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Happy Birthday 2014 BeBop!

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I am thinking about picking up either the cd box or the dvd box of the Monterey Pop Festival. The cd box is about $6 per cd. The dvd box is about $13.50 per dvd. Is anyone familiar with both? Have a preference? (I saw the movie in the theatre way back when.) Thanks!

Maverick is one of my very favorite shows, top three for sure. And my favorite Maverick episodes featured Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., as Dandy Jim Buckley. We lost him a few weeks ago too. RIP.

Eskimos 26....Blue Bombers 3 http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4709817 It was a defensive struggle the first half, and the Esks wore down the Bomber d-line the second half. The Bombers' offense showed nothing the entire game. ***** Redblacks 18....Argos 17 http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4710099 Great game! See-saw battle. The Redblacks won their franchise home opener. ***** Stampeders 10....Tiger-Cats 7 http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4710097 It was interesting only because the score was close. The Ticats had a chance to tie it at the end, but the snap for the field goal was muffed. So far, it looks like the Ticats O just isn't very good. Zach Collaros is hurt, so they started rookie Jeremiah Masoli, who didn't do well. Here's a video of Brad Sinopoli's TD. http://cfl.ca/video/index/id/99177 ***** Lions 41....Alouettes 5 http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4710261 The Lions controlled the entire game. The Als had 16 possessions in the game, and failed to get a first down in 13 of them. I wonder how long Tom Higgins will stick with Troy Smith. Emmanuel Arceneaux caught 3 touchdown passes. ***** Arland Bruce has filed a suit against the league regarding a concussion he suffered. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=457358 ***** Along with Chad Owens, the Argos have also placed Jason Barnes on the six-game list. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=457401

Lowell Ullrich Week 4 picks http://blogs.theprovince.com/2014/07/17/the-picks-week-4-in-the-cfl/ ***** The Argos have placed Chad Owens on the six-game injured list. Any guesses on how they'll do without him? They've also signed Maurice Mann. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=457401 ***** cfl.ca Week 4 game notes http://cfl.ca/article/2014-cflca-game-notes-a-look-at-week-4

Mike Beamish Week 4 picks and power rankings http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/football/lions/Week+Picks+power+rankings/10036174/story.html ***** Remember this one?

The Count Basie OAS discussed elsewhere will be released in the UK August 4. The pre-order price is currently 15.99 GBP. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Count-Basie-Original-Album/dp/B00JH53O98/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1405557490&sr=1-1&keywords=count+basie+original+album+series However, the US price is $33.99. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JH53O98/ref=s9_simh_co_p15_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=left-3&pf_rd_r=0Y4447ZXC5VCHCK83NFM&pf_rd_t=3201&pf_rd_p=1774864582&pf_rd_i=typ01 It will be released on the continent August 1. Current price there is 26,55 euros. http://www.amazon.de/Original-Album-Series-Count-Basie/dp/B00JH53O98/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1405557755&sr=8-1&keywords=count+basie+original+album+series

Gregg Xenakes Week 4 picks http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4709456 ***** Dan Ralph Week 4 picks http://www.thestar.com/sports/football/2014/07/16/cfl_picks_bombers_eskimos_meet_in_showdown_of_leagues_biggest_surprises.html ***** The Riders released Hugh Charles. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=457347 ***** Here's a nice little history of Ottawa football. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=457320

