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  1. NFL chat thread

    in Miscellaneous - Non-Political

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    If there's anything to regret it would be the strange playcalling in the second half where Brady was in shotgun formation for much of it. The team has so much confidence in Brady that it isn't funny. I can understand that, but it's good not to score too fast. Get a few running plays in and let the D get a good blow on the sidelines. Strange offensive playcalls on the part of the Pats.

    Agreed. Don't understand why the Pats didn't try to run in the second half, keeping the ball away from Indy. I recall Jints-Bills, SB XXV (1991). NYG were heavy underdogs and offensively outgunned. The very first thing Parcells (adios, Bill; I used to love ya, but got sick of your travelling show) said re. game plan was "Shorten the game"....

  6. What music did you buy today?

    in Miscellaneous Music

    Posted · Edited by T.D.

    I made some nice buys on eBay:

    Barry Harris, For The Moment

    John Hicks, Something to Live For: A Billy Strayhorn Songbook

    Dodo Marmarosa, Dodo's Bounce

    George Wallington Quintet, The New York Scene

    George Wallington Trio, Knight Music

    Walter Bishop Jr., Milestones

  10. NFL chat thread

    in Miscellaneous - Non-Political

    Posted · Edited by T.D.

    I bet when conn500 watches the game at the sportsbar, he's wearing his NE sweatshirt like BB.....

    BB will never be on the cover of GQ....

    :lol:

    Back in his Browns HC days, BB used to wear sharp-looking team sweaters, and Chris Berman of ESPN dubbed him "the nattily clad BB". I guess it's better to look like crap and win... :P

    I don't think the league encourages fashion-plate HCs. ISTR reading a story this past season about two coaches who wanted to wear business suits on the sidelines, and had to petition for league approval. Maybe the greedy bastards want all sideline staff to wear "officially licensed NFL team apparel".

    (Added:) Here's the story: Nolan, Del Rio, suits

    Reebok has a clothing deal with the league, so Nolan and Del Rio had to wear special Reebok-designed suits.

  11. Sports: 2006 NFL Weekly Pool

    in Miscellaneous - Non-Political

    Posted · Edited by T.D.

    I like Tony, and remember watching him play QB for the Gophers!

    I dunno if he can be blamed for the subpar defenses that the Colts constantly field. Maybe the GM is at fault? Or does Manning make so much $$$ that he kills the salary cap? Still, James's departure should have freed up some bucks for defenders.

  15. NFL chat thread

    in Miscellaneous - Non-Political

    Posted · Edited by T.D.

    Remember the (semi-old) NFL Films feature that focused on Hank Stram on the sidelines during the Chiefs' Super Bowl rout of the Vikings? It was hilarious. Hank absolutely knew he had it totally wired, and was strutting up and down the sideline like he owned the world. I think that was the last pre-merger SB.

    I never followed basketball as closely as other sports, but I found the ABA-NBA cultural clash more pronounced than the AFL-NFL one. And (IIRC) the AFL was mostly backed by Lamar Hunt who, though a maverick in some sense, I can't really view as "anti-establishment"...

  16. NFL chat thread

    in Miscellaneous - Non-Political

    Posted

    The AP newswire story had an interesting item:

    Afterward [postgame], with the record crowd of 68,810 silenced and a terrific season wrecked, Tomlinson went after an unidentified Patriots player.

    Did anyone see that incident? I missed it.

    Poor Marty S...he might not be back next year. On Friday, the NY Post printed a funny line about the "Schottenheimerlich Maneuver".

  17. Sports: 2006 NFL Weekly Pool

    in Miscellaneous - Non-Political

    Posted

    Conn, looks like you copied my picks this week. :g Check the time stamps.

    You've got one bada$$ avatar, btw (Hastings 1895!).

    :lol:

    I'm astounded that you would recognize my avatar!... Did you recognize it immediately or did it take some time? I likely got the pic from chessbase, but I don't remember. Pillsbury was one of my heroes.

    I'm a chess enthusiast (frequently visit Chessbase site, for instance), and recognized it right away. Played chess as a kid, and took it back up in middle age as a hobby. Pillsbury was a remarkable figure.

  19. Morton Feldman

    in Classical Discussion

    Posted · Edited by T.D.

    Happy birthday, Morty!

    I'm a big fan of Feldman's piano music, and enthusiastically second the Goldstein rec. Purchased it from Forced Exposure some years ago. "Triadic Memories" is coupled with Cage's "1^5", and I generally like Cage's "number pieces" (while stopping short of recommending them for the "general public"...). [Disclaimer: I don't usually spring for multiple recordings of works.]

    Also suggest "Palais de Mari" and "For Bunita Marcus" (I own the Hildegard Kleeb discs on Hat Art, and haven't found it necessary to look for alternatives).

  20. What's next on your YourMusic.com queue?

    in Recommendations

    Posted

    My 1/7 queue selection (Johnny Griffin "The Congregation") shipped a couple of days ago, and I was billed $6.99 + tax. Website has been showing that price for me since 1/1.

    I've never had any problems with late or damaged shipments, though their packaging for multidisc shipments seems weird: the boxes have always had manually scotch-taped tears/seams.

  21. Sports: 2006 NFL Weekly Pool

    in Miscellaneous - Non-Political

    Posted

    Hey, I'd like to join for the playoffs (missed regular season). But I have a question, which may be stupid. Are we just picking outright winners? (I don't see any point spreads posted.)

    If outright: Indy, Dallas, Philly, NE.

    To keep track of our picks, TD, you have to go back to the first page of this thread. We just edit out the previous week's picks and update them for this week.

    Thanks, Conn.

    Didn't mean to copy your picks; :blush: picking outright winners, the 3 TD+ spread games were automatic, and I have Parcells loyalties from NYG days.

  23. 2006 best jazz vocal releases

    in Recommendations

    Posted · Edited by T.D.

    Tough to compete with what Ms. Giambarini is packing, but Meredith D'Ambrosio's "Wishing On The Moon" (Sunnyside), which I believe came out in 2006, is something else (and beautifully recorded by RVG):

    For the record, I like Ms. Giambarini's vocals. I hadn't noticed that she was packing anything. What do you mean?

    Uh, the rather, er, buxom cover photo? :huh:

    [Disclaimer: Although I very rarely buy vocal CDs, I like the little I've heard of Ms. Gambarini, and have considered purchasing the disc in question.]

  25. The Riverside Label

    in Recommendations

    Posted

    Another aspect of why I enjoyed Cannonball's Sextet with Yusef Lateef so much is the wonderful playing of Joe Zawinul. Damn but Joe was a great blues player.

    The strange thing for me though is how very few things I enjoy by him when he was not with Cannonball.

    The Riverside session with Ben Webster quickly comes to mind as a situation where I definitely dig Zawinul's playing. I am sure there must be a few more?

    When he turned electric my interest turned elsewhere. It was a great disappointment to me that Joe didn't record a few trio sessions with Sam Jones and Louis Hayes while with Cannonball. Had he done so I suspect they would have been fantastic.

    Sam Jones "Down Home" on Riverside was a nice session, with larger ensembles, on which I like Zawinul's playing. Cannonball listed as producer but didn't play. Louis Hayes not on drums, surprisingly.

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