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A KIND OF IMMORTALITY for Helen Reddy

down the radio waves she somehow left a record, Angie Baby, on the jukebox of my mind that has stayed with me over forty years.
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´I´VE BEEN EXPECTING YOU, MR. BOND´. St. Peter at the Gates.

Connery’s genius was to combine menace with a twinkling Celtic wit. His Bond was a loaded weapon. Yet there was a wryness to his performance that told you that both spy and actor were in on the joke.
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THE ARTS POP UP AGAIN !

(the book) preserve the three dimensional aspect apparent in so much of Cesar Manrique´s art that could not be accurately reproduced in traditional book form.
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THE BAUM REPORT by Michael Higgins

The Wedding At CAMRA paralleled St John’s Gospel somewhat but here a wedding party ends up with no cask ale. Faced with an evening on keg, the local Campaign For Real Ale branch rushes in to save the day for the groom with an eight handpump miracle.
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OVER A LOST HORIZON ON LANZAROTE

an earthly paradise,...a retreat from the pressures of modern civilisation
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IT´S NOT ALL ABOUT ME, says Maisie Peters

´I can’t imagine telling past me that she was going to go on tour with someone in One Direction.´
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WHO´LL COME CALLING ON HALLOWEEN ?

Americans spend an estimated $6 billion annually on Halloween, making it the country’s second largest commercial holiday after Christmas.
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WES MCGHEE; SONGS OF NEON AND DUST

"the subconscious comes out when you're writing, and there are all sorts of wild theories about why that is, but I'd rather not know why."
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MIRANDA LAMBERT: a real Pistol Annie

´I don't write about angels, Jesus, happy days, kids. I grew up on drinkin', cheatin', love gone bad,´
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NOT GOING OUT & NOT STAYING IN

So, I have of late been beavering away on face book seeking new contacts, fellow supporters of jazz, jazz clubs and jazz groups. I think post corona virus I have a readymade list of new music, places and friends to see.