GA Russell

Happy Birthday 2016 Tom!

Tonight... Hamilton 31....Montreal 7 http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/game/hamilton-tiger-cats-montreal-alouettes-20160715/Stats http://3downnation.com/2016/07/15/banks-sparks-ticats-31-7-win-alouettes/#comments http://www.cfl.ca/games/2290/hamilton-tiger-cats-vs-montreal-alouettes/ ***** More on Ottawa's Wednesday win over the Argos. http://3downnation.com/2016/07/14/13-thoughts-ottawas-win-bmo-field/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/07/14/argos-loss-redblacks-just-one-teams-problems/#comments ***** The Riders are looking at a large number of young quarterbacks. http://3downnation.com/2016/07/12/search-replace-darian-durant/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/07/12/riders-get-rights-to-qb-vad-lee-in-deal-with-eskimos/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/07/09/ticats-deal-qb-jake-waters-riders-rights-b-j-daniels/#comments ***** The Riders have signed DL Amobi Okoye, who was drafted by Houston #10 overall in the 2007 draft. There is some question as to whether he can pass his physical. http://3downnation.com/2016/07/07/2007-nfl-top-10-pic-dl-amobi-okoye-signs-riders/#comments

Last night... Edmonton 20...Winnipeg 16 http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/game/edmonton-eskimos-winnipeg-blue-bombers-20160714/Stats http://www.tsn.ca/reilly-leads-eskimos-over-blue-bombers-1.527054 http://www.cfl.ca/games/2289/edmonton-eskimos-vs-winnipeg-blue-bombers/ ***** Let's look at some of the video's. Here are the top plays from Week 2. http://www.cfl.ca/2016/07/04/kegsize-plays-of-the-week-wk-2/ And Week 3. http://www.cfl.ca/2016/07/11/does-smiths-no-looker-stick-at-number-one-kegsize-plays-of-the-week-wk-3/ Here is TSN's current list of video highlights. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/video I think that in November Ryan Smith's touchdown catch will be voted the play of the year. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/video/cfl-must-see-smith-makes-nonchalant-one-handed-grab~902791

cfl.ca 7/12 power rankings http://www.cfl.ca/2016/07/12/bombers-take-off-fly-up-nissan-titan-power-rankings/ ***** Jamie Nye Week 4 picks http://www.cfl.ca/2016/07/12/weekly-predictor-can-nye-pick-em-players-turn-things-around-week-4/

Here are a few items from the past two weeks. Most important, the story on SJ Green. http://3downnation.com/2016/07/01/fears-alouettes-star-receiver-s-j-green-suffered-torn-acl/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/07/02/meltdown-montreal-green-done-sutton-6-gamed-carter-facing-suspension/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/07/07/alouettes-lose-another-offensive-playmaker/#comments ***** Shawn Lemon wanted to start, so the Riders traded him to the Argos. http://3downnation.com/2016/07/02/argos-make-swap-riders-disgruntled-dl-shawn-lemon/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/07/03/video-breaking-shawn-lemon-trade/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/07/04/newly-acquired-riders-ol-matt-sewell-wants-play-close-home/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/07/06/life-presents-lemon-argos-add-defence/#comments ***** Geoff Tisdale apparently recovered from his off-season injury, but the Ticats released him. http://3downnation.com/2016/07/03/ticats-release-db-geoff-tisdale-blowout-loss-b-c/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/07/04/tisdales-sudden-release-wake-call-ticats/#comments ***** Hamilton traded former BC LB Alex-Hoffman Ellis to Edmonton. http://3downnation.com/2016/07/04/ticats-traded-alex-hoffman-ellis/#comments ***** You may recall that the Riders had a bye for Week 1. So here are two Rider previews filed before Week 2. http://3downnation.com/2016/06/28/6-predictions-riders-2016-season/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/06/30/dream-status-quo-look-riders-season/#comments ***** Stampeders preview http://3downnation.com/2016/06/25/stamps-season-preview-dream-scenario-nightmare-alternative/#comments ***** Lions preview http://3downnation.com/2016/06/25/dream-nightmare-lions-hope-buono-2-0-makes-difference/#comments ***** Blue Bombers preview http://3downnation.com/2016/06/24/dream-scenario-nightmare-alternative-winnipeg-blue-bombers/#comments ***** Redblacks preview http://3downnation.com/2016/06/24/redblack-predictions-2/#comments ***** Tiger-Cats preview http://3downnation.com/2016/06/23/dream-scenario-nightmare-alternative-hamilton-tiger-cats/#comments ***** Mark Fulton 6/22 power rankings http://3downnation.com/2016/06/22/2016-power-rankings-projections-game-predictor/#comments

I have now updated the July 6 post with links to Week 2's games.

