GA Russell

I'm enjoying re-reading all of this! Scott and Jim, is it your view that Uncle Skid is correct, and that lamp cord is as good as anything else?

Am I correct in believing that if a European CD's cover includes the logo of the original record company, that indicates that the CD is an authorized release utilizing the masters? Here is a Roy Orbison release of his Sun recordings. The cover seems to include the Sun logo. So can we conclude that this is an authorized release? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002ZUIHI/

Winnipeg 29....Hamilton 23 https://www.cfl.ca/games/2498/hamilton-tiger-cats-vs-winnipeg-blue-bombers/ http://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/hamilton-tiger-cats-winnipeg-blue-bombers-week-9-1.4781362 http://3downnation.com/2018/08/10/ticats-claw-back-but-comeback-falls-short-against-bombers/ http://3downnation.com/2018/08/11/demski-bighill-lead-bombers-third-straight-win-eight-thoughts/ The Bombers were the better team, but the Ticats made it interesting, and trailed 26-23 with less than two minutes to go.

I like Gilberto with Turrentine and Stone Flower very much, but I don't often play the few others I have. In regard to the A&Ms, I love both the Jobims.

Pianist/Composer Yelena Eckemoff To Release "Better Than Gold and Silver," Her Jazz Settings of Biblical Psalms, September 21 2-CD Set Features Both Vocal & Instrumental Versions of Songs Inspired by 10 Sacred Texts Prolific Russian-Born Keyboard Virtuoso Is Accompanied by Tenor Tomás Cruz & Mezzo-Soprano Kim Mayo, Trumpeter Ralph Alessi, Guitarist Ben Monder, Violinist Christian Howes, Bassist Drew Gress, & Drummer Joey Baron Eckemoff to Perform CD Release Concert At St. Peter's Church, NYC, Friday, October 5 August 10, 2018 The prolific Russian-born, North Carolina-based pianist/composer Yelena Eckemoffadds a sacred dimension to the ambitious series of concept albums in her extensive catalogue her new 2-CD set Better Than Gold and Silver. Due for September 21 release on her imprint L&H Production, it's the first in a projected series of recordings featuring Eckemoff's settings of Biblical psalms. The new album includes both vocal and instrumental versions of 10 songs she conceived as works of modern jazz rather than part of the Christian music canon. While the album's lyrics -- beautifully sung by tenor Tomás Cruz and mezzo-soprano Kim Mayo -- are word-for-word verses from the King James Bible (the album's title is based on verse 72 from Psalm 119: "The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver"), Eckemoff explains in her liner notes that the music is what she "heard behind the words." What she heard and composed is highly melodic, multilayered, intricately structured jazz that takes full advantage not only of her virtuoso pianism, but also of the distinctive talents of the all-star team of instrumentalists she enlisted for the project: trumpeter Ralph Alessi, guitarist Ben Monder, violinist Christian Howes, bassist Drew Gress, and drummer Joey Baron. The genesis of Eckemoff's interest in composing jazz settings for sacred texts dates back to her time in her native Moscow, where she and her husband were searching for something to fill the spiritual void around them. They found it in the hymns and religious songs of the city's only Baptist church and its choir and pipe organ; soon, these former atheists were drawn into Christianity and baptized. Looking for texts with which she could musically commune