"One for Miles, One for Maynard," Second CD from Pittsburgh-Based Trombonist/Composer Reggie Watkins, Due for August 26 Release CD Release Shows Featuring Watkins's Quartet Scheduled for Rockwood Music Hall, NYC, 9/25 & James Street Gastropub, Pittsburgh, 9/27 July 15, 2014 If there was a lesson trombonist Reggie Watkins learned from both Maynard Ferguson and Miles Davis, it was that jazz can -- and should -- go anywhere it wants, stylistically. On his infectious new album, One for Miles, One for Maynard -- his second as a leader and first since 2004 -- Watkins and his band offer deep bop grooves, soulful vigor, and sparkling interplay. The CD will be released by Corona Music on August 26. Produced by the trombonist and recorded in the historic Heid Studio in Pittsburgh, where Watkins has been based since the mid-'90s, the recording features a cast of terrific and versatile players from the area including the rhythm section of pianist Howard Alexander III of the Afro American Music Institute, double bassist Jeff Grubbs of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and drummer David Throckmorton, a "monster" player, says Watkins, whose father Bob drummed with singer Buddy Greco, among others. Those names, plus those of trumpeter Ian Gordon, lead trumpeter Steve Hawk, and saxophonist Rick Matt, may not be familiar to people in other cities. But they're all highly regarded players -- as is Brooklyn wild card Matt Parker, who, like Watkins, Throckmorton, and Matt, is an alumnus of Maynard Ferguson's Big Bop Nouveau. "Maynard had a wave of Pittsburgh musicians in his band," says Watkins. "He'd come through town and, based on recommendations, snap people up. That band worked nine months out of the year and played a million gigs. I got so much out of it." The "one" for Miles, "Shhh," from In a Silent Way, is played in "a relaxed, thoughtful mode," while Ferguson's "Chala Nata," from his 1970 M.F. Horn album, is updated with scratch effects, samples, and funky groove. Three originals by the leader, two from saxophonist Parker, and one by McCoy Tyner ("Contemplation") round out the program. Reggie Watkins was born on August 24, 1971 in Wheeling, West Virginia. He played trumpet and tuba in high school before switching to valve trombone, then eventually slide trombone. It was as a music major at West Virginia University that he was first exposed to the playing of 'bone legend J.J. Johnson. "From the first moment I heard him solo, my life was changed," he said. "J.J.'s melodic concept, the clarity of his tone, just the image of him playing got to me. As dazzled as I was by his speed, it was those other things that mattered the most." In Pittsburgh, Watkins was influenced by Roger Humphries, the local legend known for playing with Horace Silver on such classic albums as Song for My Father. Watkins became involved in various bands and gained a reputation for his strong, groove-minded playing. In 1999, Watkins became Maynard Ferguson's trombonist, music director, and arranger. He is featured as a trombonist and arranger on Swingin' for Schuur, the 2001 album the trumpeter made with singer Diane Schuur. In 2003, Watkins performed at the 16th annual Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Competition -- the only one dedicated to the trombone. He didn't win -- that honor went to Andre Heyward of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. But he was thrilled to have been chosen as one of 11 semi-finalists by trombone greats Conrad Herwig and Eddie Bert and to perform with the all-star rhythm section of Eric Reed, Robert Hurst, and Carl Allen. "I also got to perform in front of my idols," he said. "It was an amazing experience." The next year, Watkins recorded his first album, A-List, which was part of the Maynard Ferguson Presents series. The recording featured his compositions and arrangements. Watkins played with pop artist Jason Mraz ("I'm Yours") from 2008 to 2013 as part of The Grooveline Horns, an Austin, Texas-based pop and funk horn section that prides itself on being able to play anything from Engelbert Humperdinck to the Beastie Boys. He values his experience with Mraz as much as any in his career. "I'm into all parts of music, everything," says Watkins, who lived in Austin during most of his association with Mraz. "There's nothing I'm adamantly against. It was refreshing to gain perspective, going back and forth from jazz bands to Jason. I found out that I really loved section work. And Grooveline is a great section to work in." Watkins is planning two shows to mark the release of One for Miles, One for Maynard. He'll be performing with his quartet (including Howard Alexander III, piano, and David Throckmorton, drums) at Rockwood Music Hall in New York City, 9/25, and James Street Gastropub, Pittsburgh, 9/27. "It was important for me on this record to represent honestly not just my influences but also my own voice and where I've been," says Watkins. Photography: Sienna Watkins Web Site: reggiewatkinsmusic.com Follow:

