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  Saturday Coffee and Tunes - 19 September 2026 Cortex - Troupeau Bleu  I bought this from Searchers in Melbourne in 2022 after hearing the track Mary et Jeff pumping through the shop. I plucked up the courage later to ask the guy what was playing. He was so thrilled to discuss this 70s French jazz fusion act I'd never heard of. I left briefly and then ran back and bought the album. It's now become one of the favourite records I own.  This is a 2020 repress and sounds great. If you fancy...

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  Sunday Coffee and Tunes - 20 September 2026 Alice Coltrane - Journey in Satchidananda Last night we watched the Criterion edition of Akira Kurosawa’s 1990 film Dreams. My partner, being an avid Kurosawa fan, introduced me to his work when we were dating. I remember watching this film years ago but my memory was patchy (like a dream eh). Kurosawa doesn’t hold back – I’ll make the most beautiful scene of flowers and a rainbow with a little boy needing to gut his stomach for the fox spirits to mak...

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  Joni Mitchell – Ladies on the Canyon Lately I have been listening to Joni Mitchell. She’s an artist I knew about but had not really listened to her. Tori Amos has a lot to thank Joni for. I picked this up at the record fair earlier in the day for $25 which was quite cheep really. I love Joni’s art work for this album cover. There is a fantastic chapter on Joni Mitchell in the book by Claire Dederer Monsters. She talks about male artists often privileged to peruse their art while women take care...