with her newfound faith, Eckemoff turned to the psalms in a Russian bible, but had trouble understanding its Old Slavonic language. She searched in vain for an English bible in a country that banned religious texts. Eventually an American missionary she'd written to sent her a Bible adapted for people speaking English as a second language. Years later, having overcome overwhelming odds and emigrated to the U.S., Eckemoff was informed by a minister in her North Carolina hometown that she had been using the wrong version of the Bible. She discovered the King James version was indeed deeper, richer, and more poetic, and its psalms inspired this, her first collection of sacred texts in jazz settings. Yelena Eckemoff has been composing since she was four years old, her musical impressions taken from her mother, a pianist and teacher. Years of academic studies at Gnessins School for musically gifted children, followed by the Moscow Conservatory, provided a solid foundation in classical music. But as she grew into her teens she developed an interest in other musical styles, like pop, rock, and jazz, although this was a time when jazz recordings were scarce in Russia. Eckemoff attended Dave Brubeck's legendary concert in Moscow in 1987, a pivotal moment for her and many other Russian musicians. Though she had already started playing jazz before hearing Brubeck, this was one of the first jazz concerts she had attended, and she was so impressed she formed her own band and "tried to play jazz." L. to r.: Christian Howes, Ben Monder, Yelena Eckemoff, Ralph Alessi, Drew Gress, Joey Baron Stylistically, Eckemoff's writing and playing reference classical music, the blues, jazz-rock fusion, free-jazz and, occasionally, funk. Her recordings this decade have each dealt conceptually with a particular theme. Glass Song (2013), her first project pairing Arild Andersen and Peter Erskine (who surprisingly had never played together before), features songs about rain, melting ice, and clouds. A Touch of Radiance (2014), with Mark Turner, Joe Locke, George Mraz, and Billy Hart, is dedicated to happiness while Lions (2015), featuring Andersen and Hart, captures life in the savannah with songs about those majestic cats and their cubs as well as migrating birds and tropical rains. Eckemoff's previous release, Desert(May 2018), captures musically the mysteries and mesmerizing allure of one of nature's most daunting environments. Better Than Gold and Silver is an exceptional addition to the lineage of works inspired by religion like Duke Ellington's Sacred Concerts, John Coltrane's A Love Supreme, and Steve Reich's own interpretation of the Psalms, Tehillim. "I've been smitten and humbled by the profundity of the psalms," Eckemoff confesses, "not only as sacred texts, but as a marvelous treasure of the poetic art. I found out for myself that there's a lot to be learned from these verses even in our modern world about the eternal questions of life and death -- what is the meaning of life, what makes people happy, what we leave behind after we die, and where to find strength to go about the daily labors and survive in the face of adversity." Yelena Eckemoff will showcase Better Than Gold and Silver -- with Tomás Cruz, voc; Ralph Alessi, tpt; Jeff Miles, g; Drew Gress, b; Jochen Rueckert, d -- at a free concert on Friday 10/5, 7pm, St. Peter's Church, 619 Lexington Avenue, NYC. Photography: Alexander Popov "Better Than Gold and Silver" EPK Web Site: yelenamusic.com