Happy Birthday 2016 Agustin!

And fortunately for the league, it was on ESPN2. Tonight... Ottawa 30....Toronto 20 http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/game/ottawa-redblacks-toronto-argonauts-20160713/Stats http://www.tsn.ca/harris-stellar-in-return-as-redblacks-top-argos-at-bmo-field-1.526410 http://www.cfl.ca/2016/07/13/harris-beats-former-team-redblacks-remain-undefeated/ ***** I want to say before we go too long that SJ Green hurt his knee and is out for the season. It sounded to me that his career is over.

7/13 checking down http://www.cfl.ca/2016/07/13/checking-cato-tabbed-start-week-4/ **** 7/12 game notes http://www.cfl.ca/2016/07/12/cfl-ca-game-notes-a-look-at-week-4/

I have been in sick bay since Sunday night, so these will have to be brief. Friday's games... Calgary 26....Ottawa 26 http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/game/calgary-stampeders-ottawa-redblacks-20160708/Stats http://3downnation.com/2016/07/09/despite-missed-opportunities-redblacks-still-undefeated/#comments ***** Edmonton 39....Sask 36 http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/game/saskatchewan-roughriders-edmonton-eskimos-20160708/Stats http://3downnation.com/2016/07/09/chris-jones-shows-cojones-riders-loss-esks/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/07/10/sober-second-thoughts-chris-jones-made-right-calls/#comments ***** Scott Cullen 7/12 power rankings http://www.tsn.ca/stampeders-hold-lead-in-cfl-power-rankings-1.525586 ***** 7/12 nine thoughts on nine teams http://3downnation.com/2016/07/12/nine-thoughts-on-nine-teams/#comments ***** Mark Fulton 7/13 power rankings and win projections http://3downnation.com/2016/07/13/fun-fibonacci-week-four-statistical-power-rankings-predictor/#comments ***** 3Down Week 4 picks http://3downnation.com/2016/07/13/week-four-picks-can-riders-get-off-schneid/#comments ***** Malcolm Kelly 7/11 power rankings http://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/cfl-power-rankings-week-3-1.3674707 ***** After three weeks, the home teams are 2-8-1. ***** More on Thursday's Winnipeg win. http://3downnation.com/2016/07/08/good-bad-hamiltons-mistake-filled-loss-bombers/#comments

Sun Ra?

Happy Birthday Guy!

Laurie is re-releasing this album for download for $10. "High Jingo" is free. http://artpepper.bandcamp.com/album/track-6-is-free-album-10