Bobby is currently touring with Steely Dan, so maybe there will be a lot of interest in this album. Origin Records to Release "My Shining Hour," New CD by Bobby Broom's Trio With Dennis Carroll & Makaya McCraven, August 19 Trio to Perform at Chicago Jazz Festival August 31 Broom's New Organ Trio, The Bobby Broom Organi-sation, Opening for Steely Dan Jamalot Ever After Tour July 2-September 21 July 9, 2014 While Bobby Broom's 2012 CD Upper West Side Story ("a spectacular album" -- DownBeat) focused exclusively on original material, the guitarist takes a very different tack with My Shining Hour, due for August 19 release from Origin Records. The luxuriantly melodic session features Broom's working trio -- with bassist Dennis Carroll and drummer Makaya McCraven -- placing their stamp on beloved American Songbook standards. "When I formed the trio in 1991 it was to avoid playing weather-worn standards with makeshift groups," Broom says. But when bassist Carroll suggested they adopt "Jitterbug Waltz," Fats Waller's classic tune ended up opening the door to "the great songs that have lasted, that became part of the American quilt. Only one of the pieces we recorded had been in the trio's repertoire. These were all newly approached by me and the group." In addition to the title selection and "Jitterbug Waltz," the program includes "Just One of Those Things," "Oh, Lady Be Good," "My Ideal," and "Sweet Georgia Brown." Two other songs, Lerner and Loewe's "The Heather on the Hill" and the non-standard "Tennessee Waltz," were picked up by Broom during his lengthy tenure with Sonny Rollins. It's a testament to the trio's cohesiveness and deeply shared intuition that the album ends up feeling like far more than a collection of familiar tunes. Broom's free-spirited approach provides plenty of room for Carroll's subtle interplay and McCraven's dancing figures. "What I've had to come to terms with is the spaciousness that is inherent in the guitar trio," Broom says. "In the beginning there was all this room, and no one playing chords behind me when I'm soloing and playing melodies. Now I almost accompany myself with chords as I play melodies, and the melodies shape the harmonies during my solos." Carroll, who came up on the Chicago scene playing with heavyweights like Jodie Christian, Bunky Green, and Clifford Jordan, has anchored Broom's trio for more than two decades. There's been more turnover in the drum chair, which has become something of a launching pad for stellar young players. From George Fludas and Dana Hall to Kobie Watkins, Broom's drummers have all joined the elite ranks. McCraven, who started playing with Broom about five years ago, is on the same trajectory. "Makaya is all of 30, and he came along after Kobie was getting really busy," Broom says. "He's got a certain nonstop intensity and energy, a free-flowing array of ideas that touch on a variety of styles. And Dennis and I have played for such a long time we really work as a tandem. He's very harmonically astute, and wants to find the right colors for the moment." Broom's other threesome, the Deep Blue Organ Trio, disbanded last year after more than a decade together, which included working on several occasions as Steely Dan's opening act. For Steely Dan's summer 2014 Jamalot Ever After Tour, Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Walter Becker and Donald Fagen invited Broom to join them once again. The result is the brand-new Bobby Broom Organi-sation, with Makaya McCraven or Kobie Watkins, drums, and Ben Paterson, organ. Their upcoming performances on the 46-city, 56-show tour will find its leader delving into material from Modern Man, Broom's seminal 2001 Delmark Records organ-group recording (which featured Dr. Lonnie Smith), as well as some of his trio's versions of '60s and '70s pop music classics. "I'm looking forward with anticipation to taking these excellent, energetic young musicians around the country with me to play jazz for the masses," says Broom. "What an extraordinary forum it will be for us to do that. My hat's off to Steely Dan!" Complete tour dates are listed at steelydan.com. (The trio will not be appearing in the following cities, as the venues do not support opening acts: Thackerville, OK, 7/18; Niagara Falls, NY, 8/8; Hammond, IN, 8/17; Windsor, Ont., 8/22.) Broom will take time out from the tour to perform a CD release show with his guitar trio at the Chicago Jazz Festival on 8/31. "It's been nearly 15 years since the Bobby Broom Trio has played the Festival," says the guitarist. "Back then was a significant time for us. We were still forming our identity and had just recorded, but not released, Stand! It will be great, after the whirlwind Steely Dan tour, to return home in more ways than one and to play this glorious venue." Photography: Todd Winters Web Site: bobbybroom.com Like: Follow:

