GA Russell

It's official. The Riders have signed Duron Carter. That means that for the money they would have spent on Durant they get Glenn and Carter. http://3downnation.com/2017/01/26/signing-duron-carter-risk-worth-taking-riders/#comments http://www.cfl.ca/2017/01/26/fresh-start-riders-confirm-signing-duron-carter/ http://www.tsn.ca/roughriders-sign-free-agent-wr-carter-1.657801 http://3downnation.com/2017/01/22/duron-carter-on-verge-of-signing-with-riders/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/01/22/duron-carter-on-verge-of-signing-with-riders/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/01/25/kevin-glenn-contract-relative-bargain-for-riders/#comments ***** The Als have brought Joe Mack back to the league as an Assistant GM. http://www.cfl.ca/2017/01/25/als-name-joe-mack-catherine-raiche-assistant-gms/ http://www.tsn.ca/alouettes-name-raiche-mack-assistant-gms-1.657683 ***** The Argos have let Josh Bourke go. http://3downnation.com/2017/01/09/boatmen-cut-bait-giving-bourke-boatload-free-agency/#comments http://www.cfl.ca/2017/01/09/argos-release-lineman-josh-bourke/

This is something I picked up a year ago which you might like. 40 best Dick Van Dyke episodes for $16.24. https://www.amazon.com/Best-Dick-Van-Dyke-Show/dp/B00AY587NS/

Jim, I'll follow up with that and your other question.

Happy Birthday 2017 Clunky!

Some news yesterday and today! The Riders have signed Kevin Glenn. I think that's an excellent move. http://3downnation.com/2017/01/23/riders-sign-quarterback-kevin-glenn/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/01/24/riders-signing-kevin-glenn-makes-sense-now/#comments http://www.cfl.ca/2017/01/23/riders-sign-veteran-pivot-kevin-glenn/ http://www.tsn.ca/glenn-signs-with-riders-for-third-stint-with-team-1.656469 ***** It's official. Henry has announce his retirement. http://www.cfl.ca/2017/01/24/hank-hangs-em-up-burris-confirms-retirement-after-18-seasons/ http://www.cfl.ca/2017/01/24/top-game-fitting-time-place-henry-exit/ http://www.cfl.ca/2017/01/24/whos-henry-burris-pass-catchers/ http://www.cfl.ca/2017/01/24/cowtown-turnaround-burris-lifted-stamps-on-and-off-the-field/ http://www.cfl.ca/2017/01/24/henry-burris-resurrected-ticats/ http://www.cfl.ca/2017/01/24/hero-villain-examining-burris-love-hate-relationship-riderville/ http://www.thesnap.ca/twitter-reactions-retirement-henry-burris/ http://www.tsn.ca/redblacks-qb-burris-announces-retirement-1.656976 http://3downnation.com/2017/01/24/henry-burris-retirement-means-ottawa/#comments ***** Kent Austin has promoted Jeff Reinebold to DC. http://3downnation.com/2017/01/23/ticats-name-jeff-reinebold-defensive-coordinator/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/01/23/reinebold-walks-footsteps-ticats-defensive-legends/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/01/17/signs-point-jeff-reinebold-ticats-defensive-coordinator/#comments http://www.cfl.ca/2017/01/23/reinebold-takes-tiger-cats-defence/ http://www.tsn.ca/ticats-promote-reinebold-to-dc-1.656116 ***** The Argos have fired Jim Barker. http://3downnation.com/2017/01/24/jim-barker-fired-general-manager-toronto-argonauts/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/01/24/five-reasons-barker-firing-another-blight-double-blue/#comments http://www.cfl.ca/2017/01/24/argos-part-ways-gm-jim-barker/ http://www.tsn.ca/barker-relieved-of-duties-as-argos-gm-1.656828 http://www.tsn.ca/good-chance-that-argos-go-to-nfl-for-new-gm-1.657356

I'm enjoying the music here, but the "angry young black man" political trip is too much. On the last track he suggests that all of life's problems are due to white people, and he goes on from there. There are four photos of him, scowling in every one. Hey, Jerome! Give it a rest!