"Leap of Faith," 4th CD by Trumpeter/Composer Steffen Kuehn, To Be Released July 29 by Stefrecords With Guitarist Drew Zingg, Keyboardist Colin Hogan, Bassist Dewayne Pate, & Drummer Tommy Igoe Plus Guests Bob Mintzer, Marc Russo, Christian Tumalan, John Gove, Alexa Weber Morales, & Others July 6, 2016 Trumpeter/composer Steffen Kuehn has become a mainstay of the Bay Area jazz and Latin music scenes since arriving from his native Germany in 1997. He won a 2014 Grammy for Best Tropical Latin Album for the self-titled debut by the 20-piece Pacific Mambo Orchestra, which he co-leads with pianist Christian Tumalan. An alternately robust and warmly lyrical soloist and an on-point horn-section player, he works regularly with bands led by Latin drummer Brian Andres and timbalero Louie Romero and with jazz drummer Tommy Igoe's Groove Conspiracy. And he has performed and recorded as a leader, releasing three albums on his Stefrecords imprint: Now or Later (2002), with fellow trumpeter Tim Hagans; trumpop (2008); and Constantine (2011). Kuehn considers his newest recording, Leap of Faith, "my first recording in a way, because," he explains, "I did everything myself. On my previous recordings maybe I had a producer or I was recording somebody else's music. I produced this record. I wrote the horn sections. I played in the horn section, and I'm also the soloist. I think the writing is my best writing so far." The CD will be released by Stefrecords on July 29. The cast of local luminaries assembled by Kuehn includes drummer Tommy Igoe, bassist Dewayne Pate, pianist Colin Hogan, onetime Steely Dan guitarist Drew Zingg, former Tower of Power and Yellowjackets alto saxophonist Marc Russo, current Tower of Power tenor saxophonist Tom Politzer, and trombonist John Gove. Guesting on one track apiece are current Yellowjackets tenor saxophonist Bob Mintzer (on the Afro-Cuban "Storm") and Pacific Mambo Orchestra vocalist Alexa Weber Morales (the bossa nova "Serenity"). The 10-song set consists of eight original compositions and arrangements by Kuehn, Aaron Lington's arrangement of "Helen's Song" by pianist George Cables, and John Gove's arrangement of "Geraldine" by Yellowjackets keyboardist Russell Ferrante. "This is the most personal recording I've ever done and the closest to me so far," says Kuehn. "It not only puts the spotlight on me as a trumpeter but also on my writing, which for me was equally important." Born (1965) and raised in Mannheim, Germany, Steffen Kuehn was drawn to the trumpet as a child and began lessons at age 8. Initially he was interested in hard rock and then soul music (Earth, Wind and Fire and Chaka Khan) before getting into jazz via the Yellowjackets and Pat Metheny. "I grew up listening to the Yellowjackets," says Kuehn. "They're one of my biggest influences." He cites Louis Armstrong and Miles Davis as influences as well. Kuehn was writing music and active in a number of bands before he decided to leave Germany, at age 23, to attend North Texas State University. During his five years there, he played in the school's big bands. A roommate from Colombia introduced him to Latin music, which would eventually become a cornerstone of his career. After graduating North Texas State in 1993 with a Bachelor of Music degree, Kuehn moved to Munich. There he hooked up with onetime Woody Herman and Stan Kenton high-note trumpet specialist Al Porcino, which whom he played duets in private and with his big band in public. He also played in Munich with a big band led by Serbian bop trumpeter Dusko Gojkovic. Since relocating to Northern California in 1997, Kuehn has kept busy playing gigs with such artists as the Temptations, Four Tops, Platters, Cold Blood, John Handy, Mark Levine, Ray Obiedo, Louie Romero, Brian Andres, Generation Esmeralda, Tommy Igoe, and many more. His resume also includes recordings with Andres, Igoe, Obiedo, Wayne Wallace, and onetime Stooges guitarist James Williamson. The Pacific Mambo Orchestra, the large ensemble he co-leads with Mexican-born, Bay Area-based pianist Christian Tumalan, started out in 2010 as the Monday night band at Café Cocomo in San Francisco playing music rooted in the old-school salsa and mambo sounds of Machito, Tito Puente, and Tito Rodriguez. The band, which sports a 13-member horn section, has since expanded its repertoire to include more original contemporary Latin compositions and arrangements, some by Kuehn. Little-known at the time outside the Bay Area, the orchestra sent shockwaves throughout the international Latin music community when it won the 2014 Best Tropical Latin Album Grammy over superstar nominees Marc Anthony and Carlos Vives. "Imagine the biggest surprise you're capable of and multiply that by 100," Kuehn says of his initial reaction to the award. Leap of Faith may or may not win the trumpeter another Grammy, but the variety and vitality of the 10 tracks within it seem certain to bring Kuehn greater recognition as a jazz trumpeter, composer, and arranger of the highest caliber. Photography: Ricardo Tellez (CD cover photo by Lisa Konczal) "Who Knew?," from Steffen Kuehn's "Leap of Faith" Web Site: steffenkuehn.com Follow: View:

Last night's games... Winnipeg 28....Hamilton 24 http://www.cfl.ca/games/2284/winnipeg-blue-bombers-vs-hamilton-tiger-cats/#/boxscore http://www.thesnap.ca/now-see-ryan-smith-didnt/ http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/game/winnipeg-blue-bombers-hamilton-tiger-cats-20160707/Stats http://www.tsn.ca/bombers-top-ticats-for-first-win-of-season-1.523133 http://3downnation.com/2016/07/07/ticats-lose-another-ugly-one-28-24-bombers/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/07/07/bomber-win-quiets-osheas-critics-now-17-thoughts/#comments ***** Toronto 25....BC 14 https://ca.news.yahoo.com/argonauts-beat-lion-25-14-ricky-ray-surpasses-050435090--spt.html?nhp=1 http://www.cfl.ca/games/2285/toronto-argonauts-vs-bc-lions/#/boxscore http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/game/toronto-argonauts-bc-lions-20160707/Stats http://3downnation.com/2016/07/08/five-things-learned-argos-win-lions/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/07/08/sober-second-thoughts-lions-qb-not-issue-now/#comments

Thanks Paul!

