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My impulse is to ignore the movie, and buy the book! I've put it on my Amazon wishlist, Chris!

It's been a long time since I've heard anything from them. I guess I should check out what they have been doing.

Happy Birthday 2014 Larry!

If you won't be able to tune in at 7:00 pm eastern tomorrow, I've found a couple of links for you to see what you have missed. http://cfl.ca/draft http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/feature/?id=118161

The radio broadcast of the draft will be on the internet Tuesday starting at 7:00 pm eastern, here: http://www.tsn1200.ca/live/music-player/index.html http://cfl.ca/article/cflca-is-the-place-to-be-on-draft-day ***** The Bombers showed a $2.9 million profit last year. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=451973 ***** The Bombers have released Cauchy Muamba. http://cfl.ca/article/muamba-moving-on-from-winnipeg http://cfl.ca/roster/show?id=4053

This morning I finished Bill Crow's Jazz Anecdotes: Second Time Around. I read the original edition when it was first out many years ago. This has a few new stories, but not many. I noticed that, unlike the first edition, this one did not doubt the sincerity of the blacks who became Muslims in the '40s. Matthew, if you like that one, you will probably like another of Otto Penzler's books, The Black Lizard Big Book of Black Mask Stories. I recommend it!

That's great to know, soulpope! I'm very confident that Downbeat mentioned the baritone, so maybe what it said was something like..."Baritone saxophonist Pat Patrick" rather than "Pat Patrick played the baritone."

Sounds great, Chris! I hope that it spurs interest in your book as well.

I remember reading in Downbeat at the time that Pat Patrick was playing baritone with Monk as Charlie Rouse's replacement.

Jim Popp's missus Kim, while on vacation at Hilton Head Island, was bitten by a shark! http://www.wcti12.com/news/nc-woman-says-she-punched-shark-to-survive-attack/25901308 http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=451634 ***** As expected, the Board of Governors approved the Rules Committee proposal that will make pass interference calls reviewable. The coach will have to challenge. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=451630 http://cfl.ca/article/board-of-governors-approve-all-rule-changes http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4692234 ***** The Ticats have released Brandon Isaac, Onrea Jones and two others. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=451699 http://cfl.ca/article/isaac-jones-releases-by-tiger-cats ***** The Argos have hired Bryan Chiu to be their new offensive line coach. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=451709 http://cfl.ca/article/chiu-joins-boatmen-as-o-line-coach ***** Keep in mind that the draft will be Tuesday.

Here's my update. The first one I went to was called Murphy USA. You can identify the Murphy USA's because they have only a small booth which the employee sits in. The Murphy USA's don't sell gift cards. So I went to two of the other kind of gas station, which is called Murphy Express. The Murphy Expresses have a convenience store along with the gas pumps. This offer is for them. The two employees at the first one didn't know anything about the deal, but they looked it up in their book and verified it. In addition, there was a small sign by the gift cards which said "$5 off all gift cards." This store was sold out of Amazon cards, but had plenty of Visas. It looks like the Visa card has a $3.95 surcharge ("activation fee"), but the clerk waived that. So I picked up a couple. The second Murphy Express was sold out of both the Amazon and Visa cards, but they did have $10 Burger King cards. So I picked up a couple of them.

The cost of Winnipeg's new stadium is now pegged at $210 million. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=451033 ***** The Lions have signed Khalif Mitchell. http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4691658 http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=451388 http://cfl.ca/article/back-in-bc-mitchell-inks-contract-with-lions ***** It is possible that Geroy Simon will retire, going out on top. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=451413 ***** The Redblacks unveiled their new uniforms. https://www.google.com/search?q=ottawa+redblacks+uniforms+photos&client=firefox-a&hs=WO8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=sb&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=F7NrU5b1K4mvsATJ3oCIDg&ved=0CCoQsAQ&biw=1920&bih=910 http://cfl.ca/video/index/id/95953 http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=451439 ***** Scott Flory has retired. You will recall that he was recently elected head of the players' union. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=451499 http://cfl.ca/article/changing-of-the-guard-flory-announces-retirement ***** The Riders claim that November's Grey Cup generated $93 million for the province. http://cfl.ca/article/grey-cup-and-festival-generated-over-93-million-dollars

I love this album! However, a word to the wise. Many here have everything Sonny has put out for the past twenty years. The oldest of the recordings on this record is from 2001. So most of us are already quite familiar with the songs.

