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Anouar Brahem oud | Dave Holland double bass Jack DeJohnette drums, percussion | Django Bates piano Released on the occasion of Anouar Brahem’s 60th birthday, Blue Maqams offers many reasons to celebrate. Recorded in New York’s Avatar Studios in May 2017 and produced by Manfred Eicher, it brings the Tunisian oud master together with three brilliant improvisers: the “Maqams” of the title refers to the Arabic modal music system, rendered kind of blue by the jazz players. For Anouar Brahem and Dave Holland the album marks a reunion: they first collaborated 20 years ago on the very widely-acclaimed Thimar album. Brahem meets Jack DeJohnette for the first time here, but Holland and DeJohnette have been frequent musical partners over the last half-century beginning with ground-breaking work with Miles Davis – their collaborations are legendary. British pianist Django Bates also rises superbly to the challenge of Brahem’s compositions. And Anouar in turn is inspired to some of his most outgoing playing. Blue Maqams is a highlight of ECM’s autumn season. © 2017 ECM | ECM Records USA | 1755 Broadway, 3rd floor | New York NY 10011

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Here is the link, probably behind a paywall. https://www.wsj.com/articles/music-industry-recovery-continues-powered-by-a-surge-in-subscriptions-1505927551 Sales for the first half of 2017 in a nutshell... Physical product shipments declined 1%. Vinyl sales were up 3%, and CD sales were down 3%. Vinyl was 29% of physical shipments, its highest number since the mid-1980s. (That surprises me.) Digital download revenues declined to only 19% of industry total. Retail revenue increased 17% to $4 billion. Its full-year peak was 1999's $14.6 billion in the US alone. Most of today's money is coming from the paid subscribers to Spotify and Apple Music. However, the streaming service most used (by far) is YouTube's free service.

Week 14 picks https://www.cfl.ca/2017/09/20/weekly-predictor-test-time-regina/ http://www.sportingnews.com/ca/cfl/news/week-14-cfl-picks-only-the-stampeders-and-blue-bombers-look-like-sure-bets-going-down-the-stretch/sc1wr5ulebug1hy8ufjwp3zko ***** Power Rankings http://www.tsn.ca/stampeders-stay-on-top-of-cfl-power-rankings-1.861958 ***** Jamaal Westerman is gone for the year. http://3downnation.com/2017/09/19/bombers-dealt-big-blow-jamaal-westerman-year/#comments ***** The Riders have talked Marc-Olivier Brouillette out of retirement. http://3downnation.com/2017/09/19/riders-bringing-all-star-canadian-db-marc-olivier-brouillette-out-of-retirement/#comments https://www.cfl.ca/2017/09/20/riders-officially-sign-bouka-bring-back-brouillette/ ***** Andy Fantuz is rejoining the Ticats. http://3downnation.com/2017/09/18/ticats-receiver-andy-fantuz-expected-sign-player-contract-today/#comments ***** Alex Bazzie has rejoined the Lions. http://3downnation.com/2017/09/18/dl-alex-bazzie-signs-lions/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/09/20/alex-bazzie-needed-clear-mind-cfl-return-following-nfl-disappointment/#comments https://www.cfl.ca/2017/09/20/bazzie-my-craft-has-gotten-better-and-i-cant-wait-to-put-it-to-the-test/ http://www.tsn.ca/bazzie-s-back-with-lions-looking-for-sacks-1.861084 ***** Aaron Grymes has rejoined the Eskimos. http://3downnation.com/2017/09/20/eskimos-get-db-aaron-grymes-back/#comments https://www.cfl.ca/2017/09/20/eskimos-re-sign-db-aaron-grymes/ http://www.tsn.ca/eskimos-welcome-back-db-grymes-1.862322 ***** Kevin Glenn will start this week for the Riders. http://3downnation.com/2017/09/20/riders-head-coach-chris-jones-qb-kevin-glenn-to-start-against-calgary/#comments https://www.cfl.ca/2017/09/20/kevin-glenn-start-week-14/ https://www.cfl.ca/2017/09/20/glenn-returns-to-lineup-as-riders-get-set-for-calgary/ ***** Here's a list of recent roster changes. https://www.cfl.ca/2017/09/20/roster-roundup-cfl-teams-shuffle-personnel/ ***** Week 14 checking down https://www.cfl.ca/2017/09/20/checking-ratio-buster-riders/ ***** The Eskimos traded Shamawd Chambers to the Ticats for two draft picks. http://www.tsn.ca/ticats-acquire-canadian-chambers-from-eskimos-1.858989 http://3downnation.com/2017/09/17/eskimos-trade-canadian-receiver-shamawd-chambers-ticats/#comments