Ralph Towner classical and 12-string guitars For this newest album Ralph Towner returns to solo guitar. Whether playing classical or 12-string, his touch is immediately identifiable. Solo music is an important thread through a rich discography of 29 albums for ECM and My Foolish Heart follows in the great tradition of Diary, Solo Concert, Ana, Anthem, and Time Line_. Ralph Towner has been an ECM recording artist since 1973. IN CONCERT February 15 &16 New York, NY (Jazz Standard) (February 17 St. Louis, MO (workshop)) February 18 St. Louis, MO (E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall) February 19 Chicago, IL (Martyrs) February 20 Portland, OR (The Old Church) February 21 Seattle, WA (Seattle Art Museum) February 23 San Francisco, CA @ SFJAZZ (ECM @SF Jazz II) February 26 Santa Cruz, CA (Kuumbwa Jazz Center) March 2 La Jolla, CA (Athenaeum) March 3 Los Angeles, CA (Bluewhale) © 2017 ECM | ECM Records | Verve Music Group, 150 5th Ave | New York NY 10011

Today Laurie Pepper has released 26 minutes of Art and Don together. https://artpepper.bandcamp.com/track/moody-modes-don-ellis-milcho-art https://artpepper.bandcamp.com/track/invincible-don-ellis-art-pepper-at-the-whiskey

I remember what a mess Cotton Club was thirty years ago because so much was deleted to shorten the theatrical release. Was a full length director's cut ever released on DVD for that one?

Riders DE Eric Norwood has retired. http://3downnation.com/2016/12/04/riders-defensive-end-eric-norwood-retire-28/#comments ***** Let's look at the list of those slated to become free agents Feb. 14. http://www.cfl.ca/fa17/ http://www.cfl.ca/2017/01/19/cfl-cas-top-30-pending-free-agents/ http://3downnation.com/2016/11/30/top-ten-pending-cfl-free-agents/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/12/01/pending-cfl-free-agents-never-hit-market-go/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/12/04/ticats-free-agent-shopping-list/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/12/04/five-players-riders-target-free-agency/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/12/11/prioritizing-ottawas-free-agents/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/12/22/nine-players-ticats-try-hardest-re-sign/#comments

Thus far I've listened to only Disc One, which I've played a number of times and I've enjoyed very much.

This is another one I'm enjoying. Pretty mainstream, but that's what I like.

Freddie Hubbard - Artist Selects - $6.24 prime www.amazon.com/Artist-Selects-Freddie-Hubbard/dp/B000B66PNY ***** oldies.com has over 400 CDs on sale for 99 cents. Quite a number are jazz. http://www.oldies.com/collection-view/Clearance-CDs.html?sort=11

Anita Baker announced on Twitter that she has decided to retire. http://www.bing.com/search?q=Anita+Baker+retiring&filters=tnTID%3a"F3DA9B61-2BF9-418c-998D-824F3B592CA6"+tnVersion%3a"1779677"+segment%3a"popularnow.carousel"+tnCol%3a"26"+tnOrder%3a"3c3847a3-9849-41cc-aaa1-9c6224690a8b"&FORM=BSPN01&crslsl=2934&efirst=19

Henry told the Ottawa Sun today that he is leaning toward retiring. I've always liked the idea of a player going out on top, so it sounds good to me. http://3downnation.com/2017/01/18/henry-burris-lot-things-point-not-playing/#comments

Here is the 2016 All-Star team. http://3downnation.com/2016/12/07/west-division-dominates-cfl-star-awards/#comments ***** For those of you Rider and Tarheel fans who cannot get enough of Darian Durant, here is more to enjoy, in chronological order. http://3downnation.com/2016/12/19/devils-advocate-reasons-let-darian-durant-walk/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/01/05/madani-riders-make-new-offer-quarterback-darian-durant/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/01/06/riders-alouettes-engage-darian-durant-trade-talks/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/01/14/riderville-reacts-rider-fans-taking-trade-darian-durant/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/01/14/acquisition-durant-good-news-alouettes-future/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/01/15/chris-jones-darian-durant-relationship-doomed-start/#comments

Kremerata Baltica / Gidon Kremer violin Yulianna Avdeeva piano | Mate Bekavec clarinet Andrey Pushkarev percussion | Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla conductor “Weinberg has become a source of unlimited inspiration. No other composer has entered my own and Kremerata Baltica’s repertoire and program concepts with such intensity.” - Gidon Kremer This double album, recorded in Vienna and in Riga in June 2015, includes all four of the chamber symphonies written in the last decade of Polish-born Soviet composer Mieczysław Weinberg’s life, plus a beautiful new arrangement - by Gidon Kremer and Kremerata percussionist Andrey Pushkarev - of the early Piano Quintet of 1944, heard here in a premiere recording. Weinberg’s chamber symphonies are Kremer says, “the most personal reflections of a great composer on his own life and his generation, like a diary of the most dramatic period of the 20th century.” This new recording – the second Kremerata Baltica album dedicated to Weinberg - again underlines the importance and originality of Weinberg’s music and is, Kremer feels, “the most valuable landmark in the orchestra’s discography since its birth”. It is released in time for a major tour celebrating both Kremerata Baltica’s 20th anniversary and leader Gidon Kremer’s 70th birthday. In addition to an artist’s statement from Gidon Kremer, the CD booklet includes liner notes by Weinberg biographer David Fanning, as well as a personal recollection of the composer by Alexander Raskatov. Gidon Kremer/Kremerata Baltica In Concert Jan 19, 20, 21, 24 - Boston, MA @ Boston Symphony Hall Jan 26-28 – Washington, DC @ Kennedy Center Jan 31 - Shenandoah @ Armstrong Concert Hall Feb 1 - Chicago, IL @ Chicago Symphony Center Feb 2 - New York, NY @ 92Y Feb 3 - Princeton, NJ @ McCarter Theatre Center Feb 4 - Toronto, ON @ Koerner Hall Feb 6 - Quebec, PQ @ Salle Louis- Fréchette Feb 7 - Montreal, PQ @ Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Feb 9 - Calgary, AB @ Jack Singer Concert Hall Feb 10 - Stanford, CA @ Bing Concert Hall © 2017 ECM | ECM Records | Verve Music Group, 150 5th Ave | New York NY 10011