Dan Ralph Week 3 picks http://www.thespec.com/sports-story/6756269-cfl-picks-week-3-another-grey-cup-rematch-for-eskimos-head-coach-jason-maas/ ***** 7/6 checking down http://www.cfl.ca/2016/07/06/checking-latest-henry-burris-week-3-notes/ ***** Justin Dunk's 7/4 QB rankings http://www.cfl.ca/2016/07/04/dunks-quarterback-index-durant-trending-up-after-week-2/

Happy Birthday 2016 Randy!

Happy Birthday 2016 Jack!

Rod Pedersen Week 3 picks http://www.rodpedersen.com/2016/07/ckrms-week-3-cfl-picks-2016.html http://www.rodpedersen.com/2016/07/week-3-cfl-primer.html ***** Week 3 game notes http://www.cfl.ca/2016/07/06/cfl-ca-game-notes-look-week-3/ ***** 3Down Week 3 picks http://3downnation.com/2016/07/07/no-love-bombers-week-3-picks/#comments ***** Mark Fulton 7/6 power rankings and "win projections" http://3downnation.com/2016/07/06/life-magic-8-ball-week-3-statistical-power-rankings-predictions/#comments ***** 7/4 nine thoughts on nine teams http://3downnation.com/2016/07/04/nine-thoughts-nine-teams-domination-drama-disaster/#comments

Here are last weekend's results. 3Down Week 2 picks http://3downnation.com/2016/06/30/ya-got-not-much-faith-riders-among-week-two-picks/#comments ***** Ottawa 28....Montreal 13 http://3downnation.com/2016/07/01/dont-even-know-happened-carter-says-bumping-redblacks-coach/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/07/02/48-hours-later-2/#comments Duron Carter bumped Rick Campbell, who was on the field. http://3downnation.com/2016/06/30/alouettes-receiver-duron-carter-bumps-redblacks-coach-gets-ejected/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/07/01/video-blame-carter-bump/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/07/04/montreals-duron-carter-suspended-bumping-redblacks-coach/#comments ***** Toronto 30....Sask 17 http://3downnation.com/2016/07/01/riders-drop-season-opener-argos/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/07/01/riders-good-football-team-arent-yet/#comments ***** BC 28....Hamilton 3 http://3downnation.com/2016/07/02/good-bad-hamiltons-humiliating-28-3-loss-bc-lions/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/07/02/ten-thoughts-video-ticats-loss-lionms/#comments http://3downnation.com/2016/07/01/17034/#comments ***** Calgary 36....Winnipeg 22 http://3downnation.com/2016/07/02/osheas-walters-bombers-officially-worse-macks-11-thoughts/#comments ***** Malcolm Kelly 7/4 power rankings http://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/cfl-power-rankings-1.3664550 ***** Scott Cullen 7/5 power rankings http://www.tsn.ca/stamps-lead-lions-roaring-in-cfl-power-rankings-1.521386 ***** cfl.ca 7/5 power rankings http://www.cfl.ca/2016/07/05/nissan-titan-power-rankings-roaring-start-b-c/

Happy Birthday 2016 greggery!

Spiderman 1, 2 & 3 - $7.99 prime https://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-Set-Tobey-Maguire/dp/B00520L1D8

Crock Pot https://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail.asp?recipe=1851974 ***** Barbecue http://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/recs/264/Barbecue_Raccoon9749.shtml ***** Mississippi Coon Stew http://www.backwoodsbound.com/zracoon10.html ***** helpful list http://www.backwoodsbound.com/zracoon.html ***** As an alternative, the fans can throw a raccoon onto the field when the Argos score, like the Detroit fans throw an octopus. Just a thought.