ECM Björn Meyer Provenance Björn Meyer: six-string electric bass guitar, acoustic bass guitar U.S. Release date: September 29, 2017 ECM 2566 B0027253-02 UPC: 6025 574 1917 7 There is a distinguished tradition of albums devoted to solo bass on ECM, but Provenance is the first to showcase the electric bass guitar. Björn Meyer, born in Sweden and long based in Switzerland, has shaped a distinctive voice on his instrument within diverse contexts. He has worked alongside Persian harpist-singer Asita Hamidi, Swedish nyckelharpa player Johan Hedin and Tunisian oud master Anouar Brahem; and for a decade, Meyer was a member of Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin, in which his throbbing bass guitar was often a lead instrument. Meyer’s solo work explores the sound of the bass in acoustic space, as he points out in his booklet essay for the new album: “Even though the instrument is technically non-acoustic, the music is deeply influenced by the properties of the space where it is played. The many different ways in which acoustics affect my compositions and improvisations have always been sources of surprise and inspiration. There is definitely a second member in this solo project – the room!” The room for Provenance was the highly responsive Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI in Lugano, the Swiss radio studio’s rich acoustics helping to bring out all the detail in Meyer’s atmospheric solo creations. Meyer has taken his bass guitar into realms in which electronic instruments rarely figure, as in his collaborations with musicians steeped in the acoustic traditions of their countries. Working with Hedin, Hamidi and Brahem gave Meyer “many reasons to re-think the function of my instrument but also to invent new ways of adding sounds and extending its tonal range,” he says. The bassist appears on two of Brahem’s recent, widely acclaimed albums on ECM: Souvenance (2015) and The Astounding Eyes of Rita (2009), with The Guardian praising “the contemporary edge” Meyer added to the Tunisian’s music. In the electro-acoustic “Zen-funk” of Ronin — where rhythmic inspirations from Steve Reich to James Brown come together, along with influences from Japanese theater and music — Meyer’s drive and subtlety were key, his sound integral to the sonic momentum of the ECM albums Stoa (2006), Holon (2008), Llyría (2010) and Live (2012). An expert testimonial to Meyer’s instrumental prowess has come from his successor in Ronin, Swiss bassist Thomy Jordi, who said: “Björn is one of the few bass players in the world to have developed a unique style on the instrument. His concepts of sound and technique are highly personal… In his music, he seems to integrate many sources of traditional music, creating a beautiful, spiritual, modern world language.” In his booklet essay for Provenance, Meyer recounts that in preparing for solo performances over the past few years he would follow a ritual starting 27 days before a concert, one that included recording whatever he was working on: improvisations, experiments, practicing, actual compositions, or various combinations of those. “At some point during each day, I would cut out exactly 60 seconds of music and release it on the internet as a kind of countdown or diary of ideas,” he writes. “When I started preparing for this album, there were already more than 150 such fragments… I made it a mission to revisit most of the fragments and see what kind of program they would evoke. Arriving in the studio, I had a clear picture of what material I wanted to use — but I hadn’t anticipated how strongly the room would affect the music. Lugano Radio Studio is a fantastic sounding room, and it opened up for a few improvisations and a fully new piece written in the night between the recording days, in spite of the blues festival echoing in the streets of Lugano…” Provenance ranges from the hushed, guitar-like title track and similarly voiced “Pendulum” to the Ronin-like rhythmic minimalism of “Dance,” from the pensive tunefulness of “Banyan Waltz” and “Three Thirteen” to his textured interpretation of Hamidi’s entrancing “Garden of Silence.” There’s also room for the virtuoso strummed funk of “Squizzle.” In the booklet, Meyer writes about his concept for capturing the sonic potential of the electric bass guitar on record, referencing his work in the studio with ECM producer Manfred Eicher and the engineer Stefano Amerio: “Very often when recording electric bass guitar, the fragile sounds of the actual instrument, such as the touching of strings, tend to get forgotten or deliberately left out — yet they inspire me in the search for new sonorities and playing techniques. With this recording, I wanted to share an alternative experience of the instrument, the way I hear it. I am very grateful that Manfred supported this approach and that Stefano managed to capture the dream behind the idea in the most beautiful way.” ECM Anouar Brahem - Blue Maqams with Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette and Django Bates CD release date: October 13, 2017 LP release date: November 17, 2017 Anouar Brahem: oud; Dave Holland: double bass; Jack DeJohnette: drums, percussion; Django Bates: piano Released on the occasion of Anouar Brahem's 60th birthday, Blue Maqams, a highlight of ECM's autumn season, offers many reasons to celebrate. Recorded in New York's Avatar Studios in May 2017 and produced by Manfred Eicher, it brings the Tunisian oud master together with three brilliant improvisers: the "Maqams" of the title refers to the Arabic modal music system, rendered kind of blue by the jazz players. For Anouar Brahem and Dave Holland the album marks a reunion: they first collaborated 20 years ago on the very widely-acclaimed Thimar album. Brahem meets Jack DeJohnette for the first time here, but Holland and DeJohnette have been frequent musical partners over the last half-century beginning with ground-breaking work with Miles Davis - their collaborations are legendary. British pianist Django Bates also rises superbly to the challenge of Brahem's compositions. And Anouar in turn is inspired to some of his most outgoing playing. “Gnosis is a remarkable example of either, or both….Mr. Virelles, who is 33 and a New Yorker since 2009, is a pianist of remarkable skill and unwavering ambition… Focused research infuses this music, yet the expression is purely visceral and the context imagined. The richness of chamber-music interplay arrives free of rhythmic rigidity. The ingredients of ritual music form cells for compositions that, in spots, give way to improvisation that again, in new ways, bears a ritual feel. – Larry Blumenfeld, Wall Street Journal September 13th David Virelles piano, marímbula, vocals | Román Díaz lead vocals and percussion (bonkó enchemiyá, ekón, nkomos, erikundi, itones, nkaniká, marímbula, claves, mayohuacán, pilón, carapacho de jicotea, coconut shells) | Allison Loggins-Hull piccolo, flute; Rane Moore clarinet, bass clarinet | Adam Cruz: steel pan, claves; Alex Lipowski orchestral bass drum, temple blocks, bongos, gong | Matthew Gold marimba, glockenspiel | Mauricio Herrera ekón, nkomos, erikundi, claves | Thomas Morgan double bass | Yunior Lopez viola | Christine Chen violoncello | Samuel DeCaprio violoncello | Melvis Santa, Mauricio Herrera vocals © 2017 ECM | ECM Records USA | 1755 Broadway, 3rd floor | New York NY 10011

