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Week from Monday 13th November 2023 - Radio Three's lunchtime "COMPOSER(s) OF THE WEEK" slot should be a goody this week - As it's LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL time, they've taken a sideways step from the norm to explore the music of JOHN and ALICE COLTRANE... Musically, there's not much that I haven't heard before, but the attendant discussion prompted a lot of fresh interest (i.e. I think I might have one of my CRAZES coming on!) Although I've still no intention to ditch TWITTER just yet, one of my Welsh chums has sent me an 'INVITE CODE' for that newfangled BLUESKY, so I'm going to give it a go. I trust it has more going for it over MASTODON, which is still a bit 'tumbleweed central' as far as reading matter is concerned. It works, but there's just NOTHING THERE. So I've shut down the MASTODON (I can't ever see myself needing both Mastodon AND Bluesky), and I've started exploring THE POSSIBILITIES of Bluesky (which, on...

What's on the Jukebox? - A playlist of top stuff that's currently setting the toes a-tappin', the fingers a-snappin' and the ears a-wormin' and generally shakin' my grooved thang to thrillin' effect. (Click on the wee lozenges to link to related YouTube clips, if you're curious.) Markus Reuter "Stream For Consciousness" (a.o.) ◊ Miles Davis "Big Fun" ◊ Abdullah Ibrahim "Ekaya" ◊ Grateful Dead "Shakedown Street" ◊ Ravi Shankar "In Concert 1962" ◊ Ross Daly "Echo of Time ◊

Week from Monday 30th October 2023 - An Upside To The Lockdown... I've had the time and opportunity to catch up with some BIG, some might say 'classic' MOVIES during the weekdays:- "The Omen", "The Shining", "Blade Runner 2049" (not as stunning as the original), "Midsommar" (disturbing, but short on suspense: I didn't really care for it)... a couple of 'em I'd intended to save for watching on HALLOWEEN. But I've already been ticking them off the list anyway. Because I can. BANDCAMP FRIDAY is still a thing, I see... I'm unable to purchase anything at the moment, but I've come to treat the BFs as a sort of 'listening party'. Not surprisingly, MARKUS REUTER has yet another couple of collaborative projects on the books:- "Mumblecore Failure" with Jean-Philippe Rossi and "Sea Of Hopeless Angels" with Stefano Castagna, along with some further chapters from his own "Stream For Consci...