felser, they were listening to you!

Kenny Stafford signed with the Bombers today. http://3downnation.com/2017/01/17/released-confrontation-cato-stafford-lands-bombers/#comments http://www.cfl.ca/2017/01/17/bombers-sign-free-agent-stafford-two-year-deal/ http://www.tsn.ca/blue-bombers-sign-receiver-stafford-1.651974 ***** A number of guys have tried out for NFL teams. http://3downnation.com/2016/12/12/redblacks-star-receiver-greg-ellingson-works-nfls-chicago-bears/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/12/12/argos-receiver-kenny-shaw-works-chicago-bears/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/12/13/ticats-dl-drake-nevis-works-new-orleans-saints/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/12/14/b-c-lions-all-stars-bryan-burnham-alex-bazzie-and-richie-leone-work-out-for-arizona-cardinals/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/12/20/eskimos-lb-deon-lacey-worked-green-bay-packers/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/12/29/bengals-workout-8-cfl-players/ http://3downnation.com/2016/12/30/five-cfl-players-workout-three-nfl-teams/#comments ***** And some of these have signed contracts. http://3downnation.com/2017/01/03/roster-moves-round-leone-lacey-nfl-bound/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/01/04/star-cfl-lb-adam-bighill-signs-saints/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/01/05/bighill-exit-leaves-lions-big-problem/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/01/05/esks-receiver-derel-walker-signs-futures-deal-nfls-buccaneers/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/01/07/stampeders-frank-beltre-signs-with-new-york-jets/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/01/07/bc-lions-defensive-back-inks-deal-in-new-orleans/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/01/08/grey-cup-champion-defensive-back-inks-pact-eagles/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/01/10/b-c-lions-alex-bazzie-signs-colts/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/01/14/riders-linebacker-jeff-knox-signs-tampa-bay-bucs/#comments

Happy Birthday 2017 VA NJ!

Matt Nichols re-upped with the Bombers today. I don't usually post when a free agent sticks with his team because that happens so often. But this year the Riders were expected to make a big offer to him because they now have no proven starter. http://3downnation.com/2017/01/16/bombers-agree-terms-qb-matt-nichols-contract-extension/#comments http://3downnation.com/2017/01/16/bombers-agree-terms-qb-matt-nichols-contract-extension/#comments http://www.cfl.ca/2017/01/13/job-opening-who-will-be-the-riders-next-qb/ http://www.tsn.ca/bombers-nichols-working-on-three-year-deal-1.651523

The Als signed Kavis Reed to be their new GM. He chose Jacques Chapdelaine to become the permanent head coach. Here it is in chronological order. http://3downnation.com/2016/12/01/alouettes-interview-gm-candidate/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/12/07/what-the-hell-is-going-on-in-montreal/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/12/09/alouettes-considering-unique-structure-football-operations-report/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/12/10/cryptic-tweet-indicates-maciocia-may-mix-montreal/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/12/12/maciocias-decision-spurn-alouettes-makes-whole-lot-sense/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/12/13/qa-danny-maciocia-turning-alouettes/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/12/14/alouettes-promote-assistant-coach-kavis-reed-general-manager/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/12/15/alouettes-hope-new-trio-leaders-can-help-establish-winning-culture/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/12/16/kavis-reed-charge-alouettes-target-darian-durant/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/12/21/abrams-assistant-gm-montreal/#comments

Laurie Pepper has put up on her bandcamp website a quiz which she calls Name Them Changes. Which of you will be first with the correct answer? https://artpepper.bandcamp.com/track/free-name-them-changes

The league has collected clips for Top 10 lists for eight different sorts of plays for 2016. http://www.cfl.ca/videos/highlights/

Happy Birthday hbj!