Power Rankings http://3downnation.com/2017/09/18/3down-power-rankings-argos-ship-rising-lions-in-a-lull/#comments https://www.cfl.ca/2017/09/19/argos-sail-nissan-titan-power-rankings/ http://www.sportingnews.com/ca/cfl/news/week-14-cfl-power-rankings-tiger-cats-hamilton-toronto-argonauts/jhqlxku7ooy41f6trfckvs1lf http://thegruelingtruth.net/football/cfl/cfl-power-rankings-week-14-2/ http://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/cfl-power-rankings-week-14-1.4296459 http://www.sportsnet.ca/football/cfl/cfl-power-rankings-trouble-brewing-montreal-edmonton/

I'm very interested in the Klaus Doldinger. I loved his '69 recording released in the US as Blues Happening. Can anyone tell me anything about this Doldinger box?

Ottawa 29....Montreal 11 https://www.cfl.ca/games/2423/ottawa-redblacks-vs-montreal-alouettes/

Sunday's Ottawa-Montreal game will be on ESPN2 at 1:00 pm eastern. ***** Power Rankings http://3downnation.com/2017/09/11/3down-power-rankings-new-basement-dwellar-ticats-on-the-rise/#comments http://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/cfl-power-rankings-week-13-1.4284679 http://www.sportsnet.ca/football/cfl/cfl-power-rankings-eskimos-regressing-fourth-straight-loss/ http://www.sportingnews.com/ca/cfl/news/week-13-cfl-power-rankings-quarterback-injuries-could-shake-up-power-balance/1rz4f9nxsims91p1ca9kk2ftlf http://thegruelingtruth.net/football/cfl/cfl-power-rankings-week-13-2/ https://www.cfl.ca/2017/09/12/ticats-clawing-nissan-titan-power-rankings/ ***** Week 13 picks http://3downnation.com/2017/09/15/week-13-picks-can-consequences-have-desired-effect/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/09/15/slam-dunk-picks-road-shows/#comments http://www.sportingnews.com/ca/cfl/news/cfl-picks-week-13-hamilton-tiger-cats-kevin-glenn/3gpt1tq9sl7a14dguqck21u26 http://thegruelingtruth.net/podcast/cfl-weekly-pickem-show-week-13-wrobert-drummond/ https://www.cfl.ca/2017/09/14/cfl-ca-writers-make-week-13-picks/ https://www.cfl.ca/2017/09/13/weekly-predictor-can-redblacks-win-without-harris/ ***** Week 13 game notes https://www.cfl.ca/2017/09/14/cfl-ca-game-notes-look-week-13/ ***** Week 13 results Sask 29....Hamilton 19 https://www.cfl.ca/games/2420/saskatchewan-roughriders-vs-hamilton-tiger-cats/ Bridge started for Sask, and became the first Canadian starting QB to win since Greg Vavra in '85. http://3downnation.com/2017/09/15/canadian-qb-brandon-bridge-to-start-for-riders/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/09/15/qb-kevin-glenn-scratched-riders/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/09/15/qb-kevin-glenn-scratched-riders/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/09/15/brandon-bridge-mocks-ticats-money-manziel-celebration/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/09/15/canadian-qb-bridge-throws-three-tds-as-ticats-fall-27-19-to-riders/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/09/15/video-june-jones-jeremiah-masoli-jalen-saunders-loss-riders/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/09/15/canadian-qb-brandon-bridge-im-trying-to-just-open-up-doors/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/09/16/riders-show-guts-win-hamilton/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/09/16/learned-ticats-ugly-27-19-loss-riders/#comments ***** Toronto 34....Edmonton 26 https://www.cfl.ca/games/2421/edmonton-eskimos-vs-toronto-argonauts/ The Eskimos have lost 5 straight. ***** Calgary 27....BC 13 https://www.cfl.ca/games/2422/bc-lions-vs-calgary-stampeders/ The Stampeders have won 8 straight.