Week 9 results BC 31....Edmonton 23 https://www.cfl.ca/games/2497/edmonton-eskimos-vs-bc-lions/ http://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/edmonton-eskimos-bc-lions-cfl-week-9-1.4779920 http://3downnation.com/2018/08/10/lulay-lulay-lulay-lulay-leads-lions-comeback-victory-over-eskimos/#comments Great game! BC's defense was terrific in the second half.

I've never wanted berries in my beer either.

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ECM Shai Maestro The Dream Thief Shai Maestro: piano Jorge Roeder: double-bass Ofri Nehemya: drums Release date: September 28, 2018 ECM 2616 B0029001-02 UPC: 6025 677 1112 4 “Hearing the Shai Maestro Trio is like awakening to a new world – a world of wonders, excitement, beauty and uncertainty,” All About Jazz has suggested. The Dream Thief, the first ECM release by Maestro as a leader, presents the Israeli pianist fronting the latest incarnation of his uncommonly interactive, atmospherically expansive trio, featuring new drummer Ofri Nehemya, a fellow Israeli, and its bassist from the start, Jorge Roeder, a native of Peru. The album also includes several searching solo performances by Maestro. His solo interpretation of Israeli singer-songwriter Matti Caspi’s “My Second Childhood” raises the curtain on a program of characteristically vivid Maestro originals. Maestro, who made his first ECM appearance on vocalist Theo Bleckmann’s 2017 album Elegy, made a name for himself playing in Israeli bassist Avishai Cohen’s popular band from 2006 to 2011. A resident of Brooklyn and a dual Israeli and American citizen, the pianist also played in star drummer Mark Guiliana’squartet and has recently worked in a duo with saxophonist Chris Potter. After four trio albums with Roeder and drummer Ziv Ravitz, Maestro drafted Nehemya into the group, which gathered to record The Dream Thief at the studio in Lugano. Maestro chose the darker-toned of two Steinway model D pianos on offer, apt for what he calls “the dreamy, cinematic quality” of the music he had written for the session. With Manfred Eicher producing, the atmosphere in the studio was one of being “open to the magic of the moment,” Maestro recalls. “I had a clear intention for the pieces, but I knew that Manfred likes to let the music breathe, to get to the essence of the music. For instance, my composition ‘Lifeline’ had been a double-time burner live, but Manfred suggested that we take it down about 50 bpm and concentrate on making the melody sing, in the way Charlie Haden might do. That really transformed the tune.” Another spontaneous creation was Maestro’s solo performance of Caspi’s “My Second Childhood,” a song about experiencing life anew via the eyes of a child. The Israeli composer is one of the pianist’s “all-time favorites – I grew up listening to him, and even took lessons with Caspi when I was 12,” he says. “I had arrived at the studio early before Jorge and Ofri, just to commune with the piano. I hadn’t planned to include that tune, but it just came out, as it’s so deep in my system. I have a real appreciation for the DNA of a great song, where the melody and the harmony go perfectly together. It’s the same thing with ‘These Foolish Things,” which is also such a beautifully crafted song. I was just improvising, and it morphed into a kind of avant-garde treatment – yet with the melody still like a red thread wound through it.” Maestro and Roeder have played together for about seven years, developing a synergistic partnership even though they come “from the opposite ends of music in a way,” the pianist explains. “Jorge has experience playing a lot of free music, while I studied both classical and jazz and have played a lot more arranged, rhythmically defined music. I’ve become freer playing with him. He can travel back and forth from off the grid to in the pocket, and he has such great ears. I can take the music where I want to go, and he’s right there with me, where we can almost improvise in unison.” Although Nehemya is new to the group, he and the pianist have an innate kinship. “Ofri and I share a lot of influences – we don’t even have to talk about things to come to the same emotional expressions,” Maestro says. “But he also has an advanced, new-generation rhythmic understanding, so he can really push and challenge Jorge and me.” Whether it’s “going with the melody or really burning and playing free, we always try to be attuned to the moment, trying to find that magic in it,” Maestro says. “With ‘Lifeline,’ ‘The Forgotten Village’ and ‘A Moon’s Tale,’ we were concentrating on melody, while rhythmic interplay was the focus of ‘The Dream Thief’ and ‘New River, New Water’.” As for the deeply moving end piece, “What Else Needs to Happen,” incorporating parts of speeches by Barack Obama, the pianist explains: “An acquaintance of mine, the saxophonist Jimmy Greene, lost his little daughter in the massacre at Sandy Hook, Connecticut. These school shootings in America have become so common, almost ‘normal’ – it’s surreal, insane. When I realized what happened for Jimmy and the rest of those parents, it felt so close – it was heartbreaking. I understand that in jazz a piece like this I could be ‘preaching to the choir,’ but ‘What Else Needs to Happen’ is about being open to the moment in another way. I think performing artists, because we have a stage, have a responsibility to speak about the world we live in today. Maybe the combination of Obama’s words and the music will help people hear and feel the emotional reality a bit more. It is, for me, at least some measure of resistance to that horrible new ‘normal’.” Reflecting on his influences when it comes to jazz piano Maestro concludes: “The tremendous history of jazz is a great inspiration but also a great challenge. We each have our own individual gift, which is the choices we make – whether we turn to major or minor, whether we play pianissimo or fortissimo at a key moment. I always try to remember to embrace history while not trying to be anything or anyone else – to let the music come out of me.”

