Tony Thompson

Forever Charmed
$18.99
Tony Thompson Jazz pianist/composer reviews'... a great musician...a great CD.'-Chella of Shaw University WSHA FM Radio, Raleigh , NC.'Thompson's Spare single line approach is well edited and fluent.'-Owen Cordle of THE NEWS AND OBSERVER(Raleigh, NC)'...exciting solos by Thompson.'-Cliff Bellamy of the HEARALD SUN (Durham, NC)'For those who think you have to go to New York City to hear great jazz, North Carolina continues to provide ample evidence to the contrary'. Gavin O'Hare of the Independant'I kind of thought of Miles Davis' Kind Of Blue ' just in the fact that the music I was listening to, set this scene and this very definite mood...congratulations on an excellent final product.' -George Olsen, Morning Edition Host/Producer /Public Radio East.'The music itself has a shine to it. Thompson's a jazzman influenced by Quincy Jones, Miles Davis and Wayne Shorter but he's no purist,'-Megan Jones of the CARY NEWS.

Magnum Pi: Sense of Debt [VHS]
$8.98

Sexsational
$11.98
I remember this one. I never had it, but a friend of mine used to play it all the time.Tony had a great voice. It's too bad he ended his life so early to realize that his talent still was lying ahead for him. R.I.P Tony.

Gangs: A Journey into the Heart of the British Underworld
$13.38
Given the lack of reviews I suspect this book has not been given the attention it deserves.

Tony Thompson is a fabulous author, and writes very candidly and openly about the gang issues plaguing Britain. However, these issues are not just the UK's problem, rather, it's a microcosm of what's happening everywhere on the planet! Tony delves right into the thick of things, interviewing many criminals and researching many events -hands on - to bring together an excellent book covering many gang issues (listed below). Each event is told to us through vignettes; interesting stories that could easily spin off to be books of their own, or movies even!

I really encourage people to read this book. It's a fascinating fast read that keeps you glued from beginning to end. I was particularly fascinated with the Nigerian 419 Scam; if you can't relate to any of the other issues, you can probably relate to those annoying e-mails received trying to get you to assist some helpless soul (typically from Nigeria) with retrieving their non-existent money from a foreign bank. The author recounts a first hand experience that's quite interesting.

Unfortunately this book does leave you feeling a bit unsettled with no resolutions to the crime problems.

1. Introduction
2. Armed Robbery
3. Cocaine
4. Crack
5. Fraud
6. Hi-Tech Crime
7. Bikers
8. Cannabis
9. Money-Laundering
10. Heroin
11. Synthetic Drugs
12. People-Smuggling
13. Kidnap
14. Guns
15. Index