Most of the vocalese lyrics I'm aware were written by Hendricks. I hope he is in good health and enjoying life. Wikipedia says that Terry Gibbs will be 93 next month.

Week 12 results BC 41....Montreal 18 https://www.cfl.ca/games/2416/montreal-alouettes-vs-bc-lions/ ***** Winnipeg 48....Sask 28 https://www.cfl.ca/games/2417/saskatchewan-roughriders-vs-winnipeg-blue-bombers/ ***** Hamilton 26....Ottawa 22 https://www.cfl.ca/games/2418/hamilton-tiger-cats-vs-ottawa-redblacks/ ***** Calgary 25....Edmonton 22 https://www.cfl.ca/games/2419/calgary-stampeders-vs-edmonton-eskimos/ ***** I'll come back to edit this post with many more links regarding these games. ***** Travis Lulay got hurt in the game against the Als, and will be gone for the season. Is this the end of his playing career? http://3downnation.com/2017/09/08/b-c-lions-qb-travis-lulay-suffers-possible-knee-injury/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/09/09/b-c-lions-qb-travis-lulay-on-knee-injury-theres-significant-damage/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/09/09/lions-lean-faith-lulay-injury/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/09/12/b-c-lions-qb-travis-lulay-season/#comments ***** Trevor Harris will miss some time as well. http://3downnation.com/2017/09/09/redblacks-qb-trevor-harris-injured-ticats/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/09/09/lions-lean-faith-lulay-injury/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/09/12/redblacks-qb-trevor-harris-added-six-game-injured-list/#comments ***** Kevin Glenn hurt his throwing hand, and will not start this week. http://3downnation.com/2017/09/09/riders-qb-kevin-glenn-suffers-setback-versus-bombers/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/09/11/qb-kevin-glenn-spectator-riders-practice/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/09/11/riders-qb-kevin-glenn-day-day-bruised-hand/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/09/12/conflicting-coaches-riders-qb-kevin-glenn/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/09/13/riders-qb-kevin-glenn-not-practicing-third-straight-day/#comments ***** With Lulay out, the Lions have brought in Mitchell Gale. http://3downnation.com/2017/09/11/lions-bringing-in-former-argos-ticats-riders-and-stampeders-qb-mitchell-gale/#comments ***** Here's a surprise. The Riders have signed Marcus Thigpen. http://3downnation.com/2017/09/12/riders-sign-marcus-thigpen/#comments ***** Robert Wetenhall turned the Als over to his son Andrew, and it looks like Andrew is taking a more active role than his father did. This wwek the Als fired Jacques Chapdelaine and DC Noel Thorpe. Kavis Reed will coach the team for the remainder of the year. http://3downnation.com/2017/09/12/alouettes-struggling-owner-says-no-jobs-safe/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/09/13/alouettes-fire-head-coach-jacques-chapdelaine-dc-noel-thorpe-report/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/09/13/rich-stubler-not-in-montreal-contrary-to-reports/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/09/13/alouettes-gm-kavis-reed-just-ok-not-enough/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/09/13/changes-montreal-will-force-anthony-calvillo-miss-hall-fame-induction/#comments

