<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=3>In a message dated 2/3/03 4:49:25 PM Central Standard Time, kash@ran.es writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">We had a flurry of European chat this am on DJML about who Cleo Laine<BR>
was, but have seen not one single mail today from the U.S., and nothing<BR>
from the rest of the world since lunchtime. Has DJML gone down?</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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Jim, there is very little, if any, interest in Cleo Laine in the U.S.<BR>
Chicago critics were not enthused. I have heard a few of her recordings and frankly, I'm not interested in hearing any more. <BR>
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Jim Beebe</FONT></HTML>