Laurie Antonioli Sings The Music of Joni Mitchell On Her New Origin CD, "Songs of Shadow, Songs of Light," Set for August 19 Release Follow-Up to Her 2010 "American Dreams" CD Features Her Longtime Band Pianist Matt Clark, Reed Player Sheldon Brown, Guitarist Dave MacNab, Bassist John Shifflett, & Drummer Jason Lewis Plus Special Guest Theo Bleckmann July 2, 2014 Vocalist Laurie Antonioli delivers the most personal and soul-baring statement of her esteemed career with the release, on August 19, of Songs of Shadow, Songs of Light: The Music of Joni Mitchell. The CD, her first for the Origin label, finds the acclaimed Bay Area jazz singer returning with obvious passion and inspiration to her earliest musical influence. "Joni's music is such a part of me, it's like a second skin," says Antonioli. "So is jazz, of course, but this goes even deeper. It's where I started. It's both a personal and a generational thing." Repertoire is largely drawn from early-period Mitchell, including "Marcie" from Mitchell's 1968 debut album Song to a Seagull and the obscure "Eastern Rain," recorded by Fairport Convention in 1969 but never by the composer herself. Antonioli puts her stamp on some of Joni's less frequently covered songs, such as "Woman of Heart and Mind," "Hissing of Summer Lawns," "Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire," and "People's Parties," on which Theo Bleckmann contributes the background-vocal choir effects. Also included is "Both Sides Now," Joni's most recorded song. For that reason, Antonioli wasn't sure about tackling it, but "each day, at the end of the session, [pianist] Matt [Clark] and I did one or two takes to see if we could get something. We didn't rehearse or even talk about it, other than to agree we wanted to find a different approach to it. The song evolved into a haunting jazz ballad." Clark and the other members of Laurie's band of eight years' standing -- guitarist Dave MacNab, bassist John Shifflett, drummer Jason Lewis, and reed player Sheldon Brown -- are her full collaborators on this project, handling arrangements as well as helping to shape the material in performances in the year before it was finally recorded in December 2013. In fact, Antonioli recalls the moment, three years ago, when she decided that she had to do this project. Clark started playing "Boho Dance" and "I started singing along. I asked: do you know this tune, do you know that one? And he knew them all, by heart, just about every song she ever wrote." Songs of Shadow, Songs of Light was recorded "live" at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, with "each of us isolated so we could all play at the same time. Thus the improvisational sections and endings and all the interaction were happening as it would in a concert. This is generally not how people make records anymore," adds Antonioli. "Most singers get their 'tracks' and redo or practice their parts and then record." Early on in her career, Bay Area native Laurie Antonioli was a protégée of Joe Henderson, Mark Murphy, and Pony Poindexter, who recruited the 22-year-old singer for an extensive European tour that turned into an eight-month sojourn in 1980. Following the release of her 1985 recording debut Soul Eyes, a duo album with George Cables, Antonioli was one of the region's most visible singers, booked at leading venues and festivals with her own band, performing regularly with Bobby McFerrin, and sitting in with luminaries like Tete Montoliu, Jon Hendricks, and Cedar Walton at Keystone Korner. Raising her daughter, combined with Antonioli's work as an educator, subsequently kept her off the U.S. scene for too many years. In the summer of 2006, she returned to the Bay Area from a four-year tenure running the Vocal Department at The Jazz Institute in Graz, Austria to take a position as the Chair of the Vocal Program at the Jazzschool in Berkeley. The Jazzschool is now an accredited institution known as the California Jazz Conservatory, Antonioli's unique eight-semester vocal program holding up under the rigors of the reviewing committees. Laurie's second album, 2004's Foreign Affair, is a bracing blend of post-bop jazz and Balkan music created with players from Serbia, Albania, Germany, and the U.S. In 2005, her long-running partnership with Richie Beirach culminated in the release of The Duo Session on Nabel Records, a critically acclaimed album featuring Miles Davis jazz standards and Antonioli's lyrics set to the pianist's compositions. Her fourth album, American Dreams (2010), was inspired by feelings that arose during her years abroad and features a number of her collaborations with Austrian pianist Fritz Pauer. "It is not hyperbole to say," wrote C. Michael Bailey in his All About Jazz review of the CD, "that Laurie Antonioli is emerging as the most important vocalist, let alone jazz vocalist, this decade. Let us hope for much more music from this brilliant constellation in the west." Laurie Antonioli and her American Dreams band will perform a CD release show for Songs of Shadow, Songs of Light at Yoshi's San Francisco, Sunday 9/28. People's Parties (2:41) Court and Spark Rainy Night House (5:01) Ladies of the Canyon Barangrill (3:26) For the Roses Eastern Rain (4:27) [Not previously recorded by Mitchell] Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire (4:52) For the Roses Both Sides Now (5:18) Clouds Hissing of Summer Lawns (4:56) The Hissing of Summer Lawns Woman of Heart and Mind (5:02) For the Roses This Flight Tonight (4:37) Blue River (4:41) Blue I Don't Know Where I Stand (4:39) Clouds California (4:32) Blue Marcie (5:49) Song to a Seagull Photography: a-retrospective Web Site: laurieantonioli.com Like: Follow:

Happy Birthday 2014 Tom!

cfl.ca power rankings http://cfl.ca/article/cflca-power-rankings-bombers-charge-ahead ***** The Als have signed Jonathan Crompton and Dahrrin Diedrick. http://cfl.ca/article/als-add-jonathan-crompton-dahrran-diedrick-and-kyler-elsworth ***** Week 3 video highlights http://cfl.ca/video/index/id/98865 ***** Chad Owens hurt his foot returning a punt in the Stampeders game the other day, and will miss the next three weeks. http://cfl.ca/article/sidelined-owens-out-three-weeks ***** Romby Bryant will play for the Bombers this week, as starter Aaron Kelly is a scratch with a sore knee. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=457267

I may be wrong, but I think that when I started this thread they gave me one point for every two searches. Now they give me one point for every three searches. Maybe that is for everyone, or maybe they are just throttling me. One habit that I have changed is that I go to Bing rather than straight to Wikipedia to look things up. Also, I am using Bing to find news articles about today's headlines. I didn't used to do that before.

Break a leg, ep!

