GA Russell

I first collected bubble gum cards in 1959 (MLB, NFL and CFL). As a general rule, I prefer the teams from that year, without having moved, changed names, etc. So I'm very pleased with a Chicago Cubs/Cleveland Indians matchup.

Happy Birthday 2016 Matthew!

Happy Birthday 2016 gregmo!

Thanks Jim and Rod! Rod, I too think that Crickets is the best song on the Windy album. I think that you have a higher opinion of that album than I do. I picked it up thirty years ago at a used record store. I think that I have all of her other Verve albums except the one where on the cover she is walking past an outdoor cafe whose tables have Campari umbrellas. Anyone know that one?

I am looking at the relatively new box set Astrud Gilberto - 5 Original Albums. https://www.amazon.com/5-Original-Albums-Astrud-Gilberto/dp/B019GAUOSW The last album is called "I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do." Not only have I never heard it before, but I don't think I ever saw it in the stores! Does anyone have an opinion of it? Thanks!

Perry Mason: The Complete Movie Collection (Raymond Burr only...30 movies) - $32.04 prime https://smile.amazon.com/Perry-Mason-Complete-Movie-Collection/dp/B01B67YA10/

Drummer Jerome Jennings Debuts as a Leader with "The Beast," New CD Set for November 18 Release By His Iola Records Imprint Jennings Helms a Sextet Featuring Bassist Christian McBride, Pianist Christian Sands, & A Front Line Consisting of Dion Tucker, Trombone; Sean Jones, Trumpet; Howard Wiley, Tenor Saxophone CD Release Shows Scheduled for Nov. 22 Dizzy's, NYC Nov. 26-27 Night Town, Cleveland October 21, 2016 Since moving to New York from his native Cleveland 12 years ago, Jerome Jennings has become one of the most in-demand jazz drummers on the scene. Currently a member of the Christian McBride Trio, Craig Handy's 2nd Line Smith, and the groups of vocalist Paula West and singer/trumpeter Bria Skonberg, Jennings boasts an impressive resume that speaks to his versatility and rhythmic mastery. With the release on November 18 of his debut CD, The Beast, on his new Iola Records imprint, Jennings is now stepping out as a poised, swinging, and strong-minded leader in his own right. He has drawn together some of his favorite players from coast to coast -- five-time Grammy-award-winning bassist Christian McBride, poll-winning fellow Ohioan Sean Jones on trumpet and flugelhorn, McBride trio pianist Christian Sands, longtime Harry Connick Jr. trombonist Dion Tucker, and the explosive Oakland tenor saxophonist Howard Wiley, a member of Jennings's current band -- for a set of compositions by Freddie Hubbard, Ben Webster, and bassist Jon Burr; adaptations of an ice-cream-truck jingle and a chart-topping R&B hit (New Edition's "Cool It Now"); and three originals by the leader. Jazzmeia Horn, winner of the 2012 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal and the 2015 Thelonious Monk Institute International Jazz Vocal competition, joins the sextet for an arrangement by Jennings and Curtis Fuller of the standard "You Don't Know What Love Is." The title track is based on an incident in which a Princeton, New Jersey, police officer pulled Jennings over while he was driving home from a gig at 2 a.m. for allegedly having a tiny Cleveland Browns football helmet hanging from his rearview mirror. He was held for 50 harrowing minutes before being released without having even been issued a ticket. The hard-swinging number begins with a press roll on the snare drum that slows to a stop, indicating the process of pulling off the road. Tension between the horn and rhythm sections during the head and solos reflects the way Jennings was repeatedly interrupted while trying to answer the officer's questions. "I call it 'The Beast' because that's another way of saying 'police' or 'system,'" the drummer explains. "Everything I do in that tune is significant." Jerome Jennings was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on October 28, 1980. His early interest in drums turned into a passion after his mother brought home an Art Blakey album. He played in various ensembles in high school before receiving a full scholarship to Ohio State University, where he studied with trumpeter Pharez Whitted. He went on to receive a Bachelor's Degree in Music Performance from Rutgers University and a Master of Music Degree in Jazz Studies, Performance, and Drums from Juilliard. In 2001, Jennings set out to meet and play with as many former members of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers as possible. They included Charles Fambrough, Curtis Fuller, Benny Golson, David Schnitter, Ronnie Mathews, Javon Jackson, Curtis Lundy, Wynton Marsalis, Lonnie Plaxico, Valery Ponomarev, Bobby Watson, Frank Lacy, and, the drummer adds, "even Mr. [Sonny] Rollins. He played a bit with Blakey. I worked with Sonny for three years. That was almost an out-of-body experience. "I felt that if I could play with guys who played with great drummers, particularly Art Blakey, and they could tell me I'm swinging, then I'm swinging," he explains. "I learned so much from them in terms of the spirit of the music. It's not necessarily a technical thing. It's how you're carrying yourself and how you carry the music and move it forward by addressing where it came from." Jennings's knowledge of and passion for the music has led to him teaching in a variety of jazz education programs over the years. He's presently giving classes for Jazz at Lincoln Center's Jazz for Young People program, Jazz for Teens at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center and is a featured lecturer for Jazz At Lincoln Center's Swing University. When he's not playing drums or teaching, Jennings pursues an acting career as time permits. He played a minor role as Chuck Berry's drummer in the motion picture Cadillac Records, spent four months off-Broadway at The Little Shubert Theatre playing drums and acting in Lady Day starring his friend/mentor Dee Dee Bridgewater, and recently starred in Laurence Holder's one-man play The Gospel According to Max Roach at the Nuyorican Poets Café in New York City, among other credits. He's had to miss out on some important auditions because of his musical commitments, "which is always tough. But music is the priority for me." Jennings has planned CD release shows for 11/22 at Dizzy's in New York City, and 11/26-27 at Night Town in his hometown of Cleveland. Personnel will include Dion Tucker, trombone; Kenyatta Beasley, trumpet; Howard Wiley, tenor saxophone; Christian Sands, piano; and Elias Bailey, bass. Jazzmeia Horn will be featured with the sextet at Dizzy's. Photography: Javier Oddo EPK - Jerome Jennings "The Beast" Web Site: jeromejennings.com