Jim, no disagreement from me; but those things also sound pretty bad, isn't that right? So bad, you don't want them anyway, right? No temptation, right? I don't see anyone sneering at the PDs that sound good, like the John RT Davies Armstrong box. You don't object to that one, do you?

Happy Birthday bluenote65!

Happy Birthday 2017 Dan!

Ghost, back in those days, the Giants started their games at 4:00 pm to appeal to the Wall Street guys who got off work at 3:00. There were no radio broadcasts of the games back then, so games were finished in under two hours (no commercial breaks). There were no ballpark lights back then, so the games ended in a tie at sunset.

Sept. 8 1841 - Antonin Dvorak born 1897 - Jimmie Rodgers born 1932 - Patsy Cline born 1942 - Sal Spampinato born 1945 - Ron "Pigpen" McKiernan born 1952 - Ray Charles records his first session for Atlantic 1957 - Jackie Wilson's Reet Petite is released 1997 - Derek Taylor dies

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I'll go for this, unless it is three hours of the Round About Midnight album.

Derel Walker has returned to the Eskimos. http://3downnation.com/2017/08/22/former-eskimos-receiver-derel-walker-moving-up-bucs-depth-chart/#comments https://www.cfl.ca/2017/09/06/report-esks-trying-lure-derel-walker-back-edmonton/ http://3downnation.com/2017/09/06/eskimos-finalize-deal-with-derel-walker/#comments ***** Andy Fantuz (I had forgotten about him!) should return to the Ticats in a week or so. http://3downnation.com/2017/09/06/ticats-receiver-andy-fantuz-set-return-week/#comments ***** Joel Gasson gives his Riders mid-season report card. http://3downnation.com/2017/09/07/midterms-rider-award-winners-report-card-half-way-point/#comments ***** The sports book Bodog lists the Stampeders as their favorite to win the Grey Cup. http://3downnation.com/2017/08/18/stamps-remain-betting-favourites-win-grey-cup/#comments ***** Adam Bighill has joined the New Orleans practice roster. http://3downnation.com/2017/08/21/former-lions-lb-adam-bighill-in-prove-it-mode-with-saints/#comments ***** The Eskimos have lost Jean-Simon Roy, Ryan King and Marcus Howard to season-ending injuries. http://3downnation.com/2017/08/22/banged-eskimos-lose-three-players-season-ending-injuries/#comments ***** Here's more on Johnny Manziel working out with the Ticats. http://3downnation.com/2017/08/30/source-tsn-report-johnny-manziel-partially-dead-wrong/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/08/30/video-ticats-kent-austin-on-johnny-manziel/#comments ***** The Ticats are considering trading Zach Collaros. (I was surprised to learn last week that Masoli is three days older than Collaros!) http://3downnation.com/2017/08/30/ticats-discussed-zach-collaros-trade-with-riders-received-offer-from-argos/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/08/31/ticats-vp-kent-austin-says-theres-interest-collaros-trade-highly-unlikely/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/08/31/riders-chris-jones-ticats-called-and-we-spoke-about-zach-collaros/#comments ***** The Ticats dropped Colin Kaepernick from their neg list. http://3downnation.com/2017/09/01/ticats-drop-qb-colin-kaepernick-neg-list/#comments ***** Ryan Phillips lists the league's best defensive backs. http://3downnation.com/2017/09/06/cfl-vet-ryan-phillips-best-defensive-backs-league/#comments ***** Last week's videos are up, but I don't see a Plays of the Week. https://www.cfl.ca/videos/ ***** Jamie Nye looks to the season's second half. https://www.cfl.ca/2017/09/01/crystal-ball-nyes-9-bold-predictions-second-half-17/ ***** Week 12 picks https://www.cfl.ca/2017/09/07/weekly-predictor-masoli-magic-week-12/ https://www.cfl.ca/2017/09/07/cfl-ca-writers-make-week-12-picks/ http://www.rodpedersen.com/2017/09/week-12-cfl-picks-2017.html http://www.sportingnews.com/ca/cfl/news/week-12-cfl-picks-edmonton-ottawa-hamilton/1ow4m6j6cdkqj12zf04svvejvk ***** Craig Butler has retired and joined the Ticats' coaching staff. http://www.sportingnews.com/ca/cfl/news/ticats-db-craig-butler-retires-joins-hamilton-tiger-cats-coaching-staff/vq37ywu245n17s871ui4lq2n ***** more Power Rankings http://www.tsn.ca/riders-redblacks-rise-in-cfl-power-rankings-1.849085