I have been giving thumbs up to the albums I think are underrated, and thumbs down to the overrated. That's the idea, right?

Scott, the camels says $19.99.

I have added more Week 9 picks and power rankings above. ***** Week 9 game notes https://www.cfl.ca/2018/08/08/cfl-ca-game-notes-look-week-9-3/ ***** Week 9 checking down https://www.cfl.ca/2018/08/08/checking-latest-neil-king-jeremiah-johnson/

I have added more Week 9 picks above.

I'm really liking this one. It's the only cd I've played since the 1st!

Week 8 Plays of the Week https://www.cfl.ca/2018/08/07/edwards-clutch-game-winner-tops-timber-mart-plays-of-the-week/ ***** Week 9 Power Rankings https://www.cfl.ca/2018/08/07/nissan-titan-power-rankings-prairie-dominance/ https://cflpowerrankings.wordpress.com/2018/08/07/power-rankings-after-week-8-2/ https://www.tsn.ca/stampeders-in-cruise-control-atop-cfl-power-rankings-1.1154868 http://3downnation.com/2018/08/09/power-rankings-around/#comments ***** Week 9 picks https://cflpowerrankings.wordpress.com/2018/08/07/cfl-week-9-picks/ https://www.cfl.ca/2018/08/08/weekly-predictor-redblacks-fuming-redemption/ https://freepicks.picksandparlays.net/more-free-picks/cfl-picks/ https://www.canadasportsbetting.ca/news/betting-picks/cfl-picks-week-9.html http://www.vegasinsider.com/cfl/story.cfm/story/1931029 http://dunkelindex.com/football_level/cfl-canadian/ https://www.docsports.com/free-picks/cfl/2018/Montreal-Alouettes-at-Ottawa-Redblacks-Week-9-CFL-Picks-Predictions-8-11-2018-105.html https://www.cfl.ca/2018/08/08/prediction-time-cfl-ca-writers-make-week-9-picks/ http://www.rodpedersen.com/2018/08/week-9-cfl-picks-2018.html http://3downnation.com/2018/08/09/week-9-picks-learn-lesson-pay-price/#comments http://3downnation.com/2018/08/09/slam-dunk-picks-underdogs-in-ideal-spots/#comments ***** Chris Jones worked out Terell Owens Sunday. https://www.cfl.ca/2018/08/05/riders-work-hall-fame-receiver-terrell-owens-bye-week/ http://3downnation.com/2018/08/05/riders-head-coach-chris-jones-works-terrell-owens/#comments

2 digital CDs for $7.00, from 1975 and 1977. https://artpepper.bandcamp.com/album/art-pepper-live-in-usa-2-discs-7

Tord Gustavsen piano Sigurd Hole double bass Jarle Vespestad drums When the Gustavsen Trio’s Being There was released in 2007, the Independent on Sunday wrote "this is the chill-out as a state of grace, and it can go as deep as you like. Sublime." Over the last decade Tord has experimented with other ensemble forms and formats, but on The Other Side - recorded at Oslo’s Rainbow Studio in January 2018 – he returns decisively to the piano trio, with faithful drummer Jarle Vespestad, and excellent new bassist Sigurd Hole. Hole’s approach to his instrument, drawing on folk influences as well as modern jazz, is ideally suited to Gustavsen’s slowly-developing, deeply melodic pieces. TRIO TOUR Sept 25 New York, NY (Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola) Sept 27 Santa Cruz, CA (Kuumbwa Jazz) Sept 28 Stanford, CA (Bing Concert Hall Studio) Sep 29 Vancouver, BC (BlueShore Financial Centre for the Performing Arts) Sept 30 Portland, OR (Classic Pianos) Oct 2 - Minneapolis, MN (Norwegian Lutheran Memorial Church) © *2018 ECM Records US, A Division of Verve Music Group. All rights reserved.