Here's something you don't see every day. http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/07/14/dead-girl-wakes-up-in-coffin-during-her-own-funeral/?intcmp=obnetwork

Zach Collaros was hurt the other day, and will miss this week's game. Today Kent Austin announced that he will start Jeremiah Masoli ahead of Dan LeFevour. http://cfl.ca/article/next-man-up-masoli-to-start-for-tiger-cats ***** The Bombers today released Will Ford, who was an Eastern All-Star last year. It looks like he will sign with the Riders. http://cfl.ca/article/2013-division-all-star-ford-released-by-blue-bombers http://cfl.ca/article/switching-sides-reports-say-ford-to-sign-with-riders ***** Chris Schultz Week 4 picks http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=457186 ***** The big game this week will between the league's two undefeated teams - Edmonton and Winnipeg. Fortunately for those of us in the US, that is the game slated to be shown by ESPN2. Kickoff will be at 8:30 pm eastern. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Winnipeg/2014/07/13/21804721.html

It seems like most years the quality of play is a bit ragged the first couple of weeks of the season, and I think that's true again this year. Stampeders 34....Argos 15 http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4708701 The Stamps played without Jon Cornish, and didn't need him. ***** Lions 26....Riders 13 http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4708736 Andrew Harris had a great game for BC. Sask just didn't play well. ***** Paul LaPolice points out that in the past 20 year, there have been only two weeks with more penalties than this one. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=457175 ***** Here are the key stats from Week 3. http://cfl.ca/article/2014-cfl-replay-a-look-back-at-week-3

Since we are getting paid in a small way to use Bing to search the internet, tonight I looked up a few old friends that I hadn't heard from in years. I've been stunned since learning two hours ago that a very sweet young lady who was a college classmate of mine and the girlfriend of a buddy of mine died of cancer two years ago. She was 61. On Monday I'll have a Mass said for her.

Bombers 34....Als 33 http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4708485 http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/scores/boxscore/?id=1411704 What a game! See-saw battle. The Bombers took the lead with 28 seconds left, and time ran out on the Als. The word on Troy Smith is that he has gun for an arm, but he is not accurate. ***** Eskimos 27....Redblacks 11 http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4708503 http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/scores/boxscore/?id=1411705 Ottawa did very well in the first half, but Edmonton controlled the second half. Adarius Bowman caught three TD passes. ***** PS - The two teams who missed the playoffs last year, Winnipeg and Edmonton, are now the only teams undefeated, at 3-0. They will meet next week.

I believe that the term "Classic Rock" is trademarked by a radio station consulting company, and refers to 1970's fairly hard rock. The peak years of baby boomer births were 1956-1958, and it was in the '70s that these people were in high school. I read a while back that in almost every market the Classic Rock station was #3 in the Arbitron ratings, but I have no idea if that is still true.

Not only 10,000, but you're Groovissimo as well!

Chris Schultz Week 3 picks http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=456622 ***** Andre Durie broke his clavicle, and will be out six weeks. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=456639 ***** The new Hamilton stadium won't be ready on time, and the Ticats will have to play their first two home games at McMaster. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=456653 http://cfl.ca/article/ticats-to-host-first-two-home-games-at-mcmaster ***** The Riders traded Dwight Anderson to the Argos for a draft pick. http://cfl.ca/article/argos-acquire-dwight-anderson-in-trade-with-riders ***** cfl.ca power rankings http://cfl.ca/article/cflca-power-rankings-eskimos-enter-top-half ***** Week 2 video highlights http://cfl.ca/video/index/id/98467 ***** The Eskimos released last year's #2 QB Jonathan Crompton. http://cfl.ca/article/crompton-cut-esks-release-backup-qb-jonathan-crompton ***** The Riders have signed Jerome Messam. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=456709 ***** The Als have given Jim Popp a three-year contract extension through 2017. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=456876 ***** The league has come to terms with SiriusXM to have the games carried throughout North America this year and next. http://cfl.ca/article/siriusxm-canada-and-cfl-renew-multi-year-broadcast-agreement ***** Byron Parker has retired. http://cfl.ca/article/parker-signs-1-day-contract-to-retire-with-argonauts ***** Dan Ralph Week 3 picks http://www.thestar.com/sports/football/2014/07/09/cfl_picks_firstyear_running_back_grigsby_leading_way_for_upstart_blue_bombers.html ***** Gregg Xenakes Week 3 picks http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4707651 ***** cfl.ca Week 3 game notes http://cfl.ca/article/2014-cflca-game-notes-a-look-at-week-3

CNBC is reporting that for the first time since the 1870's, there are now more than 3,000 breweries in the US. Skol! http://www.cnbc.com/id/101827293