Sept. 7 1930 - Walter T. Rollins born 1934 - Little Walter born 1936 - Buddy Holly born 1951 - Chrissie Hynde born 1956 - Michael Feinstein born 1968 - The New Yardbirds make their live debut 1978 - Keith Moon dies 2003 - Warren Zevon dies

Labour Day Weekend results Ottawa 32....Montreal 4 https://www.cfl.ca/games/2412/ottawa-redblacks-vs-montreal-alouettes/ http://3downnation.com/2017/08/29/collaros-benched-as-masoli-takes-over-at-qb-for-ticats/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/08/29/ticats-qb-zach-collaros-takes-demotion-stride/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/08/31/alouettes-host-redblacks-teams-looking-make-move-east/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/08/31/officials-miss-challenge-flag-redblacks-lose-possible-three-points/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/08/31/redblacks-roll-first-place-east-win-alouettes/#comments http://159.203.52.247/2017/09/01/redblacks-dominant-battle-alouettes-14-thoughts/#comments ***** Sask 38....Winnipeg 24 https://www.cfl.ca/games/2413/winnipeg-blue-bombers-vs-saskatchewan-roughriders/ http://3downnation.com/2017/09/04/big-plays-help-riders-climb-basement/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/09/04/duron-carter-says-bomber-fan-spit-calls-worst-league/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/09/06/riders-duron-carter-not-looking-punishment-bombers-fan/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/09/06/riders-bombers-shook-hands-gesture-sign-cflpa-unity/#comments ***** Calgary 39....Edmonton 18 https://www.cfl.ca/games/2414/edmonton-eskimos-vs-calgary-stampeders/ http://3downnation.com/2017/09/03/quarterbacks-reilly-mitchell-central-subplot-labour-day-game-alberta/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/09/04/stamps-post-emphatic-labour-day-win-esks/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/09/05/stamps-assert-convincing-labour-day-win/#comments ***** previously winless Hamilton 24....Toronto 22 https://www.cfl.ca/games/2415/toronto-argonauts-vs-hamilton-tiger-cats/ http://3downnation.com/2017/09/04/argos-db-rico-murray-getting-different-labour-day-look/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/09/04/ticats-win-crazy-five-hour-labour-day-game-argos/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/09/05/video-ticats-head-coach-june-jones-qb-jeremiah-masoli-labour-day-win/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/09/05/labour-day-ticats-find-victory-measure-forgiveness/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/09/05/argos-qb-ricky-ray-falters-labour-day-loss-ticats/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/09/05/learned-ticats-hard-fought-first-win-season/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/09/06/milton-ticats-won-not-beating/#comments ***** Power Rankings http://3downnation.com/2017/09/05/3down-power-rankings-stampeders-and-the-field/#comments https://www.cfl.ca/2017/09/06/roughriders-climbing-nissan-titan-power-rankings/ http://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/cfl-power-rankings-week-12-1.4276164 http://thegruelingtruth.net/football/cfl/cfl-power-rankings-week-12-2/ http://www.sportsnet.ca/football/cfl/cfl-power-rankings-week-12-switch-qb-pays-off-ticats/ http://www.sportingnews.com/ca/cfl/news/week-12-cfl-power-rankings-saskatchewan-roughriders-edmonton-eskimos-hamilton-tigercats/52415yy219cz1scaw8lx04ubg ***** It's great to be caught up again!