I see that over the weekend this thread passed the "110,000 views" mark. I put each of my posts on twitter and facebook, but I honestly don't know where the people are coming from. Maybe just from google. ***** Week 8, cont. Hamilton 50....Montreal 11 https://www.cfl.ca/games/2495/hamilton-tiger-cats-vs-montreal-alouettes/ http://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/hamilton-tiger-cats-montreal-alouettes-manziel-1.4774061 Manziel started and had a bad game, but it wasn't his fault that the Ticats scored 50 points. ***** Calgary 27....BC 18 https://www.cfl.ca/games/2496/bc-lions-vs-calgary-stampeders/ https://www.sportsnet.ca/football/cfl/stampeders-top-lions-improve-7-0-season/ The Stamps are 7-0 for the first time since 1995, Doug Flutie's last year with them.

Complete Them 1964-1967 (3 CDs) - $17.99 prime https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Them-1964-1967/dp/B015K0NA0Q

Week 8 results Toronto 42....Ottawa 41 https://www.cfl.ca/games/2493/ottawa-redblacks-vs-toronto-argonauts/ http://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/ottawa-redblacks-toronto-argonauts-1.4772417 What a great game! Best one of the season so far. ***** Edmonton 26....Sask 19 https://www.cfl.ca/games/2494/saskatchewan-roughriders-vs-edmonton-eskimos/ http://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/saskatchewan-roughriders-edmonton-eskimos-1.4772423 Another good game.

Apropos, today is Tony Bennett's birthday (b. 1926). It was also the birthday of my favorite wrestler, the late Haystacks Calhoun.

More Week 8 picks http://3downnation.com/2018/08/02/slam-dunk-picks-fading-johnny-football/#comments https://rileysportsblog.wordpress.com/2018/08/01/week-8-cfl-predictions/ https://thegruelingtruth.net/football/cfl/cflweek8preview-and-predictions/ https://news.sportsinteraction.com/cfl/story/redblacks-vs-argonauts-odds-prediction-080218-19416 https://deanblundell.com/manziel-mania-comes-to-montreal-cfl-week-8-expert-picks/ http://breakingfootball.com/cfl-week-8-picks-will-johnny-manziel-get-revenge-on-tiger-cats/ http://www.sports-teller.com/2018-cfl-week-8-picks-tv-schedule-august-2-4/ http://www.mikefmwinnipeg.com/2018/08/02/episode-55-2018-week-8-preview-ft-travis-currah/ ***** More Week 8 power rankings http://lastwordonsports.com/2018/07/30/cfl-week-7-power-rankings-tiger-cats-struggles-continue/ ***** Week 8 game notes https://www.cfl.ca/2018/08/01/cfl-ca-game-notes-look-week-8-2/ ***** Eric Rogers had knee surgery, and will be out indefinitely. http://3downnation.com/2018/08/02/stamps-receiver-eric-rogers-undergoes-knee-surgery-indefinitely/#comments

