I can't watch a Roman Polanski movie. I have no problem with Geoffry Jones but a Rapist, pedophile cowered I won't stand for.

Yup, Cole was a brilliant singer...but an even more brilliant pianist, like Oscar Peterson rather a student of the monumental (in every way) Art Tatum. Guess which talent made Cole the money, tho'...I need to dig out the surviving kinescopes of Cole's early 15 min network tv show...which southern stations in those noble days were loathe to clear...

be free Kim! heh, Todd, the book talk is always good... and I gotta get that kid on who LOVED Jazz... b/c he almost made me listen to More than Miles Davis. (My brother did just tell me to listen to Nat King Cole, that wasn't Christmas) and I did yesterday. Uh... no surprise... i am enjoying the heck out of it.

i am a book hoarder like vilmos, now that i have heard the mindset in the words of another i can let it go. thank you for breaking the spell.

Just to keep up the side, I will note that Si TV has now changed its name (for those of you seeking a channel aimed at Hispanic-Americans who don't speak much Spanish--I was struck the other month, having landed on it running a first-season HILL STREET BLUES episode, that that show began more than thirty years ago, and so I popped my Geritol and settled in to fill out my AARP application) to Nuvo TV: "A whole NU network for an entirely Nu generation!" ---everyone loves Keith Moon and Hal Blaine, among rock drummers (or should)(for their musical contribution, at least...), but so few will remember the Adam Wades of the world...for me, it's not so much that I can't enjoy Miles Davis's music, but I really can't stand the kind of pseudohipster who 1) thinks jazz ends with him and 2) thinks it's kinda backdoor cool that he was such a complete ass, when the misguided are even aware of this. Though I fear I'm probably repeating myself, even on TDF comments, with this... ---Donald Westlake, the crime-fiction writer (among other work) for all seasons. Happy V-day!