Sept. 6 1877 - Buddy Bolden born 1925 - Jimmy Reed born 1942 - Dave Bargeron born 1943 - Roger Waters born 1990 - Tom Fogerty dies 1994 - Nicky Hopkins dies

Now let's look at assorted headlines from the past month. Johnny Manziel has tried out with the Ticats. http://3downnation.com/2017/08/02/former-college-coach-johnny-manziel-cfl-id-love-see/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/08/08/johnny-manziel-cfl-definitely-something-ive-looked/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/08/30/johnny-manziel-works-ticats-report/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/08/30/johnny-manziel-subjected-domestic-violence-assessment-joining-cfl/#comments ***** The Als' Chris Ackie is out with a torn arm tendon. http://3downnation.com/2017/08/04/alouettes-db-chris-ackie-plays-torn-tendon-undergoes-surgery/#comments ***** The Argos have signed Alex Charette. http://3downnation.com/2017/08/06/argos-sign-former-alouettes-receiver/#comments ***** Ricky Foley has returned to BC. http://3downnation.com/2017/08/06/canadian-dl-ricky-foley-returns-to-the-left-coast/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/08/10/foley-came-back-owed-lions-something/#comments ***** The Argos have signed Linden Gaydosh. http://3downnation.com/2017/08/07/veteran-db-matt-black-returns-to-argos-former-riders-dl-add-too/#comments ***** The Bombers' Addison Richards has decided to retire. http://3downnation.com/2017/08/08/bombers-receiver-addison-richards-announces-retirement/#comments ***** The Ticats released Will Hill. http://3downnation.com/2017/08/10/will-hill-released-notes-ticats-practice/#comments http://www.3downnation.com/2017/08/10/ticats-soap-opera-takes-couple-new-twists/#comments ***** The Bombers released Bruce Johnson. http://3downnation.com/2017/08/10/will-hill-released-notes-ticats-practice/#comments ***** This year's Grey Cup halftime will feature Shania Twain. http://3downnation.com/2017/08/10/will-hill-released-notes-ticats-practice/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/08/11/seven-hot-takes-on-shania-twain-at-halftime/#comments ***** A review of the Als after six games http://3downnation.com/2017/08/11/seven-hot-takes-on-shania-twain-at-halftime/#comments ***** Duane "The Rock" Johnson discusses his attempt to make the Stampeders in 1995. http://3downnation.com/2017/08/12/the-rock-shares-cfl-lesson-from-vancouver-balcony/#comments ***** The Riders traded Ricky Collins to the Ticats for Mike McAdoo. http://3downnation.com/2017/08/18/riders-trade-receiver-ricky-collins-ticats/#comments ***** There was a possibility that former Indianapolis running back Trent Richardson would sign with the Riders, but it didn't work out. http://3downnation.com/2017/08/19/riders-put-former-nfl-rb-trent-richardson-neg-list/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/08/22/trent-richardson-on-his-way-to-regina-with-intent-of-finalizing-deal-with-riders/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/08/22/report-trent-richardson-not-headed-to-riders/#comments ***** Justin Dunk lists his top ten Canadian 2018 draft prospects currently playing for US colleges, and for Canadian colleges. http://3downnation.com/2017/08/23/top-10-ncaa-prospects-to-watch-eligible-for-the-2018-cfl-draft/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/08/24/top-10-usports-prospects-to-watch-eligible-for-the-2018-cfl-draft/#comments ***** Santino Filoso gives his mid-season analysis of the Redblacks. http://3downnation.com/2017/08/25/ottawas-mid-season-report-cards/#comments ***** Here are a number of articles about Kent Austin's decision to step aside for June Jones. http://www.3downnation.com/2017/08/25/kent-austin-likes-coaching-loves-winning-change/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/08/25/june-jones-no-number-one-qb-ticats/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/08/26/june-jones-must-rebuild-ticats-shattered-confidence/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/08/28/despite-disappointing-end-kent-austins-ticat-tenure-deserves-celebrated/#comments