Saxophonist/Composer Dave Anderson Provides Joyous Musical Response To Current Immigration Climate With New CD by His World-Jazz Band Melting Pot, Set for Release on 9/14 Ensemble Formed in 2017 Celebrates Diversity of NYC's Creative Music Scene CD Release Show at Zinc Bar, NYC, Thursday, September 6 July 31, 2018 Melting Pot, the new CD by saxophonist Dave Anderson's like-named world-jazz ensemble, provides a joyous musical antidote to the wave of xenophobia washing over the West today. Formed in 2017, the multicultural band reflects the vitality and diversity of New York City's international creative music community. Melting Pot will be released on September 14 by LABEL 1 Records. "American culture has started to resist something that's always been one of its strengths: bringing in people and their influences, seeing what they have to say, and blending these voices and ideas with our own," says Anderson, a veteran of Gary Morgan's PanAmericana big band and Memo Acevedo's Manhattan Bridges Orchestra. "I wanted to make a project reflecting people and music I've been exposed to." In addition to Anderson, who plays alto and soprano saxophones on the album, Melting Potincludes Colombian-American drummer Memo Acevedo; Venezuelan-American percussionist Roberto Quintero; tabla artist Ehren Hanson; sitarist and vocalist Neel Murgai; Austrian-American bassist Hans Glawischnig; Canadian pianist David Restivo; British trumpeter Bryan Davis; and Israeli flutist Itai Kriss. The unit revels in the creative opportunities to find common ground through musical expression made possible by bringing together musicians who would not ordinarily collaborate. Melting Pot at Systems Two Recording Studios, Brooklyn. L. to r.: Ehren Hanson, Hans Glawischnig, Bryan Davis, Dave Anderson, Neel Murgai, Dave Restivo, Roberto Quintero, Memo Acevedo. Not pictured from album: Itai Kriss, Deep Singh. (Photo: Shea Glover) "I wanted to celebrate specific musical styles brought from abroad to the U.S. by showcasing these styles in a new small jazz ensemble, while demonstrating jazz's unique ability to fuse musical influences into a new and vital whole," Anderson explains. The new CD's five originals, which intermix straight-ahead and Afro-Latin jazz with Indian ragas and traditional Jewish and Mongolian influences, demonstrate how musicians from different lands can weave disparate styles and experiences into a rich and seamless sonic tapestry. The centerpiece of Melting Pot, Anderson's fourth album as a leader, is the three-part "Immigrant Suite," with each section inspired by a real-life person embodying an aspect of the North American immigrant experience. It opens with "Juror Number 1," written for a Cuban immigrant Anderson met during that most multicultural of New York City experiences: jury duty. "Querida," with its samba rhythm first played on pandeiro, is Brazilian Portuguese for "Sweetheart." Its inspiration was a Brazilian immigrant Anderson knew who referred to her closest friends in America using this term. The suite's finale, "A Candle for Isaac," pays tribute to a man Anderson never met -- his girlfriend's father, who passed away in 2013. "He was an Indian Jew who came from Bombay and settled in Montreal," Anderson explains. "Talk about a melting pot!" Born (in 1966) and raised in Cloquet, Minnesota, Dave Anderson started playing saxophone in his school band at age 11 and eventually won awards as an outstanding high school soloist at area jazz festivals. While attending the University of Minnesota, where he earned a psychology degree, he spent much of his time in the music department and played in the university's jazz bands and symphonic wind ensemble. Anderson won a full scholarship to the Aspen Music Festival, performing in a student ensemble that also included Clarence Penn, Ryan Kisor, Scott Whitfield, and Laurence Hobgood. After a brief stay in Toronto, Anderson moved to New York, working as a jack-of-all-trades for Creed Taylor at CTI Records. In 2005, he relocated to Seattle and was active on the music scene there. He released his debut album, the quartet session Clarity, in 2010, and Trio Real in 2011. That same year he moved back to New York to reestablish himself and initiate new projects. His 2016 release Blue Innuendo, an organ-jazz session featuring Pat Bianchi, guitarist Tom Guarna, and drummer Matt Wilson earned a rare 4½-star review from Down Beatfrom Bill Milkowski, who praised its "great chemistry, great playing and good vibes." Anderson's work with Morgan and Acevedo has influenced his decision to explore world music more deeply, something reinforced by living in a true melting pot. "Here in New York I ride the subway every day; I see the Statue of Liberty from the Q train," Anderson says. "I think about my ancestors coming to this place from Finland and Scandinavia. I see the great mix of cultures. I wanted to celebrate these different styles, collaborate with these different people I met, and say 'Hey, let's take what we've all got, bring it together, and maybe we'll even create something new. But we know we'll create something musical and something we can share for people to enjoy.'" Dave Anderson & Melting Pot will perform a CD release show at the Zinc Bar, 82 W. 3rd Street, NYC, on Thursday, 9/6 at 7pm; $20 cover. Photo of Dave Anderson: Evan Shay Dave Anderson Melting Pot Web Site: daveandersonjazz.com ***Blog Post by Dave Anderson: "My Ancestors and the Melting Pot"

