Jr's labels and a half dozen Black & Blue discs Thanks to the good folk(s) at Jazz Music Depot.

It's out of print, and used copies are mighty expensive.

Jack McDuff - Another Real Good'Un

Lamb and Aussie lentil stew. Lots of spices with a little bit of chillies.

Gerald Wilson Mosaic