Week 8 results Edmonton 27....Ottawa 20 https://www.cfl.ca/games/2400/edmonton-eskimos-vs-ottawa-redblacks/ http://3downnation.com/2017/08/10/eskimos-bryant-mitchell-delivers-bone-crunching-hit/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/08/10/mike-reilly-keeps-eskimos-undefeated-win-redblacks/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/08/11/redblacks-fail-overcome-depleted-eskimo-squad-17-thoughts/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/08/11/5-thoughts-edmonton-moving-7-0/#comments ***** Montreal 21....Toronto 9 https://www.cfl.ca/games/2401/toronto-argonauts-vs-montreal-alouettes/ http://3downnation.com/2017/08/11/five-things-weve-learned-alouettes-six-games/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/08/11/jeff-mathews-gets-start-qb-argos-montreal/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/08/11/kyries-hebert-doles-yet-another-dirty-hit/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/08/11/darian-durant-leads-alouettes-past-argonauts/#comments ***** Winnipeg 39....Hamilton 12 https://www.cfl.ca/games/2402/winnipeg-blue-bombers-vs-hamilton-tiger-cats/ https://www.cfl.ca/games/2402/winnipeg-blue-bombers-vs-hamilton-tiger-cats/ http://3downnation.com/2017/08/12/old-song-ticats-lose-seventh-straight/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/08/12/video-austin-collaros-ellis-loss-bombers/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/08/13/bombers-record-first-blowout-win-2017-season-11-thoughts/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/08/13/learned-hamiltons-39-12-loss-blue-bombers/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/08/13/click-bait-headline-austin-says-ticats-need-better-play-quarterback/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/08/14/kent-austin-sick-losing-isnt-sick/#comments ***** Sask 41....BC 8 https://www.cfl.ca/games/2403/bc-lions-vs-saskatchewan-roughriders/ http://3downnation.com/2017/08/13/lions-head-coach-wally-buono-prophetic-pre-game-against-riders/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/08/13/riders-duron-carter-lines-up-at-db-for-first-time-in-his-career/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/08/13/riders-duron-carter-lines-up-at-db-for-first-time-in-his-career/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/08/14/riders-setting-tone-home/#comments ***** Week 10 results Winnipeg 34....Montreal 31 https://www.cfl.ca/games/2408/winnipeg-blue-bombers-vs-montreal-alouettes/ http://3downnation.com/2017/08/24/bombers-spoil-nik-lewiss-record-night-ot-win-alouettes/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/08/25/bombers-winning-streak-reaches-five-games-11-thoughts/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/08/25/good-bad-alouettes-overtime-loss-blue-bombers/#comments ***** Sask 54....Edmonton 31 https://www.cfl.ca/games/2409/saskatchewan-roughriders-vs-edmonton-eskimos/ http://3downnation.com/2017/08/26/riders-defence-comes-two-big-interceptions-rout-eskimos/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/08/26/riders-send-message-convincing-road-win/#comments ***** Ottawa 31....BC 24 https://www.cfl.ca/games/2410/bc-lions-vs-ottawa-redblacks/ http://3downnation.com/2017/08/26/redblacks-survive-late-scare-lions/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/08/27/qb-change-lions-lulays-starter/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/08/27/redblacks-avoid-epic-collapse-13-thoughts/#comments ***** Calgary 23....Toronto 7 https://www.cfl.ca/games/2411/toronto-argonauts-vs-calgary-stampeders/

RIP. I enjoyed very much Steely Dan's albums up through Aja. But it was never clear to me what Becker's contributions were. That is to say, I always felt like the albums were Fagen's.