Open Land - Meeting John Abercrombie A film by Arno Oehri and Oliver Primus Release date August 3rd An intimate portrait of a great guitarist, filmed near the end of his musical journey. Here we see John Abercrombie gigging with Gary Versace and Adam Nussbaum in Lichtenstein, jamming with Rob Sheps, Eliot Zigmund and David Kingsnorth in New York, teaching music students at Purchase College, talking guitars with NYC luthier Ric McCurdy, and hanging out at home with wife Lisa and Al the cat. Along the way John reflects, with characteristic good humor, on a creative life lived outside the mainstream and traces his story from his first encounter with an electric guitar onwards. Subtly combining and contrasting images and sound, director Arno Oehri achieves a fine balance between music passages and interviews. The film’s soundtrack includes, in addition to the live performances, selections from many of John Abercrombie’s ECM recordings. Watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U3UQFY9_II

Week 8 power rankings https://cflpowerrankings.wordpress.com/2018/07/31/power-rankings-after-week-7-2/ https://www.cfl.ca/2018/07/31/nissan-titan-power-rankings-emerging-eastern-powerhouse/ http://3downnation.com/2018/07/31/power-rankings-not-quite-status-quo/#comments ***** Week 8 checking down https://www.cfl.ca/2018/08/01/checking-latest-brandon-banks-duron-carter/ ***** Week 8 picks https://www.cfl.ca/2018/08/01/weekly-predictor-shortened-offence-key-upset-versus-eskimos/ https://cflpowerrankings.wordpress.com/2018/07/31/cfl-week-8-picks/ https://www.cfl.ca/2018/08/01/prediction-time-cfl-ca-writers-make-week-8-picks/ **** Here's the current situation for former CFL players now in NFL camps. http://3downnation.com/2018/07/30/comprehensive-guide-canadians-former-cflers-nfl-training-camps-3/#comments ***** First pick overall Mark Chapman has signed with Denver. http://3downnation.com/2018/07/25/first-overall-cfl-pick-receiver-mark-chapman-going-to-denver-broncos/#comments ***** Trent Richardson wants to sign with the new AAF. http://3downnation.com/2018/07/27/trent-richardson-wants-to-sign-in-the-aaf-but-the-riders-still-own-his-rights/#comments ***** Brandon Rutley has an ACL tear, and has been put on the six-game list. http://3downnation.com/2018/07/28/lions-rb-brandon-rutley-sidelined-acl-tear/#comments ***** Ronnie Pfeffer has been struggling big time, so the Argos have signed former Redblack Zackary Madeiiros. http://3downnation.com/2018/07/30/argos-sign-national-kp-zackary-medeiros/#comments ****** Zach Collaros will start tomorrow against the Eskimos. https://www.cfl.ca/2018/08/01/collaros-start-vs-esks-carter-back-offence/ http://3downnation.com/2018/08/01/riders-take-50000-cap-hit-for-pulling-collaros-off-the-injured-list/#comments ***** Bryant Turner has retired as a Bomber. https://www.cfl.ca/2018/07/31/bryant-turner-jr-signs-one-day-contract-retires-blue-bombers/ ***** Connor Williams has retired. https://www.cfl.ca/2018/07/31/original-redblack-connor-williams-retires-football/ ***** For August the Als will wear their 1974-1981 helmets. My recollection is that one year during that period, they wore a single decal on their forehead rather than one on each side; but I don't remember which year. Anyone remember? 1977? https://www.cfl.ca/2018/07/31/alouettes-launch-august-helmet-logo/