Art Pepper's Widow Laurie Tells the Rest of the Story In the Companion Volume to Classic Jazz Bio Straight Life, "ART: Why I Stuck with a Junkie Jazzman," To Be Published May 16 May 5, 2014 Art Pepper told his sexy, sordid, and exciting true adventure stories to his lover, Laurie, who put them in a book. She quizzed him (and those who knew him) unrelentingly over seven years, editing and structuring a narrative to which she dedicated all her energy. Straight Life by Art and Laurie Pepper (Da Capo) was published in 1979. It was a critical success and remains a classic of its kind, the subject of college literary and music studies. Laurie went on to marry Art and manage his resurgent career, touring the world with his band. "Why I Stuck with a Junkie Jazzman" was the headline some editor gave a newspaper interview Laurie did while the band was in Australia in 1981, and she's now stolen "that perfect title" for her memoir. ART: Why I Stuck with a Junkie Jazzman (APMCorp) describes her marriage to the deeply troubled, drug-addicted, madly gifted artist. "That marriage was the making of me," says Laurie. "Some people go to grad school or join the Marines. I married a genius who valued and inspired me and challenged me to use MY gifts. We had a difficult, powerful partnership. I had to tell that story." She says she also needs to set the record straight and clarify her role: "People think I was some kind of little wifey-saint who rescued him. And Art encouraged them in that. But he knew how truly crazy I could be. We rescued each other." Laurie Pepper was born in 1940 in Los Angeles to a family of radicals and artists. She grew up in New York and Los Angeles, attended U.C. Berkeley, and was photographer for the legendary L.A. Free Press during the 1960s but went astray and wound up in rehab where she met Art Pepper. Since Art's death in 1982, she has continued to produce and promote his music. Her very small label, Widow's Taste, has released a new album of previously unreleased Art Pepper performances every year since 2006. ART will be available from Amazon in paperback on May 16 -- on Art and Laurie's wedding anniversary. It consists of 382 pages, with approximately 100 photos and a complete index. It will sell, in the U.S., for $20.00. An E-book version will be available on June 16, and a downloadable audiobook will be released on November 16 along with a CD release of some of the key Art Pepper performances Laurie describes in the memoir. * Advance Praise for ART Forged at the collision point of true art and real life, this brutally honest book is an engrossing journey across the hard countries of love and loss and redemption. It inspires the belief that love can overcome all obstacles and that creative talent knows no bounds. It was impossible for me to put it down. --Michael Connelly, Author of the Harry Bosch series of novels "I was no angel," Laurie Pepper advises at the start of this stingingly candid memoir, and in truth she is a wonderfully devilish writer, her pen a razor dipped in sulfur, her memory a lead-lined cave from which nothing escapes or goes unexamined. Everyone who knows the skillful craftsmanship she brought to Straight Life, the masterpiece she made of Art Pepper's life, will find it here again, in service to her own story, which would be reason enough to celebrate this gripping book. But there is another: a wittingly different perspective on Art's tale--this good wife was every inch his match. --Gary Giddins, Author of Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams and Celebrating Bird Music, love, gossip--along with mania and addiction, pain and calamity: Laurie Pepper writes with grace and candor about all of it. Joining Straight Life as one of the best jazz lives, and telling the story behind that great story, her new book deserves all the meanings of "Art" in its title. --Robert Pinsky, Poet Read the introduction to ART here. Photo credits: Phil Bray (book cover), Hugh Kenny (Laurie), Herb Nolan (Laurie & Art). Web Sites: lauriepepper.net artpepper.net Follow Laurie:

BeBop, if you get to Raleigh, let me know!

Through May 31, Murphy Oil gas stations are offering $25 gift cards, including Amazon and Visa, for $20 cash. http://www.murphyusa.com/Get-Deals/#!s2

My favorite Mosaic.

Happy Birthday Alexander!

http://www.latimes.com/obituaries/la-me-efrem-zimbalist-20140503,0,4410593,full.story#axzz30X7nenWA

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140502005973/en/Statement-Stephanie-Zimbalist-Efrem-Zimbalist-III#.U2SGWqImSUl

Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., has passed away at age 95. In all of television, my favorite character was Dandy Jim Buckley. RIP. http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2014/05/03/efrem-zimbalist-jr-star-fbi-dead-at-5/?intcmp=latestnews

Thanks, guys! I'll follow up on it.

PS - I don't get cable. It looks to me like I can get espn3.com anyway with Roku. Is that correct?

There is an ad in this morning's paper for a "Roku HD streaming Player" for $39.99. It's a refurb. It says, "Built in Wi-Fi" and "Works with virtually any TV." I don't have wi-fi service for my internet or my computer. Would this Roku work anyway? Does anyone here have Roku and recommend it? Thanks!

The league is currently selling its "Riders Grey Cup Champions" merchandise at 25% off. http://www.cflshop.ca/cfl-special-events/browse/team/2RIDERS/perpage/48 ***** It looks like Steven Jyles may retire. He failed to report this week to the Lions' voluntary mini-camp. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=450766