RareNoiseRecords Presents an Exceptional Project by GAUDI THE RARE NOISE CATALOG RE-SCULPTED. Let loose in the RareNoise vaults, Gaudi has composed an album of entirely new music using various mutitracks from different RareNoise releases. AVAILABLE AS 10" WHITE VINYL IN CUSTOM PVC PACKAGE AND MULTIPLE DOWNLOAD FORMATS IN STORES, ONLINE AND VIA WWW.RARENOISERECORDS.COM ON JULY 22, 2016. 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 please go to www.rarenoiserecords.com. New York, June 30, 2016 - This 10" Vinyl EP is the first manifestation of an exciting collaboration between London-based music producer / performing artist Gaudi and the ever classy champions of genre-bending and experimental contemporary music, RareNoiseRecords. This hot-off-the-press taster, which will also be available in multiple DL formats, is an introduction to the forthcoming full length release, to be titled Magnetic, due to be released late Spring 2017. Gaudi, a much respected producer and performer with 15 studio albums under his belt, has been working to dissolve musical boundaries for over 35 years now, and is best loved and noted for his genre blending and high quality dub-centric productions. He has been let loose in the RareNoise vaults and has set himself the creational challenge of composing an album of entirely new music using the full palette of the RareNoise catalog as his orchestra. Gaudi is no stranger to this kind of undertaking having previously taken on the challenge of composing and producing an album of new music working with vocal parts from archives of legendary Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. The result of this multi-year endeavor, released with the title "Dub Qawwali", earned him a nomination for a BBC World Music Award: It was not only a beautiful and sensitively handled piece of work, but also a landmark album in which the very concept of 'remix' was taken to the next level to become 're-composition'. In this respect, "Magnetic' represents an even greater challenge than Dub Qawwali: the sheer breath of the source material offered by the RareNoise catalog, which spans a high dimensional manifold of genres, has stimulated and challenged Gaudi to work with a vast array of styles, instrumentation and flavors in order to create the master blend, a true challenge of distillation. Side A of this 10" Vinyl EP is home to the track "30Hz Dub Prelude" and there's no mistaking from the first bar that this one is all about the bass - provided by psychedelic prog-rock artist Colin Edwin of Porcupine Tree fame. Drawing also from the rock side of the spectrum this track gets edge and pace from the drums of Ted Parsons from cult band Killing Joke. Guitars are by Eraldo Bernocchi and vocals by Japanese experimental vocalist Coppé are used as texture throughout and under the surface. Gaudi plays Minimoog, korg MS20 and fender rhodes. The trombone of Brian Allen (member of Brainkiller) draws you in and leads you as it meanders like a liquid brass river through the track. Side B is a more subdued affair. "Electronic Impromptu in E-flat Minor" is an evocative time-slip into subjective reverie. A melancholy piece featuring Bill Laswell and Lorenzo Feliciati on Bass. Electronic noises and textures are crafted by Masami Akita (aka Merzbow) and tremulous nostalgic guitar by Eraldo Bernocchi punctuates the soundscape. It is a deep, drawing track which is tense and moody in tone, but softened by the satie-esque piano of Alessandro Gwis and Gaudi's trademark Theremin with it's unmistakable and luring voice. Drums by Steve Jansen (the drummer from art pop band Japan) give the track a purposeful yet faltering pace which further reinforces the space and flavour of the track - it is a song of counterpoints, spacious yet introspective, dark yet with a hint whimsy. The list of artists who have lent their sounds and skills to the overall project reads like a 'who's who' of musical talent and gives warranted indication as to the quality of the ingredients; Artists to be featured in the final full length release Magnetic willinclude Tony Levin (best known for his work on bass with King Crimson and Peter Gabriel), Pulitzer prize finalist and avant-garde jazz trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith, ambient music legend and master of sonic experimentalism Harold Budd, Pat Mastelotto (drummer from XTC, David Sylvian, King Crimson, Sugar Cubes), experimental guitarist Buckethead (Guns 'n' Roses, Bootsy, Iggy Pop) and internationally acclaimed Italian born jazz trombonist Gianluca Petrella to name but a few. In this project Gaudi has become like the master blender at the whisky distillery... Carefully searching through the warehouses to find the right flavours, taking a hand picked selection of the best spirit of the RareNoise stable and from amongst their individual notes and character, creating his own unique blend - the RareNoise signature malt! TRACKS AND CREDITS A SIDE - 30HZ DUB PRELUDE GAUDI - minimoog, korg MS20, fender rhodes, programming COLIN EDWIN - bass TED PARSONS - drums BRIAN ALLEN - trombone ERALDO BERNOCCHI - guitar COPPE' - voice B SIDE - ELECTRONIC IMPROMPTU IN E-FLAT MINOR GAUDI - theremin, minimoog, piano, programming BILL LASWELL - bass STEVE JANSEN - drum ERALDO BERNOCCHI - guitar MASAMI AKITA (aka MERZBOW) - electronic noise LORENZO FELICIATI - bass ALESSANDRO GWIS - acoustic piano Produced and arranged by Gaudi. THE VINYL contains the download code for a third track as well - called "Nocturnal Sonata," which also will be part of the 2017 release "Magnetic." Bonus Download - NOCTURNAL SONATA GAUDI - Drum, Piano, Vocal Choir, Minimoog, Korg MS20, Programming. MARK AANDERUD - Piano BILL LASWELL - Bass, Drones BUCKETHEAD - Guitar Noises MARTIN SCHULTE - Electronics, Programming HERNAN HECHT - Drums