Week 18 picks 3DownNation http://3downnation.com/2016/10/21/week-18-picks-will-emerge-awful-east/#comments Dan Ralph http://www.thespec.com/sports-story/5971881-cfl-picks-week-18-eskimos-poised-to-pounce-on-lowly-riders/ Justin Dunk http://www.sportsnet.ca/football/cfl/week-17-cfl-picks-redblacks-fighting-for-east-division-crown/ ***** league press release for this week http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/this-week-in-the-cfl--week-18/n-5209903 ***** Week 18 game notes http://www.cfl.ca/2016/10/20/cfl-ca-game-notes-a-look-at-week-18/

Eraldo Bernocchi Joins Hindustani Lap Steel Guitarist Prakash Sontakke On Sublimely Beautiful New RareNoise Release Invisible Strings CD, VINYL (180 GMS) AND MULTIPLE DIGITAL FORMATS AVAILABLE IN STORES AND ONLINE ON NOVEMBER 18, 2016 AND THROUGH WWW.RARENOISERECORDS.COM. Eraldo Bernocchi Baritone Guitars, Electric Guitars, Electronics Prakash Sontakke Lap Steel Guitar ABOUT THE LABEL - RareNoiseRecords was founded in 2008 by two Italians, entrepreneur Giacomo Bruzzo and music producer Eraldo Bernocchi. Located in London, the label's mission is to detect and amplify contemporary trends in progressive music, by highlighting their relation to the history of the art-form, while choosing not to be bound by pre-conceptions of genre. It seeks to become a guiding light for all those enamored by exciting, adventurous and progressive sounds. For further information and to listen to excerpts, please go to www.rarenoiserecords.com. New York, October 19, 2016 - On his latest RareNoise release, the one-time Italian punk guitarist and current experimental musician-producer-sound designer Eraldo Bernocchi joins Indian slide guitar master Prakash Sontakke for a rare encounter on the sublimely beautiful Invisible Strings. A melding of East and West, Bernocchi plays sparse guitar lines behind the Hindustani lap steel virtuoso on this evocative collaboration between the two. From "The Last Emperor Walked Alone" to "Sublime Skies," "Bangalor Electric" and "The Unsaid," Bernocchi and Sontakke strike an uncommon accord on this meeting of the spirits. "The first time I heard about Prakash was in a project with Eivind Aarset where he played guitar. His name popped out again from a journalist who suggested I should do something with him because we could really get along. He actually was right. Prakash is such a sensitive person, able to adapt to any style or sound environment. And he has an amazing way of mixing Hindustani classical music with new technologies as well lap steel guitar." In shaping a sonic environment for Prakash to play in, Bernocchi was mindful of letting things flow in the studio as the music took shape. "It's difficult for me to start with a sound concept," he says, "as sound lives by itself and blooms according to what's surrounding it. I was intrigued by the idea of working with another guitar player, especially one coming from a different tradition who was confronting himself with a more western instrument. I have loved Indian and Asian music since I was a teenager and for me to work with someone so skilled, so amazingly dynamic has been a kind of dream fulfilled." Bernocchi acknowledges that Brian Eno's 1983 ambient music project Apollo (which utilized lap steel guitar) was a seed for his own work on the Invisible Strings project. "I own Apollo on vinyl, CD and tape, "he says. "It is one of my favourite records of all time. It's very likely that in a silent way, when I had the chance to play with someone who eventually reminded me of those moments, my brain reacted to it with a big smile." Add the fact that Prakash is Indian and Bernocchi professes a special love for that place and its music, and you have the makings of magical outing. Bernocchi, who co-founded RareNoise Records in 2008 with Giacomo Bruzzo, has recorded with the bands Obake, Metallic Taste of Blood and Owls and also collaborated with minimalist pianist-composer Harold Budd for the London-based label. For Invisible Strings, he saw his role as a guitarist from a couple of different points of view. "The first approach was creating atmospheres around Prakash's guitar magic. I used a lot of pedals and I completely reshaped the sound of the guitar as we know it," he explains. "On the record there are a lot of sounds that are made with guitar but they sound like from other instruments. I've always been interested in using the guitar as a tool, as something that could create sounds out of space or nowhere. There are pads, drones, keys that are coming from my guitars. I mainly used baritone guitars, especially a custom- made aluminum one built for me by Nude Guitars from Italy. They're amazing instruments with such a sustain that sometimes you think there's compression applied but it's just the aluminum neck dialoguing with the wood body.The second phase was duetting with Prakash, creating something that could be a sort of dialogue. This was much more risky as he is such a skilled player and so sensitive that I was worried to spoil the magic of his melodies. But I think in the end it worked well and everything was natural." Bernocchi explains the process of carving out the evocative soundscapes heard behind Sontakke throughout Invisible Strings. "Every track starts with a melody, a harmony, a loop of something I had in mind that I was sending to Prakash to record on. He was then sending me back his guitar parts or his ideas for melodies and harmonies, and from that point I was starting to build tracks. So every groove, beat, bass line or my guitar parts are always dialoguing with what he was sending me. Sometimes we reversed the process with me sending over themes, like on 'The Unsaid' for example. It's a time-consuming process, especially because I'm a studio maniac and I'm never satisfied. So ultimately it took one and a half years of sessions to complete this project. "It is a very emotional album," Bernocchi continues, "as during the process of composing and recording it, we exchanged a lot of personal stories, impressions, memories. A lot of small stories surfaced during the making of Invisible Strings -- some happy, some melancholic, some really sad. Prakash is one of those persons with whom I could fully open my heart to emotions. I can't wait to play live with him." Invisible Strings, Bernocchi's most genuinely heartfelt and strikingly evocative recording to date, will be released on RareNoise Records in November. TRACKS 1. The Last Emperor Walked Alone 2. Will You Stay 3. From Star To Star 4. The Invisible Ferry 5. Sublime Skies 6. Bangalor Electric 7. Purple Yellow 8. Walking Backwards Again 9. The Unsaid

RareNoiseRecords Presents BOBBY PREVITE'S MASS Monumental Work Blends Early Music And Metal. CD, DOUBLE-VINYL (2 X 180 GMS) AND MULTIPLE DIGITAL FORMATS AVAILABLE IN STORES AND ONLINE ON NOVEMBER 18, 2016 AND THROUGH WWW.RARENOISERECORDS.COM. WITH Stephen O'Malley, Jamie Saft, Marco Benevento, Reed Mathis, Stephen O'Malley, Don McGreevy, Mike Gamble & THE ROSE ENSEMBLE Conducted by Jordan Sramek (for exact line-up scroll down) ABOUT THE LABEL - RareNoiseRecords was founded in 2008 by two Italians, entrepreneur Giacomo Bruzzo and music producer Eraldo Bernocchi. Located in London, the label's mission is to detect and amplify contemporary trends in progressive music, by highlighting their relation to the history of the art-form, while choosing not to be bound by pre-conceptions of genre. It seeks to become a guiding light for all those enamored by exciting, adventurous and progressive sounds. For further information and to listen to excerpts, please go to www.rarenoiserecords.com . New York, October 19, 2016 - As widely renowned for his unerring, intuitive grooves behind the kit as he is for his inventiveness as a composer and bandleader, Bobby Previte stretches into some totally new musical terrain on Mass, his RareNoise debut as a leader and followup to 2014's cooperative trio project The New Standard with bassist Steve Swallow and keyboardist Jamie Saft. A modernist re-imagining of the choral epic Missa Sancti Jacobi by 15th century composer Guillaume Dufay, Previte's Mass prominently features the imposing sound of cathedral pipe organ along with an acclaimed early music chamber vocal group, the 11-voice Rose Ensemble conducted by Jordan Sramek, and a slamming core group consisting of Previte on drums, Marco Benevento on pipe organ and Rheem organ, Don McGreevy, Stephen O'Malley, Mike Gamble and Jamie Saft on electric guitars and Reed Mathis on electric bass. A kind of heavy metal requiem mass, full of thrashing feedback guitars and grinding power chords, hellacious fuzz bass, thunderous beats and the glorious sound of a Medieval vocal choir, Mass is unlike anything Previte has done before in his extensive discography, which covers recordings by his bands Weather Clear Track Fast, Latin for Travelers, The Coalition of the Willing, Bump and the Beta Popes. "I've been thinking about this idea for at least 12 or 13 years now," says thed rummer-composer. "In fact, I scored a version of it in the early 2000s that I toured Europe with. Then when when I got home, I decided it wasn't right and threw it all in the trash. It wasn't powerful enough. So I went back to the drawing board." Previte first encountered composer Guillaume Dufay in his Early Music class in college. "You have to remember, when Dufay wrote his music it was performed at a time in which there were no loud man-made sounds -- no amplifiers, airplanes, bombs, etc. Performed in a hard-walled stone church, the sound racing around the walls and bouncing off the ceiling, it had to have been an overwhelming experience. Now it feels quiet, meditative, but in the context of its time I believe it was a powerful, soul-shaking, transportive, otherworldly music. And I needed to match that power, so I had to go with Metal -- a reviled music that somehow still keeps coming." Previte and his wife, the writer and choreographer Andrea Kleine, presented the piece in 2007 as a full-blown theater production at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. "She wrote the book and directed it," he explains. "It was then that I met the Rose Ensemble. They specialize in Early Music, which was essential to me. It's a very different discipline than other vocal music. And for them to have the courage and the openness to do a project like this, where I asked them to sing in a different tempo, key and time signature while the crushing metal band was playing -- that was truly inspiring." The players involved in Mass are old cohorts of Previte. Organist Benevento and bassist Reed played in his The Coalition of the Willing. Saft played in Previte's Latin for Travelers band and is also a key member of 2014's The New Standard on RareNoise. Guitarist Gamble has been a longstanding collaborator and is also a member of Previte's current working quartet, Bobby Previte and the Visitors. Guitarists O'Malley and McGreevy are members of the Seattle-based drone and doom metal bands Sunn O))) and Earth, respectively. "O'Malley in particular used a gigantic wall of amps in the studio," says Previte. "If you want that sound, you can't use a little stomp box, you have to actually move all that air. It was exhilarating to watch." Twelve years in the making, Mass is the culmination of a long road for Previte. "I am super happy with how it turned out, as it is extremely difficult music to perform," he says. "Each of the three pillars of the piece -- choir, metal trio, and pipe organ -- are operating within their own algorithms, their own keys, time and tempo. And the piece is written for them to be on parallel tracks but making a different fourth thing, dovetailing together on the cadences. Eventually we all began to be able to hear how it all worked, what notes the choir should be singing when you, as the guitarist, were on your third beat of your bar number 15, a 4/4 bar, at quarter note = 60, as they were in their 33rd bar of 6/8 in a completely different tempo. It sounds crazy. Well, it is crazy! But the design worked eventually, which is a testament to the musicians and their resilience." Previte adds about his latest opus, "It has probably the greatest cover art I have ever had on any of my records. Astonishing work by, and all respect to, the artist, Hadi Nasiri." Check out Mass, Previte's most audacious recording to date, on RareNoise Records. Bobby Previte's Mass is built upon a re-arrangement of the Missa Sancti Jacobi by Guillaume Dufay (1397-1474), pipe organ music inspired by Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) ON ALL TRACKS THE ROSE ENSEMBLE Conducted by Jordan Sramek With Eric Betthauser, John Bitterman, Heather Cogswell, Lisa Drew, Linda Kachelmeier, Kristine Kautzman, Kathy Lee, Tim O'Brien, Jordan Sramek, Kim Sueoka, Paul M. Tipton 1. INTROIT Stephen O'Malley - guitars Jamie Saft - guitars Marco Benevento - pipe organ, Rheem organ Reed Mathis - electric bass Bobby Previte - drums, guitar, pipe organ, combo organ 2. KYRIE Stephen O'Malley - guitars Don McGreevy - guitars Marco Benevento - pipe organ, Rheem organ Reed Mathis - electric bass Bobby Previte - drums 3. GLORIA Stephen O'Malley - guitars Don McGreevy - guitars Marco Benevento - pipe organ, Rheem organ Reed Mathis - electric bass Bobby Previte - drums 4. ALLELUIA Stephen O'Malley - guitars Marco Benevento - pipe organ, Rheem organ Reed Mathis - electric bass Bobby Previte - drums 5. CREDO Stephen O'Malley - guitars Don McGreevy - guitars Marco Benevento - pipe organ, Rheem organ Reed Mathis - electric bass Bobby Previte - drums, synthesizer bass 6. OFFERING Mike Gamble - guitars Stephen O'Malley - feedback solo Marco Benevento - pipe organ, Rheem organ Reed Mathis - electric bass Bobby Previte - drums 7. SANCTUS Stephen O'Malley - guitars Don McGreevy - guitars Marco Benevento - pipe organ, Rheem organ Reed Mathis - electric bass Bobby Previte - drums, pipe organ 8. AGNUS DEI Marco Benevento - pipe organ, Rheem organ Reed Mathis - electric bass Bobby Previte - drums 9. COMMUNION Stephen O'Malley - guitars Marco Benevento - pipe organ, electronics Bobby Previte - drums, Farfisa organ

This is my kind of jazz album - a small combo playing standards (or other songs with great melodies). Recommended.

Jamie Nye Week 18 picks http://www.cfl.ca/2016/10/20/weekly-predictor-will-redblacks-top-ticats-again/

The Riders added Mitchell Baines to their neg list. He was eligible for this past spring's draft, but went undrafted. He is the CIS's leading receiver. http://3downnation.com/2016/10/20/cis-leading-receiver-mitchell-baines-added-riders-negotiation-list/#comments ***** Here is a discussion of the value of having the two divisions. http://3downnation.com/2016/10/05/cfls-division-structure-cost-western-teams-10-million-since-2002/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/10/05/five-reasons-cfls-east-west-alignment-needs-stay/#comments ***** The Als will start Vernon Adams against the Riders this week. http://www.cfl.ca/2016/10/20/nye-adams-debut-one-of-2016s-biggest-moments/ ***** The league's website looks at each team's most valuable free agent acquisition. http://www.cfl.ca/2016/10/20/story-year-free-agency/ ***** Plays of the Week Week 15 http://www.cfl.ca/2016/10/03/kegsize-plays-of-the-week-wk-15-3/ Week 16 http://www.cfl.ca/2016/10/11/receivers-take-flight-in-kegsize-plays-of-the-week-wk-16/ Week 17 http://www.cfl.ca/2016/10/17/kegsize-plays-of-the-week-wk-17-4/

The Alouettes have released Duron Carter and Kenny Stafford. Here's the rub: Because they were released after the trade deadline, they cannot join another team. And because they have been in the league less than four years, they will not be paid for the remainder of the season. http://3downnation.com/2016/10/17/alouettes-release-receiver-duron-carter-report/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/10/18/carter-stafford-releases-expose-flaw-cfl-roster-rules/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/10/18/release-carter-stafford-means-future-alouettes/#comments http://www.cfl.ca/2016/10/17/ferguson-will-carter-stafford-land-next/ http://www.cfl.ca/2016/10/17/alouettes-release-duron-carter-and-kenny-stafford/ ***** This week's power rankings Scott Cullen http://www.tsn.ca/west-rules-in-the-cfl-power-rankings-1.587495 Malcolm Kelly http://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/cfl-power-rankings-1.3809803 cfl.ca http://www.cfl.ca/2016/10/18/blue-bombers-keep-pace-nissan-titan-power-rankings/ ***** 10/19 checking down http://www.cfl.ca/2016/10/19/checking-quarterback-changes-tee-week-18/ ***** The Argos have lowered the prices of the Grey Cup tickets. http://www.cfl.ca/2016/10/19/argos-unveil-new-ticket-prices-104th-grey-cup-presented-shaw/ http://3downnation.com/2016/10/18/grey-cup-ticket-prices-slashed/#comments http://www.tsn.ca/argos-reduce-ticket-prices-for-grey-cup-1.587585 http://3downnation.com/2016/10/19/grey-cup-ticket-price-change-leaves-fans-seeing-red/#comments ***** Brandon Banks has been suspended for two games for failing a drug test. http://3downnation.com/2016/10/19/brandon-banks-suspended-failed-drug-test/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/10/19/banks-says-hes-let-everybody-wake-positive-drug-test/#comments http://www.cfl.ca/2016/10/19/ticats-brandon-banks-suspended-for-two-games-for-violating-drug-policy/ http://www.tsn.ca/ticats-wr-kr-banks-suspended-two-games-1.588073 ***** The Scouting Bureau's #3 overall prospect Akeel Lynch has decided not to turn pro because of his concussions. http://3downnation.com/2016/10/17/top-2017-cfl-draft-rb-prospect-akeel-lynch-announces-retirement-due-concussions/#comments ***** The Als have sent DB Andrew Lue to the Riders. http://3downnation.com/2016/10/12/riders-acquire-db-andrew-lue-alouettes/#comments

OK! Now let's do last weekend's games (Week 17), and we will have caught up. Ottawa 30....Hamilton 29 http://www.cfl.ca/games/2341/ottawa-redblacks-vs-hamilton-tiger-cats/ http://3downnation.com/2016/10/14/late-field-goal-miss-costs-ticats-loss-redblacks/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/10/15/ottawa-pulls-away-pack-thoughts/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/10/16/good-bad-hamiltons-tough-loss-redblacks/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/10/15/video-breaking-ticats-loss-redblacls/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/10/15/cfl-admits-blew-replay-call-ticats-loss-redblacks/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/10/17/officiating-mistakes-costs-ticats-second-year-running/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/10/17/replay-qa-cfl-vp-glen-johnson-explains-went-wrong-ticats-loss-redblacks/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/10/17/replay-qa-part-2-whats-wrong-system-fix/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/10/17/replay-qa-part-2-whats-wrong-system-fix/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/10/18/despite-costly-error-ticats-kent-austin-still-supports-replay/#comments ***** Winnipeg 35....BC 32 http://www.cfl.ca/games/2342/winnipeg-blue-bombers-vs-bc-lions/ http://3downnation.com/2016/10/15/bombers-officially-second-best-west-12-thoughts/#comments ***** Sask 29....Toronto 11 http://www.cfl.ca/games/2343/saskatchewan-roughriders-vs-toronto-argonauts/ http://3downnation.com/2016/10/15/everything-comes-riders-beat-argos/#comments ***** Zach Collaros is still out. http://3downnation.com/2016/10/17/ticats-qb-zach-collaros-misses-practice-status-friday-doubt/#comments http://www.tsn.ca/ticats-collaros-to-miss-another-week-1.586968 ***** Calgary 22....Montreal 8 http://www.cfl.ca/games/2344/montreal-alouettes-vs-calgary-stampeders/ Is it time to ask if this year's Stamps are the best team ever? They are undefeated in their last fifteen.

And now moving on to Week 16. Sask 32....Ottawa 30 http://www.cfl.ca/games/2337/saskatchewan-roughriders-vs-ottawa-redblacks/ http://3downnation.com/2016/10/07/riders-win-third-straight-redblacks-ot/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/10/08/jekyll-hyde-riders-show-good-bad-win-redblacks/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/10/08/16-thoughts-ottawas-loss/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/10/09/riders-win-redblacks-costly-one-injury-front-report/#comments ***** Santino Filoso has composed this History of Ottawa Football for Dummies. http://3downnation.com/2016/10/07/ottawa-redblacks-history-dummies/#comments ***** Winnipeg 37....BC 35 http://www.cfl.ca/games/2338/bc-lions-vs-winnipeg-blue-bombers/ http://3downnation.com/2016/10/09/bombers-take-step-towards-second-place-_-thoughts/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/10/08/cfl-fire-controversial-replay-review-bombers-win-b-c/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/10/08/cfl-issues-explanation-controversial-replay-review-call/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/10/09/madani-latest-blunder-confidence-replay-reaches-new-low/#comments ***** The BC players were candid about their dislike of wearing microphones for this game. http://3downnation.com/2016/10/08/lions-not-wild-open-mic-act/#comments The Eskimos became the first team to refuse to wear the mics. The team and Jason Maas were fined. http://3downnation.com/2016/10/10/esks-refuse-wear-live-mics-tsn-broadcast/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/10/12/cfl-fines-esks-20k-maas-15k-removing-live-mics/#comments ***** The Ticats traded Linden Gaydosh et al. to the Riders for Justin Capicciotti et al. http://3downnation.com/2016/10/10/ticats-acquire-capicciotti-fulton-trade-riders/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/10/10/riders-swap-hamilton-good-first-step-improving-canadian-depth/#comments ***** The Ticats signed Keon Raymond, as well as Kendial Lawrence and Derrius Brooks. http://3downnation.com/2016/10/10/latest-moves-show-ticats-going-broke/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/10/11/ticats-loading-grey-cup-run-without-collaros/#comments ***** Edmonton 40....Montreal 20 http://www.cfl.ca/games/2339/edmonton-eskimos-vs-montreal-alouettes/ ***** Calgary 48....Toronto 20 http://www.cfl.ca/games/2340/calgary-stampeders-vs-toronto-argonauts/ http://3downnation.com/2016/10/10/argos-lay-egg-thanksgiving-loss-stamps/#comments ***** The Eskimos' win over the Als eliminated the Riders from the playoffs. And just when the Riders were starting to get good! http://3downnation.com/2016/10/10/riders-eliminated-playoff-contention/#comments ***** Drew Edwards analyzed the playoff picture a week ago, following Week 16. http://3downnation.com/2016/10/10/cfl-playoff-picture-week-16/#comments ***** And here we have Justin Dunk's 9 thoughts on 9 teams following Week 16. http://3downnation.com/2016/10/11/nine-thoughts-nine-teams-trade-deadline-needs/#comments

Moving on to Week 15... Edmonton 40....Winnipeg 16 http://www.cfl.ca/games/2333/edmonton-eskimos-vs-winnipeg-blue-bombers/ http://3downnation.com/2016/10/01/_-other-thoughts/#comments ***** Former Stamp Jeff Fuller has returned from Seattle, and signed with the Riders. http://3downnation.com/2016/10/01/riders-sign-rec-jeff-fuller/#comments ***** Calgary 36....Hamilton 17 http://www.cfl.ca/games/2334/calgary-stampeders-vs-hamilton-tiger-cats/ http://3downnation.com/2016/10/01/ticats-lose-game-stamps-collaros-injury/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/10/02/stamps-honour-slain-teammate-victory-ticats/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/10/02/bad-worse-hamiltons-loss-stampeders/#comments Zach Collaros suffered a head injury. http://3downnation.com/2016/10/02/ticats-qb-zach-collaros-left-game-possible-head-injury/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/10/03/collaros-injury-just-one-ticats-many-woes/#comments ***** BC 40....Ottawa 33 http://www.cfl.ca/games/2335/ottawa-redblacks-vs-bc-lions/ http://3downnation.com/2016/10/02/lions-win-track-meet-redlacks/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/10/02/10-thoughts-ottawas-loss-bc/#comments ***** Montreal 38....Toronto 11 http://www.cfl.ca/games/2336/toronto-argonauts-vs-montreal-alouettes/ ***** The Argos released their three leading receivers after their loss to the Als. http://3downnation.com/2016/10/03/argos-release-receiver-kevin-elliott/#comments Vidal Hazelton promptly signed with the Eskimos. http://3downnation.com/2016/10/05/hazelton-sign-esks/#comments Tori Gurley signed with the Bombers. http://3downnation.com/2016/10/06/gurley-signs-bombers/#comments Kevin Elliott signed with the Ticats. http://3downnation.com/2016/10/06/ticats-agreed-terms-former-argo-receiver-kevin-elliott/#comments ***** Chad Owens is out for the year with a broken foot. http://3downnation.com/2016/10/04/ticats-chad-owens-miss-rest-season-due-injury/#comments ***** Henoc Muamba has returned from the NFL and signed with the Riders. http://3downnation.com/2016/10/04/henoc-muamba-signs-riders/#comments ***** Justin Dunk's 9 thoughts on 9 teams following Week 15. http://3downnation.com/2016/10/03/nine-thoughts-nine-teams-high-scoring-teams-prevail/#comments

Wes Montgomery - 5 Original (Riverside) Albums - $9.99 + $3.99 https://www.amazon.com/5-Original-Albums-Wes-Montgomery/dp/B01BL0XRDO

In regard to the "What qualifies as an album?" discussion, the first time I ran across the idea that "some LPs don't count" was in Rolling Stone ca. 1969. My attitude was, and still is, that if I could enter a record store and find an album that I wanted and paid for it, then it is as legitimate an album as all its neighbors in the bins. I think that means that I'm with Paul on this, but I've lost track!

Happy Birthday 2016 Bluerein!

Justin Dunk reported two weeks ago that the Als asked the Riders if Durant might be available. http://3downnation.com/2016/09/28/alouettes-inquired-riders-availability-darian-durant/#comments ***** After three years in the NFL, Cordarro Law has rejoined the Stampeders. http://3downnation.com/2016/09/29/law-signing-means-plus-thoughts-tough-week-calgary/#comments ***** Currently the water at the new Mosaic Stadium is not potable. http://3downnation.com/2016/09/29/water-not-suitable-drinking-new-regina-stadium/#comments

ECM NEW SERIES Meredith Monk On Behalf of Nature Meredith Monk & Ensemble Sidney Chen, Ellen Fisher, Katie Geissinger, Meredith Monk, Bruce Rameker, Allison Sniffin: voices Bohdan Hilash: woodwinds John Hollenbeck: percussion Allison Sniffin: piano, keyboard, violin, French horn Laura Sherman: harp U.S. Release date: November 4, 2016 ECM New Series 2473 B0025808-02 UPC: 289 481 2794 8 For six decades, vocalist-composer Meredith Monk has explored what she calls “primordial utterance,” or non-verbal vocal sound that lay beneath and beyond language, expressing “that for which we have no words.” This exploration has led her to create music that The New Yorker describes as simultaneously “visceral and ethereal, raw and rapt,” an art that “sings, dances and meditates on timeless forces.” With her latest, multivalent ECM New Series album, Monk aimed to address ecology and climate change, she says: “Believing that music speaks more directly than words, I worked to make a piece with a fluid, perceptual field that could expand awareness of what we are in danger of losing. On Behalf of Nature is a meditation on our intimate connection to nature, its inner structures, the fragility of its ecology and our interdependence.” To that end, voices and instruments have equal weight across On Behalf of Nature: sometimes each is heard alone; sometimes they are blended to form a new, mysterious sound; sometimes they are combined to create intricate, layered, yet transparent sonic landscapes. The winds of Bohdan Hilash and violin of Allison Sniffin rustle and sing by turns, as the tuned percussion of John Hollenbeck plays a melodic as well as rhythmic role. The six singers (including Monk) offer melodious, harmonic and hocketing lines, murmurs, chants and keens as they communicate in a language beyond words. There is a sequence of pieces for voices alone (“Environs”), while the luminous minimalism of “Eon” is for instruments only. “Water/Sky Rant” is a feature for Monk’s solo voice, with rippling harp among the accompaniment. But most of the album’s 19 pieces meld singing and playing in a tapestry of sound. Praising Monk’s 2011 ECM album Songs of Ascension, for voices and strings, the Los Angeles Times critic Mark Swed wrote: “Monk’s most significant growth over the past decade or two has been as a composer. She is a great master of utterance… A listener feels somehow in communication with another, perhaps wiser, species.” Discussing her compositional process for On Behalf of Nature in her liner essay for the album, Monk says: As I began working on the music for On Behalf of Nature, I asked myself the question: “How would one make an ecological art work, one that didn’t make more waste in the world?” What came to mind was the French anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss and his notion of bricolage: the process of assembling or making something from what is already at hand. In pre-industrial societies, one object could function in many different ways by an act of imagination. We now speak of this process as re-purposing. Part of my process as a composer includes creating music notebooks that function like journals. Within them, I write themes, fragments and phrases that are not ready to be made into complete forms. They are like seeds, filled with potential, waiting for the right moment to sprout. While I began by composing new pieces for On Behalf of Nature, at a certain point, I decided to play through fragments and phrases in a few of my notebooks to see if anything resonated with what I was now exploring. I then built new forms from that raw material. It was gratifying to see that the time that had elapsed between the original impulses and the present served to shed light upon and enrich the original ideas. The notion of spiraling around to the past to make something completely new is also a way of appreciating what is here in the present and working with what we have. For Monk, On Behalf of Nature conjures “multiple realms including the celestial, human, microscopic, animal, plant and mineral, as well as the underlying processes and rhythms of nature,” she explains. “The overall structure is an arch with some of the themes from the beginning reoccurring near the end but in a varied or modified form. The last two pieces serve as an extended coda suggesting the continuity and resiliency of the natural world.” Meredith Monk “I work in between the cracks, where the voice starts dancing, where the body starts singing, where the theater becomes cinema,” Meredith Monk once said. “I try to never forget that I enjoy the privilege of engaging in an activity that affirms the spirit of inquiry and allows me to make an offering of what I have found. I am grateful for being part of music, for the magic of music permeating my life." An artistic visionary, Monk invented something new with her vocal innovations, and her fusion of sound and movement is as daring now as it was when she made her professional debut in 1964. Performers of her compositions include not only her own longstanding Vocal Ensemble but also the San Francisco Symphony & Chorus, Kronos Quartet and Bang On A Can All-Stars, among others. Her reach also extends beyond the classical world, influencing such musicians as Björk, John Zorn and DJ Spooky. Monk’s music has been heard in many high-profile films, including Nouvelle Vague and Histoire(s) du Cinéma by Jean-Luc Godard (with soundtracks to both released on ECM New Series), The Big Lebowski by the Coen Bros. and her own Book of Days. She has been recording for ECM since 1981. Her ECM debut, Dolmen Music, won a Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik. Monk’s subsequent ECM discography includes Turtle Dreams (1983), Do You Be (1987), Book of Days (1990), Facing North (1992), ATLAS: An Opera in Three Parts (1993), Volcano Songs (1997), mercy (2002), the © Grammy-nominated impermanence (2008), Songs of Ascension (2011) and Piano Songs (2014). In its 2012 guide to Monk’s music, The Guardian said: “Monk's is a music of connection, a bringing together of many different art forms and experiences… The result is music that is at once deeply personal and unlike anything anyone else is doing, but which speaks simply and directly to those collective parts of our subconscious that are the deepest and oldest. At its best, Monk's music sounds like a folk music for the whole world.” John Abercrombie guitar | Jan Hammer organ, synthesizer, piano | Jack DeJohnette drums Originally released in 1974. “He displays a singular blend of intellect and emotion. Timeless, Abercrombie’s first date as a leader, is an impressive showcase of these facets, and of his never-before-revealed abilities as a composer/arranger. Jan Hammer and Jack DeJohnette are all the help he needs.” - Downbeat Egbert Gismonti: 8-String Guitar, Piano, Wood Flutes, Voice | Nana Vasconcelos Percussion, Berimbau, Corpo, Voice Originally released in 1976 “Gismonti and Vasconcelos might be Brazilian but you don’t need a passport to enter their musical world. Once inside, they guide you gently, and the trip is rarely less than revelatory. If you have an interest in music – as opposed to fashion – then Gismonti will floor you with the devastating purity and endless depth of his sound. Without doubt, this is one of the albums of the year.” –Melody Maker Kenny Wheeler trumpet, flugelhorn | Jan Garbarek tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone | John Abercrombie electric guitar, electric mandolin | Dave Holland double bass | Jack DeJohnette drums | Ralph Towner 12-string guitar Originally released in 1977. “Wheeler emerges a romanticist in the grand heroic mode. His compositions and trumpeting suggest an Olympian majesty. There is a grace and eloquence, as well as a purity of sound and purpose.” – Downbeat Terje Rypdal electric guitar, RMI keyboard computer, ARP synthesizer | Palle Mikkelborg trumpet, flugelhorn, RMI, tac piano, ringmodulator | Sveinung Hovensjø 6-String electric bass, 4-string electric bass | Jon Christensen drums, percussion Originally released in 1977. “Rypdal’s new album is a series of sonic excursions ranging from the expressionist to the impressionist and with few concessions to conformity. Rypdal’s guitar and Palle Mikkelborg’s trumpet are well-matched with Manfred Eicher’s typically superb production putting it all in focus.” – Record World Gary Peacock bass | Jan Garbarek tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone | Tomasz Stanko trumpet | Jack DeJohnette drums Originally released in 1981. “This is a record with much to recommend it. Peacock, as ever, is sublime and the perpetual motion of DeJohnette’s drumming maintains a superb tension. The broad toned Stanko skirts the niceties and finds something of consequence to say every time he walks to the wicket but, surprisingly, it is Garbarek’s many solid innings that are the backbone of the whole thing.” – Jazz Journal ©2016 ECM | 1755 Broadway, Floor 3, New York, NY 10019 ECM David Virelles - Antenna Vinyl and digital release date: November 18th The music of Cuban-born, Brooklyn-based pianist David Virelles conjures a hallucinatory world in which ancient Afro-Cuban rhythms and ritual reverberate in the here and now. His latest ECM offering is Antenna, music attuned to a timeless rhythmic-cultural current even as it pulses with a vibrantly urban, modernist energy. Antenna – a six-track, 22-minute EP released exclusively on vinyl and digitally – sees Virelles channel Afro-Cuban percussion into an electro-acoustic, almost psychedelic swirl, one that melds jazz improvisation and organic grooves with digital refraction, shadowy synthesizers, otherworldly field recordings and Cuban street poetry. Antenna is an undulating, throbbing, dizzying dream of sound. Mbòkó, Virelles’s ECM leader debut from 2014, featured in Best Of The Year lists in The New York Times, NPR, iTunes and The Village Voice, among others. The Guardian described it as “a jazz-infused world-music project beyond categories,” adding: “Virelles looks set to make big differences in contemporary music for years to come.”

So let's see Justin Dunk's 9 thoughts on 9 teams at this stage, after Week 14. http://3downnation.com/2016/09/26/nine-thoughts-nine-teams-tight-contests-highlight-week-that-was/#comments ***** Former Redblack OL Colin Kelly signed with Chicago. http://3downnation.com/2016/09/26/nine-thoughts-nine-teams-tight-contests-highlight-week-that-was/#comments ***** Kent Austin contacted an official in the game against the Riders. The punishment was slow in coming, and believed by some to be to light. He was fined $10,000 and was prohibited from standing on the sidelines for the next game, so he coached from the booth. http://3downnation.com/2016/09/27/madani-anything-austin-suspension-disrespects-officials-profession/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/09/27/video-ticats-kent-austin-addresses-incident-cfl-official/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/09/27/austin-says-doesnt-expect-fine-suspension-contact-official/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/09/28/austin-banned-sidelines-fined-contact-official/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/09/28/video-austin-mitchell-react-cfl-punishment/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/09/28/austin-couldve-better-orridge/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/09/29/ticats-kent-austin-heard-not-seen-saturday/#comments ***** The Stampeders' Jamar Wall will wear Mylan Hicks' number 31 for the remainder of the season. http://3downnation.com/2016/09/28/one-us-calgary-defensive-back-wall-wear-mylan-hicks-number/#comments

Favorite two albums Groove Holmes - Soul Message Mike Nock - In, Out & Around Favorite two hit albums Henry Mancini - Music from Peter Gunn Miles Davis - The Birth of the Cool Favorite two box sets Paul Desmond Mosaic Bill Evans at the Village Vanguard, 1961

I'll try to catch up as quickly as possible. I will only post one link to the league's website. There you will see for each game the Recap, the Box Score, the Play-by-Play and some Videos. Week 14 Something happened in week 14 that I don't recall ever happening before. Both Saturday games were won by the home team with a field goal on the last play of the game! Ottawa 29....Toronto 12 http://www.cfl.ca/games/2329/toronto-argonauts-vs-ottawa-redblacks/ http://3downnation.com/2016/09/24/ottawa-earns-huge-divisional-win/#comments ***** Edmonton 27...BC 23 http://www.cfl.ca/games/2330/bc-lions-vs-edmonton-eskimos/ ***** Calgary 36....Winnipeg 34 http://www.cfl.ca/games/2331/winnipeg-blue-bombers-vs-calgary-stampeders/ http://3downnation.com/2016/09/24/bombers-make-statement-calgary-despite-late-loss-_-thoughts/#comments Shortly after the game, Stampeders rookie DB Mylan Hicks was murdered outside a nightclub, http://3downnation.com/2016/09/25/stampeders-defensive-back-shot-death-outside-calgary-nightclub/#comments ***** Sask 20....Hamilton 18 http://www.cfl.ca/games/2332/hamilton-tiger-cats-vs-saskatchewan-roughriders/ http://3downnation.com/2016/09/25/depleted-ticats-lose-riders-last-second-field-goal/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/09/25/good-bad-hamiltons-frustrating-loss-riders/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/09/25/gutting-riders-show-much-changed-win-ticats/#comments ***** Week 14 Plays of the Week http://www.cfl.ca/2016/09/26/edwards-dives-his-way-into-kegsize-plays-of-the-week-wk-14/