Van Basten II

Holly sh.. If i die tonight, i want to be reincarnated into her blouse

I have to say that i have nothing to say.

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Great to see politicians takin' care of the real problems their country is facing.

Game to watch this saturday Arsenal and Manchester City. And in the African Cup the round robin has ended. Among the suprises Senegal was eliminated. Quarters will start sunday. This sunday the host Ghana will face the experimented Nigerians and the Ivory Coast will face Guinea Look for Ghana and the Ivorians to go through. And monday two games that seem to be tight on paper as Egypt will face Angola and Tunisia meets Cameroun. My picks Angola and Cameroun.

What's the relation between the copyright law and how wide your telly is ?

Where the heck is that thing, i need it bad

An old couple go to a doctor and ask him to watch them have sex and tell if he see's them doing anything wrong. So they have sex. While they are getting dressed the doctor said, "Well I don't see anything wrong!" A week later they come again and ask the doctor to watch to see if they are doing anything wrong. They have sex and the doctor says, "Well again I don't see anything wrong." This goes on for weeks. Then the doctor asks why they keep coming. The guy said: "If we go to her house her husband will catch us. If we go to my house my wife will catch us. A hotel costs fifty bucks. Here it's thirty-five dollars and medicare pays half!"

Quite proud of this thread that i started and of course the quality participation from the members. Pretty suprised that nobody has mentionned the Egea label which has produced some great music. Especially for those who are fans of Pieranunzi, i strongly recommend Perugia suite. As i mentionned in another thread i'll echo the sentiments of an earlier poster about the beautiful sounds produced by the very fine clarinettist Mirabassi, you can also find recordings of him on the label Egea.

Bundesliga is back friday after a long hiatus, Leader Nayern Munich will be on the road to face Hansa Rostock. To quote Yeats, It's about motherfucking time !!!

We talked about it in another thread so i elected to take the bull by its horns and start a thread about the world of Italian jazz. To get things rolling, i'll start with two subjects Subject number 1 Are they other Italian Instabile Orchestra cd worth going after. For my part i already own Skies of Europe which i would recommend strongly, Litania Sibilante who was the first cd i found after seeing them live, for my part i thought it was underwhelming after the live act. And more recently the one with Cecil Taylor who was disappointing as Taylor did not mix very well with the group. Subject number 2. Andrea Centazzo Mitteleuropa Orchestra The Complete Recordings: 1980-1983 I'm thinking a lot about buying this set, but i'd like to hear more about it by the fine people writing on this board. So here you go.

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I fear, you're not. However a thread about Italian Jazz would be a great idea.

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I'm trying to come up with other perfect achievements in sports. Excluding college football, which is too easy (relatively), here's what I have so far: * Nadia Comaneci's perfect 10s in the Montreal Olympics * Bobby Knight's 75-76 Indiana Hoosiers go undefeated (and 6 or 7 other college teams before them, including three Bruin teams, I think) * 72 Dolphins * Mark Spitz going 7 for 7 golds in Munich * Rocky Marciano's undefeated record in the Heavy weight boxing division * Don Larsen's perfect World Series game in 1956 (one of only 17 total perfect games in MLB history) --- I think there must be more Olympic athletes that went undefeated. Or other perfect records in sports outside the U.S. (soccer?) Can anyone else think of any other examples? To be fair you have put the record in the same context, the record is done in one season so you should compare to acheivements done in one season, since it's a team acheivment you can not compare it to individual exploits. And since few leagues a small number of games to be able to acheive it. In futbol we have seen teams go undefeated throughout a eason but i don't think has ever wol all their games. Anyway just putting the record into the context of the NFL makes it special enough

Stealin' a page of my playbook.

Curiously, as much of a buff i am, never heard of Valdambrini prior to reading this thread, thanks for the tip, gotta say i'm much familar with current players than from it seems 50s or 60s

They're probably at the top of my "must hear live" list. Where did you hear them? In Montreal? I recently acquired the disc they made with Cecil Taylor, The Owner of the River Bank on Enja/Justin Time, but haven't had a chance to listen yet. Yep in 2000, probably the greatest jazz evening of my life, i'll talk about it in another thread. i bought the one with Cecil Taylor, listened to it once and was dissapointed, did not feel they really gelled together well. To get back to IIA, what set them apart from any other jazz gig i witnessed over the years besides obviously the outstanding composition and the musicianship was their humour, their theatricals and their great showmanship.

Being an italian jazz buff myself, told ya Porcy my main grief with your country is your political and football etablishment, i would also suggest the fine works of Gianluigi Trovesi, mostly his work on the label Soul Note. Also investigate recordings by the georgous sounding clarinetist Gabriele Mirabassi. Among younger players, pianist Stefano Bollani is making a fine name by himself. By the way my favourite jazz gig of all time showcased the collective Italian Instabile Orchestra, record wise their best is Skies of Europe, which is a tip to the hat to Skies of America, is available on ECM.

North Americans are pretty lucky tennis wise, except for the Aussie open, the rest of the big tournaments have a time schedule that makes thing easier, especially for those on the east coast, too bad can't see much of the weekday games because of work.

Also considering today's results, you can send the championship trophy to Madrid. Real are truly a fine team and always get a way to win games as they showed against 3rd place Villareal. They now have 9 points over Barça and i don't see how they're going to cover up the lost ground

This is why the FA Cup is one of my favourite competition Liverpool averts upset by 'minnows' : One of the biggest upsets in sports history was averted yesterday when the mighty Reds of Liverpool were given the fright of their lives by tiny Havant & Waterlooville before beating the non-league side, 5-2, in an astonishing FA Cup fourth-round tie at Anfield in Liverpool. The part-timers from Hampshire, six divisions and 123 places below Liverpool in England's football pyramid, twice led against the seven-time FA Cup winners. The FA Cup is open to all clubs that belong to the English Football Association, from the huge international Premier League sides to the tiny amateur clubs that play for joy and a pint. These little clubs are known as minnows. A hat trick by Liverpool midfielder Yossi Benayoun denied Havant the biggest upset in the competition's 137-year history. The Hawks left the field as heroes and were given a standing ovation by the Liverpool supporters and 6,000 of their own fans who made the trip from the south of England. The Hawks include a refuse collector, a trainee taxi driver, a teacher and security officer on their team. H&W stunned the 42,000 crowd at Anfield when Richard Pacquette, who once played in the same Queens Park Rangers youth team as Liverpool striker Peter Crouch, put the visitors ahead after eight minutes. It took Liverpool until the 27th minute to equalize when Brazilian Lucas scored with a 30-meter shot but the part-timers went back in front four minutes later after a shot from Alfie Potter took a deflection off Martin Skrtel. Benayoun put Liverpool level again in the 44th before producing a well-taken shot on the turn after 56. The Israeli international completed his hat trick to give Liverpool a 4-2 lead before a late goal from Crouch made the game safe. "It has been a fairy tale," Havant and Waterlooville manager Shaun Gale said. "It will be a long time before anyone else does anything like this."

Rarely able to gather some interest for a game that i already know the outcome. Only sport i can witch knowing the results is boxing.

America needs needs another football league like it needs another war.