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I didn't get around to watching The Wire and The Sopranos until ten years or so after each show had ended its run. Loved them both and just recently began re-watching The Wire. Mad Men I did see while it was airing, and I'll be re-watching that one at some point as well. My best friend has been pressing me to watch Breaking Bad for a long time, and I've checked out some clips on YouTube, but it hasn't pulled me in yet. I'll likely watch it at some point, though, as it's so often grouped with the three shows I just mentioned as the Fantastic Four of cable TV's "golden age" period in the 2000s.

Next year the league will expand the playoffs to everybody but one. I remember the WHA did that in 1979, its last year. https://www.cfl.ca/2026/04/28/coming-in-27-a-cfl-season-built-for-summer-long-weekends-cfl-and-cflpa-champion-a-new-era-of-playoff-football/ https://www.cfl.ca/new-regular-season-revamped-playoff-format-faq/ https://3downnation.com/2026/04/28/cfl-expands-grey-cup-playoffs-to-eight-teams-in-2027/ https://cflnewshub.com/cfl-news/coming-in-27-a-cfl-season-built-for-summer-long-weekends-cfl-and-cflpa-champion-a-new-era-of-playoff-football/ ***** Canadians celebrate the beginning of summer the week before Memorial Day, called Victoria Day. Next year that weekend the league will begin the season. https://3downnation.com/2026/04/28/cfl-moves-up-regular-season-start-to-victoria-day-weekend-beginning-2027/ ***** Canadians will be able to watch tonight's draft on TSN and TSN+. The rest of us can see it at cfl.ca. There will be running commentary at 3downnation.com. 3DownNation will also have a podcast on YouTube. https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/article/redblacks-on-the-clock-for-2026-cfl-draft-on-tsn/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/draft/ https://www.cfl.ca/2026/04/27/cfl-draft-2026/ https://www.cfl.ca/2026-cfl-draft-order/ https://www.cfl.ca/2026/04/20/where-to-watch-the-2026-cfl-canadian-draft/ ***** Sask analysis https://pifflespodcast.com/blog/5-in-five-players-in-roughriders-camp-to-look-out-for-wr-tyrie-cleveland/

Zoot Sims “That Old Feeling” Chess cd Two albums on one cd, one from Argo, one from ABC, with the quartet consisting of Zoot with John Williams, Knobby Kotah and Gus Johnson.

Schubert - String Quartet D.87 and D.804 - Amadeus Quartet

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Hey we're all different. I for example am much more into Breaking Bad than Sopranos, and I prefer Better Call Saul to Breaking Bad. Gilligan did a lot of interesting X-Files episodes, as well as the interesting show that just concluded its first season last year, Pluribus--he's an accomplished television creator.

All my life I read about how special Black Mask Magazine was, but the writing here just isn't very good. Maybe these were included to add a mood of "Oriental danger" to the magazine.

Couple of the many recent Futura/Marge reissues:

Breaking Bad. I completely missed the original run but now I am seeing A LOT of YouTube clips of the show, discussions of it with Vince Gilligan, the creator, and interviews with the main actors. I have a mixed impression of it. I appreciate the acting and the production, the music, etc., but I am not sure what to think of the themes. It doesn't seem believable to me, or even something to hold on to or care about. I guess I prefer to see moral issues handled in a different way. I guess I am watching it more out of curiosity over it, asking what's all the buzz about it. That was the way I approached watching The Sopranos YEARS after it ran on TV. I got way more into it than Breaking Bad. Don't know why.

Not weird at all. Social factors and different notions of ultimate musical visions. Just because you're there doesn't mean you're there.

Thank you! Glad you are enjoying them!

Yeah that's what I mean. It is weird that they weren't playing together more.

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My first Basie set, purchased in 1992. It was a great introduction! Still have it. Right now: