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maniche is a cool mofo

and he had some practise before! what's this???!!!! edit: see below...

you're seeing double maybe That's right, I always do 4 to 4 over there then?

you're seeing double maybe

shit, more excitement! where's my beer!

I believe you. Not so great on the beer, excitement makes me drink more...

the game is not over yet!

& simultaneous posting too

WHAT A GOAL!

woa! don't push the goalie down, then the goal don't count. what suspense!

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...and they're off with a blasting start to what promises to become yet another great game.

didn't mean to insinuate that the "system" crushed these musicians, but there were some socio-economic factors that certainly will have had an influence on these people and their music. As I suggested on the Hörig thread, many of these people played in a wide variety of styles. I know for instance that Hannes Zerbe, another GDR big band leader, also played classical music, and that people from his Blechband played at the Komische Oper and in classical orchestras as well. A bit like American musicians working in Hollywood studios, but less glamorous and probably more diverse. A lot of the music was also (partly) state sponsored and you wouldn't want to loose a job like that. The music we talk about here was recorded, which means that it was okay-ed to a certain extent, and certainly not prosecuted. What is interesting is the mindset people like Schönfeld brought to the music. This is not just some excercise in free blowing but there was some very serious thinking/theory behind it all that fitted within the overall socio-political "allowed" framework somehow. So these musicians were indeed less rebellious than the music may make us think. After living here for 6 years, I am just starting to scratch at this GDR mentality and arts stuff, and I have been pretty surprised at the level of freedom (just like you note); I am not *that* amazed anymore, but still pleasantly surprised with each new discovery I make.

His aouncement was only question of time. I guess he had enough of this. But firing coaches or them resigning is not the point - it's the players who should take the blame. A coach cannot make a goal. the coach is the one who selects the players, who trains them, who decides on overall strategy and tactics, and who decides who plays when. Pretty much to do wrong. Of course if the players are not there.... One might ask why Völler complains that there is a lack of good front players if he decides not to call on the top scorer of the German Liga.

someone threw some orange red on there. the shirt was white.

practise your drunken straight walk (move mouse to stabilise)

tadaa! You f.......g tireless AMG/google researcher! that one was easy, combining my hunch for an obscure, maybe Spanish, player and the title list in AMG, the timing and the B&N sample proved me right.

tadaa!

this one per chance?

is this album as cool as it looks?

found some time on my extended lunch break, so here goes: Track 1. no idea I'm afraid. this ancient stuff is beyond couw's knowledge. but couw has a serendipic mind and just thought this should be one of the very first examples of recorded jazz. and parbleu, it is! (track2) Track 2. Body and Soul, very nice rendition. And long too! tenor has a very pretty tone with some clarinet in there. That makes my guess Paul Gonsalves, but I'm not really sure and very curious about this recording. Track 3. the bass drum needs a lot to get accustomed to, couw is not a fan of this. the sound is somehow familiar, though and I'd go with Chick Corea, but the piano playing goes against that, so I haven't a clue really. It doesn't cause my boat to sink, but wouldn't float it either. Track 4. heavily compressed, this tenor almost sounds like a cello or viola at times. Don't know this, my guess is Hawk. Pretty cool! Track 5. tune is familiar, can't place it though. alto has a nice drive and good tone, the phrasing is a little on the corny side at rare times. The tune breathes nicely in long stretched heaves, working up to near-frenzy and letting go again. may guess is that this is some Spanish player only Agustín knows about... Track 6. Woody 'n You (?). Latter day Dizzy? Some of the perfection is gone, some sloppiness entered, but he's still reaching for the stars. Track 7. must be Haden, with Ornette and Dewey? Track 8. fun track, no clue though. Track 9. this swings like mad, very cool. Sweets on trumpet? a meeting of Basie bandmembers? Track 10. nice loose introspective playing here. Paul Bley maybe? might as well be another Spanish hero though... Track 11. sounds like these guys are making as much fun of the music as they are having with the music.

just in: Völler quits his job as coach of the german national team.

it was a foul, not a penatly. that was the mistake of the arbiter. you can blame Davids, but he is not the kind of player to fegh around like that. from the angle they showed in the UK there was no contact. You're right, there was no contact, ergo: no penalty. And the the ref was only about two meters away from the incident. which I found a bit strange as well. My impression was that Davids was pushed off balance just before, definitely not in the penalty area. I may be wrong though, which would alter my idea of Davids as a fair player (when his spirits are up, not when he's depressed).